PEP PhD student set to further her research at prestigious Florence institute

Posted on 28 July 2014

Juliana Bidadanure has been awarded a Max Weber Postdoctoral Fellowship at the European University Institute.

Juliana started her PhD in 'Philosophy of Public Policy' in October 2011 under the supervision of Dr Martin O'Neill and Professor Matt Matravers. It is entitled "Treating Young People as Equals: Intergenerational Justice in Theory and Practice". Her thesis provides a critical framework that serves to distinguish between acceptable and objectionable inequalities between generations. She looks at how the political theory of justice between generations can guide us in addressing current demographic trends and discourses of generational equity, and in informing creative and efficient policymaking for young people. As part of her thesis, Juliana produced an intergenerational defence of an unconditional basic income for young people. During her time at the EUI, she wishes to explore this aspect of her work further.

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As a PhD student in York for the past 3 years, Juliana has had the opportunity to present her work on many occasions including in the UK, Belgium, Denmark, Cameroon and in the US. In 2012, Juliana visited the Hoover chair in Economic and Social Ethics at the Université Catholique de Louvain on a three-month doctoral visit. She won the 2012/2013 Demography Prize award for a paper on the introduction of youth quotas in parliaments. In October 2013, she also convened an international conference on the topic of intergenerational justice with the School of PEP (http://www.if.org.uk/york-conference-2013).

About her time at York, she said: "I am delighted with my time within the School of PEP and the Politics Department. I received the best possible supervision and benefited from a friendly and collegial working environment. This wonderful experience at York has made it possible for me to get this excellent postdoc at the EUI."

Read Juliana's EUI Max Weber profile.