{"id":234892,"date":"2025-09-25T16:25:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:25:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/news\/corti-costituzionali-e-integrita-elettorale-al-centro-di-un-seminario-internazionale-a-pisa\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T16:35:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T14:35:54","slug":"corti-costituzionali-e-integrita-elettorale-al-centro-di-un-seminario-internazionale-a-pisa","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/en\/news\/corti-costituzionali-e-integrita-elettorale-al-centro-di-un-seminario-internazionale-a-pisa\/","title":{"rendered":"International seminar in Pisa explores Constitutional Courts and Electoral Integrity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">On September 24, 2025, in the Historic Aula Magna of the Department of Law at the University of Pisa, the seminar <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201c<\/span><\/i><b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Constitutional Courts and Electoral Integrity: Navigating Challenges, Shaping Prospects<\/span><\/i><\/b><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201d<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> was held, organised within the framework of the Jean Monnet Module <\/span><i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Promoting and Strengthening EU Values<\/span><\/i><span data-contrast=\"auto\">, coordinated by Prof. <strong>Angioletta Sperti<\/strong>, Academic Chair of the Democracy Hub for the University of Pisa.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:567}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-234888 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sperti.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sperti.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sperti-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/sperti-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">The initiative, which involved the partner universities of the Circle<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">U<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\"> Alliance<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">, featured <\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">Prof. <strong>Dan Banik<\/strong><\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\" lang=\"IT-IT\" xml:lang=\"IT-IT\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">, Director of the Circle<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">U<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\">.<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW152480464 BCX2\"> Democracy Hub, as keynote speaker. In the afternoon, a roundtable was held with the participation of young scholars (post-docs and PhD candidates), selected through a call for papers promoted by Circle-U.<\/span> <\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234890\" style=\"width: 900px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234890 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan_banik.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan_banik.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan_banik-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.unipi.it\/wp-content\/uploads\/dan_banik-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dan Banik<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Prof. <\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Giovanni Gronchi, Giovanni Federico Gronchi <\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Vice Rector for Cooperation and International Relations of the University of Pisa and Chair of the Management Board of Circle U. delivered the greetings and welcome of the Alliance to the participants.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:567}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The workshop addressed a crucial theme for contemporary representative democracy: safeguarding the integrity of electoral processes in a context marked by the rise of populism and the impact of political campaigns conducted through social media and other digital channels. Prof. Banik\u2019s keynote speech, together with the contributions presented during the roundtable, offered an analysis of recent jurisprudential cases and highlighted the challenges that constitutional courts face in safeguarding the founding values of the European Union and national constitutions, particularly on politically sensitive issues such as the legitimacy of electoral campaigns and electoral processes.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:6,&quot;335551620&quot;:6,&quot;335559731&quot;:567}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scholars and young researchers discussed the challenges and prospects of contemporary democracy with the keynote speech by Professor Dan Banik, Director of the Circle U. 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