The event was financed as part of the project ‘Development of the internationalisation of the University of Silesia in Katowice through the Transform4Europe alliance’, co-financed by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA) from European funds of the European Fund for Social Development 2021-2027 (FERS), NAWA project ‘Support for European University Alliances’, project number: BPI/WUE/2024/1/00021.
The 18th CEE Forum of Young Legal, Political and Social Theorists was held on 3-4 September 2026, at the University of Silesia in Katowice.
The CEE Forum is a long-standing international academic initiative that brings together young scholars working in legal theory, political and social philosophy in times of crisis, uncertainty, and structural changes.
This year’s event brought together 63 researchers from 12 countries who discussed the topics of justice, democracy, constitutionalism, human rights, and the future of legal and political systems. A total of 52 speeches were delivered as part of the Forum, including the inaugural lecture by Prof. Tomasz Pietrzykowski, Vice-Rector for International and Domestic Cooperation entitled ‘Legislative Purpose. A Restatement of the Sceptical Approach’.
