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SUMMARY:Conference on Voluntary Governance
DESCRIPTION:A two-day event featuring expert talks\, panels\, and a keynote by David Sloan Wilson on voluntary\, decentralized\, and polycentric approaches to governance. \n\n\n\n\nAgenda\, below.\n\n\n\nSaturday\, September 6 \n08:00 AM – Registration and Breakfast \n09:00 AM – Opening Session \n\nWelcoming Remarks | Orientation | Thematic Overview\n\n09:45 AM – Panel 1 | Foundations of Polycentric Governance\nModerator: Paul Aligica\, George Mason University \n\nSlippery Slopes in Political Economy: The Hayek-Samuelson Debate – Vlad Tarko\, University of Arizona\nState Capacity Liberalism – Billy Christmas\, West Virginia University\nDeliberative Polycentricity: A Sketch – Adelin-Costin Dumitru\, National University of Science and Technology POLITEHNICA Bucharest\nThe Political-Comprehensive Collapse – Alec Crisman\, McGill University\n\n11:15 AM – Coffee Break \n11:30 AM – Panel 2 | Community\, Faith & Identity-Based Self-Governance\nModerator: Aylon Manor\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh \n\nFree to Be Unfree? Rights\, Autonomy & Contestation in a Religious Community – Nathan Goodman\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nVoluntary Governance of a Subversive Milieu: Intentional Communities – Mikayla Novak\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nCollective Action in the Sanctuary Movement: Polycentric Protection of Asylum-Seekers – Karla Segovia\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nPolycentric Governance in a Faith Based Field: Islamic Finance – Andrew Smith\, University of Birmingham\n\n01:00 PM – Lunch Break \n02:00 PM – Panel 3 | Designing Constitutional & Metaconstitutional Orders\nModerator: Mikayla Novak\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University \n\nThe Design of Non-Sovereign Orders – Ali Palida\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh\nSelf-Governance and the Rules for Constitutional Change – Eric Scorsone\, University of Virginia\nDoes Public Participation in Constitution-Making Strengthen Property Rights & the Rule of Law? – Jamie Pavlik\, Texas Tech University\nWho Decides What in Utopia? A Subsidiarist Case for Decentralised\, Transparent Decision-Making – Rebecca Lowe\, George Mason University\n\n03:30 PM – Coffee Break \n03:45 PM – Panel 4 | Digital\, Crypto & AI Frontiers in Voluntary Governance\nModerator: Ali Palida\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh \n\nPolycentric Digital Constitutionalism: Restraining Cognitive Power in AI-Intensive Markets – Pavel Kuchař\, Palacký University Olomouc\nVoluntary Constitutionalism and the Limits of Blockchain – Sinclair Davidson\, RMIT University\nCrypto Institutional Drift: A Non-Strategic Maximization of Economic Freedom – Marcos Lüdy\, Friedman Hayek Center\, University of CEMA\nVoluntary Governance of AI Models: A Bloomington-School Perspective – Simon Sun\, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University\n\n05:15 PM – Coffee Break \n05:30 PM – Author Meets Critics | The Polycentric Polity as an Infrastructure for the Good Life: Roundtable on David Thunder’s “Polycentric Republic” (2025) \n\nDavid Thunder\, University of Navarra\nPaul Dragos Aligica\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nKaveh Pourvand\, Universidad San Sebastian\n\n07:00 PM – Dinner & Keynote Address \n\nVoluntary Governance\, Viewed Through the Lens of a New Paradigm – David Sloan Wilson\, Prosocial World\n\n\n\n\nSunday\, September 7 \n08:00 AM – Breakfast \n08:30 AM – Panel 5 | Stewarding Commons: Environment\, Space & Heritage\nModerator: Vlad Tarko\, University of Arizona \n\nPanarchy – Aviezer Tucker\, Harvard University\, The University of Ostrava\nVoluntary Environmentalism: Acting Within the Space Created by Constitutional Orders – Ryan Yonk\, American Institute for Economic Research\nMetaconstitutional Rule-Making for Space Sustainability – Miguel Nkegbe\, City St. George’s\, University of London\nThe Success of Local\, Voluntary Organisations Prior to the National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 – Dominique Lazanski\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh\n\n10:00 AM – Coffee Break \n10:15 AM – Panel 6 | Policy Implementation & the Rule of Law in Polycentric Systems\nModerator: Nathan Goodman\, Hayek Program for Advanced Study in Philosophy\, Politics\, and Economics \n\nEstablishment Federalism and the Enforcement of the Establishment Clause – David Golemboski\, Augustana University\nSocial Capital and Policy Compliance: An Analysis of COVID-19 Vaccination Rates – Kun Huang\, University of New Mexico\nPolycentric Expertise: Reconciling Democratic Values with Technocratic Necessities – Aylon Manor\, Center for Governance and Markets\, University of Pittsburgh\nCan the Interventionist State Comply with the Rule of Law? – Kaveh Pourvand\, Universidad San Sebastian\n\n11:45 AM – Lunch Break \n12:45 PM – Panel 7 | Normative Visions – Expertise\, Engagement & the Good Life\nModerator: David Diaconu\, University of Bucharest\, National University of Political Studies \n\nWhy People Engage (or Don’t) in Voluntary Governance – Zheng Yang\, California State University\, Dominguez Hills\nInfrastructures of Contention in a Bucharest Gated Community – Alexandru Dincovici\, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration\, Bucharest\nEthnicity\, Representation & Dissent in Romanian Society – David Diaconu\, National University of Political Studies and Public Administration\, Bucharest\n\n01:45 PM – Panel 8 | Free Cities & Autonomous Territories\nModerator: Paul Aligica\, George Mason University \n\nFree Cities: Experiments in Voluntary Governance & Constitutional Systems\, Paul Dragos Aligica\, Mercatus Center\, George Mason University\nSpecial Economic Zones\, Free Zones\, and Autonomous Cities  – Peter Young\, Free Cities Foundation\nMultiple Level Selection\, Institutional Evolution\, and Design Principles – David Sloan Wilson\, Prosocial World\n\n02:45 PM – Closing Remarks
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