2nd \;PHILAWSON WORKSHOP:
\nContemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law
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\nMadrid\, 26-27 November
\nFaculty of Law (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid)
\nDeadline for submissions: 30th April 2026
\nLink for submissions: \;https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=2ndplw
\nWe are glad to announce the \;2nd \;Philawson Workshop: \;Contemporary Views on Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law. This activity\, promoted by the \;Philawson Network\, aims to advance research at the intersection of social ontology and the philosophy of law\, further investigating the philosophical foundations\, thematic overlaps\, and methodological affinities connecting these fields.
\nThis second edition will place particular emphasis on vulnerability and non-ideal social ontology. Addressing these themes offers an opportunity to explore how social ontology and legal philosophy can illuminate collective agency\, institutional responsibility\, and normative responses in contexts marked by ecological and social precarity.
\nThe 2nd \;edition of the Philawson Workshop will be organised around two main thematic axes:
\n(1) \;Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law: Foundations\, Concepts\, and Methods. This first axis continues the core aim of the network and the 1st \;Philawson Workshop (held in Milan in 2024): to explore the conceptual\, historical\, and methodological connections between social ontology and legal philosophy. Contributions may address classical and contemporary authors\, themes such as constitutive rules\, legal and social facts\, and the metaphysics of normative entities.
\n(2) \;Vulnerability\, Non-ideal Social Ontology\, and Law. We invite contributions that examine how social ontology and legal philosophy can illuminate issues of structural vulnerability\, environmental crises\, climate justice\, and non-ideal theoretical frameworks. This includes\, for example\, analyses of responsibility\, collective agency\, the ontological status of environmental harms\, the relationship between legal systems and social oppression\, and the connections between social change and law. We also welcome discussion of the boundaries between the natural and the social in addressing political and legal challenges.
\nThe workshop will be held in Madrid (Spain) at the Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid on 26 and 27 November.
\nCONFIRMED SPEAKERS
\nAlba Lojo (Università\; Roma Tre\, Italy)\;
\nAndrea Loi (Università\; Vita-Salute San Raffaele\, Italy)\;
\nAndrei Marmor (Cornell University\, US)\;
\nAnita de Franco (Politecnico di Milano\, Italy)\;
\nÅ\;sa Burman (University of Stockholm\, Sweden)\;
\nCorrado Roversi (Università\; di Bologna\, Italy)\;
\nGiulia Lasagni (Università\; degli Studi di Parma\, Italy)\;
\nKenneth Ehrenberg (University of Surrey\, UK)\;
\nMaribel Ná\;rvaez Mora (Unversitat de Girona\, Spain)
\nMatilde Rey (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid\, Spain)\;
\nMiguel Garcia-Godinez (Università\; di Bologna\, Italy)\;
\nOlimpia Loddo (Università\; di Cagliari\, Italy)\;
\nSamuele Chilovi (CSIC\, Spain)\;
\nSebastiá\;n Figueroa Rubio (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid\, Spain)\;
\nVirginia Presi (Università\; di Milano\, Italy)\;
\nVittorio Catalano (University of Vienna\, Austria)\;
\nCALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWe invite contributions for the two aforementioned thematic axes:
\n1. Social Ontology and Philosophy of Law: Foundations\, Concepts\, and Methods.
\n2. Vulnerability\, Non-ideal Social Ontology\, and Law.
\nSubmissions must be prepared for double-blind review. Manuscripts must be written in English (in .doc format)\, should not contain any identifying information and they cannot exceed 1.000 words (excluding bibliography). Moreover\, they must contain:
\nSelected abstracts will be invited to be discussed in person in Madrid\, where each presentation will last around 20 minutes followed by a Q&\;A section. There will be no conference fee.
\nWe have resources to contribute for travel and accommodation costs for young scholars without institutional support. If you are in this situation\, please include &ldquo\;Opting for Philawson scholarship&rdquo\; in your submission.
\nSubmissions should be sent via EasyChair \;until April 30th\, 2026 (included). A committee in charge will evaluate the submission\, and decisions will be communicated around the end of May.
\nThe organizers are considering the possibility of publishing a special issue or edited volume based on a selection of contributions presented at the workshop. While publication is not guaranteed\, participants should be aware of this prospective outcome when submitting their abstracts. We therefore encourage submissions of original and unpublished work.
\nThis event is possible thanks to the financial support of \;International Social Ontology Society (ISOS) \;and the research project \;&ldquo\;Ecogentium. Ecological justice and new vulnerabilities: global legal challenges&rdquo\; \;(Project No. 2024/00209/001)\, funded by the Spanish State Research Agency (AEI).
\nOrganizers: Sebastiá\;n Figueroa Rubio (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid)\, Matilde Rey (Universidad Autó\;noma de Madrid).
\nScientific Committee: Alba Lojo (Università\; Roma Tre)\, Giulia Lasagni (Università\; degli Studi di Parma).
\nFor further information about the event\, please contact the organizers at \;philawson.network@gmail.com.
\nFurther information about the Philawson Network is available at \;https://philawsonnetwork.wordpress.com.
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