The Ethics of Travel

The workshop The Ethics of Travel is now open for registrations both for in-person and online attendance. We will have talks on the ethics of flying; the relationship of travel with rights, justice, and the good life; the influence of tourism on local communities; the epistemic and existential (dis)value of travel; and the ethics of specific kinds of travel such as dark tourism and sport fan tourism. We are hoping for a lively discussion on site, as well as online in an asynchronous manner: online attendants will be able to post comments that speakers can reply to after their talks, and we have also a few short lightning talks that will be pre-recorded and available throughout the workshop.

The conference will take place on 18th-19th April 2024 at Tilburg University (The Netherlands), and will be broadcast live through a closed YouTube channel. We will provide with access to registered attendees a few days prior the conference, so please register before 10th April to ensure your participation online or to accommodate you at the venue if you are attending in person.

Registration form: https://forms.gle/xeiixjShvFQFRy6XA 

Program and conference poster (all times are CET): https://shorturl.at/hjswO 

This conference and will launch the subfield of the ethics of travel, with a particular focus on leisure travel (as opposed to, for example, medical tourism, migratory travel, or business travel). After the conference, there will be a special issue in The Journal of Ethics to be published in 2025. 

Organisers and issue editors

Willem van der Deijl-Kloeg (Tilburg University)

Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Tilburg University)