CFP: Understanding Value XIII

Call for Abstracts for Understanding Value XIII

      Date: July 14, 2025-July 16, 2025

      Keynote Speakers:

• Jennifer Saul 

University of Waterloo

• Laurenz Casser

University of Sheffield

• Alba Curry

University of Leeds

• More keynote speakers are to be confirmed.

Details

This conference is accepting talks on issues surrounding human values broadly construed. The notion of ‘value’ permeates many questions in and beyond philosophical discourse; as such, we welcome talks from any area of philosophy or interdisciplinary research. This includes, but is not limited to:

Ethics (meta-, normative, and applied), aesthetics (including the philosophy of literature, film, fine arts, and so on), epistemology (individual or social), political philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, meta-philosophy and metaphysics.

In addition to regular conference presentations, we are also hosting a Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) panel on the subject of healthcare injustices. Under ‘minorities’, we recognise all groups who are underrepresented in the philosophical community, including but not limited to racialised people, members of the LGBTQ+ community, disabled people, people from a lower class background and women.

Format

The event will be held in-person, but we are aware that not everyone is able to attend in-person, so there will be a limited number of slots for online presentations.

Submission Instructions:
We welcome submissions from students studying at or above master's level and from researchers who have completed a PhD less than two years before the conference date. We strongly encourage abstracts from students whose backgrounds are under-represented in their discipline.

Abstracts of up to 500 words are requested for submissions to both the parallel sessions and MAP panel. Speakers presenting during parallel sessions will be allotted 20 minutes for their presentation, followed by 10 minutes of questions. MAP panellist will present for 10 minutes, followed by a 20 minute moderated Q&A of pre-prepared questions and closing with 20 minutes of open questions from the audience.

You may submit abstracts to both the parallel session and MAP panel, however, these submissions must be on different topics.

All abstracts must be prepared for blind review (i.e., remove all content that may identify you as the author), and sent to [email protected]. All submissions must be accompanied by a cover sheet, attached as a separate file containing the following information:

• Author(s)'s name(s)

• Email address(es)

• Institutional affiliation(s)

• Whether you would like to present online or in person

• Three keywords on the topic of your talk

• The title of your talk

• Whether the submission is for a parallel session or the MAP panel (if you are applying to both, please indicate which title corresponds to which session)

• Whether you require any special accessibility arrangements not mentioned in the abstract or on the webpages linked below

Additionally, we may be able to provide a childcare bursary to those who need it, though this is yet to be confirmed.

The organisers are eager to support researchers from backgrounds that are under-represented in their academic disciplines. To aid in this endeavour, if you wish to identify yourself as such, please include this information on your cover sheet as well. Please ensure that all files are in PDF or docx format.

The submission deadline is April 25th 2025 at 23:59.

Accessibility 

The conference will be held in the Diamond Building on the University of Sheffield campus, which has wheelchair access, lifts, hearing loops and accessible and gender-neutral toilets. For more information on accessibility, please visit theUniversity of Sheffield website and the AccessAble website. 

A quiet room will be available and we will aim to make presentations and handouts available ahead of time. All selected speakers will be contacted about any dietary restrictions. If you have additional accessibility requests or require accommodation, please let us know via the abstract submission form or by directly emailing us if you wish to ask before submitting an abstract. We will try our best to accommodate your requests.

If you have any queries, feel free to contact us at [email protected].

We look forward to receiving your submissions!

Anne Thompson, Onyx Crisp, Refat E Rubaia
Members of the Understanding Value Organising Committee