SOPhiA 2026 - Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy

Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy: SOPhiA 2026
September 02 - 04, 2026
Department of Philosophy (Humanities), University of Salzburg, Austria
Mode: in person

Aim:
SOPhiA 2026 provides an opportunity for students and doctoral candidates in philosophy to take a first peek into the philosophical business and to get in touch with prospective and well established philosophers. Contributions in every discipline of philosophy (epistemology, ethics, logic, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of religion, philosophy of science, etc.) are welcome. As common in analytic philosophy, contributors should make use of understandable language as well as rational argumentation. In addition to the conference presentations there will also be affiliated workshops on selected topics in analytic philosophy.

Keynote Speakers:
* Michela Massimi (University of Edinburgh)
* Julian Reiss (Johannes Kepler University Linz)
* Philip A. Ebert (currently University of Stirling; from February 2026 University of Salzburg)

Call for papers:
Students and doctoral candidates (pre-doc) in philosophy are encouraged to submit an abstract prepared for double-blind review. We are committed to fostering diversity and equality in our programs. Submissions from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome. Abstracts should not exceed 2.000 characters. All submissions should be suitable for a presentation of approximately 20 minutes in length (plus 10 minutes discussion). The conference language is English. Please submit your abstract at http://www.sophia-conference.org until May 1, 2026. Note that authors may appear as co-authors on multiple submissions, but not more often than once as first author/presenter. Non-presenting attendees are requested to register in advance by email at [email protected]. 

SOPhiA best paper award:
Contributors are also invited to submit a full paper (of up to 8.000 words) not including any author or affiliation information. A jury will evaluate all submissions and will determine the winning paper. A selection of full papers will, in addition, undergo double-blind peer-review and be considered for publication in KRITERION -- Journal of Philosophy free of article processing charges. Please prepare your full paper according to the guidelines available at http://degruyter.com/krt and submit it via the link provided there. When submitting your manuscript via the journal's submission system, please select "Special Issue: SOPhiA Best paper Award" as the issue type. Note that only full papers in English submitted before the general deadline (May 1, 2026) can be considered for the SOPhiA best paper award and that contributors are not allowed to be first or co-author of more than one paper submitted for the SOPhiA best paper award. Please be aware that only contributions that have also been submitted as a regular SOPhiA talk will be considered for the SOPhiA best paper award.

Submission deadline: May 1, 2026
Notification deadline: June 1, 2026
Website: www.sophia-conference.org