16th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy

16th BRAGA MEETINGS ON ETHICS AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY

June 29, 30, and July 1, 2026 | Braga, Portugal

Website: https://16bragameetings.weebly.com

INVITED SPEAKERS 

ROBIN CELIKATES // Freie Universität Berlin

CHIARA CORDELLI // University of Chicago

SALLY HASLANGER // Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy is an annual event organized by the Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society (CEPS) at the University of Minho (Braga, Portugal). The Meetings have established a reputation for providing scholars with an excellent opportunity to present both advanced and exploratory work to a welcoming audience. 

CALL FOR PANELS

The Meetings host closed panels organized by researchers who are not affiliated with CEPS, both junior and senior. If you are interested in organizing a panel, check the submission guidelines here. We kindly request you to submit the panel description and all abstracts using this form. The deadline for panel submissions is February 15th.

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

A series of panels organized by CEPS has been pre-selected for this year's Meetings. If you are interested in submitting an abstract for one or more of our panels, please do it through the form you can find here.

1 / FOOD JUSTICE 

2 / DISTRIBUTION, POWER RESOURCES, AND DOMINATION

3 / FREEDOM, EQUALITY AND WHAT ELSE?

4 / BEYOND IDENTITY FROM WITHIN: CRITICAL REFLECTIONS ON IDENTITY

5 / STRUCTURAL INJUSTICE: CONCEPTIONS AND NORMATIVE IMPLICATIONS

6 / SCIENTIFIC AUTHORITY AND DEMOCRATIC LEGITIMACY: PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ON THE MORAL AND POLITICAL ROLE OF SCIENCE 

7 / RETHINKING POLITICAL PARTIES IN CONTEMPORARY DEMOCRACY

8 / NEW AND OLD METHODOLOGICAL CHALLENGES IN NORMATIVE POLITICAL THEORY

9 / RETHINKING LOVE: CLICHÉS, NORMATIVITY, AND NEW MODELS OF INTIMACY

10 / BETWEEN TRENCHES AND IVORY TOWERS: SOCIETAL, INSTITUTIONAL AND PROFESSIONAL ROLES IN THE ETHICS OF CONTEMPORARY CONFLICT

11 / PARTIALITY AND IMPARTIALITY IN ETHICS AND POLITICS

The deadline for abstract submissions is February 15th.

REGISTRATION AND FEES

Details to be announced soon.

CONTACT

For any further questions, email us at: [email protected].