CFP: Practical Applications of Kant’s Philosophy

UK Kant Society Annual Conference 2026

Call for Abstracts: Practical Applications of Kant’s Philosophy

IDEA: The Ethics Centre 24th and 25th September 2026

Keynote speakers

Prof. Nuria Sánchez Madrid (Madrid)

Prof. Pablo Gilabert (Montreal/Oxford)

We are pleased to announce that this year the Annual Conference of the UK Kant Society will be organised by Paula Satne and hosted at IDEA: The Ethics Centre, a specialist unit for teaching, research, training, and consultancy in applied ethics. In line with the interests of the IDEA Centre, and to continue the celebrations of IDEA’s recent 20th anniversary, the main theme of this year’s conference is “Practical Applications of Kant’s Philosophy”.

We invite papers on any aspect of Kant’s philosophy that has a practical application or dimension. We also invite papers that build on Kant’s philosophy and/or the Kantian tradition, as well as papers that are critical of it. Moreover, papers on any area of Kant’s philosophy are also welcome and will be considered. The list below indicates possible topics related to the theme of the conference (though the list is not exhaustive):

-          Poverty and social justice

-          Refugees and immigration

-          War and peace

-          The ethics of AI

-          Environmental ethics

-          Love, sex, and relationships

-          Forgiveness, revenge, and punishment

-          Art, morality, and politics

-          Kant and the Isms (sexism, racism, heterosexism, etc.)

-          Death

-          The ethics and politics of memory

-          Freedom, democracy, and authoritarianism

-          Evil

-          Animal ethics

-          Corporations

-          Business, advertising, social media

The conference will take place at the University of Leeds on 24–25 September 2026. The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 31 May 2026; we aim to send decision letters by 28 June 2026. Abstracts should be suitable for a 25–30‑minute presentation, with 15–20 minutes for discussion, and should be approximately 500 words in length.

There are various sources that offer guidance on how to write abstracts; one that we think is particularly relevant for philosophy is:https://cjblunt.com/abstracts-and-introductions/. Abstracts should be prepared for anonymous refereeing and sent [email protected]. In a separate document, please include your name, institutional affiliation, email address, and paper title. If you are a member of an underrepresented group, you may include that information in the separate document in compliance with BPA/SWIP guidelines.

The conference aims to comply with the BPA/SWIP guidelines for accessible conferences.

For further queries, please contact [email protected]