Over the course of five days participants will have the opportunity to engage with renowned experts in discussions on the topic of trust and cooperation on the interpersonal and institutional level\, as well as within the contexts of climate change and immigration. Trust and cooperation have become front and center issues in today&rsquo\;s world. The nature of global \; challenges - from refugees seeking asylum to the ecological \; crises of climate change and biodiversity loss - renders cooperation ever more crucial to overcoming them. Key questions revolve around the nature of trust and the nature of cooperation respectively\, as well as around the relationship between trust and cooperation\, intersecting the fields of social and political philosophy\, as well as applied ethics and political epistemology.
\nWe welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized)\, advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines.
\nParticipants will explore current research in these fields\, attend keynote lectures\, thematic discussions and interactive workshops\, as well as present their own work\, and receive valuable feedback from invited scholars. The goal of this Summer School is to provide doctoral students with direct access to leading researchers whose work&mdash\;whether directly or indirectly&mdash\;relates to these themes.
\nTrust &\; Cooperation: Vienna Summer School 2026
\nApplication &\; Fees \; \;
We welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized)\, advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines. Two modes of participation are possible: 1) attendance\, 2) presentation &ndash\; if they would also like to give a presentation.
To apply for participation\, please send the following documents to Joachim Raich (joachim.raich@univie.ac.at): \;
\nThe maximum number of participants at the summer school will be 25.
\nThe \;summer school fee is 75 Euros. The fee includes the student union fee of 25 Euros\, which is required by Austrian law to register at the University of Vienna and to receive a certificate of completion of the summer school. \;
\nPlease\, \;submit your application by March 31\, 23.59 CET.
Contact Email: \;joachim.raich@univie.ac.at
We will notify you of the decision by April 16.
Diversity Statement \;
We strongly encourage applications from members of disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. \;
The international conference Beyond Language \;- Vienna edition\, hosted at the University of Vienna - brings together scholars from philosophy\, theology\, linguistics\, and related disciplines to discuss the role and limits of language in human knowledge\, experience\, and social life. The conference aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue on how language shapes understanding\, truth\, justification\, and social practices of knowledge.
\nWe invite submissions addressing topics such as philosophy of language\, epistemology\, neopragmatism\, political epistemology\, hermeneutics\, religion and the public sphere\, and other interdisciplinary approaches to language\, meaning\, and knowledge.
\nSubmission
\nPlease submit an abstract including:
\ntitle of the paper
\nabstract (300&ndash\;400 words) clearly presenting the research question\, theoretical framework\, and main argument
\nshort academic bio (max. 100 words)
\ninstitutional affiliation
\nPresentation time: 10&ndash\;15 minutes\, followed by discussion.
\nSubmissions should be sent to: \;a12547311@unet.univie.ac.at and \;monika.piechota@uwr.edu.pl
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T202735Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260507T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260508T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy: What and How? UID:20260407T031250Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-r5qzs TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1\, Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Views on what philosophy is and how it should be done vary widely. Is philosophy concerned with reality or our concepts used for grasping aspects of reality? Does philosophy use a priori or empirical methods? What is the role of intuitions? Of hypothetical cases? What are philosophers trying to find out? Is philosophy a descriptive or a normative discipline\, or both? This workshop brings together a diverse group of philosophers who have tried to answer some of these questions. We are looking forward to illuminating talks and fruitful discussions.
This workshop is supported by the PACE \; (https://pace.phl.univie.ac.at/) \;and KiC (https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com/) projects.
This workshop brings together philosophers working on love\, friendship\, relationships\, and other themes in interpersonal ethics.
\nThe workshop is supported by The Knowledge in Crisis project funded by the Austrian Science Fund (10.55776/COE3) under the Clusters of Excellence program. For more information about the project please visit our website\, \;https://www.knowledgeincrisis.com/.
ORGANIZER;CN="Anni A. Räty";CN=Paulina Sliwa: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T202735Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260626T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260627T170000 SUMMARY:The BEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 Conference UID:20260407T031252Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-r5qzs TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Universitätsring 1\, Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:BEYOND LANGUAGE \;is an international conference that aims at integrating international young researchers of language\, literature and culture understood as pivotal social human behavioral patterns. Conference organizers wish to address\, among other issues\, the need of investigating minority speech communities\, endangered and vanishing languages\, literatures and cultures\, small languages\, pidgins and creoles\, as well as narrowing down the scope of study of cultural practices performed by the means of language and studies through the scope of contact linguistics and anthropological linguistics.
\nThis year the Young Scholars Conference &ndash\; BEYOND LANGUAGE 2026 &ndash\; for the first time invites scientists from biological\, medical\, and experimental sciences!
\nThe scope of the conference seeks to establish a ground for new research in the following areas:
\n&ndash\; endangered and vanishing languages\, literatures and cultures\,
\n&ndash\; anthropological linguistics\,
\n&ndash\; studies of cultures and societies\,
\n&ndash\; cultural patterns in discursive practices\,
\n&ndash\; folk-linguistics and folk-anthropology\,
\n&ndash\; mechanisms of language change (and language death)\,
\n&ndash\; the ethnography of communication\,
\n&ndash\; studies of small languages and linguistic vitality\,
\n&ndash\; field linguistics\,
\n&ndash\; translation/interpretation studies\,
\n\;&ndash\; non-confessional theology\,
\n&ndash\; public and critical theology\,
\n&ndash\; philosophy of religion\,
\n&ndash\; political epistemology\,
\n&ndash\; studies of identity\, borders\, and cultural transformation\, broader interdisciplinary humanities\,
\n&ndash\; current research problems and challenges in contemporary biology\, medicine and experimental sciences in all their dimensions.
\nHonorary patronage &\; publication opportunity:
\nÆ\; \;Academic Publishing\, San Diego\, USA
\nAcademic Journal of Modern Philology
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T202735Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260701T123000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:Knowledge in Crisis: Knowledge\, Power and Social Life UID:20260407T031253Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-r5qzs TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:University of Vienna Sky Lounge\, Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1090 DESCRIPTION:How can epistemology help us to better understand and overcome the crisis of knowledge? The aim of this conference is to showcase cutting edge work on knowledge: its nature and norms as well as its social and political dimensions. We want to foster exchange between different approaches to knowledge and the crisis it finds itself in. At the heart of the crisis of knowledge are philosophical problems about the relationship between knowledge\, truth\, science\, ethics and politics&mdash\;and ultimately our relationship to reality itself.
ORGANIZER;CN=Paulina Sliwa;CN=Katalin Farkas;CN=Tim Crane;CN=Camilo Martinez;CN="Denis Džanić";CN=Tuomo Tiisala;CN=Keith Raymond Harris;CN="Anni A. Räty": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T202735Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260709T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260711T170000 SUMMARY:The Armchair on Trial: A Graduate Conference on Philosophical Methodology UID:20260407T031254Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-r5qzs TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Univeristätsstraße 7\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:Topic:
This year'sannual WFAP graduate conference is devoted to debates around philosophical methodology. It is centered around the question of whether philosophy is best done from the philosophical armchair or whether it can and should be done using empirical methods. The conference is focused on the extent to which the emergence of naturalistic approaches and of experimental philosophy (&ldquo\;X-Phi&rdquo\;) pose a problem to &lsquo\;traditional&rsquo\; armchair methods (e.g. consulting intuitions\, conceptual analysis\, reflective equilibrium\, conceptual engineering). We are interested both in work that focuses on individual methods or on the relations between them (e.g. their compatibility).
We aim to bring together early career and advanced researchers in order to discuss questions such as: \;
\nWe welcome submissions that apply these methodological issues to other philosophical debates as case studies.
\nIf you wish to align your talk with the WFAP's reading circle in preparation for the conference\, feel free to check out our readings here:
https://wfap.philo.at/reading-schedule-25-26/
You can take a look at our past graduate conferences here:
https://wfap.philo.at/conferences
Over the course of five days participants will have the opportunity to engage with renowned experts in discussions on the topic of trust and cooperation on the interpersonal and institutional level\, as well as within the contexts of climate change and immigration. Trust and cooperation have become front and center issues in today&rsquo\;s world. The nature of global \; challenges - from refugees seeking asylum to the ecological \; crises of climate change and biodiversity loss - renders cooperation ever more crucial to overcoming them. Key questions revolve around the nature of trust and the nature of cooperation respectively\, as well as around the relationship between trust and cooperation\, intersecting the fields of social and political philosophy\, as well as applied ethics and political epistemology.
\nConfirmed instructors: \;
\nLeah Henderson (University of Groningen)
\nBenjamin McMyler (University of Minnesota)\,
\nKieran Oberman(The London School of Economics and Political Science)
\nGuest speakers:
\nKeith Harris (University of Vienna)
\nMore to be confirmed!
\nTrust &\; Cooperation: Vienna Summer School 2026
\nWe welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized)\, advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines.
\nParticipants will explore current research in these fields\, attend keynote lectures\, thematic discussions and interactive workshops\, as well as present their own work\, and receive valuable feedback from invited scholars. The goal of this Summer School is to provide doctoral students with direct access to leading researchers whose work&mdash\;whether directly or indirectly&mdash\;relates to these themes.
\nApplication &\; Fees \; \;
We welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized)\, advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines. Two modes of participation are possible: 1) attendance\, 2) presentation &ndash\; if they would also like to give a presentation.
To apply for participation\, please send the following documents to Joachim Raich (joachim.raich@univie.ac.at): \;
\nThe maximum number of participants at the summer school will be 25.
\nThe \;summer school fee is 75 Euros. The fee includes the student union fee of 25 Euros\, which is required by Austrian law to register at the University of Vienna and to receive a certificate of completion of the summer school. \;
\n4ECTS can be accreditted by the University of Vienna to all students who complete the summer school.
\nPlease\, \;submit your application by April 14\, 23.59 CET.
Contact Email: \;joachim.raich@univie.ac.at
We will notify you of the decision by April 16.
Diversity Statement \;
We strongly encourage applications from members of disadvantaged and underrepresented groups. \;
The phlox research group is delighted to announce that the 2026 Hamburg/Vienna Summer School will be taught by Kit Fine (NYU). This year&rsquo\;s topic will be *Decision Making under Parity*.
\n**Please note that we had to update our email address. Please register again if you have used the old address!**
*Description*
How should we do decision theory without making the assumption that preferences are linearly ordered? We shall first consider two standard approaches to this question\, one in terms of approximate value and the other in terms of a range of precise values. We shall then develop our own approach\, which uses the notion of an approximate difference in value between two items in place of the notion of the approximate value of a single item. The course will cover a range of philosophical and technical issues.
The event will take place from Monday\, July 20th to Friday\, July 24th at the University of Vienna. For more information\, please visit
\; \; \; \; https://hamburgersommerkurs.wordpress.com
*Call for attendance*
We very much welcome external participants to the Summer School\, though only a limited number of spaces are available. If you would like to participate\, please send a registration email\, attaching (i) a brief CV\, and (ii) a short letter indicating how the course would benefit your work\, to
phlox-school (at) gmx (dot) de
\n
Registration is open until April 30th\; we will notify applicants by the 10th of May.
There will be a registration fee of 25&euro\; to cover refreshments and snacks throughout the course. The fee will be payable at the beginning of the event.
CfA Workshop Group Agency and Metaethics
\nWe invite submissions for the workshop Group Agency and Metaethics. Metaethics concerns the study of the metaphysical\, epistemological\, semantic and psychological presuppositions and commitments of moral thought\, talk and practice. However\, the answers to these various questions are typically developed with a focus on individuals. The possibility that groups are normative or moral agents in their own right is rarely considered within metaethics. The aim of this workshop is to explore the significance of the possibility of group agency for debates in metaethics\, and vice versa. The workshop will focus on group agency in connection to topics such as naturalism/non-naturalism\; realism/anti-realism\; cognitivism/non-cognitivism\; the nature of normativity and norms\; normative reasons\; rationality\; and experimental metaethics. We further welcome submissions on related issues that may be significant for these topics. By exploring groundbreaking topics at the intersection of metaethics and social ontology\, the workshop hopefully will set the stage for future debates.
\nThe workshop will feature four keynote speakers:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Prof. Carla Bagnoli (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Prof. Bart Streumer (University of Groningen)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Asst. Prof. Asya Passinsky (Central European University)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Prof. Hans Bernhard Schmid (University of Vienna)
\nThe workshop will take place at the University of Vienna from 9 to 11 September 2026. If you are interested in presenting at the workshop\, please send your anonymized abstract to niels.de.haan@univie.ac.at with the subject line: Abstract Group Agency and Metaethics. The anonymized abstract should be approximately 500 words. Each speaker will be allotted 1 hour (incl. Q&\;A). The deadline for submissions is 31 May\, 2026. We aim to send out the notifications of acceptance around 15 June\, 2026.
\nThere are bursaries available for students or precariously employed participants with a lack of available funding to (partially) cover accommodation and flights. If you would like to be considered for one of the bursaries\, please indicate this in the email. If your submission is successful\, you will be asked to provide a short description of your funding situation to ensure we can distribute the bursaries fairly.
\nThe workshop is sponsored by the International Social Ontology Society (https://isosonline.org/) and the University of Vienna.
\nWe look forward to your submissions.
\nKind regards\,
\nOlof Leffler and Niels de Haan
ORGANIZER;CN=Olof Leffler;CN=Niels de Haan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260406T202735Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261008T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20261010T170000 SUMMARY:5th Central European Graduate Conference in Ancient Philosophy UID:20260407T031258Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-f5d4878dd-r5qzs TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Vienna\, Austria ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR