In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance &ndash\; Series III
\nA series of interviews with contributors to The Philosophy of Money and Finance (Hardcover\, OUP 2024\; Paperback\, fall 2025)
\nSchedule
\n"Truth in Financial Accounting"
Author: Christopher J. Cowton (Emeritus\, University of Huddersfield)
Interviewer: Lisa Warenski (CUNY Graduate Center)
Date and Time: 15 January 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Green Central Banking" \;
Authors: Peter Dietsch (University of Victoria)\; Clé\;ment Fontan (University of Louvain)
Interviewer: Jens van't Klooster
Date and Time: 25 March 2026\, 18:00 CET
"On the Wrongfulness of Bank Contributions to Financial Crises"
Author: \;Richard Endö\;rfer (University of Gothenburg)
Interviewer: Kobi Finestone (Univeresity of San Diego)
Date and Time: 01 June 2026\, 18:00 CET
"Bitcoins Left and Right: A Normative Assessment of a Digital Currency"
Authors: Lars Lindblom and Joakim Sandberg
Interviewer: Violet Victoria
Date and Time: October (TBA) 2026\, 18:00 CET
New Generation Research Exchange
\n\;Call for Applications \;
\nSummary \;
\nThe Humane Philosophy Society\, in collaboration the Faculty of Philosophy\, University of Warsaw\, Blackfriars Hall\, University of Oxford\, and Faculty of Philosophy\, Zagreb University invite applications for the New Generation Research Exchange programme. The Exchange programme will give young scholars in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) working on Big Questions of fundamental human importance the opportunity to participate in three fully funded workshops taking place at the Universities of Warsaw\, Zagreb and Oxford. Participants will have the further opportunity to apply to continue the research during a term of funded supervised research at the University of Oxford on the Marek Matraszek Fellowship. Participants&rsquo\; research projects will be assessed by an external committee after the final workshop takes place to determine possible supervisors for research visits to Oxford. The Fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 to take place in Trogir\, Croatia. \;
\nAn introductory video can be viewed here: \;
\nhttps://youtu.be/vfaPrP2W2Hs
\nEligibility
\nApplicants will normally be MA or early PhD students at Central and Eastern European research institutions\, including universities\, research academies and seminaries\, or young scholars from CEE on equivalent degree programmes outside the region. The programme is intended to support research projects of successful candidates during the final year of their MA course\, or developing their MA research topics for publication\, or with a PhD application in mind\, as well as those beginning to work on a PhD. Proposed projects should broadly fall under the project themes\, which are outlined below. \; It is expected that most applications will be submitted by natural scientists\, theologians and philosophers\, but there are no disciplinary restrictions and applicants with academic backgrounds in other areas are also welcome. Applications are welcome from researchers working in any religious tradition\, and from researchers working in no religious tradition.
\nFor the purposes of the project\, Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) is defined as: Albania\, Armenia\, Azerbaijan\, Belarus\, Bosnia and Herzegovina\, Bulgaria\, Croatia\, Czechia\, Estonia\, Georgia\, Hungary\, Kosovo\, Latvia\, Lithuania\, Moldova\, Montenegro\, North Macedonia\, Poland\, Romania\, Serbia\, Slovakia\, Slovenia and Ukraine.
\nActivities
\nSuccessful candidates will participate in a series of three masterclasses during the course of the programme. The meetings will take place over three days each at the Universities of Zagreb\, Warsaw\, and Oxford. Participants will have the opportunity to discuss their work as a group and with invited mentors\, as well as participate in seminars led by prominent visiting speakers. The Fellowship will cover all the costs of participating in each masterclass including travel and accommodation. The fellowship will conclude with an alumni workshop in the summer of 2026 which will cover all participant costs except travel. The total value of the Fellowship is 4000 USD. \;
\nSelected participants will have a further opportunity to receive the Marek Matraszek Oxford Fellowship to complete their work during a term at Oxford University\, where they will be able to work closely with a secondary supervisor to advance their research. The funding for research visits at Oxford University will cover accommodation\, living costs\, college fees\, and supervision and have a total value of 3000 USD. \;
\nSupported Research Themes
\nThe programme will support research which engages with Big Questions of universal human importance. We are especially interested in research into fundamental issues which straddle boundaries between disciplines including philosophy\, psychology\, physical sciences\, social sciences\, theology\, literature and cultural studies. Applicants will be expected to engage with recent developments in their disciplines\, and demonstrate a high standard of academic rigor. Suitable topics include\, but are not limited to:
\n▪ The significance of theological traditions for scientific practice today\;
\n▪ The relations of brains\, minds and human persons\;
\n▪ Whether physical cosmology can explain the origin of the cosmos\;
\n▪ The role of religion in the historical development of science\;
\n▪ The place of values in the natural world\;
\n▪ The relevance of literary works and traditions for understanding and interpreting Big Questions\;
\n▪ Phenomenology of human life and interpersonal relations\;
\n▪ Intellectual traditions in CEE and their import for Big Questions\;
\n▪ Free will and scientific determinism and/or divine foreknowledge\;
\n▪ Empirical psychology and the second person perspective\;
\n▪ Phenomenological approaches to religion\;
\n▪ Understanding notions of God\, good and evil in a scientific age.
\nFor further example areas that explore Big Questions applicants are strongly encouraged to visit the Humane Philosophy Society&rsquo\;s website where example areas of interest are listed.
\nFor more information on the NGRE fellowship programme as well as on NGRE alumni visit: \;https://www.humanephilosophy.com/ngre
\nApplication process
\nApplications for Exchange Fellowships must be submitted no later than 1 August 2025 for the cycle of the programme starting October 2025. Applications must include the following documents. \; \;
\n▪A proposal describing the research the candidate is carrying out\, how far the research is advanced\, and an outline of the work the candidate expects to complete during the course of their final year. \;
\n▪A full curriculum vitae\, and a statement saying how the candidate expects to benefit from participating in the programme
\n▪Two academic references including a reference from the candidate&rsquo\;s supervisor if the research project is part of an MA degree. \;
\n▪A confirmation from the candidate&rsquo\;s institution stating that they are allowed to participate in the programme during the academic year 2025&ndash\;6. \;
\nAll application materials should be submitted via email to info@humanephilosophy.com stating in the subject line: &ldquo\;NGRE application&rdquo\;. The results of the competition will be announced in September 2025.
\nBy submitting an application for the New Generation Research Exchange candidates accept and acknowledge the terms of processing their personal data for the purpose of the application process. For further information concerning the processing of personal data by the University of Warsaw see the personal data information sheet. If you have any questions please contact Dr Mikołaj Sławkowski-Rode: m.slawkowski-rode@uw.edu.pl \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode;CN=Marija Selak;CN=Ralph Stefan Weir: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260201T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T170000 SUMMARY:Inquiry Network WIP Talks (Spring 2026) UID:20260615T115614Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Inquiry Network WIP Talks feature presentations of work in progress related to inquiry\, broadly understood. For example\, presentations might discuss (but are not limited to): the epistemology of inquiry\, the metaphysics of inquiry\, ethical norms of inquiry\, historical perspectives on inquiry\, or the structure of scientific inquiry.
We aim to foster the sharing of ideas in an inclusive\, welcoming and low-pressure environment. Papers that are already accepted for publication will not be accepted. We aim to be sensitive to the needs of early-career scholars.
The group meets biweekly on Zoom during each of the Fall and Spring semesters. Meeting times are determined shortly before the beginning of each semester with the goal of finding a time that works for as many members as possible. Special consideration is given to finding a meeting time that works for presenters of accepted papers.
Le Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone\, cré\;é\; en 2024\, vise à\; favoriser une synergie entre celles et ceux qui\, des amateurs aux chercheuses\, fré\;quentent la pensé\;e de Hannah Arendt. Dans cette optique\, nous cherchons à\; mettre en place un rendez-vous ré\;gulier pour en discuter les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects.
\nDu fait de l&rsquo\;é\;tendue de la francophonie\, ces sé\;minaires auront lieu en ligne. Leur principe sera le suivant : les participant-e-s auront tous et toutes pré\;alablement lu un article ou un chapitre ré\;cent\, lequel sera pré\;senté\; trè\;s rapidement par souci de prioriser les é\;changes (10 minutes) par son autrice ou auteur. À\; partir de celui-ci\, un-e membre du ré\;seau ouvrira (5 min) à\; un dé\;bat plus large afin de discuter\, outre l&rsquo\;article\, les diffé\;rents interpré\;tations et aspects de l&rsquo\;&oelig\;uvre d&rsquo\;Arendt (1h30).
\nProgramme 2026\nEn 2026\, nous proposons quatre sé\;ances ordinaires du sé\;minaire et une sé\;ance spé\;ciale : «\; Arendt et la science é\;conomique »\;\, «\; Arendt et le travail »\;\, «\; Liberté\;\, volonté\;\, politique »\;\, «\; Arendt et la violence »\;\, «\; Philosophie\, é\;ducation et politique »\;.
\nLe sé\;minaire est ouvert à\; toutes et tous sans inscription pré\;alable \; n&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas à\; venir y assister et y participer. Les articles et textes discuté\;s sont disponibles sur le site du RAF. N&rsquo\;hé\;sitez pas non plus à\; nous contacter pour toute demande d&rsquo\;information complé\;mentaire.
\nLe RAF ?\nLe Ré\;seau Arendtien Francophone (RAF) se veut un espace divers et pluriel\, rassemblant une communauté\; de doctorant-e-s\, enseignant-e-s\, chercheurs/ses\, intellectuel-le-s et toute personne inté\;ressé\;e ou engagé\;e dans l'é\;tude et la diffusion de la pensé\;e d'Hannah Arendt en France et le monde francophone. À\; travers cette plateforme\, nous souhaitons favoriser les é\;changes intellectuels\, offrir une visibilité\; accrue aux travaux de recherche et cré\;er des liens solides entre francophones s'inté\;ressant à\; et puisant dans l'&oelig\;uvre de cette autrice majeure du XXe siè\;cle.
\nOutre l&rsquo\;organisation de ce sé\;minaire et d'é\;vè\;nements acadé\;miques lié\;s à\; la pensé\;e d'Arendt\, le ré\;seau actualise continuellement un site web qui met à\; disposition : une bibliographie des textes de langue franç\;aise consacré\;s à\; Arendt ou la mobilisant\, un annuaire des membres du ré\;seau\, un agenda des activité\;s francophones qui lui sont dé\;dié\;es et une lettre d'information mensuelle.
\nN'hé\;sitez pas à\; rejoindre le ré\;seau ou à\; nous contacter pour rejoindre l&rsquo\;é\;quipe d&rsquo\;animation !
\n ORGANIZER;CN="Rémi Zanni": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260601T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:AI and Data Ethics Summer Training Program UID:20260615T115617Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Boston\, United States DESCRIPTION:AI + Data Ethics (AIDE) Summer is a 9-week\, in-person training program intended for graduate students with advanced training in applied ethics\, ethical theory\, philosophy of science\, metascience\, epistemology\, or other areas with potential research applications to artificial intelligence (AI) and big data who would like to develop research capacities in the ethics of AI\, data ethics\, and the philosophy of technology. \;
\nDesigning AI and machine learning systems to promote human flourishing in just and sustainable ways will require a robust and diverse AI and data ethics research community. However\, there are few graduate programs that train students in these areas. The aim of this summer long\, in person training program is to supplement resources in students&rsquo\; home universities with philosophical and technical skills necessary to research in this area.
\nAIDE Summer 2026 especially welcomes epistemologists\, philosophers of science\, and metascience researchers interested in developing a research program in the philosophy of AI and computation.
\nThe 2026 AIDE Summer Program was made possible by generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation and Northeastern's Khoury College of Computer Science.
\nThe summer 2026 program will run from Monday\, June 1st through Friday\, July 31.
\nApplications are due Thursday January 15th\, 2026 at 11:59pm anywhere in the world.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kathleen A. Creel;CN=John Basl: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Paris:20260604T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Paris:20261024T170000 SUMMARY:Stanley Cavell at 100. An International Centennial Conference UID:20260615T115618Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Paris LOCATION:Roma\; Paris\; Boston\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Stanley Cavell at 100 \; An International Centennial Conference \; \;
Paris: \;4-5 June 2026 \;| Organized by Sandra Laugier\, Université\; Paris 1 Panthé\;on Sorbonne \; Rome: 8-9 June 2026 \;| Organized by Piergiorgio Donatelli\, Sapienza Università\; di Roma \; Boston: 23-24 October 2026 \;| Organized by Juliet Floyd\, Boston University \; \; \;
In 2026\, we mark the centenary of \;Stanley Cavell (1926&ndash\;2026)\, one of the \;most original and wide-ranging American philosophers of the twentieth century. Cavell&rsquo\;s work traversed traditional disciplinary boundaries&mdash\;engaging deeply with philosophy\, literature\, film\, opera\, psychoanalysis\, politics\, and both American and European traditions of thought. In the spirit of his intellectual breadth and transnational sensibility\, we are organizing a three-part international conference to celebrate his life\, work\, and legacy in Paris\, Rome\, and Boston.
\nWhy This Conference Matters
\nStanley Cavell transformed philosophy into an act of acknowledgment&mdash\;of self\, of others\, and of the everyday. His writings on skepticism\, language\, film\, and the ordinary remain vital at a time when trust in both language and human connection faces renewed challenges. From \;Must We Mean What We Say? \;to \;The Claim of Reason\, from \;The World Viewed \;to \;Pursuits of Happiness\, and through his readings of Emerson and Thoreau\, Cavell helped redefine the scope and style of philosophical writing and teaching.
\nHis engagement with Wittgenstein and Austin reinvigorated the ordinary language tradition\, while his interests in modernism\, cinema\, and American transcendentalism forged a philosophical voice that responded to&mdash\;and often transcended&mdash\;the academic context.
\nThis centennial conference will bring together philosophers\, literary scholars\, and critics to reflect on Cavell&rsquo\;s legacy and extend the conversations he began.
\nThis call for papers concerns all three installments&mdash\;Paris\, Rome\, and Boston&mdash\;of the Cavell at 100 conference.
\nSuggested Themes:
\nWe welcome proposals that engage with the following themes or propose new directions for exploring Cavell&rsquo\;s thought.
\nConference Foci:
\nParis will focus especially on Ordinary Language Philosophy\, Film\, and Popular Culture.
\nRome will center mainly on Ethics\, Politics\, and Forms of Life.
\nBoston will treat primarily Philosophy and Literature\, Tragedy\, Music\, and the Idea of America.
\nSome themes&mdash\;such as skepticism\, modernism\, the ordinary&mdash\;cut across all three conferences.
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260615T115619Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260608T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:The 32nd World Congress of the International Association Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy UID:20260615T115620Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260612T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260613T170000 SUMMARY:Third Annual Toronto Bioethics Workshop UID:20260615T115621Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Toronto LOCATION:170 Saint George Street\, Toronto\, Canada\, M5S 1V8 DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto is pleased to announce the third annual Toronto Bioethics Workshop\, taking place on Friday\, June 12th and Saturday\, June 13th at the St. George (downtown) campus of the University of Toronto.
The theme of the workshop is philosophical bioethics\, with a specific emphasis on health\, healthcare\, and health research\, including public health\, research ethics\, clinical ethics\, neuroethics\, and reproductive ethics.
Attendance is free but registration is required: \;https://forms.gle/ntKpYX5ANSktdcv17
\nFriday\, June 12th
\n1:00 pm-2:15 pm Aaron Gray - Dementia-specific Advance Directives and the Continuous Self
\n2:30 pm-3:45 pm \;Sonya Ringer - \;What Do We Owe Your Mother?
\n4:00 pm-5:15 pm \;Jack Harris - Bioethical Autonomy: We Cannot Balance What We Cannot Measure
\nSaturday\, June 13th
\n9:00 am-10:15 am \;Chrysogonus Okwenna - \;Addiction as Socially Mediated Harm: Rethinking the Locus of Responsibility and Public Health Intervention
\n10:30 am-11:45 am \;Vida Panitch - \;Justice and the Sale of Body Parts
\n1:15 pm-2:30 pm Jared Smith - Reasons at the Bedside: A Critique of Reasons-Internalism in Medical Decision Making
\n2:45 pm-4:00 pm Isabella Braga - \;Defining Death at the Bedside: A Pluralistic Approach to Conflicting Standards
\n4:15 pm-5:45 pm \;Nir Eyal - \;Disclaiming Research Ethics
ORGANIZER;CN=Eric Mathison;CN=Andrew Franklin-Hall: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260614T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Early Modern Debates About Slavery UID:20260615T115622Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Amherst Center\, United States DESCRIPTION:This one week seminar will explore 17th and 18th-century texts about slavery from Europe and America. Prof. Jorati will direct an intensive week of summer classes for the benefit of a small group of recent PhDs whose main research and teaching are in the relevant area. Up to six individuals from among those who apply will be selected to participate in five days of intense classes on the announced subject. Travel\, housing and food for the duration of the classes will be paid by the \;JHP \;up to $2\,000. Applications due by Feb. 1\, 2026. To apply visit \;https://jhp.wisc.edu/summerseminar.html.
\n\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Eileen C. Sweeney: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260614T234500 SUMMARY:Workshop “What is Good Reasoning?” UID:20260615T115623Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Bern\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
\nWorkshop &ldquo\;What is Good Reasoning?&rdquo\;
\nUniversity of Bern\, Switzerland
\n10&ndash\;11 September 2026
\nThe aim of the workshop is to investigate the nature of good reasoning and its place within the normative domain. We will explore how good reasoning should be understood and how it relates to other central normative notions\, such as reasons\, ought\, value\, and fittingness. The workshop seeks to foster discussion of questions including: What are the norms and aims of reasoning? Can we explain what it means to reason well in terms of other normative or non-normative notions? And what roles do normative reasons play in good reasoning?
\nConfirmed speakers:
\n- Frank Hofmann \;
\n- Benjamin Kiesewetter \;
\n- David Lussi \;
\n- Alessandra Marra \;
\n- Connor McHugh \;
\nWe invite submissions for additional talks. If you are interested\, please send an abstract of 600&ndash\;800 words (suitable for a talk of 40 minutes) as a PDF attachment to ethicsbern@gmail.com by 14 June 2026. We will notify you about the decision by the end of June.
\nThe abstract must be suitable for blind review and not contain any information that may identify you as the author. However\, please make sure that the e-mail to which the abstract is attached contains your name and institutional affiliation (if applicable).
\nResearchers from underrepresented groups in academic philosophy are especially encouraged to submit. We will provide hotel accommodation for all accepted speakers. In addition\, there is a limited budget for covering (some of) the travelling expenses of those who do not have access to financial support from their home institution.
\nOrganizers: David Lussi\, Andreas Mü\;ller (University of Bern)
\nIf you have any questions\, please contact us at \;ethicsbern@gmail.com. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=David Lussi;CN="Andreas Müller": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T000000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T000000 SUMMARY:2026 Southern Aesthetics Workshop UID:20260615T115624Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:University of South Carolina\, Columbia\, United States DESCRIPTION:The Southern Division of the American Society for Aesthetics is pleased to announce a two-day\, pre-read workshop at the University of South Carolina in Columbia\, SC\, October 9-10\, 2026. Each paper will have two commentators. The program will include a performance and keynote by a local artist.
\nWork in any area of aesthetics or the philosophy of art is welcome. We especially encourage submissions that explore issues of special concern in the South\, broadly construed\, and issues pertaining particularly to the southeastern region\, such as local food and food culture\, poetry\, music\, or sites of conflict. Scholars are welcome to submit no matter where they live or work\, and members of traditionally underrepresented groups in philosophy are especially encouraged to apply.
\nThe deadline for papers of no more than 3500 words (including footnotes\, excluding references) is June 15\, 2026. Decisions will be made by late July. Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review and sent to SouthernAestheticsWorkshop@gmail.com. Submissions will be reviewed by members of the SAW conference committee. Those who presented papers at the 2025 Southern Aesthetics Workshop are not eligible to submit papers to the upcoming event. Papers presented at the ASA Annual Meeting are not eligible for presentation at SAW. All presentations and commentaries must be in-person.
\nAll persons on the program other than the invited keynote&mdash\;including presenters\, commentators\, and chairs&mdash\;must have active ASA membership before the conference program is announced. Registration will be $30\; $15 for students. The workshop will be open to anyone registered. Presenters with no other access to travel funds may be considered for Irene H. Chayes Travel grants from the American Society for Aesthetics. To apply for travel funding\, please note in your submission email that you wish to be considered and include an estimate of your travel costs.
\nQueries can be sent to SouthernAestheticsWorkshop@gmail.com.
ORGANIZER;CN=Angela Sun;CN=Michael Dickson;CN=Kyle Kirby;CN=Jeremy Killian;CN=Zachary Weinstein;CN=Tyler Olsson;CN=Guy Rohrbaugh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Corporate Responsibility Revisited UID:20260615T115625Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Universitätsstraße 7\, 1010\, Vienna\, Austria DESCRIPTION:Schedule Corporate Responsibility Revisited
\n\;University of Vienna\, Room 3A at the NIG\, Universitatsstrasse 7\, 1010 Wien. (In person).
\nMonday 15 June 2026:
\n09.00-10.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Jessica Brown &ndash\; University of St. Andrews
\n10.45-12.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lilian O&rsquo\;Brien &ndash\; University of Helsinki
\n12.15-14.00: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Lunch
\n14.00-15.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Lars Moen &ndash\; University of Vienna
\n15.45-17.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Niels de Haan &ndash\; University of Vienna
\n18.00 \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Dinner
\nTuesday 16 June 2026:
\n09.00-10.30: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Amy Sepinwall &ndash\; University of Pennsylvania
\n10.45-12.15: \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; \; Felix Lambrecht &ndash\; Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
\nEnd
ORGANIZER;CN=Niels de Haan;CN=Lars Moen: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Ethnographilosophy UID:20260615T115626Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Berlin\, Germany DESCRIPTION:
ETHNOGRAPHILOSOPHY \; June 15-16\, 2026\, Freie Universitä\;t\, Berlin\, Germany. Organizers: Deborah Mü\;hlebach (FU Berlin)\, Quill Kukla (Georgetown University/Leibniz Universitä\;t Hannover)\, and Antoine Louette (FU Berlin) \; How can or should philosophers incorporate their own or others' ethnographic work into their philosophical research? Does socially engaged philosophy need ethnography? What ethnographic methods can philosophers use? What creative syntheses of philosophy and ethnography are already happening? What are the distinctive ethical and epistemological issues raised by ethnographic research? Should or could there be different uses of ethnography in different subfields of philosophy\, e.g. political theory vs. epistemology? This workshop will explore the meeting points between philosophy and ethnography. All topics that bring together these two disciplines are welcome. \; Invited speakers include Shelbi Meissner (University of Maryland)\, Lisa Guenther (Queen&rsquo\;s University)\, and Bernardo Zacka (MIT) \; This workshop is supported by a DFG Emmy Noether grant on "Critical Agency&rdquo\; (www.criticalagency.de). \;
From Virtual to Virtue: Ethics\, Epistemology\, Education
\nDate: \;June 15th &ndash\; 16th\, 2026\; deadline for application: March 2\, 2026
\nLocation:Ljubljana\, Slovenia (National Museum of Slovenia\, Maistrova ulica 1)
\nFormat:in person
\nDear colleagues\,
\nWe are delighted to announce a conference dedicated to exploring virtue\, virtuousness\, and related concepts in the context of emerging AI technologies and the digital realm. Grounded in the understanding that human beings are fundamentally relational\, and that virtues are formed through lived experience\, the conference examines how these processes are challenged and reshaped within digital environments. Submissions may address questions of ethics\, epistemology\, or education in relation to virtue and digital or AI-mediated contexts. They are not required to engage with all three areas\; focused treatments within a single domain are equally welcome.
\nThe event welcomes the employment of several disciplines\, including but not limited to philosophy\, computer science\, educational sciences\, cultural anthropology\, bioethics\, law\, and their interdisciplinary permeation. Adopting this interdisciplinary approach\, the conference brings together these perspectives to address the normative and practical implications of the development and use of AI systems in digital culture. Particular attention will be given to questions of responsible technological design\, digital well-being\, and the impact of digital technologies on everyday life.
\nThe conference will feature a dedicated thematic session on the ethical training and alignment of LLMs\, with particular focus on culturally-specific and language-specific approaches. This session will showcase current research and development concerning GaMS (Generative Model for Slovene)\, the Slovene open-source language model. Researchers from the Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Ljubljana will present their methodological frameworks and technical implementations related to developing responsible AI for smaller linguistic communities within broader international governance standards.
\nSuggested themes include (but are not limited to):
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Attaining human virtues and virtuousness in digitally mediated life
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral and epistemic responsibility and accountability in human&ndash\;AI interaction: knowledge\, authority\, and authorship
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Virtue ethics beyond the individual: institutional design\, practices and cultures in the digital era
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Ethical and related aspect of the use of AI in education: virtues in/of AI-mediated learning environments
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; AI-supported personalization and its implications for educational equity\, inclusion\, and justice
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of educators and educational institutions in shaping responsible AI use
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Epistemic dependence\, autonomy\, and trust in AI-assisted educational processes and the concept of digital well-being
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The role of science communication in the post-truth era: addressing the impact of fake news\, misinformation\, and declining institutional trust
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Imaginaries of technology\, artifacts\, and human-machine relations
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Novelty and defining characteristics of AI-mediated\, virtual\, and digital (religious) experience
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Ethical training of LLMs across languages and cultural contexts
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsible governance of AI protocols (documentation\, auditability\, explainability\, escalation)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Cultural variability\, minority perspectives\, and vulnerable groups in the context of the development and operation of AI systems
\nStudent section and workshops
\nThe conference will include workshops and poster presentations devised for PhD candidates and early-career researchers. These workshops and presentations will provide a supportive environment for presenting work in progress\, receiving feedback\, and engaging in methodological and conceptual discussions fostering academic growth. (Students are invited to apply at the contact email below.)
\nDeadlines and other instructions
\nThe deadline for submitting your abstract for review is March 2nd\, 2026.
\nSubmissions should include the title\, a short abstract (between 300 and 450 words)\, your affiliation\, e-mail address\, academic title and/or position. Applicants will be notified of the acceptance of the paper by April 3rd\, 2026.
\nYou can submit your application and abstract to the following e-mail address:mateja.centastrahovnik@teof.uni-lj.si or info@ethics-ai.eu
\nThe conference is planned as an exclusively in-person event. \;Each lecture will last 30 minutes (followed by 15 minutes of Q&\;A).
\nAccommodation: Upon acceptance of their paper\, participants will be provided with detailed information and recommendations regarding accommodation options in Ljubljana\, together with practical guidance for attending the conference and making the most of a visit to the city.
\nConference fee: In alignment with the Centre&rsquo\;s commitment to open and accessible science\, there is no registration fee for this event.
\nAll presenters will receive complimentary coffee\, snacks\, and lunch on both days of the conference. Additionally\, presenters will receive a conference swag bag and an invitation to submit a full paper for a peer-reviewed collection (to be published by an international academic publisher\, TBD).
\nFull paper submission (optional): The deadline for submission is tentatively scheduled for early autumn 2026.
\nProgram committee
\nVojko Strahovnik
Department of Philosophy\, Faculty of Arts\, University of Ljubljana
Head of the \;Centre for Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence and the Ethics of New Technologies
\;
\nMateja Centa Strahovnik
Faculty of Theology\, University of Ljubljana
Leader of the research programme \;The Intersection of Virtue\, Experience\, and Digital Culture: Ethical and Theological Insights
\;
\nDiana C. Daly
Associate Dean\, Graduate Academic Affairs\, University of Arizona iSchool
\;
\nIvan Cerovac
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Rijeka
\;
\n\;
\nContact person
\nMateja Centa Strahovnik
\nmateja.centastrahovnik@teof.uni-lj.si
\n\;
\nConference webpage:
\nhttps://ethics-ai.eu/2026-conference
\n\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Vojko Strahovnik: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260615T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20260615T170000 SUMMARY:International workshop: Political Philosophy of Technologies UID:20260615T115628Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Africa/Johannesburg LOCATION:11th Floor\, UJ on Empire\, Johannesburg\, South Africa DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a workshop on political philosophy of technology on June 15\, 12:00 CET. \;
\nThe centrepiece of the workshop is a keynote address by Professor Mathias Risse\, whose book Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us offers one of the most foundational contributions to this conversation. Risse&rsquo\;s work provides rich frameworks for understanding how emerging technologies may reshape political structures\, rights\, and governance\, and his keynote will open the day of scholarly discussion. Participants will have the opportunity to interrogate and expand on his arguments\, bringing together scholars with a shared interest in the political and ethical dimensions of technology.
\nKeynote title: Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take US \;
\nProf. Mathias Risse
\nAbstract: This talk will offer reflections on what kind of questions come up for political theory in the digital age &ndash\; new questions or perhaps old questions in new forms. Thereby the talk is simultaneously also a reflection on my 2023 book that was actually called &ldquo\;Political Theory of the Digital Age: Where Artificial Intelligence Might Take Us\,&rdquo\; and explores how well that book has aged in this period given the breathtaking pace of change in this field. \;
\nThe workshop is designed to be fully hybrid\, allowing in-person and online participation. \;
\nto join online\, please register here: \;
https://zoom.us/j/99823499564
please direct any questions to: \;SPTPPETSIG@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Paige Benton;CN=Michael W. Schmidt;CN=Veli Mitova;CN=Avigail Ferdman: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Pathologies of Legalism and the Rule of Law UID:20260615T115629Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Ithaca\, United States DESCRIPTION:While some societies suffer from lawlessness\, others suffer from what could be called &ldquo\;pathologies of legalism&rdquo\;. Here\, while citizens and officials adhere to the letter of the law\, they frequently flout something more fundamental in ways that erode the rule of law. In addition to the familiar uses of technicalities to game the legal system\, there are much more serious instances\, such as &ldquo\;lawfare&rdquo\;\, in which political officials weaponize the law in order to attack their political opponents. This project aims to illuminate the nature of the rule of law by investigating these and other pathologies of legalism. Questions to be posed include: What exactly is flouted when citizens or officials resort to legalism? Wherein lies the wrong or harm in such floutings? What kinds of measures would be suitable to address them effectively? Are there certain virtues that\, if cultivated\, would protect against the pathologies of legalism? Speakers will include Gerald Postema (UNC-CH)\, &ldquo\;No Tyranny More Cruel"\; Amanda Greene (UC Santa Barbara)\, &ldquo\;What&rsquo\;s Wrong with Lawfare?&rdquo\;\; Lucas Stanczyk (Harvard)\, "The Shadow Republic: Liberalism\, State Violence\, the Responsibility of Intellectuals&rdquo\;\; Kevin Toh (UCL)\, "Mutual Freedom\, Substrata of Rules\, and Subversive Legalism&rdquo\;\; Hilary Nye (Alberta)\, &ldquo\;The Rule of Law as a Thick Concept&rdquo\;\; and Mitchell Berman (Penn)\, "Cheating\, Second-Order Rules\, and Principles".
ORGANIZER;CN=Amanda R. Greene;CN=Emad H. Atiq;CN=Kevin Toh: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times UID:20260615T115630Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Hoge Steeg 2\, Wageningen\, Netherlands\, 6708 PH DESCRIPTION:The international conference on "Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times. Expanding the Moral Agenda for Transformation" will take place from November 4th to November 6th 2026 at the Wageningen University in the Netherlands. \;
\n
About the conference topic
What do philosophy and ethics of technology mean in turbulent times?
\nThe impact of new technological developments in domains such as artificial intelligence\, synthetic biology\, and quantum technologies is enormous and interconnected with global challenges such as climate change\, authoritarianism\, and geopolitical tensions. Such times demand targeted philosophical and ethical inquiry\, which is the aim of the international conference Technology Ethics in Turbulent Times.
\nWhether your work concerns conceptual analysis\, philosophical methods for studying and evaluating technology\, case-studies in the ethics of (disruptive) technologies\, sustainable technology\, praxis-oriented approaches geared towards design and social implications\, or another related topic: We welcome you to submit an abstract or participate!
\n
Keynote speakers:
Prof. Dr. Soraj Hongladarom (Mahachulalongkornrajavidyalaya University)
Prof. Dr. Emma Ruttkamp-Bloem (University of Pretoria)
Prof. Dr. Catriona McKinnon (University of Exeter)
More information about our keynote speakers can be found here https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/programme/
Submissions:
The conference will be structured around 6 thematic tracks. A track may consist of various submission types (single papers\, panels\, and sessions). Details about the various submission types can be found here https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/call-for-papers/ Please note: Being part of a special conference track is not a condition for being accepted.
You can find descriptions of the tracks by navigating to the website and clicking on the track titles https://www.esdit.nl/conference-2026/call-for-papers/
\nThe submission deadline \;is June 15\, 2026\, 23:59 CET. This willbe the final deadline. Notes of acceptance will be sent before 1 July 2026.
The conference is organized by the
We look forward to receiving your submissions \;by June 15\, 2026.
ORGANIZER;CN=Mariska Bosschaert: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260615T234500 SUMMARY:Formal Approaches to Rationality and Meaning (FARM) UID:20260615T115631Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:New York\, United States DESCRIPTION:FARM is a conference that aims to bring together researchers studying meaning\, reasoning and rational norms. \;
\nConference webpage: https://mmandelkern.github.io/farm26.html
\nTime: October 10-11\, 2026
\nLocation: NYU Department of Philosophy
\nWe welcome submissions from a variety of fields\, including epistemology\, philosophy of language\, decision theory\, philosophical logic\, metaphysics\, philosophy of mind\, and metaethics. \;
\nWe will cover accommodation for speakers and assist with travel.
\nPlease submit a draft of no more than 5000 words formatted for anonymous review. \; Submissions are due June 15\, 2026
\nSubmission link: https://openreview.net/group?id=FARM/2026/Conference#tab-your-consoles
\nPlease contact the organizers with any questions. \;
\nConference email: farm.nyip@gmail.com
\n ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew Mandelkern;CN=Harvey Lederman;CN=Snow Zhang;CN=Paolo Santorio;CN=Julia Staffel: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260616T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Moral Progress and Moral Change UID:20260615T115632Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Ulica grada Vukovara 54\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, 10000 DESCRIPTION:We are very pleased to announce that the Summer School \;&lsquo\;Moral Progress and Moral Change&rsquo\; \;will take place from \;June 16 &ndash\; 18 2026 \;at the \;Institute of Philosophy in Zagreb.
\nThe program is designed for a maximum of 20 PhD candidates\, advanced MA students\, or early career researchers working in the philosophy of moral progress and moral change broadly construed. Our summer school will encompass debates about the normative criteria of moral progress\, the empirical case for ongoing moral regress\, the relationship between social identities and social norm change\, and the relationship between technological and moral change.
\nThe summer school will feature keynotes from:
\n&bull\; Agnes Tam (University of Calgary)
\n&bull\; Victor Kumar (Boston University)
\n&bull\; John Danaher (University of Galway)
\nIn addition to keynote lectures and student presentations\, we will also have a few presentations on moral progress and moral change from scholars in the regional research community. However\, our key focus is on allowing plenty of time for participants to discuss issues related to the philosophy of moral progress and moral change and make fruitful research connections among a group of scholars with related interests.
\nHow to apply: Our program has space for a limited number of student presentations (20 mins talk\, followed by 10 mins Q&\;A). If you would like to present at the Summer School\, please send an anonymised abstract of up to 500 words to Mia Biturajac at \;mbiturajac@ifzg.hr \;by \;12 April 2026. In the body of your email\, please include your name and your institution. Note that it is not necessary to present in order to attend.
\nIf you have any additional questions\, you can also contact Mia via the email address above.
\nThe attendance fee is \;&euro\;100. Our three-day program will include lunch each day\, and a dinner one evening to which all participants are invited.
\nYou can find more information on our website: \;https://mpmc.ifzg.hr/
\nThis Summer School is supported by the Institute of Philosophy\, and by the Croatian Science Foundation-funded projects \;MoPIC \;and \;AIAJ.
\nBest wishes from the Summer School Organising Committee\, Mia Biturajac\, Charlie Blunden\, Petar Bodlović\, Nino Kadić\, Marco Tassella\, Monika Zeba
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260616T170000 SUMMARY:Justice in Local Space UID:20260615T115633Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Sir Arthur Lewis Building\, Lincoln's Inn Fields\, London\, United Kingdom\, WC2A 2PH DESCRIPTION:The use and control of physical space has long been central to political philosophy (conceived\, for instance\, in terms of private property rights or collective territorial rights). However\, this rich body of work has focused primarily on the justification of exclusive control rights at either the small (individual-property-right) scale or the large (territorial-right) scale\, rather than on the normative dimensions of intermediate local-scale use of physical space and everyday spatial experience\, the demands of justice or morality that arise from the local-level inhabiting of a shared physical environment. This is beginning to emerge as a subject of study in political philosophy/theory\, and recent book-length treatments (e.g. Kohn's The Death and Life of the Urban Commonwealth (2016)\; Kukla's City Living (2021)) and emerging literatures on topics such as gentrification and housing justice begin to address these concerns. Much of this work\, though\, assumes "the city" (metropolitan area or municipality) as the relevant unit of analysis. Yet for theories concerned with justice in day-to-day life\, issues of justice in local land use need not be distinctively urban\, and the local space more generally&mdash\;neighbourhoods\, districts\, villages\, rural areas&mdash\;and the relations between them (home to work\, home to community) may be a more meaningful unit of analysis.
\nIn this workshop we wish to explore what is distinctive about justice at the local scale and in the local organisation of land use\, and how established justice frameworks might need modification when applied to everyday spatial experience.
\nInvited speakers:
\nKaty Wells (Warwick)
\nBart van Leeuwen (Radboud)
\nHolly Longair (Kwantlen Polytechnic)
\nPilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) &\; Dan Guillery (LSE)
\nBettina Lange (Radboud)
\nCorey Schuck (Radboud)
\nGah-Kai Leung (Warwick)
\nThis workshop is hosted and funded by the Centre for Philosophy of Natural and Social Science at the LSE.
\nPracticalities
\n9.30 - 18.00\, 16th June 2026\, in person
\nLondon School of Economics and Political Science (Sir Arthur Lewis Building\, Room G.03)
\nAll are welcome\, but please register your attendance at the link above\, so that we have an idea of numbers for catering\, and since\, if you are not a member of the LSE\, you will not be able to access the building unless you are on our list in advance.
\nTimetable
\n09.30 - 10.00: Coffee
\n10.00 - 10.50: Katy Wells (Warwick)
\n10.50 - 11.40: Bart van Leeuwen (Radboud) &lsquo\;Spatial dimensions of urban justice&rsquo\;
\n11.40 - 12.00: Coffee
\n12.00 - 12.50: Corey Schuck (Radboud) &lsquo\;A Republican Theory of Housing Freedom&rsquo\;
\n12.50 - 14.00: Lunch
\n14.00 - 14.50: Bettina Lange (Radboud) 'Life Plans and Daily Life : How Liveable Neighbourhoods Can facilitate Autonomous Agency'
\n14.50 - 15.40: Pilar Lopez-Cantero (Antwerp) &\; Dan Guillery (LSE) &lsquo\;Carspreading and inequality: The affective dimensions of unjust spatial encroachment&rsquo\;
\n15.40 - 16.00: Coffee
\n16.00 - 16.50: Gah-Kai Leung (Warwick)
\n16.50 - 17.40: Holly Longair (Kwantlen Polytechnic) (remote) \;&ldquo\;Theorizing Rural Identity&rdquo\;
\n\nDrinks
\n19.00: Dinner
ORGANIZER;CN=Daniel Guillery;CN=Corey Schuck;CN=Bettina Lange: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Enlightenment & Citizenship Workshop UID:20260615T115634Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Fribourg\, Switzerland DESCRIPTION:&ldquo\;Enlightenment and Publicity: The Problem of Deception in Late 18th Century Political and Religious Thought&rdquo\; is a multilateral research project funded by \;the Swiss National Science Foundation and housed at the University of Fribourg\, University of Bucharest\, and Jagiellonian University. \;
\nThe project&rsquo\;s first workshop will take place on June 17&ndash\;18 at the University of Fribourg. The topic is &ldquo\;Enlightenment and Citizenship&rdquo\;. The speakers for the event are as follows:
\nJames Clarke (York)
\nLuke Davies (Groningen)
\nSebastiano Ghisu (Sassari)
\nStefan Klinger (Gö\;ttingen)
\nTinca Prunea-Bretonnet (Bucharest)
\nPaola Rumore (Turin)
\nElisabeth Widmer (LSE)
\nThis is an in-person event. To register for the workshop\, please email michael.kryluk@unifr.ch
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael Kryluk;CN=Ralf M. Bader: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260617T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260617T170000 SUMMARY:Epistemic Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation in the Digital Age UID:20260615T115635Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Sveucilisna avenija 4\, Rijeka\, Croatia DESCRIPTION:Epistemic Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation in the Digital Age One-day Conference &ndash\; June 17\, 2026
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Rijeka The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka is pleased to announce the one-day conference \;Epistemic Dimensions of Democratic Deliberation in the Digital Age. The conference brings together scholars working in social and political epistemology\, democratic theory\, political philosophy\, and political sociology to reflect on the epistemic conditions of democratic deliberation in contemporary digital societies. Motivated by recent transformations in how citizens form\, evaluate\, share\, and contest politically relevant beliefs\, the conference explores the conditions under which democratic decision-making can remain epistemically robust under rapidly changing communicative environments. Particular attention will be paid to how \;digital technologies reshape deliberative spaces\, influence epistemic agency\, and structure the production\, circulation\, and contestation of political knowledge. The conference is grounded in the framework of epistemic democracy while also engaging broader questions concerning the affective\, relational\, and social dimensions of public reasoning. In addition to examining the epistemic standards of democratic deliberation\, we invite contributions addressing the role of emotions\, affective polarization\, trust\, and public sentiment in shaping political judgment and democratic legitimacy. We are particularly interested in work exploring how emotional dynamics intersect with processes of belief formation\, disagreement\, persuasion\, and collective reasoning in digitally mediated contexts. Possible topics include the following\, but are not limited to:
The conference aims to foster dialogue between established scholars and early-career researchers on the challenges and possibilities facing democratic deliberation today.
\nKeynote Speaker
\nJosé\; Luis Martí\; (Pompeu Fabra University) \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kristina Lekic: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260617T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:2ª ed congreso internacional de desterritorializaciones políticas UID:20260615T115636Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Madrid\, Spain DESCRIPTION:This events tries to be a presential space\, but we could study the possibility of online participations in case it is really difficult and the proposal fits in the cfp. In case of not being able to attend in person it is necessary to specify it in the email where you are sending the proposal where you are sending it.
\nFrom the National University of Distance Education\, the Complutense University of Madrid\, and the Universidad Autó\;noma Metropolitana&ndash\;Iztapalapa\, we invite researchers to submit proposals that explore and analyze our political present from a Deleuzo‑Guattarian perspective that understands the centrality of capitalism as an axiomatics and immanent system.
\nWe are now accepting abstracts that follow (but are not limited to) the following thematic lines:
\nDialogues between macro\, micro and mesopolitics: thinking a minor politics
Democracy\, institutions and community
State and war: borders and imperial regimes
The affective turn in politics
Capitalist axiomatics\, social organization and libidinal economy
Militant clinic: antipsychiatry and schizoanalysis
Feminisms of difference\, xenofeminisms and post‑humanist feminisms
Anticoloniality\, postcoloniality and decoloniality
Corporealities and dissident desires
Violence\, extractivism and climate catastrophe
Proposal submission:
An anonymized abstract should be sent to the organizing email address (desteticas@gmail.com)\, summarizing the proposal in 250 to 300 words. The title\, thematic lines\, five keywords\, and an essential bibliography must be included. In addition\, a second document should be attached to the email stating the author&rsquo\;s name\, institutional affiliation\, a brief biography\, contact email\, and the title of the proposal.
Deadline:
April 27\, 2026 will be the deadline for submitting papers.
Conference dates:
&ldquo\;Political Deterritorializations&rdquo\; will take place on June 17\, 18\, and 19\, 2026 at the Complutense University of Madrid (UCM) and the National University of Distance Education (UNED).
Organizers:
Luis Jaime Estrada (UAM‑I &ndash\; UCM)\, Myriam Rodrí\;guez del Real (UNED)\, Ana Gorostizu (UC3M).
Scientific committee:
Germá\;n Cano (UCM)\, Francisco José\; Martí\;nez (UNED)\, Amanda Nú\;ñ\;ez (UNED)\, Nicolá\;s Ried (Universidad Diego Portales&ndash\;Chile)\, Juan Evaristo Valls Boix (UCM)\, Sayak Valencia (COLEF&ndash\;Mexico).
Die verlockende Leichtigkeit der KI: Gesellschaftlicher Wandel in der Gegenwart \;kü\;nstlicher Systeme
\nGenerative KI\, also neuartige Inhalte schö\;pfende Anwendungen der kü\;nstlichen Intelligenz\, nimmt Aufschwung. Text- und Bildgeneratoren haben es in den letzten Jahren einer breiten Ö\;ffentlichkeit ermö\;glicht\, in ihrem Alltag Gesprä\;che mit Chatbots zu fü\;hren oder neuartige Bildwelten zu schaffen. Innerhalb kurzer Zeit sind KI-Anwendungen quasi ü\;berall. Mehr und mehr fungieren sie auch als "Social Agents" und erledigen Routineaufgaben wie etwa Kundenanfragen oder ü\;bernehmen die Rolle eines Gesprä\;chspartners. Plö\;tzlich scheint es mitdenkende Maschinen zu geben &ndash\; die scheinbar verstehen. Zeichnet sich eine veritable Krä\;nkung des Menschen ab?
\nIn dieser Tagung werden Fallstudien zum Mensch-KI-Verhä\;ltnis prä\;sentiert und die mit ihnen verbundenen gesellschaftlichen Ä\;nderungen ethisch reflektiert. Was bedeutet es\, wenn Chatbots als Freunde oder gar als romantische Partner genutzt werden? Sind Kreativitä\;t und kü\;nstlerisches Schaffen in Zukunft nicht mehr relevant? Ist die Leichtigkeit\, mit der man sich etwa Hausarbeiten
schreiben lassen kann\, allzu verlockend? Wie verä\;ndert sich vor diesem Hintergrund unser Selbstverstä\;ndnis und das Zusammenleben der Menschen?
Expertinnen und Experten aus Ethik\, Philosophie\, Medienwissenschaft und Psychologie stellen auf der #IDEepolis26 Forschungsergebnisse vor und diskutieren mit dem Publikum. Zum 22. Mal wird auf der Tagung zudem der Medienethik-Award "META" an preiswü\;rdige Hö\;rfunk- und TV-Produktionen verliehen\, die sich in herausragender \;Weise kritisch mit dem Thema auseinandergesetzt haben.
ORGANIZER;CN="Oliver Zöllner": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260617T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260617T170000 SUMMARY: Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism UID:20260615T115638Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:Newman Building\, UCD Campus\, Dublin\, Ireland DESCRIPTION:Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism
\n17 June 2026\, University College Dublin
\nInvited Speakers:
\nJakob Huber (Freie Universitä\;t Berlin)
\nMary E. Witlacil (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology)
\nThe world has concluded the third consecutive year in which the 1.5 degrees warming target was exceeded\, and catastrophic storms and floods killing thousands in South East Asia. At the same time\, the climate and environmental crisis has moved to the background of global attention\, and the global climate movement has not managed to maintain or restore the global attention needed to pressure governments and corporation for change. Many within the climate movement feel overwhelmed with emotional exhaustion and tactical disorientation\, and the need to figure out what is to be done next.
\nIn this moment\, philosophy can play a critical role in examining the emotional life of activists within the struggle against climate and environmental breakdown\, what role emotions play within a global social movement\, and how emotions inform\, shape and motivate the activism pushing for change. Recently\, philosophers have conducted extensive surveys of climate emotions and their function: Thresher (2025) advocates for eco-anger as a force for change\, Altenger &\; Menges (2025) argue that despair about climate change can have valuable signalling functions\, and Velasco &\; Richardson (2026) explore ecological grief as a shared group-based emotion. This workshop seeks to continue the conversation\, and examine climate emotions specifically in their role for climate and environmental activism.
\nWe seek up to four contributions for the workshop on climate emotions and environmental activism. Topics include but are not limited to:
\nHope and despair and their role in the climate movement: what is their value\, their function and risks? What forms can environmental hope and despair take?
\nHow do climate emotions like anger\, grief\, guilt or anxiety shape environmental activism? What functions do they fulfil\, and what risks do they pose to activists?
\nWhat can we learn from philosophical optimism in the face of climate breakdown? Is optimism necessary to sustain environmental activism? Is pessimism more justified?
\nHow are climate emotions such as anger expressed in different protest forms (e.g. civil disobedience or uncivil disobedience)? What protest form is best to anchor climate emotions in public discourse? What is the value of emotional expression in public discourse?
\nHow do climate emotions shape the agential identity of climate activists? Are escalating means of climate activism (e.g. sabotage or violence) informed or shaped by climate emotions\, or vice versa?
\nWhat can philosophy learn from social movement studies on the function of climate emotions?
\nWhat role do emotions play in other political struggles\, and what can we draw from these lessons for the climate movement?
\nPlease prepare anonymised abstracts of max. 1000 Words (excluding bibliography)\, to be submitted to quan.nguyen@ucd.ie. The deadline for submissions is 15 \;March. Submissions from graduate students and early career researchers are especially encouraged &ndash\; additional funding is being sought to cover some accommodation costs for graduate and early career participants. Accepted papers will be notified by end of March at the latest.
\nThe one-day workshop on 17 June will be followed by a book workshop on 18 \;June\, on my book manuscript titled &ldquo\;It&rsquo\;s Okay to Despair about Climate Change &ndash\; Militant Pessimism in the face of Climate Breakdown&rdquo\;. Participants are not required to\, but are warmly invited to attend.
ORGANIZER;CN="Anh-Quân Nguyen": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260617T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Dublin:20260617T170000 SUMMARY:Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism UID:20260615T115639Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Dublin LOCATION:Newman Building\, UCD Campus\, Dublin\, Ireland DESCRIPTION:Workshop Climate Emotions and Environmental Activism
\n17 June 2026\, University College Dublin
\nD520\, UCD Newman Building\, Department of Philosophy
\nThe climate crisis is worsening before our eyes. After another year of record heat\, climate scientist recently warned that the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC) faces much more significant risk of collapse than previously thought due to global warming. One of the major global tipping points\, the collapse of the stream not only risks turning the Atlantic from a carbon sink into a source of further carbon emissions\, but also likely means civilisational devastation for most of Europe and North Africa. \;
\nAt the same time\, the climate and environmental crisis has moved to the background of global attention\, and the global climate movement has not managed to maintain or restore the global attention needed to pressure governments and corporation for change. Many within the climate movement feel overwhelmed with emotional exhaustion and tactical disorientation\, and the need to figure out what is to be done next.
\nIn this moment\, philosophy can play a critical role in examining the emotional life of activists within the struggle against climate and environmental breakdown\, what role emotions play within a global social movement\, and how emotions inform\, shape and motivate the activism pushing for change. This workshop examines climate emotions specifically in their role for climate and environmental action\, and invites everyone interested in the philosophy of the climate crisis to attend.
\n\nSchedule (Irish Times): \;
10:00-11:00 Wendy Xin (Sydney): Awe and Environmental Activism beyond Elitism
11:00-12:00 Rachel Cripps (Toronto): Fear Appeals\, Vulnerability\, and the Psychological Burden of Climate Change
12:00-13:00 Molly Dea-Stephenson (McGill): Ecotage and the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: On Defensive Justification of Putatively Hopeless Climate Activism
14:30-15:30 Mary E. Witlacil (South Dakota School of Mines and Technology): Burning Out on Hope: Climate Activism in a World on Fire
15:30-16:30 Frida Ekelund (Independent) &\; Olivia Nielsen (Bremen): &lsquo\;Climate Fools&rsquo\; and &lsquo\;Eco-terrorists&rsquo\; - On Danish Media&rsquo\;s Silencing of Environmental Activists
17:00-18:00 Finlay Malcolm (Manchester): On Acting from Environmental Loss: Ecological Grief and Environmental Action
18:00-19:00 Jakob Huber (FU Berlin): Democracy and the Crisis of Hope
The earliest variants of scepticism about the value of trying to extend human activity into space took the form of (mistaken) claims about physical impossibility\, the classic variants involve an idea of threat. Lewis Mumford\, Carl Schmidt and Hannah Arendt all raise concerns about space as a continuation of terrestrial trends including conflict and the domination of technology over the human. While there are occasional echoes of this in the contemporary scepticism of Daniel Deudney&rsquo\;s Dark Skies\, contemporary scepticism has tended instead towards shallower populist narratives about elites and abandonment of the Earth. Two key questions will be explored. First\, why have we ended up with the less plausible variants dominating sceptical discourse. Second\, is any variant of space scepticism ultimately defensible?
\nPlease email events@uehiro.ox.ac.uk if you have specific access requirements. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Koji Tachibana: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Madrid:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Public Opinion and Democratic Civic Engagement: Expanding Reflection in Public Agendas. A tribute to Maxwell McCombs and Esteban López-Escobar UID:20260615T115641Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Madrid LOCATION:Universidad de Navarra C/ Universidad s/n\, Pamplona\, Spain\, 31009 DESCRIPTION:This workshop aims to foster an interdisciplinary collective discussion about the evolution of public opinion studies in arena shaped by social media\, emotional engagement\, and polarization. In addition to reflecting on the extent to which media and new communication platforms contribute to the creation&mdash\;and perpetuation&mdash\;of a polarized society\, we would like to promote dialogue on how we\, as scholars\, can redefine the role of communication in this context. Our goal is to explore together how we could rebuild this fragmented landscape\, addressing issues in public opinion research and exploring new ways of enhancing civic engagement. This reflection seems timely in the current context of international conflicts and crises that threaten democracy and often appear to undermine rational dialogue.
The starting point of this workshop is to return to the fundamentals of public opinion dynamics. Understanding how opinions are formed\, expressed\, and transformed requires revisiting the basic mechanisms that shape collective judgment in contemporary societies. For this purpose\, it is essential to challenge some of the entrenched cliché\;s that too often underlie general explanations of current phenomena. Are we\, as researchers\, engaging with social issues in a sufficiently critical and nuanced manner? Can we expand the scope of our enquiry and seek the causes of this lack of engagement?
Moreover\, we must ask whether the drive toward simplification&mdash\;amplified by digital communication&mdash\;has become one of the main obstacles to meaningful public discourse. \;
This raises several key questions: Is public opinion today more simplistic than ever? Does the public arena still serve as a genuine space for democratic debate\, or has it come to be dominated by emotional narratives and polarization? And if so\, how can we regenerate the public sphere so that meaningful dialogue is possible?
The distinction between what is considered true and what is dismissed as fake news comes to the forefront. Public opinion can increasingly be understood as a social construction that no longer necessarily refers to reality itself. Instead\, it is shaped by mediated representations\, emotions\, and collective perceptions that circulate within the public sphere. As a result\, the boundaries among information\, perception\, and belief become progressively blurred. How\, then\, can public opinion remain genuinely informed in an environment shaped by echo chambers and algorithmic reinforcement? What is the role of traditional media in this context? How is Artificial Intelligence shaping debates and content?
In sum\, in a context where freedom of expression is often curtailed\, and public participation is facing growing disruptions\, this workshop seeks to discuss the conditions for a rational and open public sphere. \;
This workshop honors the work of Maxwell McCombs and Esteban Ló\;pez-Escobar\, whose lifelong commitment to the study of agenda-setting and media effects has left an enduring legacy in the field of communication research and its links to democracy. They reminded us that communication carries a social responsibility: to strengthen democratic life and\, ultimately\, to help create the conditions for better and more just societies. Now\, by revisiting the legacy of McCombs and Ló\;pez-Escobar\, our workshop seeks to inspire new directions in the study of public opinion\, while reaffirming the political mission that supports all meaningful communication research.
\n TOPICS FOR PROPOSAL
Possible topics for proposals include\, but are not limited to: &bull\; Media\, old and new\, effects on public opinion. &bull\; Public attitudes. Role of Emotions in Public Opinion. &bull\; Polarization\, extremism\, and information disorders. &bull\; Public perceptions. Controversial issues and social perceptions. &bull\; New media effects. Developments of Agenda-setting in the new media context. Developments of Framing studies. &bull\; New Directions in Electoral Campaigns. &bull\; Effects of polls in democracies. &bull\; AI effects on public opinion. &bull\; Challenges to freedom of expression. &bull\; Civic engagement.
One aim of the workshop is to identify and bring together scholars in communication\, sociology\, and politics concerned about communication research and public opinion studies. \;
ORGANIZER;CN="Mónica Codina": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:The Challenges of Hostile Epistemology: Democracy\, Media\, and Liberal Society UID:20260615T115642Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Sveucilisna avenija 4\, Rijeka\, Croatia\, 51000 DESCRIPTION:Date and Venue
\nJune 18 &ndash\; June 19\, 2026
\nThe Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Rijeka
\n\;
\nDetails
\nThe Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at the University of Rijeka is organizing the thematically urgent and engaged &ldquo\;The Challenges of Hostile Epistemology&rdquo\; conference. This conference is aa one-time event gathering prominent scholars specialized in social and political epistemology\, political philosophy\, the epistemology of democracy\, and the many intersections between philosophy and novel technologies. Motivated by recent transformations to how we form\, revise\, and reject politically pertinent beliefs about social phenomena and humanist values\, this conference examines the hostile epistemology of contemporary politics. The conference derives its title from the concept of &ldquo\;hostile&rdquo\; epistemic environments\, which innately and systematically exploit our cognitive vulnerabilities\, entrenched prejudice\, and fallacious thinking. This conference thus analyzes how the increasingly adversarial structure of media\, social networking\, and political discourse shapes the understanding of democratic principles\, enlightenment values\, and expert knowledge. In addressing the epistemic features of such environments and their concrete political consequences\, the conference endeavors to provide a comprehensive and timely account of contemporary political epistemics. The subject also encourages investigations of hostile epistemology that center on the changes to epistemic agents\, who are exhibiting declining degrees of literacy\, focus\, and genuine comprehension.
\nKeynote Speakers
\nRobert B. Talisse (Vanderbilt University): "The Real Problem of Civility"
\nCristopher Bret Ranalli (VU Amsterdam): "Liberalism and the Many Faces of Conspiracy Theorizing"
\nCall for Abstracts
\nScholars (doctoral students and above) interested in partaking in the conference must send a 200-word abstract of their lectures to kristinalb@uniri.hr by May 15\, 2026. The organizers will inform applicants whether their participation has been accepted by May 25\, 2026. \;
\nFurther Information for Participants
\nParticipation in the conference is free of charge. The organizers will supply coffee breaks free of charge and will\, if required\, assist participants in scheduling their travel and accommodation. Although participants are responsible for their own accommodation\, travel\, and catering\, the University of Rijeka offers affordable lunches and dinners at the Student Center.
\nOrganizational Board
\nIvan Cerovac\, Kristina Lekić-Barunčić\, Hana Samaržija
ORGANIZER;CN=Ivan Cerovac;CN=Kristina Lekic;CN="Hana Samaržija": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Objectivity and Subjectivity in Medicine UID:20260615T115643Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities\, Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:This interdisciplinary workshop will bring together DPhil students and early career researchers in the medical humanities to share their ongoing research in a supportive environment. Discussion will focus on the problems of objectivity and subjectivity in medical research and practice: is there such a thing as an &ldquo\;objective&rdquo\; approach to medicine\, and if not\, should there be? \;
\nMedical knowledge is always situated and inevitably shaped by forms of uncertainty. We invite contributions that explore the ways in which clinical and scientific practices may reproduce structural biases\, as well as how they engage with key aspects of human experience that resist quantification &ndash\; such as pain\, fatigue\, or emotional distress. In this context\, the increasing use of artificial intelligence raises further questions: does it enhance objectivity\, or simply reinforce pre-existing biases? \;
\nThe subjectivity of patients also generates important tensions: lived experiences do not always align with standardized scientific frameworks. We welcome contributions that examine\, for instance\, how such experiences may be oversimplified when translated into medical categories and terminology\, or marginalized when they fail to fit pre-existing classificatory systems. We are also interested in initiatives that seek to incorporate patients&rsquo\; experiences and emotions into medical practice. \;
\nIn a context of increasing scepticism toward institutional medical discourse and a turn toward alternative medical practices\, it is worth asking how the ideal of objectivity can be reconciled with the acknowledgment of subjective experience. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Charlotte Dewarumez: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260618T170000 SUMMARY:Digital Fiduciaries: Ethics for Algorithmic Contractors UID:20260615T115644Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:We invite you to join the \;Rutgers Institute of Ethical Leadership \;for its \;2026 Virtual Summit: \;"Digital Fiduciaries: Ethics for Algorithmic Contractors" \;on \;Thursday\, June 18\, 2026\, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT \;via Zoom. This timely two-hour conversation brings together leading voices from academia and industry to examine the accountability gap that emerges when governments delegate core public functions to proprietary algorithms. Our distinguished panelists &mdash\; \;Derek Leben \;(Carnegie Mellon University)\, \;Tobey Scharding \;(Rutgers Business School)\, and \;Noga Rosenthal \;(General Counsel &\; Chief Privacy Officer\, Ampersand) &mdash\; will offer both scholarly and practitioner perspectives on the evolving landscape of AI governance and ethics. \;
\nWhether you are a researcher\, educator\, graduate student\, or industry professional navigating the intersection of technology\, law\, and ethics\, this summit offers valuable insights into one of the most pressing governance challenges of our time. \;Register today!
\nEvent Registration: \;https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdNxB0ira_HGBnuMfkna-ClDwoJxTRAnbAY2lQwMZx4mqykDg/viewform?usp=header
\nZoom Registration: \;https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/I8Bpin1oRquhDIrSdsYFgQ
\n(NOTE: You must complete BOTH registrations to attend.)
\n\;
\nWe look forward to having you join our insightful conversation!
\nBest\,
\nJoanne Ciulla (Director) and Danny Underwood (Assistant Director)
ORGANIZER;CN=Danny Underwood II;CN=Joanne B Ciulla: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260618T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260619T170000 SUMMARY:Planetary Technologies: Ontology and Agency UID:20260615T115645Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Bonn\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Doctoral Workshop with Prof. Dr. Vincent Blok (University of Rotterdam)
\nWe are very pleased to announce the doctoral workshop &ldquo\;Planetary Technology: Ontology and Agency&rdquo\; with Vincent Blok\, which will take place in Bonn\, Germany\, on the18th and 19th of June 2026.
\nTechnology is increasingly becoming planetary\, meaning that it no longer only mediates relations between people\, but equally affects and alters relations between humans and their environment. Some technologies explicitly set out to do so\, such as technologies grouped under the term &lsquo\;geoengineering&rsquo\;. At the same time\, we also increasingly recognize the planetary nature of technologies that have no such intentions\, such as combustion engines\, fiber optic cables\, and data centers. All of them alter and depend on our earthly habitat. The anthropogenic origin of the ecological crises\, most prominently climate change\, that we continue to experience hence forces us to confront how our socio-technical systems mediate our encounter with nature. \;
\nIn this workshop with Prof. Blok\, we want to explore how planetary technologies mediate encounters with nature while keeping a special focus on conceptions of human agency. The idea that technological interventions and natural processes become increasingly enmeshed as technology becomes planetary breaks with familiar assumptions of an active humanity wielding its tools on passive nature. Indeed\, it forces us to reflect on our own agency in a different light: As ecological crises challenge human control\, we are forced to recognize the limits of human agency on this planet. At the same time\, however\, we cannot relinquish our agency entirely\; else\, we lose the ability to conceive of humanity as the agent of change and the bearer of responsibility for past and future planetary events. Grappling with these phenomena\, Vincent Blok&rsquo\;s work suggests that an ontological approach\, inspired by Heideggerian thought\, can be re-imagined to leave room for human agency without losing sight of the overall impact of technology on human-nature relations. This workshop explores and critically interrogates this claim. \;
\nQuestions and topics of interest are\, for example:
\nAre planetary technologies ontologically different from other technologies? If so\, how? By which criteria?
\nHow can we conceive of non-human agency in relation to planetary technologies? \;
\nHow does a reframing of human agency affect human responsibility?
\nHow far-reaching are the implications of reconceptualizing agency? How far-reaching ought they be?
\nCan new encounters with nature be developed by technological intervention? \;
\nNext to presentations and discussions by and with Prof. Blok\, the workshop affords up to 6 spots for presentations on any topic pertaining to the workshop theme and/or Prof. Blok&rsquo\;s work. Relevant research areas include\, but are not limited to\, ethical questions of geoengineering\, climate ethics\, environmental justice\, AI ethics\, and history of philosophy of technology. Doctoral candidates in the humanities working on the topic of planetary technologies\, broadly conceived\, from the perspective of the ethics of technology or environmental ethics are especially encouraged to apply. \;
\nPostdoctoral researchers are likewise encouraged to register or apply for a presentation spot\, but the preference will be accorded to PhD students. Furthermore\, preference will be given to researchers and students of the University of Bonn.
\nTo apply for a presentation slot\, please submit an abstract of up to 500 words to bolte@iwe.uni-bonn.de by April 24th\, 2026. Abstracts should be fully anonymized so as to prevent any identification of the sender. In your email\, please provide your name\, e-mail address\, and institutional affiliation. Applicants will be notified about their participation by the 8th of May\, 2026. \;
\nIf you would like to know more or if you would like to attend without presenting\, please contact the organizers via bolte@iwe.uni-bonn.de.
\nThe workshop will take place in Bonn\, Germany\, (exact location TBA) and is generously funded by the Bonn Graduate Center. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Julia Pelger;CN=Larissa Bolte;CN=Clemens Uhing: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260619T093000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260620T170000 SUMMARY:FrankMeta.8 UID:20260615T115646Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Frankfurt am Main\, Germany DESCRIPTION:FrankMeta is the annual meta-ethics conference at the Frankfurt School of Finance &\; Management. It \;is designed to bring together philosophers working on normativity and metanormativity\, broadly construed. We invite submissions on new work in the metaphysics\, (meta)semantics\, epistemology and psychology of normative discourse\, as well as papers on reasons and rationality.
\nThe conference will run over two days and provide plenty of time for discussion and exchange.
ORGANIZER;CN="Sebastian Köhler";CN=Christine Tiefensee: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260619T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260620T170000 SUMMARY:Who gave you permission? Norms\, Agency and Other Awkward Questions UID:20260615T115647Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Universitätsstraße 7\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:The conference examines the power structures embedded in gendered\, romantic\, and sexual relations. Bringing together perspectives form ethics\, social philosophy\, political philosophy\, feminist \;and gender theory - the conference investigates questions surrounding \;consent\, agency\, objectification\, and interpersonal recognition. Particular attention is given to how social norms shape desire\, autonomy\, vulnerability\, and the negotiation of boundaries. By confronting the "awkward questions" surrounding power\, sexuality\, and social expectation\, the conference seeks to open critical discussion on the conditions\, under which relationships become respectful\, exploitative\, liberating\, or harmful. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Kristina Bogdan;CN=Mirela Koleva: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260620T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260620T000000 SUMMARY:Emerge 2026: Contested Futures UID:20260615T115648Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Kraljice Natalije 45\, Belgrade\, Serbia\, 11000 DESCRIPTION:EMERGE 2026 welcomes interdisciplinary contributions that critically examine dominant technological paradigms and engage with resistant\, alternative\, and transformative approaches. Submissions may come from philosophy\, sociology\, political theory\, media and communication studies\, cultural studies\, art theory\, education\, design\, computer science\, and related disciplines\, exploring how digital futures are shaped\, contested\, and reimagined. Contributions grounded in case studies\, action research\, policy analysis\, and practice-based inquiry are especially welcome alongside theoretical and empirical work.
\nTopics include\, but are not limited to:
\nFor CFP details and full conference information\, visit https://emerge.ifdt.bg.ac.rs
ORGANIZER;CN=Jelena Novakovic: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T230000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260619T230000 SUMMARY:Problems of Democracy and possible Solutions UID:20260615T115649Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:453 John Lewis Freedom Parkway NE\, Atlanta\, United States\, 30307 DESCRIPTION:On September 25-26\, the Problems of Democracy and possible Solutions (PoDS) Network will hold its first workshop at the Carter Center in Atlanta\, GA. We invite scholars in political science\, political theory\, philosophyand related fields who work on current problems facing democracies and are interested in developing solutions. All career levels are eligible to contribute &ndash\; from advanced PhD students to senior scholars. This initialworkshop is primarily regional for participants from the SE United States\, but we expect to expand to an international network as we fundraise. \; All are welcome to submit proposals. \;
\nThe aim of the workshop is to encourage collaborations that focus on problems and proposals for solutions in combination (solutions might include institutional reforms\, interventions affecting behavior and attitudes\, or other). We also welcome submissions addressing methodological challenges that might result from conflicts among normative\, theoretical\, and ideological frameworks of those who collaborate on these problems and solutions. \; \;
\nParticipants will present their ideas to stimulate creative thought across divergent approaches and to build potential collaborations. Presentations may include new\, fully developed article manuscripts seeking feedback\, summaries of past research\, participant&rsquo\;s reading of the state of the art in their problem area\, or their own nascent ideas of how to approach problems and solutions. \;
\nIf you are interested\, please submit a proposal of up to 500 words that\, consistent with the above\, explains what you plan to contribute to problems of democracy and possible solutions.
ORGANIZER;CN=Michael H. G. Hoffmann;CN=Andrew Jason Cohen;CN=Jennifer McCoy;CN=Anthony DeMattee: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260619T234500 SUMMARY:Political Philosophy and the Good Life UID:20260615T115650Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:Saint Louis University\, Saint Louis\, United States DESCRIPTION:Saint Louis University's Philosophy Graduate Student Association welcomes submissions from graduate students writing on topics at the intersection of political philosophy and the good life.
\nThe conference will be held in person on 24-25 September 2026 at Saint Louis University. In addition to student presentations\, there will be two keynote presentations\, one by Professor Stephen Angle (Wesleyan University) and the other by Professor Dan Haybron (Saint Louis University). \;
\nThe conference theme is Political Philosophy and the Good Life. \;
\nRelevant topics include (but are not limited to):
\nComparative political philosophy
\nCritical theory
\nEquality and egalitarianism
\nHappiness \;
\nLiberal neutrality and perfectionism
\nLiberal theory
\nAlternatives to liberalism
\nPhilosophy of democracy
\nPhilosophy of law
\nPhilosophy of technology
\nSocial ontology
\nSocial metaphysics
\nWell-being theory
\nVirtue politics
\nWe welcome submissions from all philosophical backgrounds.
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nSubmissions should be less than 3500 words\, prepared for blind review\, and accompanied by a separate cover page containing the author&rsquo\;s name\, affiliation\, paper title\, word count\, and an abstract of 350 words or fewer.
\nPlease send all submissions to pgsa.conf@slu.edu. Format the subject line of your email as follows: SLUGRADCONF 2026 - [your name] - [your paper title].
\nYou must be enrolled in a graduate program at the time of submission. Current SLU students are ineligible.
\n***The submission deadline is 19 June 2026.
\nConference website: https://sites.google.com/view/pgsaconference/
ORGANIZER;CN=Ryan Powers;CN=Joel Cox: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260620T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260620T120000 SUMMARY:Warum fordert der katholische Heilige Thomas Morus in Utopia die Reformation der Religion? UID:20260615T115651Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:An der Moritzkirche 8\, Halle\, Germany\, 06108 ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T091500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260620T170000 SUMMARY:Gadamer and the Task of Philosophy UID:20260615T115652Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom ORGANIZER;CN=Carolyn Culbertson;CN=Jessica Frazier: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260620T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20260620T234500 SUMMARY:The Nature of Social Identities: Metaphysics\, Epistemology\, and Politics UID:20260615T115653Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Arna Nováka 1\, Brno \, Czech Republic\, 60200 DESCRIPTION:The Department of Philosophy\, Faculty of Arts\, Masaryk University in Brno\, Czech Republic\, invites submissions for a conference on the metaphysical and epistemological foundations of social identities\, organised within the research project Identity Politics: Metaphysics and Epistemology.
\nConference Theme
\nIn recent decades\, political and social debates have increasingly focused on identity-based groups defined by characteristics such as race\, gender\, sexual orientation\, disability\, class\, religion\, or age. These developments have generated extensive discussion in political philosophy and social theory. However\, many of the metaphysical and epistemological assumptions underlying identity politics remain insufficiently examined.
\nThis conference aims to investigate the nature\, constitution\, and epistemic role of social identities. In particular\, we seek to explore the mechanisms through which identities emerge as robust social and political entities\, and the ways in which identity-related features&mdash\;such as lived experience\, self-identification\, social recognition\, and shared narratives&mdash\;contribute to their formation and persistence. \;
\nAnother central aim is to examine whether different identities (for example\, race\, gender\, sexual orientation\, or class) are constituted through similar or distinct metaphysical and epistemic mechanisms. Comparative approaches that analyse similarities and differences across identities are especially welcome. \;
\nThe conference will also address the epistemological aspects of social identities\, including questions concerning situated knowledge\, epistemic authority\, intersectionality\, and conflicts among different socially situated perspectives.
\nTopics
\nPossible topics include\, but are not limited to:
\nMetaphysics of Social and Political Identities
\nEpistemology of Social Identity
\nSubmissions from metaphysics\, epistemology\, social philosophy\, feminist philosophy\, philosophy of race\, and related areas are welcome.
\nKeynote speaker: Kristina Rolin (Tampere University)
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nPlease submit an anonymous abstract of 400&ndash\;500 words.
\nThe submission should be attached to the email in .pdf format and prepared for blind review. Please include the following information separately in the body of the email: your name(s)\, affiliation(s)\, contact information\, the title of your talk.
\nImportant Dates
\nConference Details
\nSubmission
\nPlease send submissions to: belohrad@phil.muni.cz
\nContact
\nFor inquiries\, please contact: Radim Bělohrad\, Ph.D. (belohrad@phil.muni.cz)
\nOrganizing committee
\nRadim Bělohrad\, Ph.D. \;
\nZdeňka Jastrzembská\;\, Ph.D. \;
\nMarek Picha\, Ph.D.
\nDagmar Pichová\;\, Ph.D.
ORGANIZER;CN=Radim Belohrad: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260620T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260620T234500 SUMMARY:Workshop: Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence UID:20260615T115654Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:Casa dos Livros\, Porto\, Portugal DESCRIPTION:[Call for Abstracts]
\nWorkshop: Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence
\nCasa dos Livros\, Porto\, Portugal
\n2 July 2026 | 10h00-17h00
\nPalacete Burmester - Rua do Campo Alegre\, 1055\, 4150-181 Porto
\nAbout: The Workshop: Ethics and Politics of AI brings together researchers\, academics\, and graduate students to examine central ethical and political questions raised by contemporary artificial intelligence. The workshop welcomes contributions from moral and political philosophy\, philosophy of technology\, applied ethics\, law\, social theory\, and related interdisciplinary fields. Its aim is to promote focused discussion on the institutional\, normative\, and democratic challenges created by AI systems in contemporary societies.
\nThe final deadline to submit proposals is June 20\, 2026.
\n\;
\nKEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Chiara Cordelli is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Radu Uszkai is affiliated with Bucharest University of Economic Studies and the Research Centre in Applied Ethics.
\n\;
\nTopics might include (but are not limited to):
\n\;
\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; AI\, democracy\, and political authority
\n2. \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility\, accountability\, and institutional design
\n3. \; \; \; \; \; \; Fairness\, bias\, and structural injustice
\n4. \; \; \; \; \; \; Transparency\, explainability\, and public justification
\n5. \; \; \; \; \; \; AI governance\, regulation\, and human rights
\n6. \; \; \; \; \; \; Privacy\, surveillance\, and data politics
\n7. \; \; \; \; \; \; AI\, labour\, education\, and inequality
\n8. \; \; \; \; \; \; Misinformation\, manipulation\, and epistemic harms
\n9. \; \; \; \; \; \; Healthcare\, Law and Educational Impact of AI
\n10. \; Environmental and infrastructural ethics of AI
\nAttendance: Free.
\nNote: There will be no fee to participate as a speaker of this workshop. Please note that we are unable to provide financial support for travel\, accommodation\, or meals for accepted speakers.
\n\;
\nLanguage of the workshop: English.
\nSUBMISSIONS:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Proposals should include two files (in Word format\; PDF formats will not be accepted):
\no \; \; (1) a cover page with identification and clear academic affiliation
\no \; \; (2) an anonymized title and abstract (maximum 250 words\, up to 5 references)
\no \; \; (3) sent to stevensequeira92@hotmail.com
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Paper duration: 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes for discussion)\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Notification Info: notification of acceptance or rejection will be given after review of the submitted proposal\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Publications: selected papers may be considered for future publication projects\; the publication process will be independent and optional\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Any doubts or concerns can be addressed to: stevensequeira92@hotmail.com
\nVenue: Casa dos Livros\, Palacete Burmester - Rua do Campo Alegre\, 1055\, 4150-181 Porto.
\n\nOrganization
\nSteven S. Gouveia (IF/UP)
\nCEEC Project by FCT 2022.02527.CEECIND
\nMind\, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
\nInstituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto &ndash\; UID/00502/2025
\nFundaç\;ã\;o para a Ciê\;ncia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
\n\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Steven Gouveia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Yerevan:20260623T170000 SUMMARY: Hope and Trust in Times of Crises UID:20260615T115655Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Asia/Yerevan LOCATION:American Universiity of Armenia\, Yerevan\, Armenia\, 0019 DESCRIPTION:The programme and abstracts are available here \;
\nhttps://etica.aua.am/events/trust-and-hope-in-a-time-of-crisis/
ORGANIZER;CN=Maria Baghramian: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Belgrade:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence (5ICEAI) UID:20260615T115656Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Belgrade LOCATION:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb\,\, Zagreb\, Croatia\, HR-10000 DESCRIPTION:[Call for Abstracts]
\n5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence \;(5ICEAI)
\nFaculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb\, Zagreb\, Croatia
\n22-26 June 2026 \;(22-23 June\, Online | 24-26 June\, in-person)
\nAbout: \;The \;5th International Conference on Ethics of Artificial Intelligence \;(5ICEAI) brings together researchers\, academics\, and students to examine central ethical and political questions raised by contemporary AI. Hosted by the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb (Zagreb\, Croatia)\, the conference promotes dialogue across moral and political philosophy\, philosophy of technology\, law\, and allied interdisciplinary fields\, with an emphasis on both conceptual foundations and concrete institutional challenges. Key themes include responsibility and accountability in socio-technical systems\; transparency\, explanation\, and contestability\; fairness and discrimination in data-driven decision-making\; privacy\, surveillance\, and informational autonomy\; the effects of AI on labour and social inequality\, as well as sustainability\; and the integrity of epistemic environments shaped by automation (misinformation\, persuasion\, and dependency). The programme also foregrounds questions of governance: how to design oversight and regulatory frameworks that are ethically defensible\, practically workable\, and aligned with human rights and democratic values. The event runs in a \;hybrid format: online sessions on 22&ndash\;23 June 2026\, followed by in-person sessions on 24&ndash\;26 June 2026 at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences\, University of Zagreb.
\nETHICS OF AI AWARD 2026 \;(in-person talks only): The best-submitted abstract will receive the opportunity to deliver a special Award Talk similar to a keynote talk (note: the selected author will have the fee waived).
\nThe final deadline to submit proposals in different research topics is \;May 20\, 2026.
\n\;
\nKEYNOTES SPEAKERS:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Roman V. Yampolskiy \;is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Louisville (Speed School of Engineering) and the founding Director of the Cyber Security Lab.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Emily E. Sullivan \;is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Philosophy\, University of Edinburgh\, and Co-Director of the Centre for Technomoral Futures (Edinburgh Futures Institute).
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Vincent Blok \;is Professor at Wageningen University &\; Research and Professor at Erasmus University Rotterdam\; he is also Scientific Director of the 4TU Centre for Ethics of Technology.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Siobhain Lash \;is a Teaching Assistant Professor at the John Chambers College of Business and Economics at West Virginia University.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Srećko Gajović \;is a Distinguished Professor at the School of Medicine\, University of Zagreb\, and is affiliated with the Croatian Institute for Brain Research.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Devon Schiller \;is a biological\, cognitive\, and medical semiotician based at the Department of English and American Studies\, University of Vienna\, Vienna\, a DOC Fellow of the Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Sa&scaron\;a Horvat \;is an Associate Professor at the University of Rijeka\, Faculty of Medicine\, affiliated with the Department of Social Sciences and Medical Humanities.
\n\;
\nTopics might include (but are not limited to):
\n\;
\n1. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Foundations of AI Ethics and Normative Frameworks
\na. Value pluralism in AI: human rights\, capabilities\, welfare\, dignity\, autonomy
b. Deontic vs. consequentialist vs. virtue-theoretic approaches to design and deployment
c. Individual vs. collective harms\; distributive vs. procedural justice in automated systems
2. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Responsibility\, Accountability\, and Agency in Socio-Technical Systems
a. Responsibility gaps\, many-hands problems\, and institutional responsibility
b. Human&ndash\;AI decision pipelines: delegation\, oversight\, and meaningful control
c. Liability\, professional duties\, and accountability mechanisms in high-stakes contexts
3. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Transparency\, Explainability\, and Contestability
\na. Explanation as justification vs. explanation as understanding: stakeholders and standards
\nb. Epistemic limits of interpretability\; post-hoc rationalisations and &ldquo\;explanation theatre&rdquo\;
\nc. Procedural safeguards: auditability\, due process\, and avenues for appeal
\n4. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Fairness\, Discrimination\, and Structural Injustice
\na. Competing fairness metrics\; impossibility results and ethical trade-offs
b. Bias across the AI lifecycle: data\, modelling\, deployment\, feedback loops
c. Group harms\, intersectionality\, and the reproduction of social power
5. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Privacy\, Surveillance\, and Data Governance
\na. Data minimisation\, purpose limitation\, and secondary use in AI systems
b. Re-identification risk\, inference threats\, and privacy in multimodal models
c. Consent\, agency over data\, and collective data rights
6. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Safety\, Robustness\, and Misuse
\na. Risk assessment under uncertainty: hazard modelling\, red-teaming\, and assurance cases
\nb. Dual-use\, adversarial behaviour\, deception\, and manipulation risks
c. Security-by-design and the ethics of releasing powerful models
7. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Epistemic Harms and the Integrity of the Information Environment
a. Misinformation\, synthetic media\, and epistemic injustice
b. Recommender systems\, attention capture\, and autonomy over belief-formation
c. Trust\, credibility\, and the ethics of human reliance on AI outputs
8. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Governance\, Regulation\, and Institutional Design
\na. Compliance\, enforcement\, and the ethics of &ldquo\;checklist&rdquo\; governance
b. Standards\, certification\, and third-party auditing: what counts as due diligence?
c. Global governance\, regulatory fragmentation\, and cross-border impacts
\;
\n9. \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Labour\, Education\, and the Political Economy of AI
\na. Automation\, deskilling\, and workplace surveillance
\nb. Intellectual property\, creative labour\, and compensation in data-driven systems
\nc. Public-sector AI\, procurement ethics\, and democratic accountability
\n10. \; \;Environmental and Infrastructural Ethics
\na. Energy use\, carbon accounting\, and ecological impacts of training and deployment
b. Supply-chain ethics (minerals\, hardware\, e-waste) and infrastructural inequality
c. Sustainability trade-offs: &ldquo\;bigger models&rdquo\; vs. &ldquo\;better models&rdquo\;
11. \; \;Human&ndash\;AI Interaction\, Persuasion\, and Relational Ethics
\na. Manipulation\, nudging\, and user vulnerability (children\, patients\, dependents)
b. Anthropomorphism\, trust calibration\, and the ethics of conversational agents
c. Social roles: AI as advisor\, companion\, gatekeeper\, or authority
12. \; \;Methods in AI Ethics
\na. Bridging principles and practice: operationalisation\, metrics\, and evaluation protocols
b. Participatory design\, stakeholder engagement\, and community oversight
c. Interdisciplinary methods: empirical ethics\, ethnography\, and impact assessment
Special Track I: Medical AI Ethics
\nThis track focuses on ethical\, legal\, and clinical issues in the development and deployment of AI in healthcare. Topics may include:
\na. Clinical responsibility and accountability for AI-assisted decisions
b. Bias\, inequity\, and health disparities in medical datasets and tools
c. Explainability\, informed consent\, and patient autonomy in AI-mediated care
d. Safety\, validation\, and post-deployment monitoring in real clinical settings
e. Trustworthy AI and &ldquo\;ethics-by-design&rdquo\; approaches for healthcare systems
Special Track II: EthicAI4Care &mdash\; Implementing Ethics by Design in AI for Healthcare
\nThis track is aligned with EU project &ldquo\;EthicAI4Care&rdquo\;\, which develops an integrated training approach combining AI\, healthcare\, and ethics\, aiming to strengthen trustworthy AI in the health sector through ethics-by-design and educational capacity-building. Topics may include:
\na. Ethics-by-design frameworks and self-assessment tools for healthcare AI
b. Embedding EU ethical values and fundamental rights into curricula and professional training
c. Pedagogical methods for interdisciplinary upskilling (clinicians\, educators\, developers)
d. From guidelines to practice: institutional implementation\, evaluation\, and governance
Special Track III: Asymmetric communities\, Sustainability\, and AI
\nAligned with the EU NRRP project &ldquo\;OBZIR&rdquo\;\, this track examines moral\, political\, and legal challenges of non-reciprocal relations in mixed communities of humans\, non-humans\, ecosystems\, and artificial entities\, especially AI and robotic systems\, with a focus on sustainability-oriented norms and governance. Topics may include:
\na. Criteria for asymmetry and resulting obligations
b. Human&ndash\;AI and Human&ndash\;robot relations: status\, responsibility\, and governance
c. Sustainability and expanding community membership
d. Indigenous/alternative frameworks and action-guiding ethical guidelines
FEES (accepted speakers)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Early Stage (until 15 May 2026)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Professionals (posdoc\, professor\, tenure-track): \;&euro\; 120\,00
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Students: (Master\, PhD): \;&euro\; 90\,00
\n\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Later Stage (15May &ndash\; 15 June 2026)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Professionals (posdoc\, professor\, tenure-track): \;&euro\; 160\,00
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Students: (Master\, PhD): \;&euro\; 120\,00
\n\;
\nAttendance: \;Free.
\n\;
\nLanguages of the colloquium: \;English and Croatian.
\nSUBMISSIONS:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; IMPORTANT: you should \;clearly state \;if you are submitting for the \;online segment \;(OS) (22-23 June) or the \;in-person segment \;(PS) (24-26 June). If online\, you need to provide a \;preferred day \;(22 or 23 June) \;and time schedule \;(Morning: 9h30-12h30\; \;Afternoon: 14h00 &ndash\; 18h) considering the \;Zagreb Time Zone.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; In-person submissions have a higher chance of being accepted (more slots available) and are automatically registered for \;Ethics of AI Award \;2026.
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Proposals should include \;two files: (in \;word. \;format: pdf. formats will not be accepted):
\no \; \; (1) a cover page with identification\, clear academic affiliation (if several\, choose the main)
\no \; \; (2) an anonymized title and abstract (maximum 250 words\, up to 10 references)
\no \; \; (3) sent to interconfethicsofai@gmail.com
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Paper duration: 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes for discussion)\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Notification Info: in order to facilitate the request for funding of the accepted talks so speakers can prepare their travel in advance\, notification of acceptance or rejection will be given in a \;7-10 days period \;(review) after the submission\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; \;Publications: Some of the papers presented at the conference are expected to be published in several projects (edited volume\, special issue\, etc.\; the publication process will be independent and optional\; more details after the conference)\;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Any \;doubts or concerns \;can be addressed to: interconfethicsofai@gmail.com
\nVenue: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb\, Ulica Ivana Lučića 3\, HR-10000 Zagreb\, Croatia
\nOrganization: \;Mind\, Language and Action Group\, Institute of Philosophy\, University of Porto | Laboratory for Conceptual Engineering of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb | Department of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb | TBA
\n\;
\nOrganizing Committee
\nSteven S. Gouveia (Chair)
\nLuka Peru&scaron\;ić (Local Chair)
\nSofia Miguens
\nJakov Erdeljac
\nMarko Kos
\nDamian Sr&scaron\;a
\nTBA
\n\nSupport:
\nCEEC Project by FCT 2022.02527.CEECIND
\nTL Modern &\; Contemporary Philosophy
\nRG Mind\, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
\nInstituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto &ndash\; UID/00502/2025
\nFundaç\;ã\;o para a Ciê\;ncia e a Tecnologia (FCT)
\nLaboratory for Conceptual Engineering of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb
\nDepartment of Philosophy of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences of the University of Zagreb
ORGANIZER;CN=Steven Gouveia;CN="Luka Perušić": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T170000 SUMMARY:Work\, needs\, and necessity: Bringing together philosophical and empirical perspectives UID:20260615T115657Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Queen Mary University of London\, London\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Join this workshop at QMUL exploring the connection between work and human needs from a range of interdisciplinary perspectives.
\nBringing together scholars developing the political theory of work with empirical researchers from geography\, political economy\, psychology\, and related fields who investigate the changing organisation and experience of work\, this workshop aims to develop a robust interdisciplinary dialogue over how work meets (or fails to meet) human needs\, as well as over how alternative models of work and/or needs-provision might reshape those possibilities.
\nThe event will be hosted in the \;Graduate Centre (no. 18 on this map https://www.qmul.ac.uk/media/qmul/docs/about/Mile-End-campus-map.pdf)\, room GC101\, and is free to attend.
\nQuestions? \;Email g.boss@qmul.ac.uk.
\nSchedule
\n10:00&ndash\;10:30
\nWelcome and registration
\n10:30&ndash\;12:00
\nPanel 1
\n12:00&ndash\;12:45
\nLunch (provided).
\n12:45&ndash\;14:15
\nPanel 2
\n14:15&ndash\;14:30
\nBreak
\n14:30&ndash\;16:00
\nPanel 3
\n16:00&ndash\;16:15
\nBreak
\n16:15&ndash\;17:00
\nClosing roundtable
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T170000 SUMMARY:The Ethics of Immigrant Selection Workshop UID:20260615T115658Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Reading\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:The Ethics of Immigrant Selection workshop \;
\nDate: 22nd \;June\, 2026 from 10:00 to 18:00
\nLocation: London Road L22 G06
\nUniversity of Reading\, Reading
\nDetails: While the normative literature on migration has long centred on whether borders should be open or closed\, recent philosophical work has shifted toward examining how states selectively admit some immigrants while excluding others. This reflects growing political controversy over policies such as travel bans\, nationality-based restrictions\, and integration requirements. So far\, much of the literature has focused narrowly on skill-based or racially discriminatory selection criteria. This workshop builds on that work by broadening the discussion to include overlooked practices\, such as nationality-based selection\, family ties\, and questions around refugee selection and asylum interviews.
\nSpeakers:
\nLunch will be provided. All are welcome\, but spaces are limited.
\nTo register\, contact the organiser Rufaida Al Hashmi (rufaida.alhashmi@reading.ac.uk)
\nThe workshop is sponsored by the Reading Ethics and Political Philosophy Centre and the Society for Applied Philosophy. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Rufaida Al Hashmi: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260622T133000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Amsterdam:20260624T170000 SUMMARY:OZSW PhD Summer School on Ethics and Economics: Ethics of Taxes\, Climate Change and Labor Markets UID:20260615T115659Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Amsterdam LOCATION:Burgemeester Oudlaan 50\, Rotterdam\, Netherlands DESCRIPTION:Topic description:
\nIn what ways can economic inequality undermine the proper functioning of democracy? Are carbon taxes morally desirable\, also in non-ideal circumstances? How can green industrial policy be designed to respect\, or even further\, egalitarian goals? What is the value of economic growth? What are the moral harms and benefits of (labor) market competition? \; \;
\nQuestions at the intersection of ethics and economics are hotly debated both in academic philosophy and in public policy circles. The aim of this summer school is to bring together graduate students and recently completed PhDs working on economic ethics and take a deep-dive into philosophical debates about climate change\, labor markets\, and taxation\, with some of the leading researchers on these issues. \; \;
\nLeaning goals:
\nThe goals of the course are threefold: \;
\nCosts:
\nHow to register:
\nThe registration deadline is March 31 2026. \;If registration has been closed because the maximum amount of participants has been reached\, you can submit your name to the waiting list by sending an email to \;secretariaat@ozsw.nl. Please also indicate whether you are a ReMA student\, PhD student\, or early career researcher and/or another research school in the humanities (LOGOS) or not.
ORGANIZER;CN=Huub Brouwer;CN=Daniel Halliday: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:Patience in Adversity Summer Seminar UID:20260615T115700Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:Notre Dame\, United States DESCRIPTION:This seminar aims to equip doctoral students and early career scholars in philosophy and religion to explore patience in adversity. We hope participants will emerge ready to contribute to the growing research on patience as it relates to courage\, anger\, self-control\, awe\, as well as how virtues interact with personal and structural hardship.
\n
The seminar will cover cutting-edge research in philosophy and religion and will feature senior scholars who will present their own work and advise students on their writing projects in this general area. Participants will benefit from mentoring and engagement with their own research during daily sessions.
Together\, we will consider questions such as:
\nLogistics and Funding: Seminar main meetings will convene each day and involve discussion of invited scholars&rsquo\; work\, breakout sessions\, and small group mentoring workshops. Seminar participants will receive a $5\,000 honorarium for their participation and time. All payments will be made in US dollars.Cost of travel and lodging for award recipients is expected to be covered by the individuals themselves.
\nApplication Deadline: January 9\, 2026.
\n
Application Instructions: Applicants must submit the following materials at this link (https://baylor.app.box.com/f/e71a529d377840e896baddc6ed936914) using the document names indicated below each document description:
1) Letter of application of no more than 1 page explaining: what topics regarding patience interest you\; connection of these topics with your previous or ongoing research\; how research you do or plan to do impacts populations facing adversity\; level of familiarity with moral psychology and virtue ethics generally.
\nName Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] &ndash\; Letter of Application
\n2) A 250-word statement describing the scholar&rsquo\;s capacity for successful collaboration with scholars from diverse disciplines and backgrounds (psychology\, religion\, philosophy).
\nName Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Collaboration Statement
\n
3) Curriculum Vitae
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - CV
\n
4) Short bio (less than 200-word) for posting on a website featuring participants.
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Short Bio
\n
5) Letter of support from primary advisor (PhD mentor for graduate students\, supervisor for postdoctoral researchers) stating the advisor&rsquo\;s supports for the advisee's participation and time commitment.
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Letter of Support
\n
6) Contact information for an additional 2-3 professional references (no letter is required from these additional references at time of application.)
Name Document: [Your Last Name\, Your First Name] - Professional References
ORGANIZER;CN=Anne Jeffrey;CN=Fannie Bialek: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260613T190754Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T151500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260622T164500 SUMMARY:Reminders of Inferiority: How Individual Actions Can Wrong Every Member of a Group UID:20260615T115701Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:The Collective Ethics Seminar: Online Presentation &ndash\; 22 June 2026 &ndash\; 15.15 &ndash\; 16.45 CEST / 09.15 &ndash\; 10.45 EST
\nFelix Lambrecht - Reminders of Inferiority: How Individual Actions Can Wrong Every Member of a Group
On Monday 22 June 2026\, Felix Lambrecht (LMU Munich) will give a presentation in the Collective Ethics Seminar entitled &lsquo\;Reminders of Inferiority: How Individuals Actions Wrong Every Member of a Group&rsquo\;.
Abstract: \;Actions sometimes wrong individuals qua members of a social group. Consider sexual harassment\, violent hate crimes against members of the queer community\, or racial slurs. Call these \;group wrongs. In this paper I argue for the perhaps radical position that group wrongs \;necessarily \;wrong not only the individual person they are committed against but also every \;member of the social group to which this person belongs. In slogan form the account I develop says this: Group wrongs necessarily wrong every group member by forcing them to navigate the world reminded about their social inferiority. More precisely\, group wrongs necessarily impose a risk of interference onto every group member\, where this imposition consists in a risk of being reminded about\, and therefore forced to deliberate about\, their own social inferiority. I defend this account and demonstrate how it is superior to possible alternatives based on contributions to unjust structures\, attitudes\, illocutionary force\, and expression.
The online seminar is open for all to attend. The session starts at 15.15 CEST / 09.15 EST. You can join the session via the following link: https://univienna.zoom.us/j/62736288881?pwd=SndEdTNoNlZtSzJqcmpabm5NaWIyUT09
\nFor more information about the seminar\, please see https://social.univie.ac.at/events/collective-ethics-seminar/. \;We hope to see you at the seminar!