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:20260621T215217Z 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:20260623T190644Z-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:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260622T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20260628T170000 SUMMARY:Patience in Adversity Summer Seminar UID:20260623T190645Z-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:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260623T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260624T170000 SUMMARY:The 16th Oxford Workshop on Global Priorities Research UID:20260623T190646Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities\, Oxford\, United Kingdom\, OX2 6GG DESCRIPTION:We are inviting applications to attend the 16th Oxford Workshop on Global Priorities Research. Talks at the workshop will address philosophical questions relevant to identifying\, prioritising among\, and addressing the world&rsquo\;s most pressing problems\, including \;the potential for transformative AI and ethical challenges likely to arise therefrom\, how to weigh the impacts of our actions on different kinds of minds\, and how long-term future impacts bear on present decisions. \; \;
\nIf you'd like to attend the workshop\, please complete our brief application form by the 17th of May. We aim to respond to all applications by the 22nd of May to confirm whether there are remaining spaces available for you to attend the workshop. \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Andreas Mogensen;CN=Hilary Greaves: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260624T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260626T170000 SUMMARY:Digital Humanism Conference 2026 UID:20260623T190647Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Austrian Academy of Science\, Dr. Ignaz Seipel-Platz 2\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:Orientation in turbulent times
\nThis moment is shaped by competing and intensifying dynamics: on the one hand\, escalating narratives of existential technological risk\, and on the other\, waves of economic speculation and hype around AI\; alongside deepening geopolitical fragmentation\, trade conflicts\, and even open war. In this context\, digital technologies are at the centre of attention\, they have become central infrastructures through which power\, knowledge\, security\, and economic value are organised. This convergence creates both urgency and ambiguity\, demanding new forms of orientation that move beyond critique toward grounded practices of shaping technology in line with democratic and societal values.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s Digital Humanism Conference does not respond with abstraction or diagnosis alone. It turns toward action. It asks not only what is at stake\, but what is already being done\, by whom\, and under which conditions\, what we can do\, what we have to demand from our institutions. It foregrounds practices that seek to reclaim technological development as a matter of public concern and collective responsibility.
\nIn this sense\, Digital Humanism is approached as a practice. It unfolds through design\, through empowerment\, through involvement and education\, and through the everyday decisions that configure technological systems and their social effects. The conference therefore highlights the often invisible work required to align digital technologies with democratic values\, human rights\, inclusion\, diversity\, and environmental responsibility.
\nPositioned within current global power shifts\, the conference engages critically with existing governance frameworks while maintaining a forward-looking perspective. It explores how agency can be regained and redistributed\, how dependencies can be reduced\, and how public institutions can take on a more active role in shaping digital futures.
ORGANIZER;CN=Erich Prem: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Istanbul:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:'Sex between Law and Morality' IVR Special Workshop UID:20260623T190648Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Istanbul LOCATION:İstanbul\, Turkey ORGANIZER;CN=Maciej Juzaszek;CN="Karolina Śliwecka";CN=Klaudyna Horniczak: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260630T003000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260630T003000 SUMMARY:Big Bioethics Workshop (Updated Call and Extended Deadline) UID:20260623T190649Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:South Dakota State University\, Brookings\, United States\, 57007 DESCRIPTION:South Dakota State University will be hosting a workshop on &ldquo\;Big Bioethics&rdquo\;\, September 17-19\, 2026. The workshop aims to host 10-12 scholars to present works in progress in any area of ethics related to theoretical and applied biological science including work in medical ethics\, genetic ethics\, environmental ethics\, ethics of biology and biotechnology\, \;neuroethics\, ethics of psychology\, bioethics and law\, experimental bioethics\, and ethics-related work in philosophy of biology\, philosophy of medicine\, and philosophy of health. \; \; \;
\nThe workshop will be part of a larger Bioethics Day\, which will include other events\, including the Annual Bioethics Lecture\, featuring Leslie Francis (University of Utah) on Friday\, September 18. \; \; \;
\nStipend\, Transportation\, and Lodging
\nSelected participants will receive a $500 stipend provided through the SDSU Ethics Lab. Participating scholars will be encouraged to share and read each other&rsquo\;s papers prior to the workshop.
\nThe conference \;is located in \;Brookings\, South Dakota\, 45 minutes north of Sioux Falls\, South Dakota. The conference will provide a shuttle service for individuals flying into Sioux Falls\, but participants may use Lyft\, Uber\, or public transport as well. \;Brookings provides several hotel options in addition to the many options in Sioux Falls.
\nQuestions \;regarding \;the conference may be sent to Dr. Gregory Peterson (Philosophy\, School of American and Global Studies) at \;greg.peterson@sdstate.edu \;
\nCall for Papers \;
\nFor full consideration\, proposals for individual papers will consist of an anonymized abstract (4000 characters or approximately 550-600 words) submitted through the application portal. Participants should plan for approximately 20 minutes to present their paper and 20 minutes for discussion and feedback.
\nProposals are due Tuesday\, June 30\, \;2026 \;and may be \;submitted \;here. \; \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Gregory Peterson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260630T090000 SUMMARY:Arkete: War: Ethics\, Neurobiology and Philosophy UID:20260623T190650Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Arkete. Rivista di studi filosofici Special Issue 2025
\nCall for Papers - \; War: Between Ethics\, Neurobiology and Philosophy
\nEditors:
Mariano Bianca (University of Siena\, Italy)
Inna Golubovych (Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University\, Ukraine)
\nPaolo Piccari (University of Siena\, Italy)
\nPhilosophical reflection on war has traditionally developed within the domains of political theory and moral philosophy. Yet contemporary debates increasingly show that war cannot be fully understood solely as a historical or institutional phenomenon. Advances in neuroscience\, cognitive science\, and philosophical anthropology have brought renewed attention to the cognitive\, emotional\, and biological dimensions of conflict\, raising fundamental questions about the relation between human nature\, normativity\, and violence.
\nThe experience of war appears simultaneously as a moral problem\, a social practice\, and a manifestation of deep structures of human cognition and affectivity. Neurobiological research on aggression\, fear\, empathy\, and group dynamics suggests that conflict may involve mechanisms rooted in evolutionary processes and neural architectures\, while ethical reflection continues to interrogate responsibility\, justification\, and the limits of violence. At the same time\, philosophy is called to clarify the conceptual frameworks through which war is interpreted &mdash\; whether as an accidental product of historical circumstances or as a structural possibility inscribed in human forms of life.
\nThis special issue aims to gather contributions that explore war as a multidimensional phenomenon located at the intersection of ethics\, neurobiology\, and philosophical inquiry. Particular attention will be devoted to analyses that investigate how cognitive structures\, affective dispositions\, and normative systems interact in shaping both the reality and the representation of conflict.
\nContributions may address questions such as the ethical justification or critique of war\, the neurobiological bases of aggression and cooperation\, the role of emotions and perception in conflict situations\, the construction of enemy images\, the epistemic and normative dimensions of propaganda\, the phenomenology of violence\, or the philosophical-anthropological significance of war within human history. Interdisciplinary approaches that preserve a strong philosophical orientation are especially encouraged.
\nTopics areas
\nContributions may address\, but are not limited to\, the following topics:
\nEthical theories of war and peace (just war theory\, pacifism\, realism)
\nNeurobiological foundations of aggression and cooperation
\nMoral emotions and conflict (fear\, anger\, empathy\, hatred)
\nCognitive and perceptual structures involved in violence
\nGroup identity\, ideology\, and in-group/out-group dynamics
\nRepresentation and construction of the enemy
\nPropaganda\, misinformation\, and epistemic distortion in wartime
\nResponsibility\, agency\, and collective violence
\nPhenomenology of violence and lived experience of war
\nTrauma\, memory\, and narrative identity
\nPhilosophical anthropology and the ontology of conflict
\nWar\, technology\, and transformations of human cognition
\nNormativity and moral limits of violence
\nInterdisciplinary approaches that preserve a strong philosophical orientation are especially encouraged.es
\nSubmission Guidelines
\nSubmissions must be original and unpublished\, written in English or Italian\, and formatted according to the journal&rsquo\;s editorial guidelines. All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
\nThe 2025 issue of Arkete will be dedicated to these questions. The volume will include articles selected through this Call for Papers as well as invited contributions by national and international scholars.
\nAll submissions must be sent no later than 31 May 2026 to the Editors at:
\nmariano.bianca@unisi.it
piccari@unisi.it
Manuscripts must conform to the editorial guidelines available at:
https://www.arkete.it
Accepted languages: English and Italian.
\nMaximum length: 40\,000 characters (including spaces\, footnotes\, references\, and abstract).
\nEach submission must include:
\nan abstract (max. 150 words\, in English)
\n5&ndash\;6 keywords (in English)
\nthe anonymised manuscript prepared for blind review
\nIn a separate file attached to the same email\, authors must provide:
\nname and surname
\ninstitutional affiliation
\nemail address
\ntitle of the paper
\nabstract and keywords
\nRegistration \;
\nIf you would like to attend\, please send an email to workshoponwelfare@gmail.com by 15 June.
\n\nKeynote speakers
\nKatarzyna de Lazari-Radek (University of Lodz) \;
\nTheron Pummer (University of St Andrews)
\nFurther Speakers
\nWillem van der Deijl (Tilburg University)
\nRebecca Dreier (London School of Economics)
\nJonas Harney (TU Dortmund University)
\nThorsten Helfer (Saarland University)
\nPaul Heller (University of Oxford)
\nSylvester Kollin (Stockholm University)
\nAdriano Mannino (Bielefeld University &\; UC Berkeley)
\nTravis Rebello (University of Colorado Boulder)
\nLuca Stroppa (University of Turin)
\n\nInformation on the workshop \;
\nConsiderations about the nature of welfare\, the value of welfare\, its distribution\, or welfare-based claims and complaints are central to moral philosophy. They are of particular concern for all philosophers who take welfare to be (at least) one source for normative reasons. Evaluative and deontic considerations about welfare provide an array of fascinating philosophical questions.
\nIt is (quite) uncontroversial that welfare has moral value and provides moral reasons\, but it is highly contested how in particular. We ought not to harm people\, but ought we also benefit them? Does this include non-human animals and other agents\, and does it include future people even if their existence depends on our actions? Can we aggregate people&rsquo\;s welfare\, or should we limit the trade-offs between their harms and benefits?
\nOur account of welfare has implications for ethics\, but do ethical considerations also provide reasons to adopt one or another theory of welfare? What is the interaction between theories of welfare and the ethics of welfare? \;
\nSome lives are better and some are worse\, but what constitutes their prudential value? Are well-being and ill-being analogous or do they differ in structure and relevance &ndash\; and what do particular theories imply? What are the relevant underlying concepts of desire\, pleasure\, friendship\, or other objective goods on which welfare may depend?
\nThis workshop provides a forum for the discussion of those and related questions. It aims at rallying scholars of philosophy to expand our understanding in these issues\, and we hope to promote the philosophical engagement with ethics\, welfare\, and how they interact.
\n\n\n11:00 - 11:15 Welcome and Introduction
11:15 - 12:00 Jonas Harney (Dortmund University) &\; Luca Stroppa (University of \;Turin): \;Justifying Resolute Choice
12:30 - 13:15 Sylvester Kollin (Stockholm University): \;Welfarism Reconceptualised
\n13:15 &ndash\; 14:15 Lunch
\n14:15 - 15:00 Paul Heller (University of Oxford): \;It is better if there are more kinds of \;good lives
15:30 - 16:15 Adriano Mannino (Bielefeld University &\; UC Berkeley): \;Are There \;Supreme Evils?
16:45 - 18:15 Theron Pummer (University of St Andrews): \;Future Suffering and the Non-Identity Problem
19:30 Dinner
Thursday\, July 2 \;
\n9:30 - 10:15 Thorsten Helfer (Saarland University): \;Desires Running Wild
10:45 &ndash\; 12:15 Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek (University of Lodz): \;On the Notion of Pleasure
12.15 &ndash\; 13:15 Lunch
13:15 &ndash\; 14:00 Travis Rebello (University of Colorado Boulder): \;Well-Being and \;Psychological Continuity
14:30 &ndash\; 15:15 Rebecca Dreier (London School of Economics): \;Welfare Implications \;of Episodic-Like Memory in Nonhuman Animals
15:45 &ndash\; 16:30 Willem van der Deijl (Tilburg University): \;Unnoticeable Welfare Value \;and Non-Experienced Welfare Goods
18:30 Dinner
\nThe workshop is organised by Jonas Harney (TU Dortmund University)\, Thorsten Helfer (Saarland University)\, Maximilian Klein (Saarland University) and Hasko von Kriegstein (Toronto Metropolitan University) and generously supported by UdS Professorship for Practical Philosophy and the German Society for Analytical Philosophy (GAP e.V.). \;
\nMore details and updates on \;https://tinyurl.com/48twvh29.
\nFor further information\, please contact the organisers at \;workshoponwelfare@gmail.com.
\n\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Jonas Harney;CN=Thorsten Helfer;CN=Maximilian Klein;CN=Hasko von Kriegstein: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260702T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260702T170000 SUMMARY:Workshop: Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence UID:20260623T190653Z-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
\n\n\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.
\n\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
\n\nVenue: Casa dos Livros\, Palacete Burmester - Rua do Campo Alegre\, 1055\, 4150-181 Porto.
\n\n\n
Organization
\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\n\;
ORGANIZER;CN=Steven Gouveia: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260702T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Lisbon:20260703T170000 SUMMARY:16TH BRAGA SUMMER SCHOOL: WORKPLACE DEMOCRACY AND THE FUTURE OF WORK UID:20260623T190654Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Lisbon LOCATION:ELACH Building - University of Minho\, Campus de Gualtar\, Braga\, Portugal\, Braga\, Portugal\, 4710-057 DESCRIPTION:16th Braga Summer School in Political Philosophy and Public Policy. \;Workplace Democracy and the Future of Work \; \;
July 2&ndash\;3\, 2026 \; | \; University of Minho\, Braga &ndash\; Portugal \; (Following the Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy\, 29 June&ndash\;1 July) \; \; \;
New Deadline for Abstract Submissions: \;May 17\, 2026
Where: School of Letters\, Arts and Human Sciences - University of Minho\, Braga\, Portugal. Organization: Centre for Ethics\, Politics and Society of the University of Minho.
Keynote \;
Iñ\;igo Gonzá\;lez Ricoy &ndash\; University of Barcelona \;
Nicholas Vrousalis &ndash\; Erasmus University Rotterdam \; \;
Lectures by \;
Catarina Neves &ndash\; Utrecht University
Hugo Rajã\;o &ndash\; Independent Researcher \; \;
About the School: Contemporary scholarship increasingly examines transformations in labor and workplace governance within advanced capitalism\, with particular emphasis on technological change\, automation\, and artificial intelligence. Often justified in terms of efficiency&mdash\;productivity\, cost reduction\, flexibility\, and competitiveness&mdash\;these developments raise profound normative concerns about justice\, domination\, and inequality in the workplace. From industrial capitalism to contemporary platform economies governed by algorithmic management\, efficiency has evolved into a normative principle shaping labor relations\, institutional frameworks\, and political priorities. Today\, it manifests in precarious employment\, weakened labor protections\, intensified managerial oversight\, and technological displacement\, posing significant challenges for democratic societies. Building on the success of previous editions\, this Summer School focuses on workplace democracy and the future of work\, treating workplaces as primary sites of justice and injustice in contemporary societies. Efficiency-driven market structures may generate normatively objectionable forms of exploitation\, domination\, and exclusion\, raising fundamental questions about freedom\, equality\, and democratic legitimacy. \; \;
Key questions include:
We invite submissions on topics including (but not limited to):
\nFormat and Aims: The Braga Summer School aims to foster interdisciplinary dialogue among political philosophers\, legal theorists\, economists\, and social scientists. It will combine keynote lectures\, participant presentations\, and mentoring opportunities for PhD students and early-career researchers.
Abstract Submissions: \;To submit an abstract\, fill in the information \;here. \;Please provide your name\, contact information\, affiliation\, and short bio (no more than 300 words). Abstracts should not be longer than 500 words\, along with five keywords\, and must be prepared for blind review. \;
Registration: \;The deadline for registration is \;15 June 2026. Both attendants and those presenting a paper should register for the School. For further details on fees and registration\, please visit https://ceps.elach.uminho.pt/pt-pt/event/7013/.
\nAll inquiries should be sent to: 16thbragasummerschool@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Alexandre Carvalho;CN=Thiago Monteiro de Souza;CN=Daniele Santoro: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215217Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260703T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260705T170000 SUMMARY:New Technologies and the Future of War and Peace UID:20260623T190655Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:Oxford\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Context
\nThis workshop\, the first of four\, coincides with a new Elements series from Cambridge University Press\, The Philosophy of War and Peace\, edited by Lee-Ann Chae and Graham Parsons. While inclusive of traditional approaches to the ethics of war\, this Elements series also investigates broader questions such as the intersection of culture and war\, the historical emergence of just war theory as opposed to pacifism or realism\, the full impact of war and the military on real communities\, and the strategic limitations of war as a tool of statecraft. This series looks at the problems of war and peace in their full complexity\, taking advantage of tools from disciplines across the humanities.
\nThe workshop will include a mix of Elements authors\, and scholars who will be selected from this CFA. Future workshops will be organized around different themes\, but keep this same format.
\nConfirmed Elements authors for the July 2026 workshop include:
\nThematic Description
\nOur collective imaginings about a technologically advanced future are crowded with both doomsday predictions and utopian visions. As the influence of AI becomes ever more marked across myriad and disparate fields &ndash\; such as communications\, medicine\, surveillance\, education\, robotics\, and weapons manufacturing &ndash\; we continue to lurch towards an uncertain future. The rapid development of new technologies is profoundly changing the nature of war and the possibilities of peace\, with significant implications for how we understand and enforce human rights. This conference will explore how new technologies are impacting traditional human rights (including privacy\, free speech and free association\, and freedom of movement) and the laws of war\, and will also consider how our reliance on technology is changing our conception of a flourishing human life.
\nQuestions of interest might include:
\nAbout
\n&ldquo\;Formal Ethics&rdquo\; sits at the intersection where logic\, decision theory\, game theory\, social choice theory\, and computational philosophy engage with central questions in moral and political theory. The field builds on the foundational contributions of Kenneth Arrow\, Amartya Sen\, John Harsanyi\, Richard Braithwaite\, Lennart Å\;qvist\, and others\, while its scope continues to expand. Recent work extends across formal analyses of freedom and responsibility\, welfare economics and population ethics\, deontic logic and natural-language semantics\, theories of value\, and computational studies of how norms and conventions form\, evolve\, and stabilize.
\nThe conference series mirrors this growth and diversification. Previous editions have been hosted by the University of Groningen (2010)\, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitä\;t Mü\;nchen (2012)\, Erasmus University Rotterdam (2014)\, the University of Bayreuth (2015)\, the University of York (2017)\, Ghent University (2019)\, Vanderbilt University (2022)\, and most recently the University of Greifswald (2024).
\nPlenary Speakers include Peter Vanderschraaf (University of Arizona)\, Mark Budolfson (UT Austin) and Janice Dowell (Syracuse). \;
\nCall for Papers
\nFormal Ethics 2024 will feature a single track for contributed talks of 40-45 minutes. \;Authors should submit an extended abstract (1000 words max\, pdf format) to formalethics2026@yahoo.com.
\nNotifications of acceptance will be sent by March 15th\, 2026.
\nSubmissions in all areas of formal ethics\, broadly construed\, are welcome. Contributions need not be formal in nature but should show familiarity with applying formal tools and results to ethical investigations.We welcome submissions from members of underrepresented groups\, as well as early career researchers and students.
\nAll submissions should be prepared for anonymous review.
\nImportant Dates
\nDeadline for submission: January 30th\, 2026
\nNotification of acceptance: March 15th\, 2026
\nConference dates: July 13-15
\nLocal Organizer
\nJustin Bruner (University at Buffalo). Please contact Justin at jbruner@buffalo.edu with any questions about the conference.
ORGANIZER;CN=Justin Bruner: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20260714T080000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Lagos:20260716T170000 SUMMARY:ISBEE WORLD CONGRESS 2026 - RETHINKING BUSINESS ETHICS FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH: LOCAL INSIGHTS\, GLOBAL IMPACT UID:20260623T190657Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Africa/Lagos LOCATION:Ekounou\, Yaoundé\, Cameroon ORGANIZER;CN=Thierry Ngosso Ngosso: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260715T234500 SUMMARY:Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics UID:20260623T190658Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:3730 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, United States\, 19104 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2026-2027 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 25th\, 2026
\nOctober 30th\, 2026
\nJanuary 29th\, 2027
\nFebruary 26th\, 2027
\nMarch 19th\, 2027
\nApril 16th\, 2027
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 15th\, 2026. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 3rd\, 2026.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Paul Forrester (pforr@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker;CN=Paul Forrester: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260720T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260724T170000 SUMMARY:Frankfurt Ethics Summer School: Contractualism and Claims of Recognition UID:20260623T190659Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Norbert-Wollheim Platz 1\, Frankfurt am Main\, Germany DESCRIPTION:We are happy to announce the first edition of the \;Frankfurt Ethics Summer School (FESS)\, which will be held from 20&ndash\;24 July 2026 at Goethe University Frankfurt am Main.
\nOur guest in 2026 is \;Rahul Kumar \;(Queen&rsquo\;s University\, Canada)\, who will present his book manuscript \;Contractualism and Claims of Recognition.
\nContractualism&rsquo\;s animating idea is that moral reasoning is aptly characterized as reasoning about the justifiability of our conduct to others. It is one that many find resonates with their moral sensibilities. Why this is so is standardly thought to have to do with the appeal of the distinctive way contractualism develops the idea of justifiability to others\, inviting us to view the core of common-sense morality as a system of directed duties\, the flouting of any of which wrongs the person to whom the duty is owed and justifies the wronged holding the wrongdoer to account. \; \;But this interpretation does not do justice to the sources of contractualism&rsquo\;s resonance. \; \;The theme of the book is that a more compelling interpretation of the theory takes as central to it an ideal of living with moral community with others\, one in which persons are bound to one another by valuable relationships of mutual recognition. This reorientation both sheds light on various structural aspects of the contractualist account\, prompts a reconsideration of what reasoning on its terms involves\, and casts doubt on the interpretation of it as being an account of interpersonal wronging. \;
\nThe course is intended for MA and Ph.D. students\, but in addition\, it is open for interested advanced BA-students\, and postdocs. \;
\nUnfortunately\, the number of spaces is limited. If you would like to participate\, please send a registration email including a brief CV\, and a short letter indicating how the course would benefit your work\, to \;fess@em.uni-frankfurt.de
\nPlease note: We can grant up to 6 travel bursaries of max. 500&euro\;\, please mention in your application if you like to be considered.
\nRegistration is open \;until Mai 20th\; we will notify applicants by May 30th.
ORGANIZER;CN=Singa Behrens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260727T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20260731T170000 SUMMARY:Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics 2026 - Ethics of Migration: Justice\, Rights\, Responsibilities UID:20260623T190700Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Innstraße 27\, Passau\, Germany DESCRIPTION:Are you eager to explore the ethical questions that arise from migration? Do you want to exchange ideas with international scholars and actively engage in discussions about justice\, rights\, and responsibility in both European and global contexts? \;
\nThen apply now for the Passau Summer School for Applied Ethics! \;
\nThis year\, PASSAE focuses on migration ethics. Together\, we will examine pressing questions such as: How can theories of justice be applied to real-world migration challenges? What responsibilities do states and societies have toward refugees and migrants? How can the rights of particularly vulnerable groups in migration be protected? How do climate change and technology shape migration and our ethical duties? PASSAE 2026 creates an international platform that fosters exchange among students from diverse fields. Participants will learn from experts\, collaborate in teams\, and explore normative aspects of migration. You&rsquo\;ll also get to experience the charming city of Passau with its rich cultural heritage. \;
\nApplication Details
\nInterested in becoming part of PASSAE? Here&rsquo\;s how to apply: Submit a letter of motivation (max. 350 words) outlining your interest in the topic and what you hope to gain from the experience (deadline: March 15 2026). \;Please note that\, upon acceptance\, there will be a participation fee of 75&euro\;.
ORGANIZER;CN=Karoline Reinhardt: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260808T090000 SUMMARY:15th Annual Florida State University Free Will\, Moral Responsibility\, and Agency Conference UID:20260623T190701Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Tallahassee\, United States\, 32304 DESCRIPTION:The Philosophy Graduate Student Association (PGSA) of Florida State University is now accepting submissions for their graduate conference on free will\, moral responsibility\, and agency.
\nThe conference will take place at Florida State University on October 15-16 2026.
\nKeynote speakers will be:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Zoë\; Johnson King\, Harvard University
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; David Shoemaker\, Cornell University
\nThe conference will be held in Dodd Hall Auditorium. Conference participants can access the auditorium via either stairs or ramps\, and wheelchair accessible tables as well as theater-style seats are available in the auditorium. Microphones will be available for presenters. The conference is currently planned to be held in-person.
\nThose interested in submitting papers related to free will\, moral responsibility\, or the wider notion of agency should email their submissions to fsupgsa@gmail.com. Papers should be submitted along with a cover page. The criteria for the paper submission and cover page are as follows:
\n \;
Paper Requirements:
·\; \; \; \; \; \; Prepared for anonymous review
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; No more than 4\,000 words
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Suitable for 25-minute presentation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; Preceded by an abstract of 150-250 words
\nCover Page Requirements:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Presenter&rsquo\;s name
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Institutional affiliation
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Contact information (email address or phone number)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Title of paper
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;150-250 word abstract of the paper \;
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \;Word count of the paper
\nThe deadline for submissions is August 8th\, 2026. We will notify those whose papers have been accepted no later than September 16\, 2026.
\nFor questions or further information\, please contact Justice Cabantangan (jac24m at fsu.edu). You may also visit the conference website at https://philosophy.fsu.edu/free-will-conference. (The website is currently under maintenance.)
ORGANIZER;CN=Justice Cabantangan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20260821T090000 SUMMARY:8th CNY Moral Psychology Workshop UID:20260623T190702Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:1331 Salt Springs Rd\, Syracuse\, United States\, 13214 DESCRIPTION:The 8th CNY Moral Psychology workshop will be held on Nov. 13\, 2026. Any topic in moral psychology is welcome. For suggested topics\, see the program from previous years or 'About the Workshop' (https://sites.google.com/lemoyne.edu/cnymoralpsychology/about). We will hold the Workshop this year in-person at Le Moyne College in Syracuse\, NY. There will not be an option to attend remotely.
\nPlease use the following link for more information.
\nhttps://sites.google.com/lemoyne.edu/cnymoralpsychology/2026
\nSessions are read-ahead. After a brief summary of the paper's main claims and arguments\, the session will be spent in discussion. Applicants will be asked to submit rough drafts of their work (max 25 pages) in late October.
\nThis year's Workshop will feature a keynote by Dr. Ben Bradley (Syracuse University). Title TBA.
\nTo have a presentation considered\, please submit a 500-600 word abstract to the following form (https://forms.gle/8Zdu3JtpoRBLPkUL8). Abstracts are due by Aug. 21
ORGANIZER;CN=Joseph Spino;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=John M. Monteleone;CN=Irene Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260831T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Zurich:20260831T120000 SUMMARY:Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical UID:20260623T190703Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Zurich LOCATION:Rämistr. 71\, Zürich\, Switzerland\, 8006 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts on Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical (University of Zurich\, 18th-20th February 2027)
\nWe invite the submission of extended abstracts (but no longer than 1000 words) for presentations at the international conference on &ldquo\;Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical&rdquo\; that takes place at the University of Zurich from 18th to 20th February 2027. The abstracts should be sent to sebastian.schmidt@uzh.ch until August 31st 2026.
\nThe conference will host a series of renowned experts from ethics and epistemology to discuss the role of relational normativity across philosophical disciplines. If your talk gets accepted\, travel expenses\, including up to three nights at a central hotel in Zurich\, flight and train tickets\, as well as lunch and dinner\, will be covered. We also plan a follow-up project such as an edited volume with a major publisher or a special issue for an academic journal. Accepted talks will be invited as contributions to this follow-up project.
\nA recent trend in epistemology is to borrow ethical concepts to think about epistemic normativity. Maybe most notably\, the concept of epistemic injustice is meant to track the wrong that is done to someone in their capacity as a knower (Fricker 2007). More recently\, the idea that there is something we epistemically owe to each other (cf. Basu 2019) is taking hold. Epistemologists defend the idea that there is a distinctively epistemic kind of accountability and blame (Kauppinen 2018\; Brown 2020\; Boult 2020\; 2024)\, that we expect each other to meet our epistemic obligations to believe or know (Goldberg 2018)\, and that we owe epistemic redress (Hull 2019)\, atonement (Woodard 2023)\, or reparations (Altanian 2022\; Lackey 2022) to those we epistemically wronged\, who might then decide to epistemically forgive us (Green 2024). This has led some epistemologists to propose more fundamentally social meta-epistemologies (Dyke 2022\; Fleisher 2024\; Hannon &\; Woodard 2025)\, even proposing that epistemic normativity has relational foundations (Boult 2024).
\nWhile epistemologists take inspiration from the work of ethicists to develop their ideas on epistemic relationality\, the above literature develops largely in isolation from broader engagement with the recent ethical discussions on the relational structure of morality. Relational ethics has focused mostly on the explanation of our moral obligations to one another\, where obligations are typically understood as the correlates of rights or similar claims. To be under a moral obligation\, on this view\, is to be under a directed or second-personal duty to another person which is constitutively connected to the claim-right that this person has on you (e.g. Darwall 2006\, Wallace 2019\, Zylberman 2021). The relational understanding of morality illuminates the social significance of morality and the commonly held assumption that morality is grounded in relations of accountability and that moral wrongness warrants blame.
\nThe pioneering work and ongoing research by ethicists should be studied closely for the transposition of ethical concepts into epistemology to be intelligible and bear philosophical fruit. The aim of this conference is to bring together these two perspectives with a focus on discussing foundational issues surrounding relational normativity. Questions that will be discussed may include the following:
\nSpeakers who accepted our invitation to present at the conference include:
\nWe are very much looking forward to receiving your abstracts\,
\nJonas Vandieken (LMU Munich) &\; Sebastian Schmidt (University of Zurich)
\nThis conference is part of the Swiss National Science Foundation project on Relational Epistemology (https://data.snf.ch/grants/grant/223891).
\n\;Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical &ndash\; ZEGRa
ORGANIZER;CN=Sebastian Schmidt;CN=Jonas Vandieken: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T234500 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260831T234500 SUMMARY:Res Practica Special Issue - “The Faces of Responsibility” UID:20260623T190704Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:CFP - Res Practica\, New CRÉ\; Journal &ndash\; Special Issue: &ldquo\;The Faces of Responsibility&rdquo\;
\nEdited by Christine Tappolet and Christian Nadeau
\nThe Centre de recherche en é\;thique (CRÉ\;) invites you to submit a manuscript for publication in the first special issue of its new journal Res Practica\, to be launched formally in the Fall of 2026 and which will replace Les Ateliers de l'é\;thique / The Ethics Forum. This special issue aims to explore the plurality of forms that responsibility takes in our individual\, social\, and institutional practices. Drawing on multidisciplinary perspectives by bringing together expertise in moral and political philosophy\, political science\, and legal theory\, our objective is to examine the concepts of moral responsibility\, political responsibility\, and legal responsibility.
\nWe especially welcome contributions that interrogate the points of convergence and divergence between these different kinds of responsibility: their foundations\, their attribution criteria\, their functions within our normative practices\, and the tensions they may generate in contemporary contexts.
\nAs the journal is fully bilingual\, submissions may be in either French or English. The articles will be accompanied by a short abstract in the other language.
\nWe invite the submission of research articles (8\,000 to 12\,000 words) addressing questions related to moral\, political\, and legal responsibility\, as well as issues at the intersection of these fields\, including but not limited to the themes listed below:
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral agency\, psychological capacities\, and responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility attributions\, reactive attitudes\, and emotions
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility\, blame\, and punishment
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Defenses and apologies
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility for non-voluntary attitudes (beliefs\, emotions\, etc.)
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral constructivism and moral responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Disagreements in responsibility attributions and the question of relativism
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Legal responsibility: criminal vs. civil
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Moral guilt and legal guilt
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Punishment and liability
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Legal doctrines of control\, fault\, and risk
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Corporate responsibility and institutional responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The responsibility gap and artificial intelligence
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Punishment and responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective and individual responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective agency and excuses
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Political responsibility vs. social responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Tensions between moral and legal responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Reducing one kind of responsibility to another
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Collective and individual responsibility
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Group agency and intentionality
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; Responsibility toward future generations
\n·\; \; \; \; \; \; \; The political responsibility of states and social responsibility
\n\;
\nSubmission Guidelines
\n\;Submitted manuscripts may be in French or English. They should be between 8\,000 and 12\,000 words\, including references and footnotes. Manuscripts must be accompanied by an abstract of no more than 200 words and must be anonymized in preparation for double-blind peer review.
\nManuscripts must be submitted by email to aeef@umontreal.ca no later than August 31\, 2026.
\nAbout Res Practica
\nThe aim of Res Practica is to create a space for fruitful exchange between experts from a variety of disciplines whose work focuses on\, or has implications for\, ethical\, political\, and more broadly normative questions. One important goal is to further our understanding of practical problems that confront both individuals and societies by uncovering philosophical assumptions often left implicit. Another goal is to encourage exploration of innovative solutions to normative dilemmas that confront individuals and societies\, in order to provide original and informed ethical guidelines and public policies. Res Practica will invite authors to reach across traditional disciplinary divides\, and to explore the multiple ways in which experts from a variety of academic disciplines\, including but not restricted to moral and political philosophy\, applied ethics\, political sciences\, and law\, can cast mutually enriching light upon pressing practical questions. Res Practica is also committed to promoting exchanges between experts writing in different languages. While we will begin with English and French\, we hope\, over time\, to broaden the range of linguistic traditions that can find a home in our pages.
\nRes Practica&rsquo\;s editors in chief are Christine Tappolet (Université\; de Montré\;al)\, Daniel Weinstock (McGill University) and Samuel Dishaw (UCLouvain).
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260902T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260904T170000 SUMMARY:MANCEPT Workshop on Ethics of Academia UID:20260623T190705Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:University of Manchester\, Manchester\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:We are inviting submissions for this workshop to be held as part of this year&rsquo\;s MANCEPT workshops. \;The Workshops will take place at the University of Manchester\, from 2nd to 4th September 2026.
\nRecent resurgence of interest in the ethics of academia has sparked debates about the ideals and ongoing practices within academic institutions. These debates often highlight the tension between the aspirational goals of academia &ndash\; such as promoting systemic equity\, inclusion\, and access &ndash\; and the constraints imposed by socio-political realities\, including discrimination\, bias and lack of diversity\, institutional backlash against specific disciplines\, and budgetary and financial pressures. Our panel contributes to these debates by focusing on challenges that academics face specifically in their role as academics. \;These include\, but are not limited to\, the following areas:
\nWe are interested in these or any other topic related to the ethics of academia. By engaging with these issues\, the panel aims to deepen ongoing discussions about what academia is\, what it ought to be\, and how we might reimagine academic life in more just and sustainable ways.
Submissions should \;be suitable for 30 minutes of presentation + 30 minutes of Q&\;A.
Please submit your anonymized abstract (300-500 words) by \;20th April 2026 \;using \;this form: \;https://forms.gle/UVP6ctu9uAVmko7W6
Participants must pay fees for registration and dinner\; further information about costs will be provided soon.
For any questions\, please contact Kritika Maheshwari (k.maheshwari@tudelft.nl)
Speciesism has become a central concept in moral\, social and political scholarship and movements concerning animals. Broadly understood\, speciesism refers to discrimination based on species-membership and is often compared to racism and sexism. Nonetheless\, unlike racism and sexism\, speciesism is still generally regarded as an acceptable bias by the public and\, also amongst philosophers\, opinions diverge.
\nNowadays\, most philosophers reject forms of speciesism which rely merely on membership in the human species. However\, anthropocentric approaches which are justified in more indirect terms are widespread. Indeed\, these have received renewed defences recently &ndash\; including accounts which rely on rationality or social categories\, among others.
\nThis raises pressing metaphysical\, normative and epistemic concerns about what it means to be a human\, whether anthropocentric approaches to moral and political theory can be successfully defended\, and a wider question about why philosophers might be compelled to defend them at all. At the same time\, there are a variety of related concerns that are more overtly political in character\, which theorists of race and gender attend to\, but which are under-addressed in the literature on animals. These include issues regarding systems of power\, structural injustice\, social hierarchy\, domination and oppression.
\nThis panel is therefore broadly concerned with the following question: if speciesism is similar to racism and sexism\, what lies behind the former&rsquo\;s largely unchecked dominance in our thinking\, conduct and social structures? And how might we better understand its continued socio-political power\, within and beyond analytic political and moral philosophy? The panel will consider a range of related sub-questions including\, but not limited to\, the following:
\nConfirmed speakers: Hannah Battersby (KU Leuven)\, Catia Faria (Complutense University of Madrid)\, Franç\;ois Jacquet (Université\; de Strasbourg)\, Matthew Wray Perry (University of Sheffield) and Valé\;rie G. Topf (The Hebrew University of Jerusalem).
\nFor remaining speaker slots\, we invite submissions of abstracts of 250&ndash\;300 words from scholars within philosophy\, political science\, law\, animal studies\, and related disciplines. Abstracts should be suitable for a presentation of roughly 20-30 minutes. Please email your anonymised abstract to valerie.topf@unipv.it by 11th May 2026. Responses to submitted abstracts will be provided by 22nd May 2026.
\nPlease note that registration\, travel and accommodation fees must be covered by speakers themselves. Information on current registration fees &ndash\; and bursaries for accepted abstracts &ndash\; will be available on the MANCEPT website. This year&rsquo\;s edition of the workshops will take place in-person only.
ORGANIZER;CN=Hannah Battersby;CN=Matthew W. Perry;CN="Valérie G. Topf": METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260908T150000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260909T170000 SUMMARY:Social Ties in Animal Politics: Mutuality Beyond Humanity UID:20260623T190707Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London LOCATION:The Wave\, Sheffield\, United Kingdom DESCRIPTION:Social and political relationships constitute the foundation of our shared communities. Yet\, scholars working in the field of animal politics have not had these social ties as their primary focus. They have predominately highlighted the systematic injustice and exploitation that blight many of our relationships with nonhuman animals. This body of work has argued extensively for the rights of animals to fair treatment and political representation.
\nAlthough crucial\, a focus on injustice leaves out the question of whether the numerous relational concepts traditionally reserved for human society &mdash\; such as civic friendship\, trust\, and solidarity &mdash\; can be meaningfully extended to nonhuman animals. The project of identifying and theorising injustice continues to be important\, but a positive vision of what a just interspecies community would look like necessitates engagement with social ties. To reimagine and build a multispecies political community that works for us all\, we must begin exploring the actual\, lived quality of the social and political relationships that bind humans and animals together\, or set us apart.
\nTo that end\, this conference seeks to investigate the everyday reality of coexistence with animals by exploring the diverse range of social\, political\, and institutional relationships between us. By thinking about the limits and potential of existing interspecies encounters\, we hope to unearth the conceptual and critical resources needed to rethink our shared social and political life with animals.
\nDoing so requires us to engage with the idea that we are co-participants who share in social ties with nonhuman others. But there are profound challenges to any possible vision of mutuality beyond humanity. For example\, can the inescapable asymmetries in power\, or the significant communicative and epistemic barriers between species\, be overcome to realise a genuine interspecies politics?
\nWe will bring together scholars of animal ethics\, animal politics\, and cognate disciplines to explore these and related questions\, including but not limited to:
\nIn what ways do human-animal social relationships contribute to a flourishing political community? How do these relationships serve individual and collective interests in health\, happiness\, and community?
\nCan positive relational concepts like civic friendship or co-citizenship be meaningfully extended to non-human animals? Are interspecies relations of trust\, civility\, and tolerance possible?
\nHow\, if at all\, should negative relational concepts like aggression\, incivility\, or contempt be applied to animals? If animals can be our companions and our friends\, can they also be our enemies?
\nIs interspecies solidarity possible? Can humans and animals have mutual goodwill towards one another? \; Can we have alliances with animals?
\nWhy might mutuality with domesticated animals differ from with wild animals? Should we pursue relationships with wild animals\, or is mutuality undesirable? On what terms might it be acceptable?
\nCan humans and animals engage in mutually creative and cultural relationships? Can humans and animals play\, learn and co-create?
\nAre relations of mutuality possible if there are profound asymmetries in power and cognitive ability between humans and animals? Can farmers\, for example\, be friends with those animals that they exploit? Can humans be friends with mice?
\nHow do the concepts of love and care challenge or complicate traditional ways of thinking about justice for animals? \;
\nHow should ethical theory account for the inherent dangers and exploitation present in many human-animal relationships\, even those defined by intimacy? Can animals be exploited? Do animals have an interest in noninferiority?
\nHow might emerging technologies facilitate\, improve or harm relationships with animals? How\, if at all\, should AI be used to transform relationships with animals? How might animals need protection from these developments?
\nThis is the latest in a series of longstanding annual &lsquo\;Animal Politics&rsquo\; conferences. Details on past events (since 2010) can be found here: https://josh-milburn.com/animal-politics/ \;
\nOrganisers: Alasdair Cochrane (University of Sheffield)\; Steve Cooke (University of Leicester)\; Sara van Goozen (University of York)\; Josh Milburn (Loughborough University)\; Angie Pepper (Roehampton University)\; Matt Perry (University of Sheffield).
\nPlease send anonymised abstracts of no more than 300 words to m.w.perry@sheffield.ac.uk by end of day Friday 12th June. \;Please include the title of your paper\, your name and your affiliation in the body of your email. Abstracts should be suitable for a 30 minute presentation and will be subject to a blind review process. Successful proposals will be notified by 30th June.
\nThere are no fees to attend\, but please register or submit an abstract by emailing the organisers. Refreshments and a buffet lunch will be provided. This conference is gratefully funded by a Mind Association Conference Grant\, as well as a contribution from a Wellcome Trust grant on Multispecies Mutualisms held at the University of Sheffield. \;
\nThis has allowed us to cover a small number of ECR/graduate student speaker fees consisting of accommodation and dinner (but excluding travel). The details of how to apply for this will be sent out with successful abstract responses. \;
\nWe are committed to making the event welcoming for everyone by adhering to the BPA/SWiP Guidelines for Accessible Conferences and the BPA/SWiP Good Practice Scheme. For more information\, please get in touch with the organisers.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew W. Perry;CN=Alasdair Cochrane;CN=Angie Pepper;CN=Josh Milburn;CN=Sara Van Goozen;CN=Steve Cooke: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260915T000000 SUMMARY:Call for Papers: Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority - Special Issue (December 2026) UID:20260623T190708Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/London DESCRIPTION:Call for Papers &ndash\; Special Issue (December 2026)
\nThe Journal of Law\, Society\, and Authority (JLSA)\, a peer-reviewed open-access journal indexed in DOAJ and assigning CrossRef DOIs\, invites submissions for a special issue entitled:
\n&ldquo\;International Order and the Question of the Use of Force Involving Iran: Geopolitical and Legal Dimensions&rdquo\;
\nThe special issue welcomes original and interdisciplinary contributions in international law\, international relations\, political science\, and security studies. Topics may include the regulation of the use of force under international law\, regional security dynamics involving Iran and the Middle East\, collective security mechanisms\, sanctions and geoeconomic transformations\, emerging multipolarity\, maritime security\, asymmetric conflicts\, and strategic communication.
\nGuest Editors:
Prof. Nacim Belhoul (University of Blida 2\, Algeria)
Dr. Wang Guangda (China-Arab Research Center on Reform and Development\, China)
Prof. Hassan Abdullah Al-Da'jah (Al-Hussein Bin Talal University\, Jordan)
Submission deadline: 15 September 2026
Language: English only
Article Type and Length:
Original research articles and theoretical contributions (15&ndash\;25 pages\, including references and appendices).
Submission Email:
nassaiki@yahoo.fr
Author Guidelines:
https://revue.univ-oran2.dz/Revue/DSP/index.php/DSP/Author-guidelines
24th \;Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy
\n17th \;and 18th \;September 2026
\n\;CALL FOR PAPERS
\nOn the 17th \;and 18th \;of September 2026\, the Department of Political and Social Sciences\, University of Pavia (Italy) will host the 24th \;edition of the Pavia Graduate Conference in Political Philosophy. The conference is held within the framework of the PhD Program in Philosophy of the North-west Italy Philosophy Consortium (FINO).
\nThis two-day conference is meant to offer graduate students an opportunity to present papers\, get helpful feedback in a friendly atmosphere\, and exchange ideas both with peers and with leading academics in the field of political philosophy. In addition to parallel sessions devoted to students&rsquo\; presentations\, there will also be two plenary sessions for keynote speakers. For details of past editions\, see \;here (http://www-4.unipv.it/paviagc/). This year&rsquo\;s keynote speakers are:
\nClare Chambers \;(Jesus College\, University of Cambridge)
\nFrancesco Guala \;(University of Milan)
\nGraduate students interested in giving papers should send their contributions (max 1000 words &ndash\; in English) and a curriculum vitae\, by Friday 1st \;May 2026. Papers may focus on any area within political philosophy\, and presentations should take no longer than twenty minutes to allow at least another twenty minutes of discussion. Papers must be prepared for blind review and files must be anonymized. \;Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their submissions around mid-June. The conference will be held on premises.
\nCOSTS
\nThe conference package includes lunch and coffee breaks. Participants will be charged a fee of roughly 50&euro\; to contribute to catering expenses. Additionally\, participants can choose to sign up for the social dinner (roughly 35-40&euro\;). A number of accommodation places in university colleges are available to paper givers at relatively cheap rates. Accommodation fees and details will be arranged individually.
\nEVALUATION OF SUBMISSIONS
\nSubmissions will be evaluated by the organizing committee\, composed of FINO PhD students and faculty members. To avoid any conflict of interests\, submissions from FINO PhD students will be evaluated separately and will be allocated a limited quota of places in the conference.
\nCONTACT
\nAll correspondence (including paper submissions and additional inquiries) should be addressed to the conference email address: \;pavia.gradconference@gmail.com
\nhttp://www-4.unipv.it/paviagc/
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260917T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260919T170000 SUMMARY:Big Bioethics Workshop (Updated Call and Extended Deadline) UID:20260623T190710Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Chicago LOCATION:South Dakota State University\, Brookings\, United States\, 57007 DESCRIPTION:South Dakota State University will be hosting a workshop on &ldquo\;Big Bioethics&rdquo\;\, September 17-19\, 2026. The workshop aims to host 10-12 scholars to present works in progress in any area of ethics related to theoretical and applied biological science including work in medical ethics\, genetic ethics\, environmental ethics\, ethics of biology and biotechnology\, \;neuroethics\, ethics of psychology\, bioethics and law\, experimental bioethics\, and ethics-related work in philosophy of biology\, philosophy of medicine\, and philosophy of health. \; \; \;
\nThe workshop will be part of a larger Bioethics Day\, which will include other events\, including the Annual Bioethics Lecture\, featuring Leslie Francis (University of Utah) on Friday\, September 18. \; \; \;
\nStipend\, Transportation\, and Lodging
\nSelected participants will receive a $500 stipend provided through the SDSU Ethics Lab. Participating scholars will be encouraged to share and read each other&rsquo\;s papers prior to the workshop.
\nThe conference \;is located in \;Brookings\, South Dakota\, 45 minutes north of Sioux Falls\, South Dakota. The conference will provide a shuttle service for individuals flying into Sioux Falls\, but participants may use Lyft\, Uber\, or public transport as well. \;Brookings provides several hotel options in addition to the many options in Sioux Falls.
\nQuestions \;regarding \;the conference may be sent to Dr. Gregory Peterson (Philosophy\, School of American and Global Studies) at \;greg.peterson@sdstate.edu \;
\nCall for Papers \;
\nFor full consideration\, proposals for individual papers will consist of an anonymized abstract (4000 characters or approximately 550-600 words) submitted through the application portal. Participants should plan for approximately 20 minutes to present their paper and 20 minutes for discussion and feedback.
\nProposals are due Tuesday\, June 30\, \;2026 \;and may be \;submitted \;here. \; \; \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Gregory Peterson: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260925T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270416T170000 SUMMARY:Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics UID:20260623T190711Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:3730 Walnut Street\, Philadelphia\, United States\, 19104 DESCRIPTION:Call for Abstracts for The Zicklin Center Normative Business Ethics Workshop Series
\nOver the 2026-2027 academic year\, the Zicklin Center for Governance and Business Ethics at the Wharton School\, University of Pennsylvania\, will convene a regular works-in-progress series for scholars working in normative business ethics (NBE). In particular\, the Series will workshop papers pursuing business ethics issues from a normative perspective\, or papers in moral or political philosophy with implications for the market\, distributive justice\, labor relations\, the role of business in society\, etc.
\nWorkshop Objectives
\nThe Series is part of an effort to foster normative business ethics in the academy and the public sphere. This particular initiative has two key objectives: First\, it endeavors to provide a regular forum for scholars working on business ethics from a normative perspective. The community of such scholars is relatively small\, and dispersed across numerous institutions\, and there are few opportunities for these individuals to convene and share work. This Series is an effort to connect these scholars and to enrich their shared intellectual life. Second\, the Series aims to be especially valuable to junior faculty and advanced graduate students\, by providing them with feedback from\, and opportunities to interact with\, more established members of the normative business ethics community. To that end\, we hope to have (at least) one junior author and one senior author at each session.
\nWorkshop Format
\nThe workshop will meet six times over the academic year. Any academic or practitioner with an interest in normative business ethics is invited to attend the sessions. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come with feedback for the paper authors. To maximize the opportunity for paper improvement\, authors will not present their papers\; we will instead spend our time together on questions and comments for the author.
\nSessions will be held on Fridays\, beginning at 1:00 pm unless otherwise indicated. We will discuss two to three papers at each session. Attendees are expected to read the papers in advance\, and to come prepared to offer feedback.
\nWe plan to hold all sessions in-person\, on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania\, in Philadelphia.
\nSession Dates:
\nSeptember 25th\, 2026
\nOctober 30th\, 2026
\nJanuary 29th\, 2027
\nFebruary 26th\, 2027
\nMarch 19th\, 2027
\nApril 16th\, 2027
\nCall for Abstracts
\nWe invite abstract submissions from \;faculty and post-docs\, and from graduate students who have advanced to the ABD stage. \;Preferential treatment will be given to those who have not presented work at the Series before\, and we especially welcome submissions from women and under-represented minorities.
\nThe abstract should propose a paper in normative business ethics\, as described above. We ask that submissions offer a fairly detailed sense of the paper without exceeding 500 words.
\nWe ask that applicants identify three of the above dates\, in order of preference\, at which they would like to present their work. Please send your abstract to Brian Berkey &ndash\; bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu -- by July 15th\, 2026. Individuals will be notified about whether their paper has been selected for presentation by August 3rd\, 2026.
\nInformation for Selected Authors
\nThe Zicklin Center will cover reasonable travel and accommodation expenses for paper authors for the session at which their paper will be discussed.
\nReimbursement for travel expenses is subject to two conditions. By accepting the offer to workshop a paper\, the paper author pledges that:
\n1. \; \; \; \; The paper they will share is at a stage of development where the author can incorporate feedback gained at the workshop (e.g.\, the paper is not yet in page proofs or in print)\; and
\n2. \; \; \; \; The paper author will send their draft paper to the organizers no fewer than 14 days before their presentation date.
\nFor co-authored papers\, we can ordinarily only provide travel funding for one of the authors\, though other co-authors are welcome to attend.
\nPlease address any questions about the CFA or the workshop to one of the organizers: Brian Berkey (bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Amy Sepinwall (sepin@wharton.upenn.edu)\, Julian Jonker (jonker@wharton.upenn.edu)\, or Paul Forrester (pforr@wharton.upenn.edu).
ORGANIZER;CN=Brian Berkey;CN=Amy J. Sepinwall;CN=Julian Jonker;CN=Paul Forrester: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260928T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20260930T170000 SUMMARY:Second Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC) UID:20260623T190712Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Salzburg\, Austria DESCRIPTION:The EMRC (European Moral Responsibility Consortium) is a platform devoted to facilitating coordination and cooperation among philosophers based in Europe who are working in the area of moral responsibility and on related topics (free will\, blame\, collective responsibility\, punishment\, moral responsibility and AI\, etc.). From September 28-30\, 2026\, the second conference of the EMRC will be held in Salzburg\, Austria.
\nContact: emrconsortium@gmail.com
ORGANIZER;CN=Leonhard Menges;CN=Leonie Eichhorn: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261005T234500 SUMMARY:36th Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual International Conference UID:20260623T190713Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown\, 600 Commonwealth Place\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15222 DESCRIPTION:The Association for Practical and Professional Ethics (APPE) invites individuals from every discipline and profession interested in advancing scholarship\, teaching\, and a general understanding of applied ethics to submit proposals based on their work to our 36th Annual APPE International Conference on March 4-7\, 2027 in Pittsburgh. There will be an online-only portion of the conference program on April 2\, 2027 to accommodate our members\, presenters\, and guests who are located across the globe\, or who are unable to attend the in-person conference in Pittsburgh.
\nAPPE is a multidisciplinary\, international organization advancing scholarship\, education\, and practice in practical and professional ethics. We facilitate and support scholarly and professional collaborations among teachers\, scientists\, business practitioners\, engineers\, government officials\, researchers\, the media\, and all professionals concerned with the practical application and communications of ethics and values.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s theme\, Examining Ethics and Power\, invites critical reflection on the ethical dimensions of power across professional\, institutional\, and global contexts. We encourage proposals that explore how power dynamics shape ethical decision‑making\; how power manifests in professional practices\; how institutions perpetuate or prevent harm\; and how ethical frameworks can clarify what is at stake as well as expose\, challenge\, and transform unjust power relations.
\nPower structures social\, political\, organizational\, and interpersonal relations. Violence&mdash\;whether physical\, structural\, symbolic\, epistemic\, or institutional&mdash\;often emerges from\, reinforces\, or obscures the workings of power. Ethical analysis is essential for understanding how power is exercised\, resisted\, justified\, and contested\; how its proper use is often not recognized\, as well as how the misuse of power is often normalized\, hidden\, or confronted in professional and public settings.
\nIn addition to the special focus\, we welcome submissions from all areas of practical and professional ethics.
\nSubmissions are due Monday\, October 5\, 2026 and will be submitted via Ex Ordo.
ORGANIZER;CN=Kristen Fuhs Wells;CN=Earl Spurgin;CN=Mark Doorley: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261012T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Prague:20261014T170000 SUMMARY:Caring for Non-Humans: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Care among Animals\, the Environment\, and AI UID:20260623T190714Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Prague LOCATION:Praha\, Czech Republic ORGANIZER;CN=Friderike Spang;CN=John Dorsch: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261016T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261017T170000 SUMMARY:15th Annual Florida State University Free Will\, Moral Responsibility\, and Agency Conference UID:20260623T190715Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Tallahassee\, United States\, 32304 DESCRIPTION:The conference will take place at Florida State University on October 16-17\, 2026. The conference is open to any who is interested in attending. \;If you would like to attend and require further information\, please email \;Justice Cabantangan (jac24m at fsu.edu). The conference website (https://philosophy.fsu.edu/free-will-conference) \;is currently under maintenance.
\nhttps://philosophy.fsu.edu/free-will-conference ORGANIZER;CN=Justice Cabantangan: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215218Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261112T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20261113T170000 SUMMARY:Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium UID:20260623T190716Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Rome LOCATION:Macerata\, Italy DESCRIPTION:Reappraising nostalgia: The times and places of mindful yearning An international colloquium
ORGANIZER: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261112T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261114T170000 SUMMARY:Praise and Praiseworthiness Workshop\, CFA UID:20260623T190717Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Copenhagen\, Denmark DESCRIPTION:Praise and Praiseworthiness Workshop
\nPhilosophers working on praise and praiseworthiness are invited to submit abstracts for a workshop on these topics\, to be held in Copenhagen in the fall of 2026\, specifically November 12-14. Abstracts on the nature \;of praise and the nature of praiseworthiness are especially welcome. (Submissions on other praise-related issues-- e.g. the morality of praise-- will be considered\, however.)
\nThe intention is to workshop papers for a praise-themed issue of \;Oxford Studies in Agency &\; Responsibility. \;Selected abstracts must be \;promised \;to this special themed issue of OSAR. They cannot be submitted elsewhere\, and if accepted\, they must be committed to OSAR.
\nWhile workshop dinners will be covered\, funds unfortunately are not available to assist with travel or accommodation.
\nThe timeline of important dates and deadlines is as follows:
\n-Abstract due (500-1000 words): April 30\, 2026
\n-Notification concerning acceptance: May 30\, 2026
\n-First draft due (to be circulated amongst workshop participants): October 21\, 2026
\n-Workshop dates: November 12-14\, 2026
\n-Revised draft due: sometime in February 2027
\nThe papers will then be sent out by OUP for vetting and\, once returned\, contributors may make further changes. The praise-themed edition of Oxford Studies in Agency and Responsibility is expected to be in print 2028. \;
\nAnonymized abstracts (of 500-1000 words) should be submitted to \;praiseworkshop2026@gmail.com \;by the end of April 30 (last time zone on Earth).
\n
Confirmed Presenters:
Jules Holroyd
\nKasper Lippert-Rasmussen
\nZoë\; Johnson King
\nVictoria McGeer
\nColeen Macnamara
\nLeo Menges and Leonie Eichhorn
\nDana Nelkin
\nDavid Shoemaker
\nDaniel Telech
\n
\;
Submit abstracts for the Workshop at the following address.
\nhttps://forms.gle/8foFeWAojyHLuFXr7
\nThe keynote speaker is Ben Bradley (Syracuse University).
\nThe deadline for submissions is Friday\, August 21st.
\nPlease direct any questions or issues to Joseph Spino at spinojm@lemoyne.edu.
ORGANIZER;CN=Joseph Spino;CN=Randall R. Curren;CN=John M. Monteleone;CN=Irene Liu: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261119T100000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Berlin:20261120T170000 SUMMARY:Normative Reasons and Morality UID:20260623T190720Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Berlin LOCATION:Norbert-Wollheim-Platz 1\, Frankfurt am Main\, Germany DESCRIPTION:While the concept of a normative reason is often taken to provide a common currency across different domains of normativity\, its role and nature within the moral domain continue to raise a number of difficult and intriguing questions. Some philosophers have argued that moral reasons are distinctive in virtue of their stringency or overridingness\; others question whether the notion of a normative reason provides the most illuminating framework for understanding moral demands at all. More generally\, the relationship between morality and normative reasons remains contested\, both with respect to the nature of moral reasons and their place within moral thought and practice. This workshop aims to examine these issues from a variety of perspectives and to explore the significance of reasons-based approaches for contemporary moral philosophy.
\nWe welcome contributions addressing questions including (but not limited to):
\nA limited number of slots are available through an open call for abstracts. Please send your abstract\, prepared for anonymous review\, as a PDF file to si [dot] behrens [at] em [dot] uni [hyphen] frankfurt [dot] de (subject line: &ldquo\;Morality and Reasons&rdquo\;). Abstracts should be between 500 and 1\,000 words (including notes but excluding bibliography). Papers should be suitable for a 40-minute presentation. The deadline for submissions is \;July 15\, 2026. \;Applicants will be notified of the outcome by July 31\, 2026.
\nWe particularly encourage Ph.D. students and individuals from underrepresented groups to submit.
\n\n ORGANIZER;CN=Singa Behrens: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20261120T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20261121T170000 SUMMARY:Philosophy of Animal Welfare UID:20260623T190721Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Duke Law School\, 210 Science Drive\, Durham\, United States DESCRIPTION:This conference will focus on the nature\, measurement\, and moral significance of animal well-being. \; \; We invite philosophical contributions on the following topics: (1) Which animals are welfare-subjects? \; (2) What is the appropriate account of well-being for nonhuman animals (be it a hedonic\, desire- or preference-based\, objective-good\, or hybrid theory)? (3) Does the very same account apply to both human and nonhumans (the question of &ldquo\;invariabilism&rdquo\;)? \; (4) How should animal welfare be measured\, on one or another account of well-being? \; (5) How does animal welfare matter morally? \; (6) \; How should uncertainty about any of these topics be managed?
\nThose interested in presenting at the conference should email an abstract not to exceed 300 words to leanna.doty@law.duke.edu. \; Please include a current CV. \;Due date for abstracts: \; June 1\, 2026. \; \;Presentations should be based on work-in-progress\, rather than already published work. \; \; (Working papers available at the conference date will be circulated to participants\, but are not required for a presentation.) The conference will be an in-person conference. \; Zoom presentations are possible\, but preference will be given to in-person presentations. \; \;The conference sponsors will cover accommodation (up to 3 nights) for those presenting at the conference\, and vegan food will be served during the conference. \; \; We have limited budget to cover travel by early career scholars (within five years of their degree).
\nBecause of space limitations\, participation in the conference will be limited to presenters.
ORGANIZER;CN=Matthew D. Adler: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261206T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Indiana/Indianapolis:20261206T120000 SUMMARY:2027 Ethics at Notre Dame symposium: Ethics Beyond Action UID:20260623T190722Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Indiana/Indianapolis LOCATION:Notre Dame\, United States DESCRIPTION:We invite submissions of abstracts for ENDs 2027\, which will be held at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend\, Indiana\, on Friday\, April 30\, and Saturday\, May 1\, 2027. Abstracts should be between 750 and 1\,000 words (inclusive of everything but the bibliography). Abstracts must be prepared for blind review. The title of the proposed paper should be included at the top of the document\, above the abstract. Save the abstract as a PDF with the paper&rsquo\;s title as its name (e.g.\, &ldquo\;Paper&rsquo\;s Title.pdf&rdquo\;) and attach it to an email sent to ends@nd.edu with the subject heading &ldquo\;Abstract for ENDs 2027.&rdquo\; The deadline is noon (EST) on Sunday\, December 6\, 2026. The proposed paper must be on normative ethics and relate to the theme &ldquo\;Ethics Beyond Action.&rdquo\; We are especially interested in submissions that aim to open up new lines of inquiry relating to this theme.
\nPossible topics under this theme include but are not limited to: (1) moral education\; (2) moral perception\; (3) moral virtues and vices\; (4) morally relevant feelings\, attitudes\, and emotions\; (5) moral ideals and individual and cultural moral improvement\; (6) whether things besides actions (such as beliefs\, biases\, feelings\, perceptions\, dispositions\, etc.) can be right or wrong\; (7) whether it&rsquo\;s important that a moral theory not be exclusively act-oriented\; (8) whether the motive or intention with which an act is performed is important to its moral assessment\; (9) the epistemological relevance of the emotions to deontic and evaluative assessment\; (10) whether it matters\, morally speaking\, what sorts of reasons or motives we act upon\; (11) whether we can be morally responsible for things that are not under our voluntary control\; etc.
\nSubmissions will be evaluated by the organizers\, and decisions will be finalized in mid-January. The plan is for there to be around eight to ten speakers\, all of whom will be chosen on the basis of the abstracts&mdash\;thus\, no keynotes. The authors of accepted abstracts will be expected to provide drafts of their papers for distribution to ENDs attendees at least four weeks in advance of the conference. Authors will have 30-45 minutes to present their papers at the conference\, followed by Q&\;A. These papers must not be published\, accepted for publication\, or submitted for publication prior to the conclusion of the conference\, for speakers should be willing to consider including their papers in any anthology or symposium that the organizers possibly arrange. Speakers will not be required to include their papers\, but they should be open to doing so depending on what the organizers are able to arrange. Since abstracts will be reviewed anonymously\, those affiliated with the University of Notre Dame are welcome to submit to ENDs.
\nLastly\, those who are either currently enrolled in a graduate program or within fifteen (15) years of having received their Ph.D should note that we offer a $5\,000 prize for the most outstanding paper by an early-career scholar.
\nThe Ethics at Notre Dame symposium ("ENDs" for short) is a biennial\, thematic conference in normative ethics held every other spring at the University of Notre Dame beginning in 2027. Free and open to all registrants\, ENDs aims both to advance new work on significant themes in ethical theory and to support scholars&mdash\;especially those early in their careers&mdash\;through feedback\, mentorship\, and potential publication opportunities.
\nSee ethics.nd.edu/ends for more information. Email ends@nd.edu with questions.
ORGANIZER;CN=Douglas W. Portmore;CN=Katie O'Dell;CN=Tom Dougherty;CN=Cheshire Calhoun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Bogota:20261209T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Bogota:20261211T170000 SUMMARY:2nd Annual PPEL in the Global South Conference UID:20260623T190723Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Bogota LOCATION:Bogotá\, Colombia DESCRIPTION:After a hugely successful pilot conference in Bengaluru\, India in 2025 (see here)\, we are back with a second edition of the PPEL in the Global South. This in-person conference aims to bring together scholars working in Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics\, and/or Law from around the globe\, and in particular to facilitate interaction between scholars based in the Global South and those in the West and elsewhere.
\nWe invite submissions on any topic that engages at least one of the focus disciplines (Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics\, and Law) and that clearly addresses a normative issue. Submissions at the intersection of more than one of these fields are especially welcome. The conference language is English.
\nPlease submit an anonymized abstract \;of no more than 500 words using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9sgj7EYCK7reriDbaojKPoJz-aWkPAOhTfWgX0EGIT9dHHg/viewform \;
\nAbstracts should be submitted in PDF form\, single spaced\, with no bibliography/references\, the title at the of the page\, and all on a single page. Please name the PDF file with the title of your paper &ndash\; for example\, &ldquo\;A Theory of Justice.PDF&rdquo\;. \;Double submissions will not be considered. \;Submission of co-authored work is allowed.
\nThe deadline for submissions is April 1st\, 2026 (anywhere on earth).
For more info about the PPEL in the Global South initiative\, visit www.ppelintheglobalsouth.com
We are irrevocably implicated in the systems of oppression we seek to dismantle\, and the effects of those systems live with us and within us. Accountability&mdash\;understood as taking responsibility for our contributions to and complicity in systemic harms&mdash\;offers a framework for practicing feminist solidarity\, building community\, and supporting both individual and collective healing. This special issue explores feminist accountability as a practice that moves beyond punishment and retribution toward transformative justice as an ethical and political project. We are especially interested in work that engages the tensions\, limits\, and possibilities of accountability: not only as an ethical ideal\, but as a lived\, contested\, and situated practice across interpersonal\, institutional\, and structural contexts. We invite submissions that examine how accountability is practiced today and how it intersects with broader frameworks of transformative justice. What does it mean to take responsibility for harm within feminist communities? How might accountability reshape our understandings of power\, complicity\, and solidarity? What challenges arise when transformative justice frameworks&mdash\;often developed in grassroots and activist contexts&mdash\;are brought into academic spaces? In keeping with Feminist Philosophy Quarterly&rsquo\;s commitment to inclusive\, intersectional\, and community-engaged feminist philosophy\, we especially encourage submissions that engage and build upon the work of scholars from historically marginalized communities and those most affected by the forms of harm under discussion. Submissions may address\, but are not limited to:
\n
-Feminist accountability as a practice: its limits\, tensions\, and conditions of possibility
-Accountability beyond carceral logics: abolitionist and transformative approaches to harm
-Transformative justice as ethical and political praxis
-Responsibility\, complicity\, and refusal in conditions of structural injustice
-Practices of repair\, restitution\, and non-reconciliation
-Community-based responses to harm: care\, conflict\, and collective healing
-Navigating accountability in a context of backlash and reaction
-The misuse of accountability practices and procedures
-Accountability within feminist movements: power\, exclusion\, and internal critique
-Pedagogies of accountability: teaching\, learning\, and institutional responsibility
-The politics of &ldquo\;calling in\,&rdquo\; &ldquo\;calling out\,&rdquo\; and other modes of response
-Citation as accountability: feminist lineage-building and epistemic responsibility
-Coalition-building and solidarity across asymmetries of power
-Mutual aid\, abolition feminism\, disability justice\, and transformative justice
-Intersections of restorative and transformative justice frameworks
-Feminist responses to interpersonal\, gendered\, and sexual violence
-Feminist responses to state violence\, war\, and genocide
-The ethics and politics of care within transformative justice practices
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Submission Details:
Deadline: January 4\, 2027
Length: Up to 9\,000 words (including notes\, excluding references)
Review Process: Double-anonymous peer review
\nFile Format: PDF or Word (DOC/DOCX/RTF)
\n
Submissions should be prepared for anonymous review\, with all identifying information removed from the manuscript. Authors should submit two separate files: An anonymized manuscript &\; a title page including the paper title\, author name(s)\, institutional affiliation(s)\, and contact information.
Submissions should be sent to the following email address: femacctj (at) gmail.com
Submissions must follow the Chicago Manual of Style (author&ndash\;date system).
For full author guidelines\, please see: https://ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/fpq/information/authors
The special issue is planned for publication in late 2027/early 2028 in the journal Feminist Philosophy Quarterly.
For any questions on this special issue\, please contact the guest editors: Fulden İbrahimhakkıoğlu (fulden@metu.edu.tr) and Amy Marvin (amarvin@hamilton.edu).
Relational Normativity: Epistemic and Practical &ndash\; ZEGRa
ORGANIZER;CN=Sebastian Schmidt;CN=Jonas Vandieken: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20270304T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20270307T170000 SUMMARY:36th Association for Practical and Professional Ethics Annual International Conference UID:20260623T190726Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/New_York LOCATION:Wyndham Grand Pittsburgh Downtown\, 600 Commonwealth Place\, Pittsburgh\, United States\, 15222 DESCRIPTION:The 36th Annual International Conference will be held March 4-7\, 2027 at the Wyndham Grand in Pittsburgh. The conference welcomes APPE members as well as nonmembers from a wide variety of disciplines and professions dedicated to advancing scholarship\, education\, and practice in practical and professional ethics.
\nThis year&rsquo\;s theme\, Examining Ethics and Power\, invites critical reflection on the ethical dimensions of power across professional\, institutional\, and global contexts. We encourage proposals that explore how power dynamics shape ethical decision‑making\; how power manifests in professional practices\; how institutions perpetuate or prevent harm\; and how ethical frameworks can clarify what is at stake as well as expose\, challenge\, and transform unjust power relations.
\nThe Call for Proposals is now open. Learn more: \;https://www.appe-ethics.org/call-for-proposals/
ORGANIZER;CN=Kristen Fuhs Wells;CN=Earl Spurgin;CN=Mark Doorley: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Bogota:20270401T234500 DTEND;TZID=America/Bogota:20270401T234500 SUMMARY:2nd Annual PPEL in the Global South Conference UID:20260623T190727Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:America/Bogota LOCATION:Bogotá\, Colombia DESCRIPTION:After a hugely successful pilot conference in Bengaluru\, India in 2025 (see here)\, we are back with a second edition of the PPEL in the Global South. This in-person conference aims to bring together scholars working in Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics\, and/or Law from around the globe\, and in particular to facilitate interaction between scholars based in the Global South and those in the West and elsewhere.
\nWe invite submissions on any topic that engages at least one of the focus disciplines (Philosophy\, Politics\, Economics\, and Law) and that clearly addresses a normative issue. Submissions at the intersection of more than one of these fields are especially welcome. The conference language is English.
\nPlease submit an anonymized abstract \;of no more than 500 words using this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc9sgj7EYCK7reriDbaojKPoJz-aWkPAOhTfWgX0EGIT9dHHg/viewform.
\nAbstracts should be submitted in PDF form\, single spaced\, with no bibliography/references\, the title at the of the page\, and all on a single page. Please name the PDF file with the title of your paper &ndash\; for example\, &ldquo\;A Theory of Justice.PDF&rdquo\;. \;Double submissions will not be considered. \;Submission of co-authored work is allowed.
\nThe deadline for submissions is April 1st\, 2026 (anywhere on earth).
For more info about the PPEL in the Global South initiative\, visit www.ppelintheglobalsouth.com
The Ethics at Notre Dame symposium ("ENDs" for short) is a biennial\, thematic conference in normative ethics held every other spring at the University of Notre Dame beginning in 2027. Free and open to all registrants\, ENDs aims both to advance new work on significant themes in ethical theory and to support scholars&mdash\;especially those early in their careers&mdash\;through feedback\, mentorship\, and potential publication opportunities.
\nThe 2027 ENDs Conference will be held \;Friday\, April 30\, and Saturday\, May 1\, 2027. The conference theme for 2027 is \;Ethics Beyond Action.
ORGANIZER;CN=Douglas W. Portmore;CN=Katie O'Dell;CN=Tom Dougherty;CN=Cheshire Calhoun: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270630T170000 SUMMARY:‘The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy’ UID:20260623T190729Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Dominikanerbastei 16\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:As part of a Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council\, I am pleased to invite proposals for participation in a conference on &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy&rsquo\; scheduled to be held at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)\, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)\, in Vienna on 28-30 June 2027. \;
\nPaper proposals are invited from philosophers working with Western and/or Buddhist sources on any topic concerned with the ethics of belief\, broadly understood. Thus\, for example\, papers may be proposed regarding topics such as (but not limited to) the nature of belief\, the norms of belief and \;normativity in relation to belief\, \;evidence and evidentialism\, and the epistemic basing relation. \;Discussions concerning the relationship of belief (including in terms of its \;formation\, maintenance\, and/or relinquishment) \;to notions such as \;credence\, view\, judgment\, assent\, conviction\, faith\, trust\, hope\, and knowledge (or their analogues in Buddhist sources) \;are welcome\, as are those concerning \;the relationship of \;belief (and its ethics) to faculties such as consciousness\, cognition\, discernment\, conceptualization\, view-holding\, volition\, sensation\, and emotion (or their analogues in Buddhist sources).
\nThe research project of which this conference forms part is titled \;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &lsquo\;Period of Disunity&rsquo\; \;(ChinBuddhPhil)\; for more information\, see \;https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil. The project aims to bring Buddhist philosophical sources into conversation with Western ones\, on the understanding that Buddhist philosophers merit consideration not only as historical artifacts but as genuinely interesting and insightful contributors to live philosophical problems. As such\, the conference is intended to be dialogical\, with specialists of relevant Western and Buddhist philosophical materials engaging in debate regarding overlapping topics\, positions\, and arguments.
\nPhilosophers specializing in Western sources from any of the ancient\, medieval\, modern\, or contemporary philosophical canons are welcome to apply\; they need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Buddhist materials or debates.
\nAs for philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources\, in line with the overall focus of the ChinBuddhPhil project on the Sanlun \;三論 \;school of Chinese Buddhist philosophy\, those proposing papers on Sanlun are especially welcome to apply. More broadly\, however\, the call is open to philosophers specializing in Chinese Buddhist sources beyond Sanlun\, and more broadly still to those specializing in sources from any other among the Buddhist traditions spanning diverse geographical regions and temporal periods. Philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Western materials or debates.
\nEdited volumes based on two prior project conferences have already been submitted to Oxford University Press. An edited book comprised of chapters based on the papers presented at this conference is also planned\, and potential speakers should keep in mind that they will be invited to submit a written chapter (6\,000-9\,000 words) based on their oral presentation. Each participant will also be invited to prepare a short response to another paper (1\,000-2\,000 words)\, thereby allowing philosophers working with Western sources to engage\, from within their own sphere of expertise\, with Buddhist materials\, and vice-versa. Draft papers will thus be pre-circulated to respondents.
\nTimeline:
\n·\; \; \;1 June 2026: Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
\n·\; \; \;1 July 2026: Announcement of accepted papers.
\n·\; \; \;1 April 2027: Deadline for submission of draft papers.
\n·\; \; \;28-30 June 2027: In-person conference in Vienna.
\n·\; \; \;1 September 2027: Deadline for submission of final papers.
\nThose interested in taking part are welcome to send 1) a paper abstract of circa 500 words\, and 2) a CV or link to a professional profile\, to \;rafal.stepien@oeaw.ac.at \;by the \;1st \;of June 2026. Requests for further information are also welcome. In a dedicated effort to counteract long-standing discrimination\, women and members of other identity-groups still under-represented in academe are especially encouraged to apply. This is an in-person conference\; accommodation in Vienna for participants will be funded by the organizers\, and funds are also foreseen to be available to offset travel costs to and from Vienna for those participants with no alternative sources of funding.
\nRafal K. Stepien
\nPrincipal Researcher\, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia\, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\nPrincipal Investigator\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &ldquo\;Period of Disunity&rdquo\;&rsquo\;\, European Research Council.
ORGANIZER;CN=Rafal Stepien: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260621T215219Z DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270628T090000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/Vienna:20270630T170000 SUMMARY:The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy UID:20260623T190730Z-iCalPlugin-Grails@philevents-web-bd7db559-gt5qm TZID:Europe/Vienna LOCATION:Dominikanerbastei 16\, Vienna\, Austria\, 1010 DESCRIPTION:As part of a Starting Grant funded by the European Research Council\, I am pleased to invite proposals for participation in a conference on &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Conversations with Buddhist Philosophy&rsquo\; scheduled to be held at the Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia (IKGA)\, part of the Austrian Academy of Sciences (OEAW)\, in Vienna on 28-30 June 2027. \;
\nPaper proposals are invited from philosophers working with Western and/or Buddhist sources on any topic concerned with the ethics of belief\, broadly understood. Thus\, for example\, papers may be proposed regarding topics such as (but not limited to) the nature of belief\, the norms of belief and \;normativity in relation to belief\, \;evidence and evidentialism\, and the epistemic basing relation. \;Discussions concerning the relationship of belief (including in terms of its \;formation\, maintenance\, and/or relinquishment) \;to notions such as \;credence\, view\, judgment\, assent\, conviction\, faith\, trust\, hope\, and knowledge (or their analogues in Buddhist sources) \;are welcome\, as are those concerning \;the relationship of \;belief (and its ethics) to faculties such as consciousness\, cognition\, discernment\, conceptualization\, view-holding\, volition\, sensation\, and emotion (or their analogues in Buddhist sources).
\nThe research project of which this conference forms part is titled \;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &lsquo\;Period of Disunity&rsquo\; \;(ChinBuddhPhil)\; for more information\, see \;https://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil. The project aims to bring Buddhist philosophical sources into conversation with Western ones\, on the understanding that Buddhist philosophers merit consideration not only as historical artifacts but as genuinely interesting and insightful contributors to live philosophical problems. As such\, the conference is intended to be dialogical\, with specialists of relevant Western and Buddhist philosophical materials engaging in debate regarding overlapping topics\, positions\, and arguments.
\nPhilosophers specializing in Western sources from any of the ancient\, medieval\, modern\, or contemporary philosophical canons are welcome to apply\; they need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Buddhist materials or debates.
\nAs for philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources\, in line with the overall focus of the ChinBuddhPhil project on the Sanlun \;三論 \;school of Chinese Buddhist philosophy\, those proposing papers on Sanlun are especially welcome to apply. More broadly\, however\, the call is open to philosophers specializing in Chinese Buddhist sources beyond Sanlun\, and more broadly still to those specializing in sources from any other among the Buddhist traditions spanning diverse geographical regions and temporal periods. Philosophers specializing in Buddhist sources need possess no prior knowledge of relevant Western materials or debates.
\nEdited volumes based on two prior project conferences have already been submitted to Oxford University Press. An edited book comprised of chapters based on the papers presented at this conference is also planned\, and potential speakers should keep in mind that they will be invited to submit a written chapter (6\,000-9\,000 words) based on their oral presentation. Each participant will also be invited to prepare a short response to another paper (1\,000-2\,000 words)\, thereby allowing philosophers working with Western sources to engage\, from within their own sphere of expertise\, with Buddhist materials\, and vice-versa. Draft papers will thus be pre-circulated to respondents.
\nTimeline:
\n·\; \; \;1 June 2026: Deadline for submission of paper proposals.
\n·\; \; \;1 July 2026: Announcement of accepted papers.
\n·\; \; \;1 April 2027: Deadline for submission of draft papers.
\n·\; \; \;28-30 June 2027: In-person conference in Vienna.
\n·\; \; \;1 September 2027: Deadline for submission of final papers.
\nThose interested in taking part are welcome to send 1) a paper abstract of circa 500 words\, and 2) a CV or link to a professional profile\, to \;rafal.stepien@oeaw.ac.at \;by the \;1st \;of June 2026. Requests for further information are also welcome. In a dedicated effort to counteract long-standing discrimination\, women and members of other identity-groups still under-represented in academe are especially encouraged to apply. This is an in-person conference\; accommodation in Vienna for participants will be funded by the organizers\, and funds are also foreseen to be available to offset travel costs to and from Vienna for those participants with no alternative sources of funding.
\nRafal K. Stepien
\nPrincipal Researcher\, Institute for the Cultural and Intellectual History of Asia\, Austrian Academy of Sciences.
\nPrincipal Investigator\, &lsquo\;The Ethics of Empty Beliefs: Chinese Buddhist Philosophy in the &ldquo\;Period of Disunity&rdquo\;&rsquo\;\, European Research Council.
\nhttps://www.oeaw.ac.at/projects/chinbuddhphil/conferences \;
ORGANIZER;CN=Rafal Stepien: METHOD:PUBLISH END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR