Upcoming events in Social and Political Philosophy

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Ongoing 1 Oct 2024

Conference: In Conversation: Exploring the Philosophy of Money and Finance

OnlinePhinance - The Philosophy of Finance Network

Phinance Online Interview Series

Topics: Philosophy of Science, Miscellaneous, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 19 Sep 2025

Conference: Zicklin Center Workshop in Normative Business Ethics

The Wharton School, Department of Legal Studies and Business Ethics, University of Pennsylvania

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

Ongoing 7 Jan

Conference: Phil-Econ-Model-Lab

Centre for Ethics and Law in the Life Sciences, Leibniz University Hannover

Topics: General Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Social Science, Social and Political Philosophy

Tomorrow 18 Jan

CFP: Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory 2026

Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs (CELPA), University of Warwick

Warwick Graduate Conference in Political & Legal Theory

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Jan

CFP: Capitalism – Democracy – Emancipation. Encounters Between Critical Theory and Radical Democratic Theory

Department of Political Science, University of Vienna

Topics: Continental Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Jan

Conference: The Sustainable Corporation: How to Secure Value in a Competitive World

Faculty of Philosophy, University of Groningen

Topics: Philosophy of Social Science, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

22 Jan

Talk: Electoral Institutions and the Time Horizons of Democracy (January 22, 1pm CET)

OnlineUniversity of Sevilla

Moral Minds and Ethical Futures: Empirical and Normative Perspectives

Sarah Birch (King's College London)

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

26 Jan

Talk: The Hard Problem of Political Philosophy of Technology

OnlineSociety for Philosophy and Technology

Carl Mitcham (Colorado School of Mines)

Topics: Philosophy of Computing and Information, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

28 Jan

Conference: Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change 6 (#PhiDisSocCh6)

OnlineBIOPOLITICAL PHILOSOPHY and Center for Ethics, University of Central Florida

Philosophy, Disability, and Social Change

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Jan

CFP: Conatus - Journal of Philosophy vol. 11, no. 1 (2026) Special Issue: The Disenchantment of the World Secularization and the Modern Predicament

Topics: Philosophy of Religion, Philosophical Traditions, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Jan

CFP: APA Studies in LGBTQ+ Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

30 Jan

CFP: Trust and Hope in Times of Crises

American University of Armenia

ETICA Internationnal Annual Conferences

Topics: Epistemology, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Jan

Talk: Confronting Climate Catastrophe: Mapping the World that (could) Be through Indigenous Philosophy

OnlineMinorities and Philosophy International

Topics: Philosophy of the Americas, Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

30 Jan

CFP: Formal Ethics 2026

Philosophy Department, The State University of New York at Buffalo

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

31 Jan

CFA (Workshop): Forms of Exculpation: Nature and Norms of Blamelessness

Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt University of Berlin

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jan

CFP: Affective Lives: Autotheoretical Experiments (Special Issue Passion)

Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

31 Jan

CFA: 19th Annual Suncoast Graduate Philosophy Conference

Department of Philosophy, University of South Florida

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Feb

CFP: European Seminars of Philosophy of Education

The American University of Paris

Topics: European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

3 Feb

CFP: 2026 KCL Political Theory Conference

Department of Political Economy, King's College London

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Feb

CFP: 1st UChicago WAMIP Philosophy Graduate Conference: Practical Philosophy & Philosophy’s Practicalities

The Department of Philosophy , University of Chicago

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

6 Feb

Conference: The Ethics of Business, Trade, and Global Governance Conference

Center for Ethics in Society, Saint Anselm College

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

7 Feb

Talk: Being Other: Reflections on Alterity

OnlineEreignis Institute, Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

2026 Ereignis Institute

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

8 Feb

Talk: Schizoanalysis of AI: Machinic Desire, Energy, and Planetary Subjectivation

OnlineEreignis Institute, Ereignis Center for Philosophy and the Arts

2026 Ereignis Institute

Alex Taek-Gwang Lee

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

9 Feb

Conference: Design for Wellbeing

Delft University of Technology

Design for Values

Topics: Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 Feb

CFP: Collegium Phaenomenologicum 2026: Climate Philosophy in the Capitalocene

Collegium Phaenomenologicum

Collegium Phaenomenologicum

Topics: Continental Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

14 Feb

CFP: Responsible Trusting Without Prejudice First Workshop

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, University of Stirling

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Feb

CFP: Information Segregation: Mechanisms and Consequences

African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science, University of Johannesburg

Topics: Epistemology, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

20 Feb

Conference: Confronting Oppression with Care: Interspecies Perspectives

Center for Environmental and Technology Ethics - Prague

Topics: Applied Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

20 Feb

CFP: 2026 West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Conference: Living Philosophy

West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Association, West Chester University

West Chester University Philosophy Graduate Student Association Conference

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy

21 Feb

CFP: Dasein – Existence – Mortality in Daseinanalysis and Psychotherapy

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

21 Feb

Conference: Warwick Graduate Conference in Political and Legal Theory 2026

Centre for Ethics, Law and Public Affairs (CELPA), University of Warwick

Warwick Graduate Conference in Political & Legal Theory

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

25 Feb

Conference: Justice in the XXI Century: New Challenges, New Directions of Inquiry

Departament of Social and Political Sciences, University of Catania

Initial Conference of the Project "Justice in the XXI Century: A Perspective from Latin America" (JUSTLA)

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

26 Feb

Conference: Ethical and Social Perspectives on New Military Technologies

Royal Military Academy of Belgium

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

28 Feb

CFP: Melancholic historicity: lost pasts and past losses

Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies, Utrecht University

Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

1 Mar

CFP: POLEMO – GOODINT Symposium: Justice, Integration & Democracy

Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy and International Relations, Central European University

Polemo symposium

Topics: Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

2 Mar

CFP: Violence, Resistance, and Decoloniality: Rage Against the Machine

University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Student Group

University of Alberta Philosophy Graduate Conference

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

3 Mar

Conference: Christian Ethics and Peacebuilding in the Age of AI & Autonomous Weapons Systems

The Senator George J. Mitchell Institute for Global Peace, Security and Justice, Queen's University, Belfast

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

5 Mar

Conference: Workshop on Friendship, and Friendship with the Morally Bad

OnlineDepartment of Philosophy, The University of Salzburg

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

6 Mar

Conference: Applied Epistemology in Times of Political Crisis

Applied Epistemology Project, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Applied Epistemology Project Workshops

Topics: Epistemology, Social and Political Philosophy

6 Mar

Conference: AI and Data Ethics: Philosophy and Pedagogy

USC Institute for Ethics and Trust in Computing, University of Southern California

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

9 Mar

CFP: Feminism and the Corporation: Radical Metaphysics, Radical Politics?

HybridTrinity Business School, Trinity College Dublin

Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Mar

Conference: On the Resilience of Reason. Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Neo-Kantianism in Times of Social Crisis

HybridDr. K. H. Eberle-Research Center "European Cultures in a Multipolar World", University of Constance, Germany

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Mar

Conference: On the Resilience of Reason. Phenomenology, Pragmatism, and Neo-Kantianism in Times of Social Crisis

HybridDr. K. H. Eberle Reserach Centre "European Cultures in a Mulipolar World", University of Konstanz

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

12 Mar

Conference: Forms of Exculpation: Nature and Norms of Blamelessness

Institut für Philosophie, Humboldt University of Berlin

Topics: Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

14 Mar

Conference: Dasein – Existence – Mortality in Daseinanalysis and Psychotherapy

Online The European Centre for Heidegger Studies

Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, European Philosophy, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Mar

CFP: "Philosophies" Special Issue: More-than-Human Ethics: Rethinking Nature, Dwelling, and Responsibility

Topics: Philosophical Traditions, Miscellaneous, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 Mar

CFP: IVR 2026 Istanbul

International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

32nd World Congress of the International Association for Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Topics: Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous

15 Mar

CFP: New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action

IVR2026 Organizing Committee, International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy

Special workshop at XXXIInd World Congress of the International Association for the Philosophy of Law and Social Philosophy (IVR)

Topics: Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy

15 Mar

CFP: Individualism and Oppression

Department of Philosophy, Tilburg University

René Descartes Lectures Tilburg University

Topics: Social and Political Philosophy

15 Mar

CFP: Business Ethics in the 6ix

Ted Rogers School of Management, Toronto Metropolitan University

Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Social and Political Philosophy

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