Call for Abstracts: EENPS2026 Bucharest 18-19 September 2026

[East European Network for Philosophy of Science]

Dear EENPS members,

We previously asked you to hold the date and now we are delighted to issue the Call for Abstracts. Please start planning your contributions! We are absolutely thrilled to bring our community to Bucharest. A lot of work has already gone into planning the conference and into ensuring that it remains accessible (note no registration fee and plans for a special issue of the journal Kriterion). As last time we are using scienceconf portal which now has a dedicated website: https://eenps2026.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

We look forward to reading your submissions and to seeing you in Bucharest!

Your EENPS Steering Committee

The East European Network for Philosophy of Science (EENPS), in co-operation with New Europe College - Institute for Advanced Study and the University of Bucharest, announces the sixth conference of the East European Network for Philosophy of Science in Bucharest to be held on September 18-19th 2026.

 

Keynote speakers:

Dana Jalobeanu (University of Bucharest and The University of Technology Nuremberg)

Sabina Leonelli (Technical University of Munich)

 

We invite abstracts of contributed papers and symposia proposals in the areas below: 

1. General Philosophy of Sciences


2. Philosophy of Physical Sciences

3. Philosophy of Biological and Medical Sciences

4. 
Philosophy of Social Sciences and Cognitive Sciences

5. Philosophy of Historical Sciences

6. 
History and Social Studies of Science


7. Philosophy of Formal Sciences, Philosophy of Mathematics and Philosophy of AI

 

Call for contributed papers:

Authors are invited to submit short abstracts up to 100 words plus a .pdf file of extended abstracts 500 words excluding references prepared for blind review. The abstracts should be headed by the title of the corresponding area (a – g), the title of the paper, and 3 to 5 keywords. Please also select the corresponding area as a topic in the submission form. 



 

Call for symposia:


Groups of up to five authors are invited to submit proposals for symposia on any of the topics related to areas a) – f) in a pdf file through this website. Sessions will last up to 90 minutes including discussion. Please select 'Symposium' as the 'Type of submission' in the submission form of ScienceConf. 
The proposal should be uploaded in one comprehensive document and it should conform to the following structure:

• the title of the corresponding section

• the symposium’s title

• a complete list of names of the symposium’s participants with their contact details

• a general description of the topic and its significance for the philosophy of science broadly conceived (up to 1000 words), the abstracts of the symposium’s contributions (up to 300 words each)

• short CVs (up to 1 page) of each of the symposium’s participants.

 

Instructions for submission on the conference website:

https://eenps2026.sciencesconf.org/?lang=en

Find the LOGIN box in the top right corner and either login, if you already have an account, or create a new one. If you create a new account, you will receive an email from the platform to activate your account. Having activated your account, please log in and submit your contribution under the tab My Space, then under the tab Submissions.

Complete the required fields: Title, Abstract (insert your short abstract in this field), choose the Type of presentation, select Topic area, and insert Keywords. Navigate further by pressing Next Step, where you will be asked to specify the author(s) and then to upload the PDF file. The PDF file should contain either the extended abstract if you are submitting a contributed paper or the combined elements of the symposium proposal as specified above.

To submit the PDF file, under ‘TYPE OF THE FILE’ choose ‘Poster’, whether you are submitting a contributed paper or a symposium. If you have completed the process you will receive an email from eenps2026@scienceconf.org. 

Dates and Deadlines:

• 15 February 2026 – deadline for submissions (contributed papers and symposia)

•  May 15th 2026 – notification of acceptance

•  June 15th 2026 –  deadline for registration of speakers and attendees

Funding

NEC's involvement in the organization of the conference is supported by a grant of the Romanian Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digitization, CNCS/CCCDI – UEFISCDI, project number PN-IV-P8-8.1-PRE-HE-ORG-2023-0055, within PNCDI IV 

Other information

Articles based on the presentations at EENPS 2026 can be submitted to a special issue in Kriterion (details to be announced during the conference). Open Access fees for accepted articles by EENPS members without funding or transformative agreements will be waived.