Call for Abstracts – 2 July 2026, Uni. Porto, Workshop "Ethics and Politics of AI" [deadline: 20 June 2026]

[Steven Gouveia]

[Call for Abstracts]

Workshop

Ethics and Politics of Artificial Intelligence

2 July 2026 | 10h00-17h00 | Casa dos Livros 

(Palacete Burmester - Rua do Campo Alegre, 1055, 4150-181 Porto - Portugal)

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.

The final deadline to submit proposals is June 20, 2026.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

• Chiara Cordelli is Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago.
• Radu Uszkai is a Lecturer and Researcher at the Bucharest University of Economic Studies and the Research Centre in Applied Ethics.

 

Topics might include (but are not limited to):

1. AI, democracy, and political authority
2. Responsibility, accountability, and institutional design
3. Fairness, bias, and structural injustice
4. Transparency, explainability, and public justification
5. AI governance, regulation, and human rights
6. Privacy, surveillance, and data politics
7. AI, labour, education, and inequality
8. Misinformation, manipulation, and epistemic harms
9. Healthcare, Law and Educational Impact of AI
10. Environmental and infrastructural ethics of AI

 

Language of the workshop: English.

 

Attendance: Free.

Note: There will be no fee to participate as a speaker in this workshop. Please note that we are unable to provide financial support for travel, accommodation, or meals for accepted speakers.

 

SUBMISSIONS:

• Proposals should include two files in Word format (PDF formats will not be accepted): 
• (1) a cover page with identification and clear academic affiliation
• (2) an anonymized title and abstract (maximum 250 words, up to 5 references)
• sent to stevense...@hotmail.com
• Paper duration: 30 minutes (20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes for discussion);
• Notification Info: notification of acceptance or rejection will be given after review of the submitted proposal;
• Publications: selected papers may be considered for future publication projects; the publication process will be independent and optional;
• Any doubts or concerns can be addressed to: stevense...@hotmail.com

Info: https://ifilosofia.up.pt/activities/workshop-ethics-politics-ai

Venue: Casa dos Livros, Palacete Burmester - Rua do Campo Alegre, 1055, 4150-181 Porto - Portugal

Organization:
Steven S. Gouveia (IF/UP)
CEEC Project by FCT 2022.02527.CEECIND
Mind, Language and Action Group (MLAG)
Instituto de Filosofia da Universidade do Porto – UID/00502/2025
Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)