Society for Applied Philosophy
Annual Conference 2025
The 2025 SAP Annual Conference will be held at the Radisson Hotel & Suites, Gdansk, Poland, 27-29 June.
Call for Papers.
The conference will be open themed applied philosophy conference. The organisers invite papers from across the field.
Further info:
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The conference will host up to 50 individual / co-authored papers across 10 concurrent sessions: typically 5 papers per session.
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Concurrent sessions will run for 40 mins each: 25–30 min for the speaker's presentation, 10–15 min for Q&A.
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The conference will host up to five panel sessions spread throughout the event. Each panel will have a two hour time slot. Panel sessions should not exceed 4 papers to allow sufficient time for presentation and Q&A.
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The conference will host 4 keynote speakers over 4 plenary sessions (see details below)
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Plenary sessions will run for 70 mins each: 45-50 min for the speaker's presentation, 20-25 min for Q&A.
Submission process:
N.B. Deadline for submission is Monday 13 January 2025.
Individual / Co-authored papers:
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Please submit a 1500 word abstract AND 300 word synopsis for consideration
here.
Panel proposals:
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Please submit a 1500 word outline of the session along with a 300 word abstract for each of the papers in the panel for consideration
here.
Submissions will be assessed following the deadline and an outcome will be advised late in February or early March 2025.
Annual Conference Postgraduate Essay Prize
The SAP will consider applications for a postgraduate essay prize (£500) to one student for an outstanding essay submission.
Chairpersons
Chairpersons will be required for some of the sessions at the conference. Chairpersons are responsible for introducing speakers during one (or more) of the concurrent sessions, ensuring the session begins and ends on time, and for chairing Q&A after the speaker’s
presentation. Chair persons must hold or have held an academic position in philosophy or have completed or be a completing a PhD in philosophy.
If you are interested in being included in the programme as a chairperson for one (or more) of the sessions please contact
ad...@appliedphil.org (please
state academic position, etc. and institutional affiliation).
Keynote speakers:
Jennifer Saul
(University of Waterloo)
Jeannette Kennett
(Macquarie University)
Ishani Maitra
(University of Michigan)
Katarzyna de Lazari-Radek
(University of Lodz)
Venue and Travel Information
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Venue
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The nearest airport is Gdansk Lech Walesa Airport.
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