Society for Applied Philosophy Newsletter, April 2022
Jon Cameron
SOCIETY FOR APPLIED PHILOSOPHY
Newsletter, April 2022
In this newsletter
- Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference 2022
- draft programme available
- registration open -- deadline 31 May 2022
- Society Applied Philosophy Annual Lecture 2022
- Forthcoming events sponsored by SAP
- Short-term Postdoctoral Research Grants 2021-22
- Funding opportunities
- SAP membership info
The Society for Applied Philosophy Annual Conference 2022 will be held at University of Edinburgh, 1-3 July 2022 (this will be an in person event / non-hybrid)
Keynote papers will be given by distinguished guest speakers:
Steve Wall (University of Arizona)
Clare Chambers (University of Cambridge)
Tommy J. Curry (University of Edinburgh)
Open themed event
The event will be an open themed applied philosophy conference (papers will be given across a wide range of topics in applied philosophy).
- The conference will host up to 58 individual / co-authored papers across 12 concurrent sessions.
- Concurrent sessions will run for 40 mins each: 25–30 min for the speaker’s presentation, 10–15 min for Q&A.
- The conference will host one panel session over a two hour time slot.
Programme
A draft copy of the programme is available conference website.
Registration
Registration is now open!
The deadline for registration is 11:59pm (BST / GMT+01.00) on Tuesday 31 May 2022
Please register here.
Further information including registration rates, travel info, and venue information are available on the conference website.
3 Dogmas of Normativity
Professor Ruth Chang (University of Oxford).
The lecture will take place at 5–6.30pm (BST / GMT +1) on Friday 20 May. The Lecture will take place in the Council Room, King’s College, London
N.B. attendees are required to register in advance.
Attendees should arrive before 5pm, at which time the Lecture will begin. Doors will be open from 4.45pm.
About the Speaker:
Ruth Chang is the Chair and Professor of Jurisprudence and a Professorial Fellow of University College.
Synopsis:
In this talk I consider three dogmas of normativity that prop up a commonly accepted, passivist, view of rational agency. I raise some questions about these dogmas, suggest what we should believe in their place, and moot an alternative, activist, view of what it is to be a rational agent. I end by considering some implications of the activist view for various issues including affirmative action, AI design, egalitarianism, governance, and general jurisprudence.
SAP sponsored event: Sustainability and Environmental Ethics
Department of Philosophy, Boston University, April 21, 2022
SAP sponsored event: In Honour of Emeritus Professor Moira Gatens — Workshop in Applied Feminist Philosophy
Room N494 The Quadrangle (A14) The University of Sydney, April 29, 2022
SAP sponsored event: Workshop on Refugee Policy
Institute for Futures Studies, Stockholm, May 3, 2022
SAP sponsored event: Interpersonal Relations: Ethics, Aesthetics, and Phenomenology
Birmingham, UK June 8 - 10, 2022
SAP sponsored event: The Future of Work — Economic and Philosophical Perspectives
Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, June 22 - 24, 2022
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Funding opportunities
The Society makes a number of funding opportunities available to its members.
- Event Funding of up to £3000 (deadlines: 01 Jan, 01 May, 01 Sep)
- Postgraduate Travel awards
(Members can make applications at any point throughout the year.) - Further Funding opportunities for individual projects
(Members can make applications at any point through the year.) -
Doctoral Scholarship awards (up to £10,000 in year of award)
Awards are available to UK applicants and to applicants based in EU / EEA EFTA countries (Applications for academic year 2022-23 can be made from 1 May 2022. Deadline for applications is 13 July 2022.)
Full information on SAP funding opportunities, and how to apply, can be found here.
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Membership
Membership of the SAP is open to anyone interested in its aims, whether or not
they hold a philosophical qualification or are employed as a professional
philosopher. Benefits include free subscription to the Journal of Applied
Philosophy, reduced rates at the SAP Annual Conference, and access to SAP
funding opportunities.
For further information, please visit the Society's Joining page.
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