Past Events
The Society funds a wide variety of events. Below you will find examples of events that have been sponsored in the past.
The Society holds an Annual Conference (at the very end of June or beginning of July) and holds an annual lecture (usually in the autumn).
Recordings of the Annual Lecture are available on our Soundcloud page. (Online / video recorded events are available on our youtube channel).
We also sponsor a range of workshops, conferences and colloquia.
Past events
The Department of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen is delighted to be hosting the upcoming workshop, “Migration and Asylum in Scotland: A Philosophical Perspective”. This one-day workshop will explore how a distinctively philosophical voice...
Confirmed speakers · Scott Anderson (University of British Columbia) · Karamvir Chadha (Durham Law School) · Audrey Yap (University of Victoria) · Elinor Mason (University of California, Santa Barbara) · Emily Tilton (University of Southern...
Major sporting events can be ethically charged. They may be hosted by fascist regimes, as a way to gain a perception of legitimacy on the world stage. Notably, the 1936 Olympic games was hosted by...
The Applied Philosophy Speaker Series is co-organized by W.A.V.E. (Workshop on Agency, Value, and Ethics) and Yuan Yuan, faculty member UCSD, in her capacity as the North American Overseas Representative of the Society for Applied...
The Global Theory Forum (GTF) is pleased to announce its 2026 Spring Symposium, taking place on 27th April 2026 at University College London, generously sponsored by the Society for Applied Philosophy. The Symposium brings together...
The rise of Generative AI in recent years has, not surprisingly, been met with an outpouring of philosophical work. Such work covers all manner of philosophical inquiry, including asking whether AI is (or ever can...
SAP Annual Conference
SAP Annual Conference 2026
03 – 05 July
University of Edinburgh, JMCC
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Membership of the Society is open to anyone interested in our aims, whether or not you hold a philosophical qualification or are employed as a professional philosopher.
Membership includes online access to the Journal of Applied Philosophy, as well as a reduced fee for the Society’s annual conference. Members can also apply for event funding through the Society’s grant scheme.
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