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
With a quarter of the twenty-first century already behind us, the disruption brought about by changes in information communication technology is very much characteristic of our ‘new normal’. And yet while these transformations – whether...
This conference aims to explore the emerging connections between contemporary epistemology and the law. Epistemological questions are pervasive in the law, ranging from evaluating the epistemic requirements of evidence law to considering how beliefs about...
The COGITO Epistemology Research Centre is pleased to announce its first conference on the Epistemology of Ignorance to be held on the 16th and 17th of September 2025 at the University of Glasgow. Knowledge has...
As part of our 20th Anniversary celebrations, IDEA The Ethics Centre (University of Leeds) are hosting The Future of Practical Ethics conference on 8th to 10th September 2025. IDEA, the Ethics Centre, was launched at...
Historically, animals have been forgotten or ignored by political philosophy. Sometimes, it has been assumed that moral questions about animals lack a political dimension. Other times, animals’ exclusion reflects apathy about their fates. Often, why...
The workshop will focus on the influence and importance of collective emotions for societal movements and social groups. It aims to explore how insights from the study of (collective) emotions – drawing on affective sciences,...
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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