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

28 June, 2024  
– 30 June, 2024
St Anne’s College, University of Oxford  

The Society’s 2024 conference will take place at St Anne’s College, Oxford 28 – 30 June. Papers will be given on a wide range of topics across the field of applied philosophy (Authors of papers...

27 June, 2024  
– 27 June, 2024
University of Aberdeen  

June 27, 2024 9:00am — June 27, 2024 5:00pm Contact: Federico Luzzi for more information. Click here to Register   Centre for Knowledge and Society (CEKAS) This workshop explores ethical and epistemic problems connected to...

25 June, 2024  
– 26 June, 2024
University of Bern  

June 25, 2024 9:00am — June 26, 2024 5:00pm Contact: Benjamin Matheson for more information. Click here to Register   It’s important to us whether people are still responsible for their past actions. Consider the...

22 June, 2024  
– 23 June, 2024
University of Warwick  

June 22, 2024 9:00am — June 23, 2024 5:00pm Contact: Eve Poirier for more information. Click here to Register MindGrad is a long-established and well-respected graduate conference held annually at the University of Warwick under...

21 June, 2024  
– 23 June, 2024
John Cabot University  

Food is often produced, distributed, and consumed in families. What does this imply for food justice and for justice in, of and for the family? Current debates over the family – over parental authority, children’s...

20 June, 2024  
– 21 June, 2024
University of Oxford  

June 20, 2024 9:00am — June 21, 2024 5:00pm Contact: Alex Fisher for more information. Click here to Register This conference aims to bring into dialogue graduate and early-career researchers working in Aesthetics, Ethics and...

SAP Annual Conference

SAP Annual Conference 2026
03 – 05 July
University of Edinburgh, JMCC

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Join the Society

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.

Membership and journal subscription are handled by Wiley, as the publishers of the Journal of Applied Philosophy. The button will take you through to their website.