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Jobs, CFPs, PostDocs & PhDs, Events and Opportunities

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Last updated: 12 March 2026

 

Jobs


  • Sanders Chair in Law and Liberty, University of Oklahoma (no hard deadline, but the sooner, the better)

    The Institute for the American Constitutional Heritage (IACH) and Department of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma seek to recruit a dynamic leader and accomplished scholar for the endowed Sanders Chair in Law and Liberty, who will also serve as the Director of the IACH.

    Applications are welcome from scholars in fields such as History, Political Science, Law, and Philosophy. Experience in building interdisciplinary academic programs, developing impactful public-facing events, and fundraising are desirable. The successful candidate will be hired at the Full Professor rank in the Department of Classics and Letters starting August 2026 or January 2027.

    For more information or to apply, visit: https://philjobs.org/job/show/30430


  • Lecturer in Philosophy, Loyola University (no hard deadline, but the sooner, the better)

    AOS: Open

    AOC: Open

    The position is full-time. This search is part of a College-wide, multiyear hiring initiative designed to hire outstanding researchers and teachers who are prepared to contribute to a culture of inclusion, committed to interdisciplinarity, dedicated to the pursuit of external grants, and appreciative of a Jesuit, Catholic education.

    For more information and to apply, visit: https://philjobs.org/job/show/30410


  • Assistant Professor, California State University, Fresno (deadline 31 March 2026)

    AOS: Philosophy of Law

    AOC: Epistemology and/or Logic

    Tenure-track or similar. Note: All positions at Fresno State are subject to funding availability.

    For more information and to apply, visit: https://philjobs.org/job/show/30414



Fellowships/Postdoc



Calls for papers and abstracts

 

  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 15 March 2026)

    An Author can submit a proposal through the submit page (https://submit.ivr2026istanbul.org/). Proposals on topics related to the philosophy of law and social philosophy in a broader sense are welcomed. The IVR 2026 organizing committee will create working groups for submitters of individual paper proposals together with others on similar topics.

    Registration deadline is also 15 March 2026

    For more information, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/142138


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `New Issues on Law and Philosophy of Affirmative Action', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 15 March 2026)

    In this workshop, a wide range of issues will be discussed concerning affirmative action from the perspectives of legal, moral and social philosophy. Submission from those purporting to raise relatively novel topics or bring about new perspectives into affirmative action debates is especially encouraged. Those familiar with analytical philosophy are especially welcome.

    This workshop is “child-friendly.”  Both presenters and participants are welcome to bring their children to this workshop.

    For more information, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/143621



  • Call for abstracts for Second Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC), Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Austria September 28-30, 2026 (deadline 15 March 2026)

    The EMRC (European Moral Responsibility Consortium) is a platform devoted to facilitating coordination and cooperation among philosophers based in Europe who are working in the area of moral responsibility and on related topics (free will, blame, collective responsibility, punishment, moral responsibility and AI, etc.).

    We invite submissions from researchers from all parts of the world at any career stage.

    For more information and to submit an abstract, visit: https://salzburgethics.com/emrc-conference-2026/


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `Care and Relational Autonomy at the Intersection of Vulnerability and Law', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 15 March 2026)

    Contemporary legal theory has long relied on the concept of the autonomous legal subject: rational, independent, and capable of forming and pursuing one’s own way of life. While this ideal has played a central role in liberal legal thought, it has also been widely criticized—particularly within feminist philosophy, care ethics, and relational accounts of autonomy—for marginalizing experiences of care, dependency, vulnerability, and structural oppression.

    This workshop critically reflects on the assumptions underlying the independent legal subject from the view of care ethics and relational autonomy. It also seeks to re-articulate the connection among autonomy, vulnerability, and law; how respect for autonomy in law can be reconceptualized, and how care, dependency, and relationality can be integrated into legal concepts and institutions in meaningful and productive ways.

    We welcome participants to bring children, partners, or others with them.

    For more information, visit: https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw29-care-and-relational-autonomy-at-the-intersection-of-vulnerability-and-law-hirono-ikeda-rika-sasaki/



  • Call for papers for the Third Annual Summer Workshop of The Philosophy & Legal Theory Collaborative, UC Berkeley, May 27, 2026 (deadline 16 March 2026)

The workshop includes all areas of philosophy of law, and philosophical work

relevant to legal questions from all philosophical traditions.

To propose a paper presentation, register to attend the event, or for more


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `The Validity of Law: Normativity, Effectiveness, and Legitimacy', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 30 March 2026)

    What does it mean for a legal norm to be valid? What does it mean for an entire legal system to be valid? How does validity differ from concepts such as existence, effectiveness, or legitimacy? And what grounds the validity of legal norms? Can validity be fully explained within the legal system itself, or does it presuppose extra-legal foundations? These and related questions will be addressed by our panelists, coming from diverse philosophical and legal traditions. We invite contributions that explore the conceptual, normative, and historical dimensions of legal validity in a pluralistic and critical spirit.

    A compilation book of the papers presented at the Special Workshop will be published in a journal or in a book.

    For more information, to view submitted abstracts, and to submit an abstract, visit:

    https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw-21-the-validity-of-law-normativity-effectiveness-and-legitimacy-jj-moreso-carsten-heidemann-gonzalo-villa-rosas/


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `Normativity, Normalcy and Law: Critical Perspectives on the Production of the "Normal"', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 30 March 2026)

    Regarding normalcy as a historically contingent and political construct, this workshop questions the role of law in shaping what counts as intelligible or normal. By drawing upon social and political philosophy, feminist and queer theory, and postcolonial approaches, among others, it focuses on the methods, discursive strategies, and forms of violence through which law produces social norms, identities, subjects, and, ultimately, “normal” forms of life.

    For more information, visit: https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw45-normativity-normalcy-and-law-critical-legal-perspectives-on-the-production-of-the-normal-reyda-ergun-dogukan-bingol-remzi-orkun-guner/


  • Call for abstracts for hybrid conference, `Beyond the Imitation Game' panel, `AI use on law and policy making, social and political philosophy', University of Bucharest, Faculty of Philosophy May 9 - 10, 2026 (deadline 30 March 2026)

    This panel explores the impact of AI on law and policy making (autonomous agents performing different tasks, authorship, academic risks resulting from AI use), but also how concepts such as agency, democracy, privacy and autonomy are affected by AI tools.

    For more information and to submit an abstract, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/145741


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `Categories of Norms', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 31 March 2026)

    Categorization of norms is an area of legal science still full of disagreement: grounding classifications such as principles and rules, constitutive and regulative or primary and secondary are, among others, good examples of classifications that lack consensus within the epistemic community.

    For more information, visit: https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw18-categories-of-norms-andrew-halpindavid-duartegiorgio-pino/


  • Call for abstracts for Workshop, 'Mapping Boundaries: Technology-Facilitated Wrongs Against the Person and Criminal Law Theory’, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security, and Law, Freiburg im Breisgau 17 -18 June 2026 (deadline 10 April 2026)

    Early career researchers are particularly encouraged to apply.

    Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

    •The conceptualisation of non-physical wrongs against the person

    •Vulnerability theory and its relationship to criminal law theory

    •Relational accounts of personhood and their implications for law

    •The distinction between harm and wrong in online contexts

    •Digital technologies and the boundaries of protected legal goods or wrongfulness

    •Gender-based violence and technology-mediated abuse

    •Intersectionality and the law on technology-facilitated wrongs

    •Children's digital development and the right to grow in the digital age

    •Abuse of personal attributes beyond the body and beyond images

    •Consent, autonomy, and agency in online environments

    •The limits and legitimacy of criminalising technology-facilitated wrongs against persons

    •Comparative and doctrinal approaches to digital offences against the person

    Travel and accommodation costs for the duration of the workshop will be reimbursed.

    Please send the title of your paper and an abstract of no more than 300 words to m.goudsmit@csl.mpg.de 


  • Call for abstracts for the 4th Annual Philadelphia Normativity Philosophy Conference at The Wharton School, The University of Pennsylvania October 2, 2026 - October 3, 2026 (deadline 15 April 2026)

    Submissions in any area of normative philosophy, very broadly construed, are welcome.

    Questions can be addressed to either of the conference organizers:

    Craig Agule: craig.agule@rutgers.edu

    Brian Berkey: bberkey@wharton.upenn.edu

    For more information, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/141737


  • Call for abstracts for contributions to an edited volume, `AI Alignment: Perspectives in Law and Ethics' (deadline 15 April 2026)

    AI alignment with legal and ethical norms is a complex,

    iterative process of configuring machine systems to adhere to

    human-defined norms, values, and legal frameworks (Dignum 2019; Russell

    2019; Christian 2020). This call for papers for an edited volume

    investigates the relational and procedural nature of alignment,

    understanding it not as a property of machines alone but as a dynamic

    form of human–machine interaction embedded in social, institutional, and

    regulatory contexts.

    The volume aims to bring together scholars from philosophy, law,

    computer science, and the social sciences to examine the normative,

    epistemic, and ontological structures underlying AI alignment practices.

    The volume will focus on three interrelated clusters of questions:

    1. Moral and Legal Status of AI Systems

    2. Normativity of Alignment Practices

    3. Status of Large Language Models Under Ethical and Legal Training

    Interested authors are invited to submit a title, an abstract of

    approximately 500 words, and a short academic biography by April 15,

    2026. Submissions should be sent as a single PDF document to the editors at

    the following email addresses: hans.lind@uzh.ch and

    joerg.noller@lrz.uni-muenchen.de.


  • Call for abstracts for Cambridge Legal Theory Discussion Group Easter Term 2026 (17 April to 25 June) (deadline 20 April 2026)

    We are very much interested in receiving applications from graduate students in any area of law and philosophy, as well as students from different countries.

    If you would like to present a paper, please send an abstract of no longer than 500 words to cambridgeltdg@gmail.com. If a submission is selected, its author will need to submit a full draft a week in advance of their presentation.






  • Call for abstracts for the 30th Annual Oxford Philosophy Graduate Conference, University of Oxford 13th-14th November 2026 (deadline 1 May 2026)

    Papers can be on any topic in philosophy. Each selected graduate student will be asked to present their paper in a 30-40 minute presentation. Each presentation will be followed by a response, typically from a member of the Oxford Philosophy Faculty.

    In addition, Adrian Moore (University of Oxford) will host a workshop on publishing in philosophy journals.

    We particularly encourage submissions from philosophers from underrepresented groups in philosophy. Your paper should be no more than 3000 words in length, including footnotes, excluding references.

    For more information, visit:

    https://www.philosophy.ox.ac.uk/oxford-philosophy-graduate-conference

    To submit an abstract, visit:

    https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdCk6bbMICSa0OBypiDLE7v0qi4pAvTijCTnW08slCOA7FbUQ/viewform


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `AI and the Rule of Law', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 10 May 2026)

    Participants must register for the Congress and pay the applicable registration fee.

    For more information and to submit an abstract, visit: https://www.ius.uzh.ch/de/staff/senior-assistants/oa-meier-p.html


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `Soft Law: At the Limits of Law ', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 15 May 2026)

    A central difficulty concerns the use of soft law by international actors, courts, and administrative bodies. Normative theories that focus exclusively on the non-binding character of soft law struggle to explain its role when such instruments are relied upon in judicial reasoning or administrative decision-making. This difficulty is compounded by the heterogeneity of soft-law instruments, including reports, guidelines, advice, and recommendations, which do not neatly fit traditional categories of legal normativity.

    At the same time, soft law raises important concerns for legal certainty and democratic legitimacy. Problems of publicity, uncertainty regarding legal effects, and the limited availability of legal controls over content pose clear challenges to liberal conceptions of the rule of law. Yet soft law may also appear more compatible with discursive or deliberative models of democratic governance, in which guidance, coordination, and persuasion play a central role.

    For more information, visit: https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw-30-soft-law-at-the-limits-of-law-nunez-vaquero-alvaro-juan-jose-iniesta-delgado/


  • Call for paper proposals, IVR 2026, `Law in the Face of the Changing Problems of the World', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 30 May 2026)

    Papers need not be restricted to the conference theme. An Author can submit a proposal through the submit page (https://submit.ivr2026istanbul.org/). Please create an account and fill out the submission form. Proposals on topics related to the philosophy of law and social philosophy in a broader sense are also welcomed. There is a 300-word limit for an individual paper proposal.

    For more information, visit: https://ivr2026istanbul.org/registration/



  • Call for abstracts for hybrid AAP Conference, University of Waikato - Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato, Hamilton, New Zealand, 5 - 9 July (deadline 3 June 2026)

    The conference is designed to give professional philosophers and philosophy postgraduate students the opportunity to present and discuss papers in all areas of philosophy.

    A limited number of remote presentations will be made available.

    Registrations open: 5 February.

    For more information, including a link to submit an abstract, visit: https://aap.org.au/Conference-2026-NZ


  • Call for abstracts for IVR 2026 Workshop, `Sex Between Law and Morality', Kadir Has University Istanbul June 28, 2026 - July 3, 2026 (deadline 10 June 2026)

    This workshop invites contributions that explore sex and sexual autonomy from the perspective of moral philosophy, ethics, feminist studies, and legal theory. Papers may engage in a critique of existing frameworks regarding sexual ethics, analyse challenges arising for the protection of sexual autonomy in law or contribute to debates regarding so-called “grey rape”.

    Applicants must, however, be registered for the conference. Regular registration ends on April 30, 2026, and late registration closes on June 15, 2026. https://ivr2026istanbul.org/registration/

    For more information on the workshop or to submit an abstract, visit: https://ivr2026istanbul.org/special-workshop/sw46-sex-between-law-and-morality-klaudyna-horniczak-maciej-juzaszek-karolina-sliwecka/


  • Call for papers for Volume V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory (deadline 1 August 2026)

    Submissions should be approximately 12,000 words, inclusive of footnotes.

    All papers provisionally accepted will be workshopped at the University of Cape Town in South Africa in early 2027. The Notre Dame Program in Private Law Theory will cover the expense of participants’ travel and accommodation. Thanks to the generosity of Notre Dame Law School, accepted papers will be published open access by OUP. 

    To submit a paper for consideration, please email both John Oberdiek at oberdiek@rutgers.edu and Paul Miller at paul.miller@nd.edu.

    For more information, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/142281


PhD Opportunities

 


Others


  • Book Proposals are invited for Off the Fence: Morality, Politics and Society

We invite proposals for Off the Fence, a Bloomsbury book series dedicated to short, sharply argued texts in applied moral and political philosophy.

We especially welcome proposals from writers whose identities are under-

represented in philosophy publishing, including those based in the Global South

and those writing within non-Western philosophical traditions.


  • The Journal of Politics and Law is inviting submissions and reviewers

    JPL is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal publishes research papers covering these subjects: political theory, political philosophy, political economy, comparative politics, international relations, legal history, legal theory, international law, constitutional and administr

    You are cordially invited to submit manuscripts for the coming issues. Please see the journal’s profile at http://jpl.ccsenet.org and submit your manuscripts online. Or you can e-mail your paper to jpl@ccsenet.org directly.

    We are also recruiting reviewers for the journal. If you are interested in becoming a reviewer, we welcome you to join us. Please find the application form and details at https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/jpl/editor/recruitment and e-mail the completed application form to jpl@ccsenet.org


  • International Law Research (ILR) is inviting submissions and reviewers.

    ILR is a peer-reviewed journal published by the Canadian Center of Science and Education. The journal publishes research papers covering these subjects: public international law, private international law, supranational law, comparative law, transnational law and environmental law.

    You are cordially invited to submit manuscripts for the coming issues of 2026. Please see the journal’s profile at http://ilr.ccsenet.org and submit your manuscripts online. You may also e-mail your paper to ilr@ccsenet.org

    The application form and details for becoming a reviewer are at https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/ilr/editor/recruitment. E-mail the completed application form to ilr@ccsenet.org




  • Oxford Jurisprudence Discussion Group announce an in-person seminar 12 March 2026

    Brookes Brown (University of Toronto), `Loneliness as a Subject of Justice'

    12:3o pm (UK time) Massey Room, Balliol College


  • Legal Philosophy Trident announce an online seminar 16 March 2026

    Irit Samet (KCL), `From Paternalism to Saving the World: How to Benefit the Beneficiary'

    The Legal Philosophy Trident is a partnership between three Universities: Surrey, Pompeu Fabra, and Torcuato di Tella. The Trident seminar series showcases recent work in legal philosophy (broadly construed). Seminars are free and open to all.

    Irit Samet (KCL), `Beneficiaries, Patternalism, and Social Responsibility'

    5pm (UK Time)

    Register for this seminar here. Zoom link will be sent to registered participants by e-mail 2 hours before the talk. Link to draft paper will appear after registration.


  • Cambridge Legal Discussion Theory Group announce an online session 19 March 2026

    Abdalgaber M Mohamed (University of Sharjah). `The Public-Private Distinctions in the Criminal Justice Institutions of the Gulf Arab States'

    6 pm-7:30 pm (UK time)



  • Messina-São Paulo University announce a hybrid session in their Rule of Law Forum 25 March 2026

    Colleen Murphy (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign), `The Rule of Law, Managerial Direction, and the Trump Administration'

    4:30-6:00 pm (CET)

    The session will be followed by a Q&A session. To ensure the best possible audio quality during the lecture, we kindly ask that you (a) keep your microphones muted throughout the presentation and (b) submit your questions via the chat box initially. We ask you to please wait for the moderator’s authorisation before unmuting during the discussion period.

    Those interested in attending this session on-line should send an email to Gilberto Morbach (gilbertomorbach@gmail.com) and Stefano Bertea (stefano.bertea@unime.it) to receive a link.


  • Cambridge Legal Discussion Theory Group announce a session 26 March 2026

Tsampika Taralli (University of Edinburgh), “‘Intention’ as a Legal Concept: A Social-

kind Approach”


  • Registration is now open for the 8th annual Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop McGill University April 24, 2026 - April 25, 2026 (deadline for registration 1 April 2026)

    For more information, including registration information, visit: https://philevents.org/event/show/137658


  • Messina-São Paulo University announce a hybrid session in their Rule of Law Forum 29 April 2026

    Sanne Taekema (University of Rotterdam), `The Rule of Law and Civic Actors'

    3:30-5:00 pm (CET)

    The session will be followed by a Q&A session. To ensure the best possible audio quality during the lecture, we kindly ask that you (a) keep your microphones muted throughout the presentation and (b) submit your questions via the chat box initially. We ask you to please wait for the moderator’s authorisation before unmuting during the discussion period.

    Those interested in attending this session on-line should send an email to Gilberto Morbach (gilbertomorbach@gmail.com) and Stefano Bertea (stefano.bertea@unime.it) to receive a link.


  • The Society for Applied Philosophy is taking applications for teaching relief funding (deadline 1 May 2026)

    The Society offers funding for limited teaching relief to support the completion of a research project (e.g. a monograph or journal article, grant application). This relief might, for example, enable a researcher to pay for a graduate teaching assistant to assist with seminars and marking. This scheme is open to academic staff (i.e. those appointed as either temporary or permanent lecturers on a full-time basis).

    For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.appliedphil.org/teaching-relief/


  • The Society for Applied Philosophy is taking applications for research trip funding (deadline 1 May 2026)

    The Society offers financial assistance to enable those working in applied philosophy to pursue their research away from their home institution. This includes, for example, attendance at conferences and workshop, longer research visits to another institution, and participation in summer schools.

    For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.appliedphil.org/research-trip-support/


  • The Society for Applied Philosophy is taking applications for further funding support (deadline 1 May 2026)

    The Society will also consider applications for other forms of research support not covered by the above schemes. Past examples of successful applications include paying for indexing work and other publishing subventions, survey work to inform applied philosophical research, and the compilation of a diversity reading list. This scheme is open to post-graduate students, post-doctoral researchers, academic staff and independent researchers.

    For more information and to apply, visit: https://www.appliedphil.org/further-support/


  • Call for abstracts: Salzburg Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy Department of Philosophy (Humanities), University of Salzburg September 02 - 04, 2026 (deadline 1 May 2026)

    Contributions in every discipline of philosophy are welcome.

    Students and doctoral candidates (pre-doc) in philosophy are encouraged to submit an abstract prepared for double-blind review. Submissions from underrepresented groups are particularly welcome. Abstracts should not exceed 2.000 characters. All submissions should be suitable for a presentation of approximately 20 minutes in length (plus 10 minutes discussion). The conference language is English. Please submit your abstract at <http://www.sophia-conference.org> until May 1, 2026.

    Contributions that have been submitted as a regular SOPhiA talk will be considered for the SOPhiA best paper award. For this reward, contributors are invited to submit a full paper (of up to 8.000 words) not including any author or affiliation information. A jury will evaluate all submissions and will determine the winning paper. A selection of full papers will, in addition, undergo double-blind peer-review and be considered for publication in KRITERION -- Journal of Philosophy free of article processing charges. Please prepare your full paper according to the guidelines available at <http://degruyter.com/krt> and submit it via the link provided there. When submitting your manuscript via the journal's submission system, please select "Special Issue: SOPhiA Best paper Award" as the issue type by 1 May 2026.


  • Messina-São Paulo University announce a hybrid session in their Rule of Law Forum 11 May 2026

Amalia Amaya (University of Edinburgh), `Virtue and the Rule of Law'

3:30-5:00 pm (CET)

The session will be followed by a Q&A session. To ensure the best possible audio

quality during the lecture, we kindly ask that you (a) keep your microphones muted

throughout the presentation and (b) submit your questions via the chat box initially.

We ask you to please wait for the moderator’s authorisation before unmuting during

the discussion period.

Those interested in attending this session on-line should send an email to Gilberto Morbach (gilbertomorbach@gmail.com) and Stefano Bertea

(stefano.bertea@unime.it) to receive a link.



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