Editor: Ted Nannicelli (The University of Queensland, Australia)

Call for Papers: Special Issue on "Ethics of Artificial Intelligence" Síntese – Philosophy Journal (FAJE)

Co-hosted by two Springer journals: SN Social Sciences and SN Business & Economics, it is part of their joint Permanent Collection “Sustainable Digital Development: Business, Values, and Governance”.

First Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC) 
December 4-6, 2025, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, Belgium  

Like artificial intelligence (AI), virtual reality (VR) is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives. It is a major factor in media and communication, technological interaction, economic production, and simulation. Recently, David Chalmers

Contemporary warfare is aided, disrupted, and mediated by ever-developing digital technologies, semi-autonomous and autonomous weapons and equipment, deepfake AI propaganda, mediation through social media, and much more. These shifts suggest that contemporary warfare is in some sense a ‘new’ modality of conflict, or at least that it has new and distinctive characteristics that are in urgent need of analysis and critique. Before we can understand contemporary war, we contend, two interpretive gestures are necessary: firstly, to more fully sense war and apprehend the multiple ways that war becomes embodied; secondly, we must account for war’s multivocality and expand the ‘we’ of who gets to speak about their embodied experience of war. This book investigates the multiform ways in which war is sensed and felt from multiple underrepresented perspectives that diverge from the hegemonic norm, and by doing so, strives to arrive at an expanded vision of the sensorial complexity of contemporary armed conflict. If we are willing to critically reflect on the regimes of sensing and emotions we each differently inhabit, we contend, these insights can enrich and deepen our understandings of war, state power, and—crucially—the ways that they may be resisted. In particular, we ask: 

HOST:  The Conversational School of Philosophy, University of Calabar, Nigeria. In collaboration with Transhumanists Africa, Inc., New York, USA.

In contrast to previous revolutions in technology and work, the professions are more vulnerable to impact and change from artificial intelligence.

When: September 21–27, 2025, Marsilius Kolleg, Heidelberg 
Organizers: Marsilius Kolleg and Heidelberg Center for Digital Humanities
Language: English
Target group: Doctoral candidates and advanced Master’s students from all disciplines working on AI-related research
Application deadline: June 27, 2025
Fee: 100 euros (includes accommodation, catering, and conference dinner)

The TU Delft Design for Values Institute invites researchers, professionals, and students interested in the ethics and design of technology to attend the closing conference of its Annual Theme on Design for Human Autonomy, taking place on June 18, 2025 (09:00–18:00) at TU Delft.

The rapid development of neurotechnologies is beginning to have a profound impact on many aspects of life, as they are increasingly used for therapeutic, wellness and entertainment purposes. These technologies offer remarkable possibilities across various fields, with both promising benefits and significant risks. The ability to record and intervene in brain activity—given the widely accepted view that the brain is the material basis of the mind—raises complex philosophical, ethical, and legal questions. In principle, decoding the brain and modifying it could provide direct means of reading and manipulating minds. Hence the idea that minds (and brains) may require special ethical and legal protection. This has led to growing discussions on the need for special ethical and legal protections for the mind and brain, giving rise to the debate on neurorights—safeguards aimed at protecting cognitive liberty, mental privacy, mental integrity, and psychological continuity—accounting for the normative ground of this protection. Within this debate, it is assumed that interferences with the mind differ from mere bodily interventions, granting the mental sphere a special status that warrants specific safeguards. However, this assumption has not been fully articulated, analyzed, or critically examined on an ontological level of analysis, as the discussion has been predominantly shaped by ethicists and legal scholars. Different mental ontologies and views of the mind (functionalism, reductionism, enactivism) may impact the nature and scope of neurorights.

The LSE is hosting a day-long workshop, ‘Artificial Consciousness & The Morality of Machines’, on June 10, 2025. The workshop brings together leading scholars from multiple disciplines—philosophy of mind, biology, and psychology, brain science, political philosophy, and ethics—to critically examine philosophical and ethical questions surrounding the possibility of artificial consciousness.

RETRAI 2025 is excited to announce the first edition of the multidisciplinary workshop on Requirements Engineering for Trustworthy Artificial Intelligence (RETRAI) on September 1st, 2025, in Valencia, Spain.

The organisers invite papers for the Topical Collection on Indigenous Knowledge Systems and AI in AI & Society

The African Centre for Epistemology of Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) at the University of Johannesburg invites abstract submissions for: Digital Decolonisation and Digital justice

The Atlas Center for Bioethics invites you to submit your abstract to attend its International Conference "Evolving Ethics for Evolving Minds - Keeping pace with neurotechnology and AI innovations", held in Granada, Spain on October 16th and 17th, 2025.

This workshop focuses on the interplay between epistemological and ethical questions arising with the use of AI systems. So far, central epistemologically and ethically relevant aspects pertaining to these technologies have been largely analyzed in their singularity. For example, epistemic limitations of these systems, such as their opacity, have been the center of the epistemological debate but have only been marginally addressed in ethical studies. On the other hand, issues of responsibility, fairness, and privacy, among others, have received considerable attention in discussions on the ethics of AI. However, even though some efforts are present in the literature to bring these two dimensions together (Russo et al., 2023; Pozzi and Durán, 2024), more needs to be said to tackle relevant and philosophically interesting issues that fall in their intersection.

The rapid transformation caused by new language and image production technologies has sparked debate about the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the lives of individuals, society and its institutions. In light of these developments, it is imperative to ask: how can we think about thinking itself in this era in order to respond to the challenges posed by AI? 

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS for a topical issue of Open Philosophy

The University of Twente is looking for a doctoral candidate to work on “Anticipatory Ethics of Self-Sovereign Identity in Data Spaces.” The candidate should have a strong background in philosophy (Bachelor’s or Master’s degree) and enthusiasm for interdisciplinary research (philosophy, law, data science, and AI) within an international project (HARNESS Training Network). This is a four-year position.

Deadline for applications: May 28, 2025.

The Department of Historical, Philosophical and Religious Studies is currently offering a postdoctoral scholarship in AI philosophy. The scholarship is full-time for one year, starting on September 1, 2025, or by agreement.

Venue
ACM GoodIT 2025 – International Conference on IT for Social Good
September 3-5, 2025
Antwerp, Belgium

Scope
The rise of Artificial Intelligence and digital technologies has reshaped fundamental ethical and political questions. AI-driven systems and algorithms influence decision-making in governance, justice, and communication, raising concerns about normativity, regulation, accountability, and political manipulation compromising personal autonomy. Issues such as the political use of AI, digital disinformation (fake news), algorithmic bias, and the role of law and justice in the digital ecosystem demand urgent interdisciplinary analysis. With reference to Michel Foucault’s theory, the use of behaviorism and neurobiological knowledge serve as a new form of “Bio-power”.

This Special Track invites contributions that critically examine the intersection of ethics, politics, and digital technologies, with a particular focus on the challenges of AI governance, legal frameworks, and democratic values in the digital era. We welcome papers that explore these themes from philosophical, legal, political, sociological, and technological perspectives.

Topics of Interest
We encourage submissions on topics including, but not limited to:

4TU.Ethics Members of TU Delft, TU Eindhoven, University of Twente, and Wageningen are together giving a workshop at the TU Delft on design for good influence.

You are all welcome on 23 May at 13:00 at TPM-Hall I, 31.A1.250, lunch will be served.

Northeastern University London is delighted to host a talk by Professor Evan Selinger on the Ethics of Honest Anthropomorphism: Precautionary Approach to Human-Like AI