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

16 September, 2025  
– 17 September, 2025
University of Glasgow  

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...

8 September, 2025  
– 10 September, 2025
University of Leeds  

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...

15 August, 2025  
– 15 August, 2025
University of Leicester  

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...

7 July, 2025  
– 8 July, 2025
University of Bern  

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,...

2 July, 2025  
– 4 July, 2025
University of Manchester  

The year 2025 will mark the 10th anniversary of the Diversity Reading List’s existence, and we are pleased to invite you to join us in celebrating the various efforts and projects dedicated to making philosophy...

27 June, 2025  
– 29 June, 2025
Radisson Hotel & Suites, Gdansk  

The Society’s 2025 conference will take place at Radisson Hotel & Suites, Gdansk 27-29 June. Papers will be given on a wide range of topics across the field of applied philosophy (Authors of papers selected...

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.

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.