CEPPA, now on Bluesky (and not on Twitter)

From now on CEPPA won’t be active on Twitter/X any more. Still, you can find us on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/ceppa.bsky.social, and of course, on FB. Give us a follow there to stay in touch.

New book by Katharine Jenkins

Congratulations to CEPPA’s Katharine Jenkins whose book ‘Feminist Philosophy a Very Short Introduction’ has just been published with OUP! Read all about it here.

CEPPA Programme Autumn 2024

CEPPA Seminar S1 2024 / Climate Ethics/PhiCliSci (all Seminars from 4-5.30pm on Thursday afternoon, Edgecliffe G03) Week 1 (19 Sep) – Koshka Duff (Nottingham) ‘Strip-searching as Abjectification: Racism and Sexual Violence in British Policing’ Online but live-streamed from Edgecliffe G03 Week 2 (26 Sep) Derek Ball (St Andrews) & Caroline Touburg (Umeå University) Climate Ethics: … Read more

Climate Justice: Transdisciplinary and Cross-cultural Conversations Conference Report

How can the disparity between global climate impact and uneven responsibilities be squared with the ideal of climate justice? How do epistemic infrastructures (such as: IPCC, and global agenda and goal setting mechanisms) interact with communities on the global and local levels? How are climate policies and priorities inflected by questions of distance (across space … Read more

2024 Haldane Essay Prize

We are pleased to announce the winner of the fourth annual competition for the Haldane Essay Prize in Philosophy and Public Affairs. This competition, which is being administered by the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy, and Public Affairs (CEPPA), awards £250 to the best essay that applies philosophy to a matter of public concern. This year the winner is Anna Videbaek Smith, for an … Read more

Elizabeth Anderson’s Knox Lecture and CEPPA Chat, now available online.

Did you miss Elizabeth Anderson’s 2024 Knox Lecture? Perhaps you were too busy enjoying the Scottish sunshine, figuring out how to register to vote, or maybe you don’t even live in Scotland. Worry not, you can now watch the recording of it online: We are also relaunching ‘CEPPA Chats’, short interviews with CEPPA speakers, and the first … Read more

New book by Sophie Grace Chappell

Sophie Grace Chappell’s new book ‘A Philosopher Looks at Friendship’ is now out! For those of you keeping count at home thats her third book this year. Buy it online or at your nearest (preferably independent) bookshop.

Illustrations from Climate Justice Workshop

Some weeks ago during our Climate Justice Workshop, the wonderful Ben Nightingale from Babatat Studio captured the talks in these gorgeous posters. Climate Justice Workshop in St Andrews on the 29th and 30th of May 2024 organised by Krushil Watene, Mara van der Lugt, and James Rae. You can download a PDF with all of … Read more