The network organizes annually Congresses for Doctoral Researchers in Philosophy.
CALL FOR PAPERS is closed
The 2024 Congress for Doctoral Researchers in Philosophy in Tampere University.
Date and time: Mon 21 – Wed 23 October 2024
Mon-Wed from about 10.30 to 18 (ending in Wednesday 15.00)
Special program: Tuesday 17.00-18.30. The meeting of Philosophical Society of Finland (SFY) with a presentation by univ. lect. Helena Siipi: “Research ethics for philosophy: Self-evident, unnecessary or at least very boring?”
Congress Venue: Tampere University (main campus), building Pinni B, lecture room Pinni B4113.
Getting there. Map of Campus Area
Accommodation: Lapland Hotels Tampere (Yliopistonkatu 44).
Instructions to the chairs (may be useful to presenters too).
Important Dates and Deadlines:
31 May 2024 Submission of one-page abstracts
10 June 2024 Notification of acceptance
7 October 2024 Registration with full papers (10-12 pages)
21–23 October 2024 The congress itself
General instructions:
The format of the congresses is the following:
- About 40 min. slots (20 min talk + 20 min discussion) for each individual speaker.
- Recruitment of competent supervisors/commentators.
- No parallel sessions.
- All the participants will be accommodated by the organizer
- Congress dinner
The one-page abstract should include the title of the presentation together with the name, affiliation, and e-mail address. The name of the supervisor(s) of the participant should also be indicated. The full paper to be submitted later upon registration (after the notification of acceptance) should be 10-12 pages in length, and presentable in about 20 minutes. The full paper is sent (only) to the commentator for the preparation of comments.
Both the accepted abstract and the registration with a full paper are required for the participation in the congress!
The presentations can be given either in English or in Finnish, but the use of English is strongly encouraged.
Possible credits are to be negotiated by the doctoral researchers themselves at their own units.
The abstracts and papers (and all questions) should be sent via e-mail to tommi.vehkavaara@tuni.fi
PAST CONGRESSES
The first seven congresses were held October 2016-2019 and 2021-2023 in Tampere, each as a three day event (Mon-Wed) with 20 to 28 presentations. In 2020 the congress was cancelled because of the COVID-19.