Doctoral Congresses

Congress for Doctoral Researchers in Philosophy

The network organizes annually Congresses for Doctoral Researchers in Philosophy. 

The 2023 Congress for Doctoral Researchers in Philosophy
in Tampere University.

THE CALL FOR PAPERS IS CLOSED.

Date and time: Mon 23 – Wed 25 October 2023

Mon-Wed from about 10 to 18, Monday start at 11.15 am, Wednesday end at 12.30 am

Program (updated 17.10.).

Abstracts (updated 17.10.)

Congress Venue:  Tampere University (main campus, building Linna, ground floor).

Getting there. Map of Campus Area

Accommodation: Scandic Tampere Station (address: Ratapihankatu 37, only 2 min walk from railway station)

Instructions to the chairs (may be useful to presenters too).

Important Dates and Deadlines:

9 June 2023                        Submission of one-page abstracts
19 June 2023                      Notification of acceptance
9 October 2023                 Registration with full papers (10-12 pages)
23–25 October 2023       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

CALL FOR PAPERS


PAST CONGRESSES

The first six congresses were held October 2016-2019, 2021, and 2022 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.