Every year, the York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as the York Centre for Political Theory) organises a Book Manuscript Workshop to provide a supportive environment to author...

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An important part of teaching political theory and philosophy involves the designing of curricula, programmes and modules. However, in doing so, political theorists may face any number of challenges a...

Call for papers: Inequality, Authoritarianism, and the Future of Liberal Democracy University of York, 8-9 June 2026 The workshop, supported by the Elections, Public Opinion and Parties’ (EPOP) Anth...

Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Prizes Nominations are invited for two prizes: The BIAPT Early-Career Prize 2026 Open to political theorists within eight years of award of their ...

Theories of Public Reason Panel at the 2026 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 2-4 September 2026  This panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason, broadly...

York Graduate and Early Careers Conference

Thank you to all who nominated a book for this esteemed prize which celebrates the distinctive contribution these works have made to advancing Political Studies. From an impressive number of entries, ...

The York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as the York Centre for Political Theory) organises a Book Manuscript Workshop to provide a supportive environment to authors that have ...

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The York Centre for Social Justice and Democracy (formerly known as the York Centre for Political Theory) organises a Book Manuscript Workshop to provide a supportive environment to authors that have ...

Ecological Personhood: A Bridging Approach

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’ ...

A consensus is emerging in the philosophy of science that value judgements are ineliminable from scientific inquiry. Which values should then be chosen by scientists? This paper proposes a novel answe...

Gabriele Badano and Alasia Nuti have written a book that should be read by all political philosophers and theorists with any interest in the real world. Th

A workshop to discuss Dr Lasse Nielsen's forthcoming book 'A New Theory of Sufficientarian Justice'.

Dr Alfred Moore, Senior Lecturer

THEORIES OF PUBLIC REASON Panel at the 2025 MANCEPT Workshops in Political Theory, 3-5 September   This panel seeks to bring together those working on issues related to public reason, broadly con...