Events

With a focus on increasing ethical research and deliberation on campus, the Institute for Practical Ethics hosts a variety of events from high visibility international speakers and conferences on issues of global concern, to focused working-group meetings and presentations across multiple research groups.

2025 Events

• Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025 | 12:30 - 1:50 p.m. | workgroup*
  • Presenter: Natalie Jacewicz, University of San Diego School of Law assistant professor
  • Topic: “Protecting Wild Animal Abundance”

• Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025 | 12:30 - 1:50 p.m. | workgroup*
  • Presenter: Derek Halm, Institute for Practical Ethics postdoctoral scholar
  • Topic: “Purity control? Characterizing genetic integrity and its roles in biological conservation”

• Thursday, Feb. 20, 2025 | 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.
  
  • Nancy Cartwright Celebration
  • • 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Sharon Crasnow
      • Objectivity and Feminist Philosophy of Science
    • 12:30 - 2 p.m. Lunch
    • 2 - 3:30 p.m. Sam Foglesong
      • Objectivity and Activist Research in Africa
    • 3:30 - 5 p.m. Alison Wylie
      • Standpoint Theory and the Achievement Thesis
  • Location: Department of Philosophy Library, Rm 0427 (Arts and Humanities Building)
  • Sponsored by the UC San Diego Department of Philosophy, Science Studies Program and Insitute for Practical Ethics

• Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025 | 10:30 - 12 p.m. | workgroup*
  • Presenter: Jana Bacevic, Institute for Practical Ethics visiting scholar
  • Topic: “What do we not owe others? Reciprocity, debt, and (in)justice in the post-Anthropocene”

• Thursday, March 13, 2025 | 12:30 - 1:50 p.m. | workgroup*
  • Presenter: Antón Barba-Kay, Institute for Practical Ethics senior fellow
  • Topic: "Democracy by the Book"

• Thursday, April 17, 2025 | 12:30 - 1:50 p.m. | workgroup*
  • Presenter: Karen Kovaka, Department of Philosophy assistant professor

*All are invited to attend the IPE workgroups to participate in a thoughtful discussion on new research. The workshops are held on the 10th floor of the Arts and Humanities Building, in the Dean's Office conference room. Advance registration or RSVP not required. Lunch not provided, though guests are welcome to bring their own.