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.

Institute For Practical Ethics 2025 Keynote with Jennifer Jacquet

To learn more about this year's keynote event: Exxon Knew. Did Tyson, Too? Comparing the Climate Responsibilities of Oil & Gas to Meat & Dairy, click below

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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
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  • 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"

• Friday-Saturday, March 28-29, 2025
  • Workshop on Practical Ethics and the Philosophy of Science
  • Organized by Derek Halm, Institute for Practical Ethics Postdoctoral Scholar

• Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 5:30 - 7:45
  • Presenter: Jennifer Jacquet
  • Topic: Anual Keynote Event: Exxon Knew. Did Tyson, Too?: Comparing the Climate Responsibilities of Oil & Gas to Meat & Dairy
  • Location: Atkinson Pavilion - Ida and Cecil Faculty Club

• 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 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.

Some events are by invitation only. Please contact ipe@ucsd.edu to inquire about a specific event.