Understanding Value XIII is the thirteenth installment of an annual postgraduate philosophy conference at the University of Sheffield. This conference is intended to provide the opportunity for speakers to share and develop their work in a welcoming and inclusive space, particularly those early in their academic career. The conference will take place on the 14th – 16th July 2025 in the Diamond at the University of Sheffield.
We are accepting talks on issues surrounding human values broadly construed. The notion of ‘value’ permeates many questions in and beyond philosophical discourse; as such, we welcome talks from any area of philosophy or interdisciplinary research. This includes, but is not limited to:
Ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, political philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, history of philosophy, philosophy of religion, meta-philosophy and metaphysics.
In addition to regular conference presentations, we are also hosting a Minorities and Philosophy (MAP) panel on the subject of healthcare injustices. Under ‘minorities’, we recognise all groups who are underrepresented in the philosophical community, including but not limited to racialised people, members of the LGBTQ+ community, disabled people, people from a lower class background and women.
For full submission instructions and more information, please visit our website at https://understandingvalue.weebly.com/. Alternatively, please direct any questions to the organising committee at understandingvalueconference2025@sheffield.ac.uk
Centre for Engaged Philosophy 