Once again very proud of our graduates! Well done Laura!

Very nice, insightful interview with Leonard Harms on the effects of China's one-child policy on social mobility. Check it out! #china #onechildpolicy #philosophy #economics

Great news! Konrad Werner (Warsaw) has been awarded a fellowship by the @humboldt-foundation.de to visit the @unibayreuth.bsky.social and study how collectives come to understand the problems and challenges that they are facing. More details here t.co/L5UpkhxPZQ Congrats Konrad, and welcome!

The second episode of the podcast is now out! Julia Muff talks about her research about #bonuses for #Swiss #bankers: spotify.link/XeW8SdCBTXb Enjoy!

Very happy to announce that the department of philosophy here @unibayreuth.bsky.social will be hosting the 2026 edition of the PPE Network in Europe conference. The CfP is just out: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/Wo... Consider submitting, and spread the word!

Our @philosophyecon.bsky.social team have started a podcast: open.spotify.com/show/7Ml2X1k... The first three episodes are now online! So far in German, but more in English to come. Enjoy, subscribe, and spread the word!

Less than one week to apply. Spread the word!

Really looking forward to finally have @kevinzollman.com in Bayreuth for next year's Wittgenstein Lectures!

DEON (@deonconference.bsky.social) is currently soliciting bids for hosting the 2027 edition of the conference. Spread the word, and if you have any question just get in touch with Agata Ciabattoni or me. More details : deonconferences.org

Well done Laetitia!

We're hiring! Full professor, political philosophy: www.uni-bayreuth.de/job-vacancy-... Come work with us, and spread the word!

The list of accepted papers for the DEON conference in July has now been published: sites.google.com/view/deon-20... Come have a look at what is going to be presented this year!

Join us for The Future of Philosophy & Economics in the Age of AI at the Wittgenstein Lectures 25! 📅 Thursday, June 26 | 🕓 16:15-17:45 | 📍 H21 (RW2) Speakers: Coyle, Milano, Schoenfeld, Stadelmann Moderator: Brinkmann All welcome! 🔗 More info: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/wi...

I wrote a short piece for the @philosophyecon.bsky.social blog, applying some (very basic) insights from research on opinion, network and affective polarization to the results of the most recent election in Germany.

Was kommt nach dem P&E-Studium an der Uni Bayreuth? 🎓 Johanna Bärnreuther arbeitet heute bei der EU-Kommission in Brüssel und zeigt im Video, wie sie ihr Wissen aus dem Studium einsetzt. 🌍 Mehr Infos: www.pe.uni-bayreuth.de/de/studienin... #peubt #karriere #eu #studium

AI could boost productivity—but only if it transforms how economic decisions are made. On June 25, Diane Coyle at the Wittgenstein Lectures 2025 will explore how AI reshapes power and accountability in the workplace and economy. 📍 More info: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/wi...

I'm late on this but I've just read that Krister Segerberg passed early February: www.uu.se/en/departmen... He's been an inspiration way back during my MA, and I'm still amazed at how kind, constructive (and in retrospect so patient!) he was when I had the privilege to meet him some years later.

Prof. Johanna Thoma has been interviewed by the team of the Media Storm podcast, in an episode investigating how universities handle cases of sexual misconduct. You can listen to the episode here: mediastormpodcast.com/podcast/epis... Enjoy!

A pretty timely seminar coming up this summer, jointly taught by my colleagues Julian Fink (Philosophy) and Hartmut Egger (Econ). Philosophy and Economics at its best!

Looking forward to this!

Looking forward to work with Matthias!

🚀 Exciting news! A new research project, *"For the Greater Good? Deepfakes in Law Enforcement,"* is coming to Bayreuth! bidt has granted nearly €1M to Lena Kästner, Niklas Kühl & Christian Rückert to study AI-generated content in law enforcement. More: www.uni-bayreuth.de/pressemittei...

Call for Papers for the 1st Milan-Bayreuth Student PPE Conference! Submissions should be between 2,000 to 4,000 words and be sent not after than 28 February to: [email protected]. For more information: www.phil.uni-bayreuth.de/en/events/st...

The #Philosophy and #Economics program in Bayreuth is now on Bluesky! @philosophyecon.bsky.social Follow them to stay in touch with the upcoming events and announcements, and distribute this widely!

This is a quick reminder that DEON is trying to put together resources for teaching deontic logic: deonconferences.org#teaching/ If you have any material that you'd like to share, don't hesitate to get in touch!

The Deontic Logic and Normative Systems conference series is on Bluesky! Follow them (‪@deonconference.bsky.social‬) to stay in touch of the upcoming events, for instance the CfP for the coming confernece in Vienna!

The Deontic Logic and Normative Systems conference series is on Bluesky! Follow them (‪@deonconference.bsky.social‬) to stay in touch of the upcoming events, for instance the CfP for the coming confernece in Vienna!

The issue of Social Choice and Welfare, edited with @mikaelcozic.bsky.social is now out! link.springer.com/journal/355/... Enjoy!

New paper out with Réka Markovich (Luxemburg), where we study, using deontic and epistmic logic, how the Hohfeldian typology of rights can shed light on different forms of the right to know: rap-journal.net/wp-content/u... The paper is fully open access. Enjoy!

Johannes Marx (Bamberg) and I have a short-term position open now to do research on team reasoning and collective agency: www.uni-bamberg.de/poltheorie/n... The position is very rather flexible, and we're open to different approaches and methodologies. Deadline for application is November 15th!

#DEON2025 will be in Vienna, hosted by Agata Ciabattoni and John F. Horty. The first CfP is out: sites.google.com/view/deon-20... Circulate widely, and consider submitting! #deonticlogic #Philosophy #CS #law

@mikaelcozic.bsky.social and I have been editing a special issue of Social Choice and Welfare, collecting papers that study the interplay between #deliberation, #voting, and #aggregation. Almost all the papers are out already, and the intro just came out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... Enjoy!

Just wrote a short piece on the the P&E blog about the paper with Soroush Rafiee Rad and Sebastian Till Braun: peblog.de/how-importan... Enjoy!

New paper with S. Rafiee Rad and S. Braun! We looked at the relative importance, in group deliberation, of speaking early vs being an "expert." Conclusion: speak early! Soon in #Erkenntnis, preprint: philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/23... #philosophy #computationalmodels #deliberation

The program for this year's edition of the Formal Ethics Conference is now online: www.wiko-greifswald.de/formal-ethic... Enjoy!

See you in Vienna next summer!

The list of accepted papers for #LOFT2024 in Bayreuth is now online! loftconference15.wordpress.com/2023/11/29/b... Very much looking forward to the event, and much (de dicto and de re) gratitude to all of those who helped with the review and selection process! #logic #decisiontheory #gametheory

The Formal Ethics conference series now has a mailing list: formalethics.org/formal-ethic... Subscribe to get updated on current and upcoming installments of the series, as well as all things Formal Ethics!

We're trying to put together a hub for teaching material about deontic logic. You're got something to share? Get in touch!

Only about 2 days before the deadline for #LOFT2024. So come on everyone, let's do this! We have three stellar invited speakers (W. Kets, J. Staffel, and T. Bolander); Bayreuth is great in June; and it's only a 10-page extended abstract! #logic #decisiontheory #gametheory

Finally, starting in October! An interdisciplinary MA in #Philosophy and #CS in Bayreuth. Address questions of #AI ethics, #algorithmic fairness, or surveillance with technical competence *and* philosophical depth: philcs.uni-bayreuth.de Away from the techbros: Think. Code. Transform!

The deadline for #LOFT2024 has just been extended to Feb. 16th! One more week for us all to prepare our extended abstracts. Let's get to work!

4 weeks left to submit to Formal Ethics 2024, this year hosted in Greifswald in Germany! www.wiko-greifswald.de/formal-ethic... FE is a platform for constructive discussions of applications of mathematical methods in ethics and political philosophy. Spread the word, and consider submitting!

Please circulate! The Third Lake Como INEM Summer School in Philosophy of Economics will be held in Como, Italy, June 23-28, 2024. PhD students, young scholars (PhD degree obtained after January 2020), and advanced master students are welcome to apply via the website ebmp2024.lakecomoschool.org

DEON 2025: Call for Hosting Bid! We are currently soliciting bids to host the 2025 edition of DEON. Interested? More details on: deonconferences.org

The website for the #LOFT2024 conference is now up and running: loftconference15.wordpress.com Hope to see many of you in Bayreuth this summer! #philsky

The Society for Deontic Logic is now on BlueSky! deonconference.bsky.social Spread the word, and follow the account for all relevant announcements about deontic logic! #logic #deonticlogic #philsky #CS #AIandLaw

Agata Ciabattoni (TU Vienna) and I will be chairing the steering committee of the Society for Deontic Logic until 2027. Very much looking forward to working with the whole committee to develop the DEON conference series, and the deontic logic community more generally! More info: deonconferences.org

Good news: the special issue of HSR on Collective Agency, edited by Johannes Marx and Thomas Gehring (Bamberg) is now completely open access: www.gesis.org/en/hsr/full-... Great mix of contributions from political science and philosophy on the non-hierarchical collective actors. Enjoy!

The next LOFT conference will take place in Bayreuth this summer! The CfP is just out: easychair.org/cfp/LOFT15 We have three stellar invited speakers: Julia Staffel (Boulder), Willemien Kets (Utrecht), and Thomas Bolander (TU Denmark) Spread the work, and consider submitting!