How are changes to #Hajj pilgrimage booking systems in Saudi Arabia affecting #British-Muslim pilgrims and consumers? PRHS' Prof Seán McLoughlin shares expert insights with @Gloria Honeyford and @Khush Sameja on BBC One's Rip Off Britain this Thursday at 10:45am.

Join us this Wednesday for a talk by Dr Leonie Smith (Lancaster University). Title: "Looping Injustice, Politics and Class." 📍 IDEA, 17 Blenheim Terrace (Boardroom) 💻 Online attendance available For full details, visit: bit.ly/PRHScalendar

In the latest episode of Ethics Untangled, Élaina Gauthier-Mamaril joins me to look at the ethics of long COVID and the ways it is reshaping how we think about disability, care, and community. www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

Happy 172nd birthday to pioneering scientist and suffrage campaigner, Hertha Ayrton. In this blogpost for the IET Archives, Professor Graeme Gooday and his co-author revisit Hertha's remarkable scientific work.. Worth a read 👇 ietarchivesblog.org/2026/04/27/s...

PRHS' Dr Luke Brunning was a speaker at a recent British Academy event. Luke joined other panellists to explore how technology is reshaping modern love, the rise of dating apps and their impact on intimacy, connection and identity. Watch the session here - www.youtube.com/live/kZ-ZQNE...

What is the point of philosophy? Why not take a moment to read Professor Helen Beebee’s CTP blog post this month, on the equilibrist’s answer to this question. Use the link below to access the blogpost. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

Great conversation with Tareeq Jalloh available now!

On 18 March 2026, Adelene Buckland will give a talk to Leeds HPS titled "Artificial Mothers: Technoscientific Utopias in the 1830s and beyond." Find more information here: hpsleeds.wordpress.com/2026/03/11/v...

In this new @ctp-leeds.bsky.social blog, Dr Andrew Kirton shares why we shouldn’t be too quick to outsource our writing jobs to AI. As he argues, if we use GenAI to think and write we do lose something. Find out what it is in this blog. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

Our events calendar is now live for the upcoming term! 🥳 Most of our events take place on Wednesdays from 1pm in the boardroom at 17 Blenheim Terrace (the University of Leeds). For the most up-to-date schedule throughout the term, keep an eye on our PRHS departmental calendar: bit.ly/PRHScalendar

Welcome! We are the Centre for Theoretical Philosophy at the @universityofleeds.bsky.social. We bring together philosophers, academic staff, and postgraduate students working across theoretical and analytic philosophy. Here, you will find announcements about our weekly seminars and activities.

The CTP Blog series is back, after a short break. In this latest edition, Professor J Robert G Williams presents and plays around with a puzzle by Crispin Wright, showing a clash between two tempting claims about fuzzy boundaries. You can read the article here ... ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

The Centre for Theoretical Philosophy (CTP) at PRHS invites you to a two-day conference in celebration of the work of Professors Helen Steward and Scott Shalkowski. Registration is free! Date: 18th and 19th September 2025. Venue: Maurice Keyworth LT. To register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...

Greg Radick giving the Genetics Society’s JBS Haldane This year's prestigious Haldane lecture (click) will be delivered by Greg Radick. The JBS Haldane Lecture recognises an individual for outstanding ability to communicate topical subjects in genetics research, widely interpreted, to an…

In this recent blog post by the Centre for Theoretical Phil., Dr Ellen Clarke suggests that scientific activity is a much more active process of conceptual engineering, in which our observations are heavily idealised and bent into models that help us navigate reality. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

What work does the concept of rationality do? What does it mean to say someone is or is being rational or irrational? In this latest CTP blog post, Dr Andrew Kirton questions what attributions of rationality might amount to and in what way, if any, they are useful. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

What is it like to be in the Matrix? Read more on this in the latest blog article published by the Centre for Theoretical Philosophy, and written by Dr Heather Logue. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

Following the release of Natasha McKeever's paper "Is Sex Work Inherently Gendered?" (available to read here: https://buff.ly/40j7mCM...), this week's Ethics Untangled episode sees Jim Baxter speaking to Natasha about this topic.

This year IDEA The Ethics Centre celebrates its 20th Anniversary, as part of the celebrations we are planning to host several events, including workshops, public lectures and a conference. Please keep an eye on our social media accounts or on our website https://buff.ly/3B3Pa7M throughout the year

As part of IDEA The Ethics Centre's 20th anniversary celebrations we are delighted to welcome Heather Widdows who will be presenting a public lecture entitled "The Future of Applied Ethics and the role and Progress of IDEA". please book your space at this Eventbrite link: https://buff.ly/4aAuWjt

As part of IDEA The Ethics Centre's 20th anniversary celebrations we are delighted to welcome Gavin Esler who will be presenting a public lecture entitled "Dead Cats, Strategic Lying & Truth Decay".

Our current episode features Natasha McKeever asking why sex work is so gendered. I.e., why are people who get paid for sex mostly women, why are people who pay for sex mostly men, and why is by far the most common scenario in sex work a man paying a woman for sex? www.buzzsprout.com/2113237/epis...

Natasha McKeever of IDEA has just had a new paper published. Entitled "Is Sex Work Inherently Gendered?" it is open access and available to read here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... This also links with the work Natasha is doing within the PRHS Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships.

A new CTP blog article written by PRHS's Dr Heather Logue has been published. The article is titled, "What it’s like to perceive: Eden vs. The Matrix". We hope you enjoy reading this ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor... Previous publications can be accessed here ahc.leeds.ac.uk/homepage/449...

We’ve just recorded the first episode in our forthcoming podcast series: “The Science of 1875”! This will feature reflections on what science looked like 150 years ago when the Yorkshire College of Science was officially inaugurated! Coming in January 2025! #histsci

Good to hear about the new UKRI-funded Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities at the School of Advanced Study (University of London) with a strong commitment to practice-based networks and support for open access training www.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

We're thrilled to announce that The Sapling Fund 2024-25 will support partnership-working across six dynamic research and impact projects ahc.leeds.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

CTP Blog: Discussing the notion that justified belief depends on its truth across other possible worlds, Dr. Nick Makins argues these theories face a new version of an old problem: Bertrand’s Paradox. Read the full article here - ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

Come and join us @leedsprhs.bsky.social!

How ethical are dating apps? What’s the impact on our reliance on them to shape our love lives in the 21st century? Check out some of our brilliant academics driving the public debate: amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Exciting! Dr Luke Brunning's work was cited in The Guardian’s article “Addicted to love: how dating apps ‘exploit’ their users.” The article cites Luke's fascinating parallel between dating apps and video game loot boxes. #Research #DatingApps www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Exciting news! The Centre for Theoretical Philosophy (CTP) has launched its blog series. 🎉 Kicking things off, Dr. Joshua Habgood-Coote explores the question, “What are philosophy journals for?” 📚✨ Read the full article here: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/centre-theor...

After a fascinating Work-in-Progress Seminar today from our PhD researcher, Kellie Vernon, we're delighted to be welcoming Dr Agnes Bolinska from the University of South Carolina tomorrow (Weds 15th) for "Models of Information in Structural Biology" hpsleeds.wordpress.com/category/vis...

THIS IS NOT A DRILL! So thrilled Alice Through the Looking Glass is out TODAY!🪞All 516 pages of it-38 essays by 42 authors- theologians, art& science historians, translatologists, physicists, literary& film scholars- and poetry! For £28 (!!) Get it here: www.peterlang.com/document/132...

PRHS PGR, Stefan Bernhardt-Radu, has been awarded the Prestigious Royal Institution Freer Prize Fellowship for his Research in Developmental Genetics. Stefan will benefit from mentorship, training on Science communication and other resources. See more here ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

#OpportunityAlert We are hiring a Lecturer in Applied Ethics (Teaching & Research) to join our team at the IDEA Centre. Would you like to be part of a team making a major impact through innovation in ethics learning and teaching, research and consultancy? To Apply jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...

Are you an early career researcher? Is your research in philosophy, history and philosophy of science, or theology and religious studies? PRHS Invites Expressions of Interest for the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships in the School. See more here- ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

Science and Religion from the Ground Up What did fourteen-year old physician’s daughter Ellen Parry think about science and religion as Queen Victoria came to the throne in 1837? Read my latest log post: www.issr.org.uk/blog/may-202...

#NewBookAlert from PRHS' Centre for Religion and Public Life titled "Activism, Bible, and Research-Based Teaching..." This new book is edited by the Centre Director and features chapters by two of the Centre's Postgraduates. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

I had a very interesting conversation with Dr Munamato Chemhuru from great Zimbabwe University and the University of Johannesburg about his research which highlights the way African voices are ignored or misunderstood in the debate around environmental ethics. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-resea...

You are invited to this year's Mangoletsi-Potts lectures. Four lectures will be given by Professor Marya Schechtman on 22, 23, 29 and 30 May at the Nathan Bodington Chamber. See the poster and link below for further details about the lectures. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/d...

Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship: Expressions of interest are encouraged from researchers working in PRHS disciplines in having a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship hosted by the School. Visit the link below for further details: ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

#VisitingFellowshipOpportunityAlert We are excited to invite applications to our Non-Stipendiary Visiting Fellowships scheme for the academic year 2024/25. Please see the link below for further details and instructions on how to apply. Deadline - 3rd June ahc.leeds.ac.uk/philosophy/n...

To mark the centenary of the Electrical Association for Women and International Women’s Day, PRHS' Graeme Gooday will on March 7 join other guests at Newcastle’s The Common Room to discuss women and electricity, past and present. See further details here: thecommonroom.org.uk/event/magnif...

New BJPS Short Read Is the Free Energy Principle for Real? —Ian Robertson, Julian Kiverstein & Michael Kirchhoff on the literalist fallacy and realism about the FEP Read or listen here: www.thebsps.org/short-reads/... #philsci #philsky

Take a listen to Dr Franziska Kohlt's @frankendodo.bsky.social discussion on @BBCRadio4 @BBCInOurTime with Melvyn Bragg and other guests. You'll be wanting more. Now online here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Natasha McKeever and Luke Brunning, lecturers here at PRHS, and part of The Centre for Love, Sex, and Relationships have just had an article published in @ConversationUK on ethical issues with dating apps. Read the article here: theconversation.com/the-problems...

We get metaphysical in this new episode, with Dr David Molyneux, on whether omissions cause. David is a physician and this question is part of his wider research project focused on the moral difference between doing and allowing harm. ahc.leeds.ac.uk/ethics-resea...

PRHS' @frankendodo.bsky.social and others will be on BBCInOurTime, Adventures in Wonderland, 15 Feb 2024, 9am & 9:30pm. They will explore Alice’s origins in Victorian childhood culture, the author’s fascination with maths and science, and more. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... @hpsleeds.bsky.social

Philosophy Valentines: unpacking sex, love, and relationships Join us for an evening of love and philosophy! This event, organised by the Centre for Love, Sex and Relationships, in collaboration with Leeds PhilSoc, will include 6 talks by philosophers at Leeds. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/philosophy...