Three weeks left to submit to our conference in June 2026 -- submit your abstract via this form!

Next year there will be a conference on the phil/o breakups! When I started my PhD there was *nothing* written on break-ups, but since then there has been amazing work on the end of relationships by ppl like Monika Betzler, Chris Crowley, Joe Saunders, or Richard Healy. Already can’t wait for this!

You've probably heard of deathbots, but did you know about break-up bots? It's possible to create a digital duplicates of an ex and chat to them as if they never left in the 1st place. In my forthcoming paper in Phenom & the Cog Sciences, I discuss 3 factors against continuing bonds w ex-bots/1

Including a very cool project on grief!!

Epistemic injustice friends: I know some people complain a lot about terminological inflation in the debate, but has someone put this in an actual article (bonus if they have said why this is bad?)

Check out the latest issue from affiliated journal Passion, the SI 'Emotions—More Like Stars or Constellations?', edited by Heidy Meriste and Bruno Mölder (Tartu). The issue asks how to categorize emotions, and how much weight should we put on the study of folk emotion concepts. Open access! /1

PSA 🔈Our call for abstracts for EPSSE 2026 is now open! Our 2026 annual conference will be hosted in Germany by Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt on 24-26 June 2026 💫 Deadline for abstracts on all things philosophy of emotions: 1 December 2025 www.epsse.org/call-for-abs...

Some academic conferences are treasurable spaces to meet new people, get together with old friends and share research with keen students—and this was one of those. Thanks @bexmillar.bsky.social, @lucyosler.bsky.social and staff and students at @cardiffphilosophy.bsky.social! (It was not sad at all)

Absolute peak academia at our sad philosophy workshop! The cosiest and kindest contemplation of exbots & heartbreak, grief & negative relations, and AI psychosis that you could wish for. Thanks @bexmillar.bsky.social, @lopezcantero.bsky.social & our lovely participants 🖤 hope we can do a part 2 👀

Urbanism evening with the @academyofurbanism.bsky.social. Norman+Fosters’ Spencer de Grey discussed urban interventions across Europe. One of the takeaways is that urban design needs to look beyond the place that is intervened itself, looking also at connections & surroundings + consultations

Please join me, @lucyosler.bsky.social, and @lopezcantero.bsky.social for our Sad Philosophy Workshop next Friday! Sign up info below.

I am advertising two PhD positions in philosophy -- one for a domestic student, one for an international student. Both positions are 1 + 3 years, meaning that the first year is an MRes and the next three years are for the PhD. www.mq.edu.au/research/phd...

What's the moral difference between eating meat and eating people? In this paper from 1978, Cora Diamond explores the issues. As one of the 100 Papers That Shaped Our Thinking, we've made it available to download for free (click Save PDF): www.cambridge.org/core/journal... #philosophy #ethics

Absolute nerd dream of finishing a workshop on local normative theory with a city tour of Manchester led academics from the UOM’s Urban Lab

The Future of Practical Ethics IDEA The Ethics Centre, University of Leeds 8th - 10th September 2025 Keynote Speakers: • Clare Chambers (Cambridge) • Helen Frowe (Stockholm) • Elselijn Kingma (KCL) REGISTRATION NOW OPEN conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...

You might be able to tell I am a little bit obsessed with the philosophical dimensions of road safety as of late (bike lanes, SUVs, traffic lights, you name it). By the way, The Future of Practical Ethics at IDEA Centre (Leeds) is still open for registration: conferences.leeds.ac.uk/the-future-o...

Funniest clip I have watched in ages. Not so much the doubts of Hailey Bieber reading hard philosophy but the fact that these are portrayed as ‘summer reads’ that she carries in her bag, for Vogue. “I’ve read this 5 or 6 times” (FN), “I’ve taken a lot of notes from this one” (CPR)

My first paper on urban justice is out. It draws an analogy between gentrification and mass incoming migration, and shows that neighbourhoods receiving large numbers of needy migrants are treated unfairly, even if hosting needy migrants IS a requirement of justice/1

One of my reviewing rules is never to review a paper on a day I got a rejection.

This paper from 7 years ago suddenly relevant again in the face of Trump's new "review" of Smithsonian exhibitions. #philsky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Because we were moving (and a super stressful move), this year we won’t really go on holiday, so instead I am passing my time finding absurd and amazing things in Facebook Marketplace. Let’s start strong. A bus stop:

Excited to be editing this SI on affective injustice with @alfredarcher.bsky.social and @joelkrueger.com for EPSSE’s open access journal Passion. Submissions open until 30 September, so if you need a break from your summer break, do think about sending us something! #philsky

Photo credit yours truly at Central Park

Featuring the letter from @ethicaldating.bsky.social www.ellecanada.com/life-and-lov...

Just attended a fantastic panel on 'Just and Unjust Cities' as part of the conference dedicated to Jo Wolff's work (after a really cool panel on methodology and with some other interesting stuff to come on health, equality and public philosophy). Here's two works on urban justice to look out for:

Inside a philosophy paper’s final version (before getting ravaged by R2 ofc)

Sign up now for Scottish Graduate Summer School workshops with Centre Fellows on Place and Memory Methodologies - online and in-person - June 19 & 24 Glasgow ARC

My book review on the phil of the Before trilogy has just been assigned an issue. Resharing bc this is a very special book to me and I think it has foundational work on love & narrative/diachronicity, so don’t sleep on it!

I absolutely loved being in conversation with Samir Chopra, @kkthomason.bsky.social and @jdelston.bsky.social in this panel. I really think it's worth watching if you are interested in so-called "negative emotions"! I learned a ton. #philsky #philosophy

Today I should be travelling to Berlin to participate in a symposium on Federica Gregoratto’s ‘Love Troubles’ with this amazing line up, but my gallbladder resigned from its position last month and I am still in recovery. Hoping to get some fomo here from @lukebrunning.bsky.social

The British Philosophical Association has just released a raft of resources for Early Career Philosophers, including advice on grants, publishing, applying for jobs, interviews, starting a job, and mental health challenges. Access it all here! bpa.ac.uk/resources-fo...

¿Conoces organizaciones que promuevan la filosofía para niños y jóvenes en países hispanohablantes? Ponte en contacto conmigo. ¡Gracias! #philsky #philosophyforeveryone #P4C

This Thursday (April 10) #TilburgUniversity is going on strike. We protest against exorbitant budget cuts that only serve to dismantle higher education. Hope to see all of my Tilburg friends at the protest! Btw, I’m giving a talk on Nancy Fraser and cannibal capitalism at 10 at the 013 pop podium👇

Hard disagree. A lot of criticism of proximity policies stems from a lack of understanding that what the 15-city *is* differs from what it can *result* in if applied wrongly which in my view is a pretty basic philosophical mistake. Kelly claims to not be making that mistake/1

We don't need an AI search bar in WhatsApp. Ffs

Important philosophical view: “Rest brings into focus the need to take a break from our ordinary undertakings, whether these are determined by economic compulsions or disinterested leisure. It highlights the importance of having gaps, pauses, or suspensions in life activity dominated by projects”

I don't work on the philosophy of sports but someone who does says "Why It’s OK to be a Sports Fan is a highly accessible and nuanced examination of the value of being a sports fan". There's a symposium on the book here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The British Philosophical Association launches the first annual Philosophy Fortnight #philofortnight2025 in the Westminster Parliament today. #PhilosophyMatters

I am loving the campaign that the BPA has put together to spread awareness about the value of studying and doing Philosophy. This short video titled “I didn’t know that philosophers did that!” is a fantastic example of, well, what we do #philosophymatters #philofortnight2025

Today, on Zoom and open to everyone ⬇️ Even if you are not a philosopher you will really enjoy this webinar, which also includes a discussion on how we use philosophy in our lives and society, by the authors of this book

The upside-down version: getting philosophical training to understand things you’re already interested in. I went into phil of love w/ no previous philosophical background wanting to understand why break-ups were so painful. It worked, and from there I got into more mainstream analytic philosophy

If you know under 35s in the UK please pass them this survey on dating (5-10 mins to fill)ñ & anonymous)

There is still time to submit for the EPSSE pre-conference workshop--a thematic, smaller meeting normally ran by the local organisers just before the general conference. This year the topic is 'Emotions and Attachment', with a great line-up of confirmed speakers. Submit via the special email below!

People often depend on dating apps to find intimacy, particularly in cities & remote areas. The demographics of academics (age & relationship status) often make us blind to the ethics of dating, but integrating AI in these services comes with serious health & social risks. Keep yourself informed ⬇️

When AI research is done by genuine, amazing and committed people who care ❤️ I’m a proud friend today!

Day 10 😭😭😭

If you have the chance to avoid the terrible bug that is currently going around, I strongly recommend to not get it. Day 5 and my brain is still mashed potatoes. I think I might have to go back to wearing a mask in my commute

Does anyone here know work on explaining how you feel? I have found work on empathising with the feelings of another, but not from the perspective of having to explain how you feel so that others can empathise. And I am not referring to hermeneutical injustice, just to explaining one’s feelings

If anyone is aware of a university willing to support candidates for this postdoctoral scheme (or for the UKRI equivalent in British universities), please give me a shout!