CALL FOR PAPERS: Britain and Ireland Association for Political Thought Conference
7–9 January 2026 – University of Edinburgh
Academic Convenors: Alfred Moore (York), Tom O’Shea (Edinburgh) and Signy Gutnick Allen (Zurich)
Local Organisers: Mihaela Mihai, Jared Holley, Mathias Thaler (Edinburgh)
A key theme for our 2026 conference in Edinburgh will be the politics of climate and the environment, and we particularly encourage proposals in this area, as well as those from all sub-fields within political thought. This year’s plenary speakers are Alyssa Battistoni (Barnard), Ross Carroll (Dublin City), Angie Pepper (Roehampton), Rahul Rao (St. Andrews) and Johanna Thoma (Bayreuth).
You can submit a proposal that has any of the following formats:
(1) Panel proposals of three papers per panel (please include panel title, authors, plus paper abstracts);
(2) Individual paper proposals (please include paper title, author, and abstract; accepted proposals will be organised into panel sessions by the academic convenors);
(3) ‘Author meets critics’ roundtables (please include book title, publisher and year, and description, including provisional list of critics and their affiliations). Please note that it is expected that only up to 2 proposals will be accepted in this format.
(4) First book manuscript workshop, where monograph manuscripts of an author’s first book will be presented and discussed with selected respondents (please submit a description of your manuscript and a list of up to 4 provisional respondents, with at least one already confirmed). Please note that it is expected that only up to 2 proposals will be accepted in this format.
Please submit your proposals HERE.
We look forward to a conference that represents a diverse set of intellectual traditions, including analytic and normative political philosophy, the history of ideas, all traditions of critical theory, as well as comparative and global political theory. Panels that cut across traditional disciplinary boundaries and submissions from graduate students are most welcome.
BIAPT has some limited funds available to defray conference fees for scholars from the Global South and for graduate students: to be considered for such support, please signal your relevant eligibility on the proposal submission form.
The final deadline for submission is Tuesday 22nd July, 2025 (6pm BST). The academic convenors will communicate decisions by early September 2025. For any questions, you can write to us at conference@associationforpoliticalthought.ac.uk