DCU Institute of Ethics

02/02/2026

38th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
“The Dynamics of Medical Transformations: Society, Technology, Knowledge and Ethics”

📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

📍Rotterdam, 25–28 August 2026

Organised by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare and the Erasmus School of Health Policy & Management, Erasmus University Medical Centre and Erasmus School of Philosophy, Rotterdam.

Technological and social innovations continuously reshape medicine — transforming clinical practice while challenging our moral values, knowledge frameworks, and understanding of what constitutes “good care.” The 2026 ESPMH conference invites philosophers, ethicists, historians, and health researchers to explore how evolving technologies, social change, and crises—from AI to pandemics—affect the ethical and epistemic foundations of medicine. Abstracts may address – but are not limited to – the topics below.

• AI and digitalization of healthcare
• Biotechnology and moral change
• Evolution of medical knowledge
• Theoretical frameworks & methods
• Research ethics
• Public health and prevention
• Environmental challenges and healthcare
• Bioethics in crisis situations

📝 Submit your abstract (max. 500 words) by 1 March 2026
📧 Send to: Professor Bert Gordijn – [email protected]
For more information: www.espmh.org

14/10/2025

📢 38th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

"The Dynamics of Medical Transformations: Society, Technology, Knowledge and Ethics"
📍 Rotterdam, 25–28 August 2026
Technological and social innovations continuously reshape medicine — transforming clinical practice while challenging our moral values, knowledge frameworks, and understanding of what constitutes “good care.” The 2026 ESPMH conference invites philosophers, ethicists, historians, and health researchers to explore how evolving technologies, social change, and crises—from AI to pandemics—affect the ethical and epistemic foundations of medicine.
📝 Submit your abstract (max. 500 words) by 1 March 2026
📧 Send to: Professor Bert Gordijn – [email protected]
For more information: www.espmh.org

18/06/2025

Fully funded PhD position at prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network HARNESS (Harnessing AI and Data-Intensive Technologies)

The position is hosted at the Institute of Ethics, Dublin City University and focuses on the Ethics of AI Foundational Models and Large Language Models (LLMs). It offers a unique opportunity to work across disciplinary boundaries in a world-class international network combining AI, ethics, and law, with generous funding and structured training, including secondments to academic and industry partners.

For more information see https://www.dcu.ie/ethics/news/2025/jun/fully-funded-phd-position-ethics-ai-foundational-models

26/02/2025

37th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
Bioethics and philosophy of medicine after COVID
Manchester
13 – 16 August 2025

Call for abstracts (DEADLINE 1 MARCH)

This conference is organized by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare, and the Centre for Social Ethics and Policy, University of Manchester. It is supported by the Hallsworth Conference Fund.
The COVID-19 pandemic marked both a societal and academic turning point—simultaneously a period of disruption and a catalyst for rapid development in medicine, ethics, philosophy, and regulation. In the aftermath of COVID-19, significant bioethics topics emerged or gained renewed urgency, e.g. in relation to resource allocation and priority-setting, new stem cell technologies, artificial intelligence, weight loss drugs, and reproductive technologies. The conference welcomes work on these topics in medical philosophy and bioethics. Abstracts addressing any of the issues mentioned below will be favored, although work on other topics is also very welcome. For more information see https://www.espmh.org/.

11/11/2024

ESPMH Young Scholar Awards 2025
Deadline March 1st 2025 (for more info see https://www.espmh.org/)

02/01/2024

36th European Conference on Philosophy of Medicine and Health Care
Medicine, healthcare, and the market
Frankfurt/ Offenbach - 21 – 24 August 2024
Call for abstracts
This conference is organized by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare, the charitable Ketteler Hospital, Offenbach (Teaching Hospital of Frankfurt University Medical School), and the Senckenberg Institute of History and Ethics in Medicine, Frankfurt University Medical School.
The intersection of medicine, healthcare, and the market brings forth a plethora of philosophical and ethical issues that provoke a re-evaluation of prevailing healthcare systems and market practices, urging consideration of alternative models that might better serve the common good while still fostering innovation and efficiency. For more information see https://www.espmh.org/upcoming-conferences/

27/07/2023

Please apply!

The Institute of Ethics at Dublin City University is inviting applications for a 4 year fully funded (stipends & registration fees) PhD position focused on the Ethics of Large Language Models.

24/04/2023

20/02/2023

35th ESPMH conference, Riga (Latvia) 23 - 26 August 2023 on
“Methods in Bioethics and Philosophy of Medicine”

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

For more information see: https://espmh.org

12/01/2023

ESPMH Young Scholar Awards 2023
Deadline March 1st 2023 (for more info see https://www.espmh.org/)

26/01/2022

34th ESPMH Conference
24 - 27 August 2022 - Warsaw, Poland
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
The conference will be organized by the European Society for Philosophy of Medicine and Healthcare (espmh), the Center for Bioethics & Biolaw at the Institute of Philosophy at the University of Warsaw, as well as the Bioethics Committee at the Presidium of the Polish Academy of Science. The conference will focus on challenges posed by moral, religious and cultural diversity to healthcare, the life sciences and bioethics.
Anyone wishing to present a paper at the conference should submit an abstract in Word format (500 words maximum) by March 1, 2022. The Conference Programme Committee will select abstracts for oral presentation. Please send abstracts to [email protected]
For more information on the conference see here: https://www.espmh.org

04/08/2021

Save the date and join the discussion with world-renowned scholars on the long-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on global bioethics, global health emergences governance, and human rights! A detailed program is available in the attached webinar brochure.

The webinar is free. However, in order to guarantee the highest technical quality of the webinar, the final number of participants will be limited to 300. Therefore, all individuals interested in participation are kindly asked to register at least 7 days before the event. The registration is open from May 1, 2021 till August 20, 2021 via https://cbb.uw.edu.pl/wydarzenia/global-bioethics-after-the-covid-19-pandemic/