Centre for Ethics, Politics and Society

15/10/2026

🎉 Congratulations to our very own Manuel Sá Valente and our dear friend Axel Gosseries on winning the prestigious Brian Barry Prize in Political Science for their paper, “Long-Term Decisions and Youth Empowerment”!

Learn more about their paper and the prize here: https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/prizes-medals/brian-barry-prize-political-science/

🏆 The award ceremony is taking place today at the British Academy. You can watch the livestream here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO9uflor0I

Congratulations to you both! 👏

14/10/2026

📚 We are pleased to announce our upcoming book workshop on "Subversões Filosóficas: Feminismo, Género e Outros Percursos" (Sistema Solar/Teatro Praga, 2025).

📅 19 October, 11:00
📍 ELACH Auditorium, University of Minho (Escola de Letras, Artes e Ciências Humanas)
🗣️ The workshop will be held in person and conducted primarily in Portuguese.

Organised by the MAP (Minorities and Philosophy International) chapter at the University of Minho in collaboration with CEPS, this workshop brings together four researchers from the University of Minho to explore feminism through philosophical, literary, and legal perspectives. The event aims to foster an interdisciplinary dialogue on how feminist thought questions, challenges, and subverts established categories, languages, and institutions.

The programme will conclude with a presentation by Camila Lobo, one of the book’s editors, followed by an open discussion.

📖 Programme:

🕚 11:00–12:30 — Ines Zampaglione (CEPS) and Ana Bessa Carvalho (CEHUM)
🕐 13:00–15:30 — Miriam Rocha (JusGov) and Márcia Oliveira (CEHUM)
🕓 16:00–17:00 — Camila Lobo (IFILNOVA), followed by an open discussion

We look forward to welcoming you for a day of feminist subversion and critical exchange! 🔥

13/10/2026

📣 New publication by CEPS researcher Matteo Polleri!
📖 Polleri, M. (2026). Découvrir Foucault. Les Éditions sociales.
👉 https://ld-es.fr/catalogue/editions-sociales/decouvrir-foucault

08/10/2026

📣 New publication co-authored by CEPS researcher Manuel Sá Valente!
📖 Hartmann-Cortés, K., & Valente, M. S. (2026). How to Pool Risks Across Generations: The Case for Collective Pensions, written by Michael Otsuka. Journal of Moral Philosophy (published online)
👉https://brill.com/view/journals/jmp/aop/article-10.1163-17455243-bja10218/article-10.1163-17455243-bja10218.xml

28/09/2026

📣 New publication by CEPS researcher Jorge Mateus!
📖 Mateus, J. (2026). Neuropanopticon and the Self-as-Platform: Neurotechnologies as Power Tools in the Workplace. Ethics and Information Technology 28 (47), pp. 1-19.
👉 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10676-026-09920-2

20/07/2026

📣 New publications by CEPS researcher Nunzio Alì!
Two new articles by CEPS researcher Nunzio Alì, including one co-authored publication, have recently been published.

📖 Piroli, D., & Alì, N. (2025). Climate Change and Future Generations: Fairness, Political Catastrophe, and the Preservation of Just and Stable Institutions Over Time. Rivista Italiana di Filosofia Politica, (9), 63–87.
👉https://doi.org/10.36253/rifp-3267

📖 Alì, N. (2025). Emission Reductions Without Addressing Economic Inequality? Proportional Justice as a Path to a Fair Green Transition. Philosophy and Public Issues, 2, 333–352.
👉https://doi.org/10.17473/2240-7987-2025-2-10

16/07/2026

📣 New publication co-authored by CEPS researcher Manuel Sá Valente!
📖 Meijers, Tim, and Manuel Sá Valente. “No Time for Limitarianism? The Temporal Scope of Having Too Much.” Journal of Ethics and Social Philosophy 31, no. 4 (2026): 477–502.
👉https://www.jesp.org/paper/36646f73-90e0-8059-af62-edfce8b34804

13/07/2026

📸 Some highlights from our 16th Braga Summer School: Workplace Democracy and The Future of Work! ☀️

A huge thank you to everyone who joined us!
We're especially grateful to our outstanding keynote speakers, Iñigo González-Ricoy and Nicholas Vrousalis, and to our wonderful lecturers, Catarina Neves and Hugo Rajão.👏

See you again next year! 🎉📚

06/07/2026

✨ Last week was truly incredible! The 16th Braga Meetings on Ethics and Political Philosophy was a great success, and we couldn't be happier with how it turned out.
We are deeply grateful to our organizing committee, our dedicated student volunteers, and all the speakers whose contributions made this conference such a stimulating event👏.
A very special thank you goes to our outstanding keynote speakers: Sally Haslanger, Robin Celikates, and Chiara Cordelli 🌟 🌟 🌟

📸 Here are a few highlights from the conference. You can explore the full photo gallery here: https://www.sas.uminho.pt/galeria/1988

Thank you to everyone who contributed to making this edition such a success. We look forward to welcoming you again next year!

Escola de Letras, Artes e Ciências Humanas

26/06/2026

🎙️ Our own Jorge D. M. Mateus was recently interviewed by UMinho I&D (RUM – University of Minho Radio), where he explored the ethical challenges of transhumanism and the risks posed by brain–computer interfaces in the age of Artificial Intelligence.

“The rapid advancement of Artificial Intelligence and neurotechnologies raises questions that, until recently, belonged to the realm of science fiction. Philosophical reflection has never been more important than it is today, in a world where our relationship with machines is becoming increasingly close.”

📻 Listen to the full interview here: https://www.rum.pt/

🔬 𝗨𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗛𝗢 𝗜 & 𝗗

Neste episódio do UMinho I&D, mergulhamos no complexo e fascinante cruzamento entre a humanidade e a tecnologia. Jorge Mateus, investigador do Centro de Ética, Política e Sociedade da Escola de Letras, Artes e Ciências Humanas da UMinho, ajuda-nos a descodificar o Transumanismo. A conversa aborda a visão do nosso corpo biológico como uma limitação, os desafios das Interfaces Cérebro-Máquina e a urgência de colocar o ser humano no centro do debate sobre o avanço tecnológico.

Uma reflexão fundamental sobre os limites da nossa natureza para ouvir hoje, a partir das 20h00, na Universitária.

📻 Qui
⏰ 20h00
💻 rum.pt