The Social Ontology Summer School

26-30 juin 2023

Marco Marabello, UNINE
Antoine Taillard, UNINE

Åsa Burman (Stockholm)
Francesco Guala (Milan)

The Social Ontology Summer School aims at introducing important debates in social ontology to philosophers and scholars of other disciplines studying social phenomena. It is open to master students, PhD students and early postdoc researchers.

The lecturers are Åsa Burman (Stockholm) and Francesco Guala (Milan). Each lecturer will give classes for a total of 10 hours. Moreover, some participants will have the opportunity to present their work. CUSO members interested in participating to the Summer School are invited to register through the CUSO website.

Additionally, participants interested in presenting their work during the event may submit an abstract of no more than 500 words (excluding references) prepared for blind review. Contributions in any area of social ontology are welcome. This includes, but is not limited to:

• The nature, evolution, and functioning of social norms
• The metaphysics social kinds (e.g. race or gender) and social structures
• The structure of institutions, firms, and organizations
• The ontology of economics
• The foundations of social ontology and its links with other areas of philosophy and the social sciences.

The document should be sent in PDF format to submissions(at)soss(dot)events by February 28, 2023.

Participants will be notified of the organizers' decision by March 15, 2023.

You can find more information about the Summer School on our website: www.soss.events. Feel free to contact us if you have any questions.

We are looking forward to seeing you in Neuchâtel this summer !

Neuchâtel, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines (Espace Tilo-Frey 1)

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