Trust & Cooperation – Vienna Summer School 2026
Accepting applications until March 31!
Confirmed instructors:
Leah Henderson (University of Groningen),
Benjamin McMyler (University of Minnesota),
Kieran Oberman (The London School of Economics and Political Science),
Guest speakers:
Keith Harris (University of Vienna)
more to be confirmed!
Dates: July 13–17, 2026
Deadline: March 31, 2026 (see below for further details)
Location: Neues Institutsgebäude (NIG), Universitätstrasse 7, 1010 Wien, Department of Philosophy, University of Vienna, Austria
Call for Participation
Over the course of five days participants will have the opportunity to engage with renowned experts in discussions on the topic of trust and cooperation on the interpersonal and institutional level, as well as within the contexts of climate change and immigration. Trust and cooperation have become front and center issues in today’s world. The nature of global challenges – from refugees seeking asylum to the ecological crises of climate change and biodiversity loss – renders cooperation ever more crucial to overcoming them. Key questions revolve around the nature of trust and the nature of cooperation respectively, as well as around the relationship between trust and cooperation, intersecting the fields of social and political philosophy, as well as applied ethics and political epistemology.
We welcome applications from PhD students (prioritized), advanced MA students and postdoctoral researchers in philosophy and related disciplines. Note: The Summer School is worth 4 ECTS. Participants will explore current research in these fields, attend keynote lectures, thematic discussions and interactive workshops, as well as present their own work, and receive valuable feedback from invited scholars.
See the document for information on the application!
