We are excited to announce that registrations are open for our research group’s first major event, the workshop ‘Perspectives on Agency and Disadvantage’! We have a stellar line-up of speakers. See below for information on the event, and how to register.
Perspectives on Agency and Disadvantage
University of Turku, Finland, July 2–3 2025
This two-day interdisciplinary workshop explores human agency in the context of social interaction and social structure. We invite academics across philosophy, psychology, and related disciplines to present new work on any aspect of the interaction of agency and disadvantage to share theoretical insights, empirical research, and practical social and political applications. The workshop is hosted by the Agency as Experience and Capacity: Social Mechanisms, Political Implications project at the University of Turku. Generous support by the Kone foundation enables us to make this event free for all. The event is organized by Polaris Koi, Anssi Bwalya and Joonas Martikainen.
Keynote Speakers
Jeanette Kennett (Philosophy, Macquarie University)
Nelli Hankonen (Social Psychology, Tampere University)
Lilian O’Brien (Philosophy, University of Helsinki)
Registration
Registration is necessary, including for online participation. Please go to the event’s website to register.
Selected papers
Ari Ofengenden (Tulane): Agency under conditions of structural inequality
Charlie Kurth (Clemson): I’m losing it! What the feeling of lost control tells us about being an agent
Catherine Dale (Leipzig): Dependent intentional action as enhancing agency
Cristiano Bacchi (HU Berlin): “Where does my psychiatric condition stop and the rest of me begin?” On the interplay between authenticity and the sense of agency in psychiatry
Aku Visala (Helsinki): Autonomy and moral responsibility in MDD
Esko Yli-Hemminki (Helsinki): A normative theory of criminal law’s person
Maria Teresa Cotrufo (KCL): Redefining sexual agency: A critical analysis of the sexual offenses act 2003
Arlene Lo (LSE): Defiance amid despair: Reporting sexual assault despite its futility
Ben Colburn & Jennifer Corns (Glasgow): An agent-centred approach to disadvantage
Russ McIntosh (Berkeley): Agent-relative prerogatives and deference to power
Daniel Vespermann (Heidelberg) & Sanna Tirkkonen (Helsinki): Existential injustice and psychosis risk: the role of harmful salience in social defeat
Amandine Catala (UQAM Montréal): From a pluralist account of epistemic agency to a pluralist account of epistemic repair
Questions?
If you have any questions about the event, please contact Polaris Koi at polaris.koi@utu.fi
If you are participating as audience on-site and need to be included in the programme, we may be able to include you as chair of one of the sessions. Please contact Polaris Koi.
https://sites.utu.fi/agencyproject/2025-agency-and-disadvantage-workshop/
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