School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion

Wouter Peeters on why cutting emissions still matters more than ever: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/why-…

Workshop on AI Psychosis, Hearing Voices and Suicidality, with lived experience experts, psychologists, and philosophers. Available for free in person and online birmingham.ac.uk/events/hearing… #BPF2026 #philosophymatters @RIPhilo @BritishPhiloso1 @Mindincamden

Film screening of Ex Machina at the Midlands Arts Centre! Panel discussion featuring Michael Quinn, Henry Taylor and Lucy Osler. birmingham.ac.uk/events/ex-mach… #BPF2026 #philosophymatters @RIPhilo @BritishPhiloso1

Lisa Bortolotti and Matthew Broome talk about their research on agency in youth mental health in a CPD podcast by the Royal College of Psychiatrists: open.spotify.com/episode/5ObNp9… #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #philosophymatters

New Cambridge Element, Monotheism and Creation, by David Cheetham, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/48thUDM #cambridgeelements #religion @PTRBirmingham

"There is plenty for epistemologists to do outside ivory towers—in hospitals, schools, and wherever people interact." @lisabortolotti writes for the APA blog about her work on the Agency projects and project EPIC: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/10/rul…

New publication: @lisabortolotti and Matteo Mameli defend doxasticism about religious attitudes in this open access commentary on Neil Van Leeuwen’s book, Religion as Make Believe: doi.org/10.1080/215359…

For our series of lectures by Women in Philosophy supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@RIPhilo) Valeria Bizzari discussed gendered experiences of autism and proposed an epistemological shift to address them. Watch the recording: youtu.be/yrd6sJUI9kg?si…

On #WorldMentalHealthDay, listen to @lisabortolotti arguing against pathologising delusions and conspiracy theories at the ISPS-US seminar: youtu.be/RthxAy_DXqo?si…

Discussing the ethics of military recruitment on @trtworld, Philosophy's @chreaston emphasised that we should always feel regret about additional recruitment into the military. But some means of recruitment will be fairer than others. youtube.com/watch?v=l2MvyR…

@lisabortolotti's Why Delusions Matter (Bloomsbury 2023) is a 2024 Choice Outstanding Academic Title! choice360.org/choice-pick/ou…

@lisabortolotti has written a summary of the talks from the ‘Conspiracies and Storytelling’ workshop organised by @kmurphyhollies in June: imperfectcognitions.blogspot.com/2025/08/conspi…

The video @lisabortolotti & @kmurphyhollies created with Fiona Malpass and the young people at the Voice Collective has been selected for the 3 minute film festival in Santa Barbara! Sponsored by project EPIC. tinyurl.com/yfy5m2na

@lisabortolotti comments on a new study on optimism in the Guardian: theguardian.com/science/2025/j…

Project EPIC invites you to apply for a place at their 2026 Summer School in Bertinoro, Italy, on epistemic injustice in healthcare: …sticeinhealthcareproject.blogspot.com/2025/07/epic-s…

New leaflet for teachers and healthcare practitioners: How can adults support young people seeking help? mcpin.org/resource/agenc… By @lisabortolotti with @McPinFoundation. @McPinYPNetwork @UKRI_news

New podcast: @EthicsUntangled @lisabortolotti talks about how clinicians communicate with young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/1OOC3WtQk… #agencyprojects #youthmentalhealth #philosophymatters @McPinFoundation @McPinYPNetwork @UKRI_News

And moving from the cognitive science of religion to the philosophy of it, here's Martin Pickup on divine presence in the Eucharist: academic.oup.com/edited-volume/…

And here's Shoko again, this time on religious residue among racial-ethnically diverse sexual minorities: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Some recent publications for your weekend! 🧵