Second Conference of the European Moral Responsibility Consortium (EMRC)

September 28th – 30th, 2026
Department of Philosophy, University of Salzburg, Austria

Schedule:

https://emrconsortium.org/second-emrc-conference/schedule/

Keynote Speakers:

  • Monika Betzler
  • Gunnar Björnsson
  • Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen

Speakers:

Hannah Altehenger (& Peter Schulte), Agnès Baehni & Patricia Sanches Oliva, Emily Baron, Olle Blomberg, Dominik Boll, Daphne Brandenburg, Daniele Bruno, Niels de Haan, Anton Emilsson, Jonathan Fremout, Kyle G. Fritz & Daniel J. Miller, David Heering, Frank Hindriks, Anneli Jefferson, Felix Lambrecht, Elsa Magnell, Shervin Mirzaeighazi, Matthias Rolffs & Trenton Sewell, Jules Salomone-Sehr (& Eliana Luxemburg-Peck), Philipp Schwind, Kenneth Silver, Mark Spencer, Ninni Suni, András Szigeti, Kesavan Thanagopal, Marina Trakas, Alexander Velichkov, David Widerker, Pascale Willemsen (& Max Bauer & Pauline Kinzler), Nicola Zetti

Organizers & Contact

The conference is organized by Leonhard Menges and Leonie Eichhorn as part of the FWF-funded project Skepticism about Praiseworthiness. For more information, visit www.salzburgethics.com.

If you have any questions regarding the conference, please contact us at emrconsortium@gmail.com.

Practical Information

Meals

All speakers are invited to dinner on Wednesday, September 30. The other meals are at their own expense. For participants without presentation, all meals are at their own expense.

Accommodation

Here is a list of accommodations in Salzburg. We are not affiliated with any of them.

  • Haus St. Benedikt — They offer a 10€ discount to participants of the conference. Please indicate that you are here for the conference when booking.
  • Hotel Hölle — They have reserved some rooms for participants of the conference until May 15. Please indicate that you are here for the conference when booking. Note that the hotel is a 35-minutes walk/18-minutes bus ride away from the venue.
  • Gästehaus im Priesterseminar — They were already fully booked at the beginning of the year, but it might be worth a try in case they had any cancellations.
  • More accommodations can be found here.

Funding Information

The conference is primarily funded by the FWF (Austrian Science Fund) project Skepticism about Praiseworthiness (10.55776/PAT1933724).

The conference has also received support from the Gesellschaft für Analytische Philosophie (‘Society for Analytic Philosophy’).

The conference has also received support from the FWF Cluster of Excellence Knowledge in Crisis (10.55776/COE3). For more information, visit www.knowledgeincrisis.com.