Call for Abstracts: Social Ontology 2026, Kraków, Poland

July 21st, 2026 – July 24th, 2026 

Social Ontology 2026

Kraków ● July 21-24, 2026

Call For Abstracts

FIRST CALL

Abstract submission deadline: January 18th, 2026

Venue: Kraków, Poland

Host: Law and Administration Faculty, Jagiellonian University.

Organization: Jagiellonian Research Center for Law, Language and Philosophy, Law and Administration Faculty & Institute of Philosophy (Jagiellonian University). Main organizers: Pawel Banas and Adam Dyrda. 

Call for Abstracts

The call for abstracts is now open for Social Ontology 2026. The conference will be held in-person in Krakow, Poland.

We invite submissions of abstracts of papers/talks suitable for 20 minute presentations. Abstracts must have 300-500 words and be prepared for anonymous review.

For abstract submission and keynotes speakers, see the website.

Notification of acceptance should be delivered not later than February, 15^th 2026.

This edition aims to focus on interdisciplinary research, including application of ideas from social ontology in solving problems of legal and political philosophy in the following areas:

• Metaphysics & Law
• Ontology of legal&political institutions
• Legal entities, subjects and objects of law

We invite, however, submissions of abstracts covering all topics relevant for contemporary research in social ontology, including:

• Methods and problems of social ontology
• The ontology of social structures, social kinds and social facts
• The nature and existence of social phenomena
• The nature and existence of institutions
• Collective intentionality
• Collective or shared beliefs, intentions, and emotions
• Shared, joint or collective action
• Shared, collective, and corporate responsibility
• Social foundations of language and linguistic phenomena
• Linguistic or mental representations of social phenomena
• Social skills, habits and practices
• The nature, evolution, and functioning of social norms
• The ontology of money and economics 
• Critical social ontology
• Ontology and injustice and oppression

We also invite proposals of special workshops: if you are interested in organizing one, please, send its short description and suggested participants to p.banas [at] uw.edu.pl no later than December, 14^th 2025.

Deadlines for registration:

Early: February, 15^th – March 31^st 2026

Late: April, 1^st – June, 30^th 2026

Contact:

If you have further questions, please send an email to Pawel Banas at p.banas[at]uw.edu.pl