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Events

Between 2020 and 2023 we ran three conferences and dozens of talks and workshops, all free and online, on what philosophers can do beyond the university.

This page is the archive of that era. We’re not currently running events — these days new Stories are how Let’s Phi grows — but many of the speakers below also appear there, and if an event ever makes sense again, the newsletter will be the first to know.

Conference highlights
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  1. Philosophers in Media

    March 2021

    Conference with 200+ attendees and 10+ speakers on philosophers working in journalism, publishing and media.

  2. Philosophers Running the World?

    September 2020

    Conference focused on ethics & politics — 250+ attendees, 15+ speakers. Organised by Ronja Griep, Ludovica Adamo, Joshua Bucheli and Konrad Urban.

  3. Life After Philosophy?

    July 2020

    Our first conference: 200+ attendees, 10+ speakers, 5 industry experts on careers after a philosophy degree.

Talks & workshops archive
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2023
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  • June — From Philosophy to Content Marketing, with Alex Yates, PhD — from a doctoral dissertation on Frege’s philosophy of logic at St Andrews to freelance and then full-time content marketing
  • May — Philosophers Working in Decentralised Finance, with Christina Norgard Rud — Philosophy & Public Policy MSc (LSE), co-founder of Squid, a cross-chain liquidity router (organiser: Konrad Urban)
  • April — Operationalising Philosophy for Risk, with Noam Maoz — MA in Philosophy of Technology (Tel-Aviv), risk prevention specialist in tech at Meta and long-time community member (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)

2022
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  • November — Web3 Needs Philosophers, with Fotis Tsiroukis — PhD candidate in Philosophy of Open Science (Exeter) and KERNEL fellow working in crypto privacy and decentralised science (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • October — From Philosophy to Ethics Consulting, with Dr Kevin Macnish — digital-ethics consulting senior manager at Sopra Steria, former GCHQ analyst, author of The Ethics of Surveillance (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • October — Investing in Norm-Subverting Tech, with Steven Robinson & Guanlan Mao — Oxford philosophy and PPE graduates leading ARKN Ventures, a blockchain-focused VC firm (organiser: Konrad Urban)
  • August — From Philosophy to Cybersecurity Recruitment, with Joshua Bucheli — political & legal philosophy MA (Bern), cybersecurity recruiter at Cyberunity and former Let’s Phi head of community (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • July — From Philosophy to AI Ethics, with Ravit Dotan, PhD — UC Berkeley philosophy PhD helping startups and investors build AI-ethics strategies (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • June — The Future of Law-Tech, with Federico Ast — co-founder and CEO of Kleros, the decentralised justice protocol (organiser: Konrad Urban)
  • April — Ethics for Preventing Global Catastrophe, with McKenna Fitzgerald (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • January — Public Engagement and Public Writing for Philosophers, with Joshua Habgood-Coote, PhD (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)

2021
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  • November — Bioethics and Ethics Consulting for Tech Companies, with Geoff Keeling, PhD (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • October — Ethics Consulting, with Christine Jakobson, PhD (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • July — High-impact Mentoring, with Kathryn Mecrow-Flynn (organiser: Ludovica Adamo)
  • July — Professional Ethics Consultancy, with Jim Baxter, PhD (organisers: Ludovica Adamo & Ronja Griep)
  • May — Philosophy in the AI Industry (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)
  • April — Philosophy, Communication, and Economic Survival (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)
  • April — AI Ethics (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)
  • March — Philosophers in Media — conference, 200+ attendees, 10+ speakers
  • March — Leveraging a Philosophy Degree in Public Policy (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)
  • March — Chief Philosophy Officers? (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)
  • February — Hunting for Non-Academic Jobs (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)
  • January — Business & Philosophy (organiser: Joshua Bucheli)

2020
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  • December — CV Workshop with Mind the Grad (organiser: Konrad Urban)
  • September — Philosophers Running the World? — conference, ethics & politics, 250+ attendees, 15+ speakers (organisers: Ronja Griep, Ludovica Adamo, Joshua Bucheli, Konrad Urban)
  • July — Life After Philosophy? — conference, 200+ attendees, 10+ speakers, 5 industry experts