Call for Registration

Conference page link: https://philevents.org/event/show/133394

Please register using this link https://forms.gle/Adfe7pCpc31aqcJF7 by 23.01.2026. Registration is free.

Keynote Speakers: 

Colin Allen (Santa Barbara University)

Kristin Andrews (CUNY)

Jonathan Birch (LSE)

Tomer J. Czaczkes (Free University Berlin)

Rebecca Dreier (LSE)

Leonard Dung (Ruhr University Bochum)

Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr University Bochum)

Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum)

Simone Pika (University Osnabrück)

Sanja Sreckovic (Ruhr University Bochum)

Daria Zakharova (LSE)

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

– What do we know about capacities such as reasoning, sentience, or social understanding in other species?

– How do the cognitive and affective capacities of different species compare and contrast with each other and with human capacities?

– What is the evolutionary origin of important human psychological features?

– What are promising methodological frameworks and experimental paradigms for investigating animal minds?

– Which theories about animal minds are supported by recent empirical findings?

– What are the promises and limitations of multidimensional profile and signature testing accounts in comparative psychology?

This joint event is organized by the following team:

Ruhr-University Bochum:  Sanja Sreckovic, Leonard Dung, & Albert Newen 

London School of Economics: Jonathan Birch

For any questions write to: leonard.dung@rub.de