Friday 2 April to Sunday 4 April 2027
New College, Oxford University, Oxford, UK
Call for Papers
Submissions are invited for the sixty-second annual conference of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain, to be held at New College, Oxford University in Oxford, UK on Friday 2nd – Sunday 4th April 2027.
All submissions should have a philosophical bearing on education and may vary from an examination of a philosophical issue in its connection with education, to a philosophical analysis of some aspect of current educational theory, research, policy or practice. The educational bearing of the paper should be rendered explicit in the text of the submission and, normally, in the title. Please note that reviewers will be asked particularly to take account of this requirement.
Three sessions at the conference will be reserved for invited plenary papers. The rest of the conference will be devoted to submissions responding to this Call.
Please click here to download the criteria for submissions, before making your submission here.
Keynote Speakers
Our 2027 keynote speakers are:
Prof Jonathan Wolff
Emeritus Alfred Landecker Professor of Values and Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford
Prof Alis Oancea
Professor of Philosophy of Education and Research Policy, School of Education, University of Oxford
Prof Shannon Vallor
Baillie Gifford Chair in the Ethics of Data and Artificial Intelligence at the Edinburgh Futures Institute at the University of Edinburgh
Teacher Bursary Awards
Teacher Bursary Awards will open in November 2026.
You must be attending the annual Oxford conference for the first time. These are offered by open competition and cover:
- the conference fee, including full board accommodation for two nights in Oxford
- a contribution to travel costs (up to £100)
Key Dates
Registration open – October/November 2026
Submissions close – midnight 11 December 2026 GMT (no exceptions)
Notification of acceptance – week of 4 February 2027