School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion@PTRBirmingham

School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham.

 Birmingham, UK
birmingham.ac.uk/schools/ptr
Joined March 2011
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Wouter Peeters on why cutting emissions still matters more than ever: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/w…

Why cutting emissions still matters more than ever - University of Birmingham

Dr Wouter Peeters, Associate Professor of Global Ethics, warns of the moral hazard of relying on technology to fix the climate rather than decarbonisation.

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Workshop on AI Psychosis, Hearing Voices and Suicidality, with lived experience experts, psychologists, and philosophers. Available for free in person and online birmingham.ac.uk/events/hear… #BPF2026 #philosophymatters @RIPhilo @BritishPhiloso1 @Mindincamden
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Film screening of Ex Machina at the Midlands Arts Centre! Panel discussion featuring Michael Quinn, Henry Taylor and Lucy Osler. birmingham.ac.uk/events/ex-m… #BPF2026 #philosophymatters @RIPhilo @BritishPhiloso1
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Lisa Bortolotti and Matthew Broome talk about their research on agency in youth mental health in a CPD podcast by the Royal College of Psychiatrists: open.spotify.com/episode/5Ob… #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #philosophymatters

Agency in youth mental health

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New Cambridge Element, Monotheism and Creation, by David Cheetham, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at cup.org/48thUDM #cambridgeelements #religion @PTRBirmingham
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"There is plenty for epistemologists to do outside ivory towers—in hospitals, schools, and wherever people interact." @lisabortolotti writes for the APA blog about her work on the Agency projects and project EPIC: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/1…
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New publication: @lisabortolotti and Matteo Mameli defend doxasticism about religious attitudes in this open access commentary on Neil Van Leeuwen’s book, Religion as Make Believe: doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.202…

On evidential vulnerability and compartmentalization

Published in Religion, Brain & Behavior (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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For our series of lectures by Women in Philosophy supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@RIPhilo) Valeria Bizzari discussed gendered experiences of autism and proposed an epistemological shift to address them. Watch the recording: youtu.be/yrd6sJUI9kg?si=h6ky…
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay, listen to @lisabortolotti arguing against pathologising delusions and conspiracy theories at the ISPS-US seminar: youtu.be/RthxAy_DXqo?si=dzMJ…

Depathologizing Delusions and Conspiracy Theories

ABOUT ISPS-USISPS-US promotes psychological and social approaches ...

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Discussing the ethics of military recruitment on @trtworld, Philosophy's @chreaston emphasised that we should always feel regret about additional recruitment into the military. But some means of recruitment will be fairer than others. youtube.com/watch?v=l2MvyRMd…
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The video @lisabortolotti & @kmurphyhollies created with Fiona Malpass and the young people at the Voice Collective has been selected for the 3 minute film festival in Santa Barbara! Sponsored by project EPIC. tinyurl.com/yfy5m2na
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Project EPIC invites you to apply for a place at their 2026 Summer School in Bertinoro, Italy, on epistemic injustice in healthcare: epistemicinjusticeinhealthca…
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New leaflet for teachers and healthcare practitioners: How can adults support young people seeking help? mcpin.org/resource/agency-ti… By @lisabortolotti with @McPinFoundation. @McPinYPNetwork @UKRI_news

Agency: Tips for supporting young people - The McPin Foundation

Tips for adults supporting young people with their mental heath from the Agency and Agency-in-Practice projects

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New podcast: @EthicsUntangled @lisabortolotti talks about how clinicians communicate with young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/1OOC3W… #agencyprojects #youthmentalhealth #philosophymatters @McPinFoundation @McPinYPNetwork @UKRI_News

Ethics Untangled

Podcast · Jim Baxter · Ethics Untangled is a series of conversations about the ethical issues that affect all of us, with academics who have spent some time thinking about them. Ethics Untangled is...

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Some recent publications for your weekend! 🧵
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And here's Shoko again, this time on religious residue among racial-ethnically diverse sexual minorities: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…

Examining the Religious Residue Among Racial-Ethnically Diverse Sexual Minorities

Research has demonstrated that even after being “done” with religion, formerly religious people (Dones) report more religious beliefs, behaviors, and attitudes than those who have never affiliated ...

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And moving from the cognitive science of religion to the philosophy of it, here's Martin Pickup on divine presence in the Eucharist: academic.oup.com/edited-volu…

Omnipresence and Divine Presence in the Eucharist

AbstractIn various Christian traditions, Christ is said to be present in a special way in the Eucharist. In particular, many Christian churches claim that

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Today on the Imperfect Cognitions blog there is a report (and link to the recording of the event!) of a #PhilosophyMatters webinar on Philosophy in the Classroom featuring @htaylorphil, @lisabortolotti, Laura D'Olimpio, and @kmurphyhollies. tinyurl.com/erza6w8e
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In our Women in Philosophy group we have had an exciting series of talks this term! 🧵
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Elly Vintiadis (American College of Greece) discusses the real problem of consent in psychedelic assisted therapies. Watch her presentation here: youtu.be/q90qc9xJeN8?si=af1G…

Women in Philosophy: Elly Vintiadis on psychedelic assisted therapy

As part of a series of talks dedicated to the work of women in phil...

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Carme Isern Mas (University of the Balearic Islands) argues that the use of therapy speak can lead to affective injustice. Watch her presentation here: youtu.be/D503DIgKtg4?si=_L8G…
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