The MANCEPT Workshops 2026
2-4 September 2026, The University of Manchester
The MANCEPT Workshops is an annual conference in political theory, organised under the auspices of the Manchester Centre for Political Theory at The University of Manchester.
The conference offers academics an opportunity to come together in a series of workshops to develop specialised work and engage in lively philosophical discussion.
Attracting scholars from across the world, the conference is now established as a leading international forum dedicated to the development of research in all subfields of political theory.
When leaving the workshops
At the end of the workshops, please ensure all dishes (including cutlery and cups) from during tea and coffee breaks are removed from your panel room and placed back into the common rooms where you found them - either in the Arthur Lewis Building common room or Williamson Building common room. Please make sure that no rubbish (including handouts) is left behind in your room. At the end of the conference, please leave your lanyard at the reception desk in the Arthur Lewis Building for recycling.
Catering
Lunch will be served daily in the Common Room on the ground floor of the Arthur Lewis Building. Tea, coffee, and pastries will be available in the common rooms of both the Arthur Lewis Building (Room G.008) and the Williamson Building (Room 3.34). If your panel is taking place in Humanities Bridgeford Street or the Alliance Manchester Business School, we recommend making your way to the Arthur Lewis Building, which is located opposite both buildings, during the refreshment breaks.
If you indicated an allergy when registering, a separate meal box will be provided for you that accommodates your dietary requirements. You will find your meal box next to the main lunch buffet. Each box will be clearly labelled with your name, so please double-check that you have the correct box before taking it.
Workshops
Convenors coordinate and chair individual panels at the Workshops. The Workshops are distinctive in creating a space for both small group discussions focused on tightly defined topics, while simultaneously providing opportunities for engaging with theorists working on the widest possible range of areas in Political and Moral Philosophy.
Panels A-Z
Information on all workshops taking place during the conference - a full panel overview is now also available as a PDF.
- Against Participation: Withdrawal, Exit, and Political Agency
Room 4.07, Williamson Building - Doing Democracy Differently? Democratic Innovation in an Age of Backsliding
Room G35, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Epistemic Democracy and the Lure of Epistocracy: Questions in Metaethics and Political Normativity
Room 4.08, Williamson Building - Epistemic Injustice and Backlash
Room 1.04, Williamson Building - Ethical and Political Challenges in Climate Change Adaptation
Room 2.016/2.017, Arthur Lewis Building - Ethics of Academia
Room G.017, Arthur Lewis Building - Genocide and Democratic Theory
Room 3.10, Williamson Building - Historical Injustice
Room 4.050, Arthur Lewis Building - Intimate (In)Justices
Room 2.05, Williamson Building - Justice in Climate Litigation
Room 2.06, Williamson Building - Land, Territory, and Justice
Room 4.051, Arthur Lewis Building - New Directions for Cosmopolitanism and Global Democracy
Room 1.45, Williamson Building (Thursday); Room G.14, Williamson Building (Friday) - Plebeianism, Popular Government, and the Challenge of Modern Oligarchy
Room 2.53, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Political Ordinary Language
Room 3.077, Arthur Lewis Building - Republican Political Economy
Room G.018, Alliance Manchester Business School - Respect for Persons: Foundations, Varieties, and Challenges
Room G.34, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Rethinking the Political Theory of Migration for Our Times
Room G.6, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Rethinking the Radical Right: Transnational Networks, Policy Convergence, and Discursive Power Across Gender, Health, and Environment
Room G.016, Arthur Lewis Building - Speciesism, Power and Human Prejudice
Room G.33 or G.7 (please check with panel organiser), Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Techno-(e)utopias of Abundance, Sustainability and Sufficiency
Room 2.53, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Theories of Public Reason
Hansom Room, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - The Philosophy of the Non-Profit Sector
Room 4.04, Williamson Building - The Politics of GenAI Governance
Room 2.16, Williamson Building - Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits
Room 2.066, Arthur Lewis Building - Who "knows" what Gender is? Arguments and Debates at the Intersection between Epistemic Injustice, the Metaphysics of Gender, and Gender Identity
Room G.020/G.021, Arthur Lewis Building
Find your session - map
The Workshops are taking place across our campus in Alliance Manchester Business School, Arthur Lewis, Humanities Bridgeford Street and in the Williamson Building.
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Alliance Manchester Business School
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Arthur Lewis Building
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Humanities Bridgeford Street Building
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Williamson Building
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Contact us
For any questions please email our workshop organisers Maurits Bekkers, Anthony McMullin and Timothy Siew.