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.
Registration and conference dinner waiting list
Registration for The MANCEPT Workshops 2026 is now closed. If you have purchased a conference ticket without dinner and are interested in joining the conference dinner, please join waiting list.
Conference delivery
To facilitate engaging and lively discussion, with less time taken up with troubleshooting tech issues, the conference is run fully in-person, with no hybrid or online-only component.
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.
Workshops A-Z
Information on all workshops taking place during the conference.
Panel schedules will also soon be 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
Hansom Room, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Epistemic Injustice and Backlash
Room G.6, Humanities Bridgeford Street 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 1.04, Williamson Building - Historical Injustice
Room 4.04, Williamson Building - Intimate (In)Justices
Room 2.06, Williamson Building - Justice in Climate Litigation
Room 2.05, Williamson Building - Land, Territory, and Justice
Room G.45, Williamson Building - New Directions for Cosmopolitanism and Global Democracy
Room 4.051, Arthur Lewis Building - The Philosophy of the Non-Profit Sector
Room 4.050, Arthur Lewis Building - Plebeianism, Popular Government, and the Challenge of Modern Oligarchy
Room 2.066, Arthur Lewis Building - Political Ordinary Language
Room G.018, Alliance Manchester Business School - The politics of GenAI governance
Room 2.16, Williamson Building - Republican Political Economy
Room 4.08, Williamson Building - Respect for Persons: Foundations, Varieties, and Challenges
Room G.34, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Rethinking the Political Theory of Migration for Our Times
Room 3.10 X, Williamson 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.7, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Techno-(e)utopias of Abundance, Sustainability and Sufficiency
Room TBC, Arthur Lewis Building - Theories of Public Reason
Room 2.53, Humanities Bridgeford Street Building - Tolerance and Education: Concepts, Justifications, and Limits
Room 3.077, 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.