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Research Meetings & Events
The institute serves as a hub of a dynamic research network and to facilitate scholarly engagement with the wider academic community and the community-at-large.
The institute hosts a variety of research-focused gatherings featured on this page, including research retreats, conferences, and workshops.
For information about other upcoming and past events, such as public lectures and one-off workshops, please visit our Events page.
Upcoming Meetings & Events
Previous Meetings & Events
Date: September 18-19, 2025
Workshop run by the Institute on Governance (IOG).
Theme: Empiricism and the Methodology of Modern Physics
When: May 25-28, 2025
Where: WIRB 3000, Western University
This retreat brought together a diverse group of experts—philosophers, engineers, computer scientists, anthropologists, historians, psychologists, and more—to explore the complex, multifaceted nature of human-AI relationships.
When: Thursday May 8, 2025
Where: WIRB 3000, Western University
This one-day workshop hosted by the Ecological Psychology Think Tank Project focused on philosophical issues that arise at the intersection of the E-cognitive sciences (E—embodied, enactive, extended, embedded, ecological, evolutionary, etc.), and the social sciences.
When: May 1, 2025
Where: 7th floor Mission Control, WIRB
When: May 1, 2024
Where: WIRB 3000, Western University
Theme: Foundations of Thermodynamics
When: June 16-20, 2024
Where: WIRB 3000, Western University
