Call for Registration | Workshop “Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations”
Call for Registration
Ruhr-University Bochum & London School of Economics Joint Workshop
“Animal Minds: New Theories and New Observations”
February 9-10, 2026 at the Ruhr University Bochum, Zemos
Conference page link: https://philevents.org/event/show/133394
Please register by 23.01.2026 using this link: https://forms.gle/Adfe7pCpc31aqcJF7
Registration is free.
Keynote Speakers:
Colin Allen (Santa Barbara University)
Kristin Andrews (CUNY)
Jonathan Birch (LSE)
Tomer J. Czaczkes (Free University Berlin)
Rebecca Dreier (LSE)
Leonard Dung (Ruhr University Bochum)
Onur Güntürkün (Ruhr University Bochum)
Albert Newen (Ruhr University Bochum)
Simone Pika (University Osnabrück)
Sanja Sreckovic (Ruhr University Bochum)
Daria Zakharova (LSE)
Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- What do we know about capacities such as reasoning, sentience, or social understanding in other species?
- How do the cognitive and affective capacities of different species compare and contrast with each other and with human capacities?
- What is the evolutionary origin of important human psychological features?
- What are promising methodological frameworks and experimental paradigms for investigating animal minds?
- Which theories about animal minds are supported by recent empirical findings?
- What are the promises and limitations of multidimensional profile and signature testing accounts in comparative psychology?
This joint event is organized by the following team:
Ruhr-University Bochum: Sanja Sreckovic, Leonard Dung, & Albert Newen
London School of Economics: Jonathan Birch
For any questions write to: leonard.dung@rub.de