[Vdp] CFP - From Minds to Movements: Foresight in Cognition and Activism: Interdisciplinary graduate conference - May 2025

Dear colleagues, We would like to announce the following graduate symposium on Future Thinking: From Minds to Movements: Foresight in Cognition and Activism Dates: May 8th 2025 - May 10th 2025 Venue: University of Vienna. Submissions are currently open. Submission Deadline: 10.03.2025 Notification of Acceptance: 11.04.2025 The more details can be found below and on the symposium landing page: https://mindstomovements.carrd.co/ Kind regards, The Organising Committee — From Minds to Movements: Foresight in Cognition and Activism Interdisciplinary graduate conference We are announcing a PhD symposium on Future Thinking on May 8th 2025 - May 10th 2025, in the University of Vienna. The 1st day of the conference will focus on theory, covering empirical and philosophical research on cognition and its interpretations. The 2nd day will focus on various political, social and epistemic issues considered through the lens of empirical research. On the 3rd day, the conference will be centered around future directions of research in cognitive science, and its broader implications, based on the work presented during the first two days. The conference will coincide with the Cognitive Science Hub’s Annual Lecture which will take place in the Großer Festsaal on one of the two nights of the symposium. The participants of the conference will also be invited to attend the lecture and the proceeding reception. Throughout the conference, we will cover the following topics: • Conceptual change • Predictive Processing • Anticipation and Perception • Uncertainty and Reasoning • Activism in Science • Epistemic Trust • Addressing Climate Change • The Erosion of Democracy We welcome submissions from PhD students as well as postdoctoral researchers at early stages of their career. Contributions need not be limited to empirical research and can address the aforementioned issues from broadly philosophical and political perspectives. However, we expect applicants from other disciplines to have a background or strong interest in cognitive science. Applications can be submitted here: https://forms.gle/qUa6iuYaQQwCMRsd6. Abstracts should be no longer than 300 words, and must be prepared for anonymous review. The deadline for submission is 10.03.2025. We will notify applicants of our decision by 11.04.2025. For more information, please visit the symposium landing page: https://mindstomovements.carrd.co/ The conference is supported by the Vienna Cognitive Science Hub & Gesellschaft für Kognitionswissenschaft. The Organising Committee Ohan Hominis Maria Fedorova Xueyi Yao Bojin Zhu