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Just a couple more days to submit an abstract for our conference on agency in August!

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Facts about the war in Ukraine: understandingwar.org/backgrounder...

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US authorities now demanding Helsinki University to remove words like "climate change" and "equal society" from a Fulbright scholarship call. 🇺🇸🇺🇸

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10+ permanent positions open in Finland, related to AI: -Machine Learning, -AI Business Applications -Law & AI -Digital Art Etc. www.ellisinstitute.fi/PI-recruit

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En ymmärrä mitä media odottaa. Monet asiantuntijat puhuvat jo Yhdysvalloissa meneillään olevasta vakavasti otettavasta vallankaappausyrityksestä. Sen kai pitäisi olla yksi vuosisatamme suurimmista uutisista. Missä ovat lehtien erikoisnumerot ja etusivun kokoiset otsikot?

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Dark thought of today: should European universities get ready to receive US academics soon, like the US did in the 1930s?

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Free speech absolutism is back! Seriously, what's going on in the States is really worrisome.

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My review of Raffael Fasel's More Equal Than Others is now out. It's a great book, and warmly recommended. My main worry: his Species Membership Approach could legitimize arguments of the type "animals cannot bear duties and therefore should not hold rights". www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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As part of this online course, I'm teaching a class entitled "Legal Theory of Animal Rights". I'm now drafting a syllabus, with three categories: 1. Introductory reading (chapter from Animal Rights Law) 2. Core readings 3. Further readings Any suggestions what to include?

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We have an open PhD position in Practical Philosophy here at Stockholm University: www.su.se/english/abou... This is a fully funded position in any area of practical philosophy, which includes PPE and philosophy of economics. Swedish not required #philsky #philsci CC: @ppenetworkeurope.bsky.social

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1. Write a paper draft 2. Present it at different workshops 3. Receive lots of extremely good feedback 4. Ignore the feedback because you're so fed up with the paper 5. Submit

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Probably the most consequential animal welfare ruling in the UK's history was handed down by the Court of Appeal yesterday. In essence, it found that farmers who rear fast-growing chickens - virtually all commercially-reared chickens - are acting illegally. thehumaneleague.org.uk/article/judg...

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Our Agency in Law project now has a Bluesky profile, a website - and a forthcoming conference! If you're interested eg in the agency of children, old people, people with disabilities, animals, AI systems, etc - do follow us! We also have a monthly online talk series and other interesting stuff. 😊

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Helsinki Law is hiring: - five(!) law lecturers, with one specifically earmarked for English-language teaching in private law: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki... -three-year professor in sustainability law: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsinki...

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Just a couple more days left to submit abstracts to this fascinating conference. www.uantwerpen.be/en/conferenc...

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What's a good length for a conference abstract? I think 300 words is usually the sweet spot. Just trying to draft a 500-word abstract and it feels like a slog. On the other hand, I tend to be a rather concise writer.

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Call For Papers! The University of Chicago 2025 Constitutional Law Conference seeks papers on any aspect of constitutional rights. Details here:

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Attending a friend's PhD defense: "User-Centered Design of Game-Based Digital Mental Health Interventions" by Lauri Lukka. Seems Aalto University still has white-tie defenses (as does Helsinki Law).

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Finns tend to think that November is the worst of months because it's dark and cold but no snow. Well...

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Our ERC project Agency in Law is getting started with a monthly online talk series. Our first speaker is Jakob Stenseke, "Knowing and owing each other: on the moral agency of humans, animals, and machines” Time: Nov 20, 3pm Helsinki time (1pm London time) Register: www.lyyti.fi/reg/Seminar_...

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I've understood that the next IVR Congress will be in Turkey. But does anyone know the dates? (Let's see if my legal philosophy networks are robust enough on this platform...)

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New Cambridge Element book 'Legal Personhood' by Visa Kurki. Open Access. @visakurki.bsky.social

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I know applying for academic jobs can be stressful. But spare a thought to us who have to use the university recruitment system to access those applications...

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An interesting compliment to someone (not me) who just landed an academic job: "Wittgenstein would be proud of you." I wonder what would make Wittgenstein proud?