Philosophy of the City—Busan

October 29-31, 2025

Venue: Pusan National University, Busan, South Korea

 

The Philosophy of the City Research Group (POTC RG) is a global community of scholars dedicated to understanding the city and urban affairs. You are invited to our twelfth annual conference. Presentations on any philosophical issue about cities are welcome.  Some topics include:

 

Housing crisis and homes

Heritage, architecture, and current/future needs

International trade and the city

Local governance, urban policy, and practice

tourism, touristic cities, and over-tourism

Conceptualizing cities

Urban mobility and transportation

Infrastructure, energy, waste

Urban aesthetics

The city and economics

Urban technologies; challenges/promise of AI

Food and the city

Urban mobility and transportation

The city in philosophy’s history

City life and culture, public and common space,

Examining specific cities

Urban expansion and the nonhuman world

 

For individual submissions, provide abstracts of about 300 words. Send to potcbusan@gmail.com

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Deadline: May 2, 2025. Notifications: Before May 30.

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We are pleased to offer a Graduate Student Presentation Award of 300 USD to be given at the concluding ceremony. To be eligible, indicate a desire for consideration at the end of the submission. All participants are encouraged to submit revised versions of presentations to the Philosophy of the City Journal.

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