School of Philosophy, Theology and Religion at the University of Birmingham.
Birmingham, UK
Joined March 2011
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Wouter Peeters on why cutting emissions still matters more than ever: birmingham.ac.uk/news/2026/w…
Workshop on AI Psychosis, Hearing Voices and Suicidality, with lived experience experts, psychologists, and philosophers. Available for free in person and online birmingham.ac.uk/events/hear… #BPF2026 #philosophymatters @RIPhilo @BritishPhiloso1 @Mindincamden
Film screening of Ex Machina at the Midlands Arts Centre! Panel discussion featuring Michael Quinn, Henry Taylor and Lucy Osler.
birmingham.ac.uk/events/ex-m… #BPF2026 #philosophymatters @RIPhilo @BritishPhiloso1
Lisa Bortolotti and Matthew Broome talk about their research on agency in youth mental health in a CPD podcast by the Royal College of Psychiatrists: open.spotify.com/episode/5Ob… #ChildrensMentalHealthWeek #philosophymatters
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New Cambridge Element, Monotheism and Creation, by David Cheetham, out now! Read for free for the next 2 weeks at
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"There is plenty for epistemologists to do outside ivory towers—in hospitals, schools, and wherever people interact." @lisabortolotti writes for the APA blog about her work on the Agency projects and project EPIC: blog.apaonline.org/2025/11/1…
New publication: @lisabortolotti and Matteo Mameli defend doxasticism about religious attitudes in this open access commentary on Neil Van Leeuwen’s book, Religion as Make Believe: doi.org/10.1080/2153599X.202…
For our series of lectures by Women in Philosophy supported by the Royal Institute of Philosophy (@RIPhilo) Valeria Bizzari discussed gendered experiences of autism and proposed an epistemological shift to address them. Watch the recording:
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On #WorldMentalHealthDay, listen to @lisabortolotti arguing against pathologising delusions and conspiracy theories at the ISPS-US seminar:
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Discussing the ethics of military recruitment on @trtworld, Philosophy's @chreaston emphasised that we should always feel regret about additional recruitment into the military. But some means of recruitment will be fairer than others. youtube.com/watch?v=l2MvyRMd…
The video @lisabortolotti & @kmurphyhollies created with Fiona Malpass and the young people at the Voice Collective has been selected for the 3 minute film festival in Santa Barbara! Sponsored by project EPIC. tinyurl.com/yfy5m2na
Project EPIC invites you to apply for a place at their 2026 Summer School in Bertinoro, Italy, on epistemic injustice in healthcare: epistemicinjusticeinhealthca…
New leaflet for teachers and healthcare practitioners: How can adults support young people seeking help? mcpin.org/resource/agency-ti… By @lisabortolotti with @McPinFoundation. @McPinYPNetwork @UKRI_news
New podcast: @EthicsUntangled @lisabortolotti talks about how clinicians communicate with young people experiencing mental health difficulties. Listen here: open.spotify.com/show/1OOC3W… #agencyprojects #youthmentalhealth #philosophymatters @McPinFoundation @McPinYPNetwork @UKRI_News
And here's Shoko again, this time on religious residue among racial-ethnically diverse sexual minorities: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
And moving from the cognitive science of religion to the philosophy of it, here's Martin Pickup on divine presence in the Eucharist: academic.oup.com/edited-volu…
Today on the Imperfect Cognitions blog there is a report (and link to the recording of the event!) of a #PhilosophyMatters webinar on Philosophy in the Classroom featuring @htaylorphil, @lisabortolotti, Laura D'Olimpio, and @kmurphyhollies. tinyurl.com/erza6w8e
Elly Vintiadis (American College of Greece) discusses the real problem of consent in psychedelic assisted therapies. Watch her presentation here: youtu.be/q90qc9xJeN8?si=af1G…
Carme Isern Mas (University of the Balearic Islands) argues that the use of therapy speak can lead to affective injustice. Watch her presentation here: youtu.be/D503DIgKtg4?si=_L8G…