We are delighted to invite proposals for a workshop co-organised by the Surrey Centre for International and Environmental Law and the Surrey Centre for Law and Philosophy, and supported by the University of Surrey‘s Institute of Advanced Studies.
More-than-Human Legalities for Earth-Space Governance: Exploring Legal Personhood Across Entities and Scales
The workshop will bring together scholars and practitioners working on legal personhood, more-than-human legalities, and the governance of entities and environments across terrestrial and extra-terrestrial scales. We welcome proposals that engage with the conceptual, doctrinal, ethical, political or practical dimensions of these subjects, and we particularly encourage interdisciplinary contributions and work that examines how legal personhood might be understood, extended, contested or reimagined across different entities and scales.
📅 Workshop: 26–27 April 2027
⏰ Proposal deadline: 11 December 2026
✅ Decisions: by 15 January 2027
Proposals should include:
🔹 A working paper title and abstract (under 250 words)
🔹 A brief explanation of the comparative contribution and the two or more entities, regimes, jurisdictions or scales examined
🔹 Up to 5 keywords
🔹 A brief biographical statement (under 150 words per author)
🔹 Whether you expect to attend in person or online
📝 Submit your proposal via this Microsoft Form: https://lnkd.in/e59Zj7QJ
Questions may be directed to Josh Gellers at josh.gellers@unf.edu.
Please feel free to share this invitation with colleagues whose work may be relevant!
For more details about the call, please visit here.