Talks & Conferences
A selection of invited talks, keynote lectures and workshops at
international conferences and research institutions.
Keynote Address
Theoretical Rationality and Practical Reason
International Conference
May 15–17, 2026
Sofia University, Bulgaria
Invited Speaker
13 November 2025, Center for International Philosophy at
Beijing Normal University (Lucien Baumgartner (Zurich) as the respondent).
03-05 September 2025 SOPhia—Salzburg, Austria, Conference for Young Analytic Philosophy
2025 July, Universität Bayreuth,
Germany, Philosophy Research Forum
28 may 2025. Centre for Cultural Evolution,
Stockholm University
25 feb 2025 Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia
2024 Oct Medical Ethics, Department of Clinical Sciences, Lund University
14-15 september 2023, Caltech Center for Science, Society, and Public Policy (CSSPP) Workshop, Pasadena, USA, Conspiratorial Thinking & Origins, Spread and Consequences
2023 May Department of Cognitive Science, Lund University, Invited speaker
2023 Jan, Space Humanities, Lund University. Title of the talk: Should We Believe Space Conspiracies?
Conference Contribution
22-23 June, 2025 University of Graz, AI Assertion: Perspectives from Philosophy, Cognitive Science, Linguistics & HCI
12-13 feb 2025 University of Waikato, New Zealand, Conspiracies, Facts, and Truth
23-24 May 2024, Nordic Network of Conspiracy Theory Research, Lund University, Sweden, Conspiracy Theories and the Nordic Countries
2023 Oct, SweCog, Göteborg University, Sweden, The 18th SweCog conference of the Swedish Cognitive Science Society
2023 June, VU, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The 2nd International Conference on the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theories
10-12 june 2022 June The Swedish Congress of Philosophy, Lund
5-7 feb 2022 Claremont, California, The 1st International Conference on the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theory.
Conference Organiser
Co-organiser of the 2nd International conference on
the Philosophy of Conspiracy Theory,
June 2-4 2023 at VU Amsterdam (in collaboration with Lund University)
Panelist and Moderator
Panel Discussion
22 May 2025, What does student activism mean today? A Panel Discussion with Jordan Spencer and Erik J. Olsson
3 juni 2023 Moderator. Panel Discussion “The Generalist and Particularist Divide” at the 2nd International conference on Conspiracy Theories,
VU Amsterdam
2022 Panel discussion: 1st International Conference on Conspiracy Theory Theory. On the Future of Conspiracy Theory Theory
2020 Moderator for Panel Debate on Academic Freedom, Lund University
Workshop Participation
2023 May, Gargnano del Garda, Italy, Workshop:
The Implications of Pathologizing Conspiracy Beliefs
4-8 July 2022 Summer School, University of Zurich, Conceptual Engineering, Experimental Methods and Politically Correct Language
Melina Tsapos 