How to Submit a Paper or Symposium Proposal for the 2027 CLMPST Congress in Kobe

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The 2027 Congress for Logic, Methodology, and Philosophy of Science and Technology (CLMPST) will be held in Kobe, Japan, from August 23–28, 2027. The submission site is already open, and proposals for papers and symposia are due by November 15, 2026. You submit through the congress site (the call for papers is posted at clmpst2027.org/call-for-papers/), and you can direct questions to Kevin Elliott ([email protected]) or Fenrong Liu ([email protected]) before the deadline.

Who can submit and what fits

The call is issued by DLMPST, the Division of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology within IUHPST. It welcomes proposals "from across all areas of logic, philosophy of science, and philosophy of technology" — from mathematical logic and metaphilosophy to foundations of the exact sciences, philosophy of the humanities and social sciences, philosophy of technology, and historical perspectives on the sciences.

The organisers state particular enthusiasm for proposals that:

  • reach across disciplines;
  • incorporate speakers from different countries or regions;
  • explore public engagement and/or social implications of academic work;
  • reflect on relationships and contributions of different knowledge systems.

These are stated preferences, not formal eligibility rules, but they are a useful signal when shaping a symposium panel or framing a paper's relevance.

Step-by-step submission

  1. Read the official call. Go to https://clmpst2027.org/call-for-papers/ and check the current requirements, since the DLMPST page links out to the congress site rather than reproducing the full instructions.
  2. Choose your format. Decide between an individual paper proposal and a symposium proposal. A symposium is the natural format if you want to bring together speakers from different countries or disciplines, which the call explicitly encourages.
  3. Prepare the proposal content. For a paper, this means a title and an abstract of the kind the call specifies. For a symposium, you will need an overall theme plus the individual contributions and speakers. Follow the length and formatting rules on the call page exactly.
  4. Submit through the open submission site. The DLMPST announcement confirms the submission site is now open; the entry point is reached via the call page.
  5. Confirm your submission. Keep the confirmation you receive and note the deadline in your calendar — November 15, 2026 — so you are not caught by last-minute system issues.
  6. Ask before the deadline if anything is unclear. Contact Kevin Elliott or Fenrong Liu at the addresses above with questions about scope, format, or fit.

Expected result: a registered paper or symposium proposal acknowledged by the submission system before November 15, 2026.

Practical points and common snags

  • Don't confuse the two deadlines. The CLMPST proposal deadline is November 15, 2026. The separate IUHPST Essay Prize in History and Philosophy of Science has a deadline of January 15, 2027 — a different competition with its own rules on the commissions' page.
  • The DLMPST page is a pointer, not the rulebook. It announces the call and links to clmpst2027.org; the binding requirements live there. If the two ever seem to differ, follow the congress site and confirm by email.
  • Build the cross-disciplinary angle in deliberately. If you are assembling a symposium, invite speakers from more than one country or region early, since the call favours such panels and coordination takes time.
  • Email addresses are obfuscated on the page. They appear as "kce(at)msu(dot)edu" and "fenronguva(at)gmail(dot)com"; convert the (at) and (dot) when writing.

If you are also curious about DLMPST itself

DLMPST is the logic, methodology and philosophy of science and technology division of IUHPST. Its site (dlmps.org) carries the council, commissions, interest groups, statutes and history, past congresses (2019 and 2023), small conference grants, and a login area, alongside the 2027 call and the current call for nominations to the DLMPST Council and Officers for the 2028–2031 term. For submission purposes, though, the operative document is the call for papers at clmpst2027.org.