Forthcoming Conferences

Call for a host for the 2026 Conference on Causality in the Sciences.

The Causality in the Sciences (CitS) conference series comprises interdisciplinary conferences on new research on causality and causal inference in the sciences. These conferences aim to connect philosophical work on causality and actual scientific practice. Previous conferences have focused on topics such as Causality in Epidemiology (2024) and Heuristics and Causality in the Sciences (2023), for example.

The steering committee is calling for a host for CitS 2026. If you would be interesting in hosting this conference, please send a brief proposal to one of the committee members by 1st June 2025.

Please include in your proposal:

  • Host university and department
  • Local organisers
  • Conference theme
  • Proposed dates
  • Proposed number of invited speakers
  • Source of funds

Past Conferences

EpiCause 2024: Causality in Epidemiology
Johannes Kepler University, Linz, 2-4 May 2024

HaCitS 2023: Heuristics and Causality in the Sciences
University College London, 18-20 May 2023

CiNaPS 2018: Causality in Neuro- and Psychological Sciences
Antwerp, 19-21 September 2018

TaCitS 2017: Time and Causality in the Sciences
Stevens Institute of Technology, New York, 7-9 June 2017
Selected papers published in Samantha Kleinberg (ed.), Time and Causality across the Sciences, CUP 2019.

CitSoMaB 2016: Causality in the Sciences of Mind and Brain
Aarhus, 27-29 June 2016

CaMitS 2015: Causality and Modelling in the Sciences
Madrid, 29 June – 1 July 2015
Programme
Selected papers published in Maria Jimenez-Buedo & Federica Russo (eds): Disputatio 9(47), 2017.

CaCitS 2014: Causality and Complexity in the Sciences
University of Cologne, Germany, 8-11 September 2014

CaEitS 2013: Causality and Experimentation in the Sciences
University of Paris IV, France, 1-3 July 2013

ECitS 2012: Evidence and Causality in the Sciences
University of Kent, UK, 5-7 September 2012
Selected papers published in Phyllis Illari & Federica Russo (eds): Topoi 33(2), 2014

CaEitS 2011: Causality and Explanation in the Sciences
Ghent University, Belgium, 19-21 September 2011
Understanding Society blog post
Selected papers published in Bert Leuridan & Erik Weber (eds): Theoria 27(2), 2012, and also Erkenntnis 78(2), 2013

CiBaSS 2010: Causality in the Biomedical and Social Sciences
Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, 6-8 October 2010
Selected papers published in Phyllis McKay Illari, Julian Reiss & Federica Russo (eds): Studies in History and Philosophy of Science C 43(4), 2012

MaCitS 2009: Mechanisms and Causality in the Sciences
University of Kent, UK, 9-11 September 2009
Selected papers published in Phyllis McKay Illari, Federica Russo & Jon Williamson (eds): Causality in the sciences, Oxford University Press, 2011

CaPitS 2008: Causality and Probability in the Sciences
University of Kent, UK, 10-12 September 2008
Selected papers published in Phyllis McKay Illari, Federica Russo & Jon Williamson (eds): Causality in the sciences, Oxford University Press, 2011

CaPiM: Causality and Probability in the bioMedical sciences
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 1 December 2006

CaPitS 2006: Causality and Probability in the Sciences
University of Kent, Canterbury, UK, 14-16 June 2006
Selected papers published in Federica Russo & Jon Williamson (eds): Causality and probability in the sciences, London: College Publications, Texts in Philosophy Series, 2007. Introduction: [PDF – 124kbs] , Buy: UK, US

Steering Committee

Phyllis Illari: Science & Technology Studies, UCL
Samantha Kleinberg, Computer Science, Stevens
Bert Leuridan, Philosophy, Antwerp & Ghent
Julian Reiss: Philosophy, Linz
Federica Russo: History and Philosophy of Science, Utrecht
Erik Weber: Philosophy, Ghent
Jon Williamson: Philosophy, Manchester