Conference: Habit in Action
- Date: Monday 31 August and Tuesday 1 September 2026
- Location: University of Antwerp, Klooster Grauwzusters
- Address: Lange Sint-Annastraat 7, Antwerp
- Room: s.S.004
Programme
Monday 31 August 2026
- 09:30 – 10:00: registration + coffee and tea
- 10:00 – 10:15: Welcome + introduction
- 10:15 – 11:30: Keynote: Agnes Moors tbc.
- 11:45 – 12:30: Diego Castañón Schroder:- Tracing the habit in explanation of action
- 12:30 – 13:45: Lunch
- 13:45 – 15:00: Keynote: William Hornett on habits' role in our rational lives
- 15:15 – 16:00: Lieke Asma: Habitual Action, Reasons, and the Desirability Characterisation
- Coffee break
- 16:30 – 17:15: Ric Sims: Signs of activity: toward a semiotics of habit in action
- 18:30: dinner for speakers
Tuesday 1 September 2026
- 9:00 – 9:15 Coffee and tea
- 9:15 – 10:30 Keynote: Stina Bäckström on practical knowledge in spontaneous expressions
- 10:45 – 11:30 Lubomira Radoilska: Habits and the Ecology of Responsible Action
- 11:45 – 12:30 Michiel Esseling on an Anscombean approach to habitual action slips.
- 12:30 – 13:45 Lunch
- 13:45 – 15:00 Keynote: Joshua Shepherd on consciousness and control in skilled action
- 15:15 – 16:00 Daniel Vespermann: Routines as Frames of Control
- Coffee break
- 16:30 – 17:15 Toby Odland: Institutional Habits and a Collective Register of Agentic “Doingâ€
Practical information
Fee
Registration fee: €25
Hotel/hostel
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- Go to the
- First enter the code UAACB19 (in capital) and click Search
- Enter your arrival and departure dates, then click Search again
- You’ll see an overview of all available hotels and their Best Available Rate minus 10%, at that moment, along with the applicable conditions
- Select a hotel and book your room.
With thanks to the Antwerp Convention Bureau (ACB)