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African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS)

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African Centre For Epistemology And Philosophy Of Science

We are in the business of decolonising knowledge through African voices in Philosophy, strengthening knowledge systems in both North and South.

    • African Philosophy & Indigenous Knowledge Systems
    • Decolonising Knowledge & Epistemic Injustice & Oppression
    • Philosophy of Science
    • Philosophy of Education & Social Science
    • Philosophy of Biology & Philosophy of Race

The African Centre for Epistemology and Philosophy of Science (ACEPS) at 欧美福利100000 of Johannesburg (UJ), South Africa is听 the top Centre at UJ and probably the top Philosophy Centre in the whole of Africa and an institute from 2026!

If you are not feeling appreciated at your current university because of what you work on, why not consider UJ and especially ACEPS? Join the ACEPS team and see what is available for Honours, MA, PhD or PostDoc fellowships and grants in Philosophy in a fun and safe space. Contact ACEPS director and Professor of Philosophy Prof Veli Mitova.

Events 2025

  • Events 2026

    • 27 Jan 2026: ACEPS Institute Launch: Research Associates Workshop
    • 4-5 Jun 2026: Information Segregation project in collaboration with Department of Philosophy Washington 欧美福利100000 in St. Louis @ ACEPS Live TBA
    • October 2026: Prof Veli Mitova (Invite)听 鈥淓pistemic Reparations鈥� public lecture and workshop funded by Mente y Lenguaje @ Live TBA

    Publications 2025

    • Benton, P. (2025) .听Communications in Computer and Information Science. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-78255-8_26.
    • Benton, P. (2025). DOI: 10.71265/k6r46952.
    • de Rijk, S. (2025) .听Episteme. DOI: 10.1017/epi.2025.7.
    • Miragoli, M. (2025) . Synthese 206 (1): 1-27.
    • Miragoli, M. (Forth.) Structural Epistemic Reparations: Lessons From The Military Comfort System in Japan During World War II.听Philosophical Studies.
    • Miragoli, M. (Forth.) Hinge Epistemology?听Canadian Journal of Philosophy.
    • Mitova, V. (2025) . Philosophical Studies. DOI: 10.1007/s11098-025-02406-9.
    • Mitova, V. (2025) .听Philosophical Topics,听51 (2): 93-112.
    • Mitova, V. (2025) .听Episteme. DOI: 10.1017/epi.2025.2.
    • Mitova, V. (2025) .听International Journal of Philosophical Studies.听DOI: 10.1080/09672559.2025.2482906.
    • Mitova, V. (2025) Inquiry. DOI: 10.1080/0020174X.2025.2539820.
    • Mitova, V., Bortolus, A.听et al.听(2025)听听Ambio. DOI: 10.1007/s13280-025-02208-7.
    • Mitova, V. (Forth.) Oppressive Epistemic Dilemmas. In Schmidt, E. and Grajner, M. (Eds.)听. New York: Routledge.

    Visitors 2025

    • Jan 2025: (U of Georgia) is a return Visiting Research Fellow听on a 1 week research collaboration visit.
    • Jan 2025: (U of Quebec @ Montreal) is a return Visiting Research Fellow on a 1 week research collaboration visit.
    • Feb 2025: completing his PhD at the Department of Philosophy 欧美福利100000 of Zurich on a 1 week research visit, from 3-9 February.
    • Feb 2025: Head of Philosophy Department @ Murdoch 欧美福利100000 on a 1 week research collaboration visit, from 17-21 February.
    • Mar 2025: 听is a Professor at the听Department of Psychology, 欧美福利100000 of Waterloo on a 1 week research visit, from 25-29 March.
    • Apr 2025: (Uni Zurich) is a return Visiting Research Fellow from the Z眉rich Epistemology Group on Rationality (Zegra) on a 1 month research visit.
    • Apr-Dec 2025: (Brandon U) is Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy and a return Visiting Researcher collaborating with ACEPS.
    • Apr 2025: 听George Nye & Anne Walker Boardman Professor of Mental and Moral Science, Philosophy Department @ Middlebury College on a 2 week research collaboration visit, from 16 April-2 May.
    • Jun 2025:听 a Professor of Philosophy in the Institute for Religion and Critical Inquiry, Australian Catholic 欧美福利100000 on a 1 week research collaboration visit, 17-20 June.
    • Jun 2025:听 recently obtained his doctorate at Department of Philosophy | COGITO Epistemology Research Centre, 欧美福利100000 of Glasgow, about to join ACEPS as a Postdoctoral Fellow, visiting from 17 June.
    • Jul-Sep 2025: is a President and Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow, 欧美福利100000 of California, Irvine on a 3 month research collaboration visit, 1 July-30 Sep.
    • Jul 2025: PhD Candidate from the Department of Philosophy at the 欧美福利100000 of Arkansas Fayetteville on a 1 week return research visit, from July 14鈥�18.
    • Aug 2025: is a Professor from Hobart and William Smith Colleges on a 1 week research collaboration visit.
    • Aug 2025: is a Professor from Hobart and William Smith Colleges on a 1 week research collaboration visit.
    • Aug 2025: is a Postdoctoral Fellow at Centre for Research in Ethics, Montreal , 欧美福利100000 of Quebec on a 3 week research collaboration visit.

  • Visitors 2026

    • Jan 2026: (U of Georgia) is a return Visiting Research Fellow on a 2 week research collaboration visit.
    • Jan 2026: (U of Quebec @ Montreal) is a return Visiting Research Fellow on a 1 week research collaboration visit.
    • Jan 2026: (U of Liverpool) is a Visiting Research Fellow on a 1 week research collaboration visit (18鈥�28 Jan).
    • Jan-Feb 2026: is a Lecturer at the Philosophy Department of the 欧美福利100000 of Vienna and will spend 6 weeks on a collaboration visit funded by his FWF-Project 鈥淭he Ethics of Blaming and Praising Group Agents鈥� (12 Jan鈥�27 Feb).
    • Feb 2026: is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Zurich Epistemology Group on Rationality (Zegra) at Zurich 欧美福利100000 and a return visitor on a 1 week research collaboration visit as part of SNSF-Ambizione project “Relational Epistemology”.
    • Feb 2026: is a Professor of Political Science at McGill 欧美福利100000听on a 1 week research collaboration visit (16-27 Feb).
    • Mar 2026: is a Professor of Philosophy and Disability Studies at Georgetown 欧美福利100000听and the听2025-2026听Visiting Fellow at the SOCRATES Institute at Leibniz Universit盲t Hannover听on a 3 week research collaboration visit from 2-24 March 2025.
    • Jun 2026: ACEPS to host 2-3 PhD candidates from Department of Philosophy Washington 欧美福利100000 in St. Louis as part of an Postgraduate exchange on 1 month visits.
    • Jun 2026: is a Post-Doctoral Researcher with the Global Data Justice Project at the Tilburg Institute for Law, Technology, and Society (TILT), affiliated with Digital Legal Studies听on a 1 week research collaboration visit.
  • We regularly host visiting and externally funded Postdoctoral researchers. Doctoral students should see if their 欧美福利100000 is linked to Erasmus+ Exchange and Mobility for funding. Check out your International Office, you might be surprised at what is on offer! Please contact ACEPS director Prof Veli Mitova, if you are interested in visiting, giving a talk, sharing research or collaborating on a project. Check out the ACEPS Team & PostGrads and Previous Years Events & Visitors pages for the previous activities, research groups, reading groups, writing retreats and direction of ACEPS research.

    Annual Reports

    ACEPS Annual Report 2024

    ACEPS Annual Report 2023

    ACEPS Annual Report 2022

    ACEPS Annual Report 2021

 

ACEPS address: UJ on Empire, 5th floor, cnr Barry Hertzog and Napier road, Milpark, Johannesburg. Entrance from Napier road, it is the big blue glass building (previously the Johannesburg Stock Exchange). .