Events & Calls for Paper

About JCS. JCS is the official journal of the International Association for Cognitive Science (IACS) and the Institute for Cognitive Science at Seoul National University. It is published quarterly in Seoul, Korea. The Association includes member societies from Australia, China, Japan, Korea, and the European Union. Submissions from anywhere in the world are welcome at any time. JCS showcases high‑quality, significant research across cognitive science, including (but not limited to) philosophy, psychology, linguistics, artificial intelligence, neuroscience, aesthetics, anthropology, and education—especially work that crosses traditional disciplinary boundaries.

Indexing.

• SCOPUS
• EBSCO
• Google Scholar
• ESCI (Emerging Sources Citation Index, Clarivate)
• KCI (Korea Citation Index)

Aims & Scope. JCS is published quarterly on 31 March, 30 June, 30 September, and 31 December (founded in 2000). It welcomes research across the disciplines that constitute cognitive science and strongly encourages interdisciplinary submissions. AI‑associated cognitive science will be newly reinforced, and papers in this area are particularly encouraged.

Editorial Leadership.

• Editor‑in‑Chief: Chungmin Lee, Seoul National University
• Editors: Cameron Buckner, University of Houston; Sook Whan Cho, The State University of New York at Stony Brook, Songdo; Alberto Greco, University of Genova; AI Assistant Editor: Taikyeong Jeong, Hallym University

Editorial Board & Advisory Editorial Board.

• Hojjat Adeli, The Ohio State University
• Kenneth A. Augustyn, Michigan Technological University
• Bruno G. Bara, University of Turin
• Ned Block, New York University
• David Chalmers, Australian National University
• Ivan Enrici, University of Turin
• Peter Gärdenfors, Lund University, Sweden
• Merrill Garrett, University of Arizona
• Dedre Gentner, Northwestern University
• Etsuko Harada, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Hidehito Honda, Otemon Gakuin University
• Youngbin Kwak, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Joonhwan Lee, Seoul National University
• Tania Ionin, University of Illinois at Urbana‑Champaign
• Kiwako Ito, The University of Newcastle (UON)
• Hong‑Gee Kim, Seoul National University
• Kihyeon Kim, Seoul National University
• Gary Geunbae Lee, Pohang University of Science and Technology
• Martha Lewis, University of Bristol
• Chen Lin, Chinese Academy of Science
• Charles Ling, Western Ontario University, Canada
• Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh
• Asifa Majid, University of Oxford
• Klaus Manizer, Technical University of Munich
• Tetsuro Matsuzawa, Kyoto University
• Reiko Mazuka, Duke University
• Louise McNally, Pompeu Fabra University
• Byoung‑Kyong Min, Korea University
• Mohd Kamal bin Othman, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
• Joonkoo Park, University of Massachusetts Amherst
• Jake Quilty‑Dunn, Washington University in St. Louis
• Yasuhiro Shirai, Case Western Reserve University
• Hua Shu, Beijing Normal University
• Peter Slezak, The University of New South Wales
• Hyeon‑joo Song, Yonsei University
• Darcy Sperlich, Xi'an Jiaotong – Liverpool University
• Li‑Hai Tan, Shenzhen Institute of Neuroscience
• Paul Thagard, University of Waterloo, Canada
• Markus Werning, Ruhr University Bochum
• Roman V. Yampolskiy, University of Louisville
• Byoung‑Tak Zhang, Seoul National University
• Linmin Zhang, New York University, Shanghai
• Michael Zock, Aix‑Marseille Université

Submission Guidelines.

• Manuscripts must be in English, written clearly and in sufficient detail for review.
• Length: up to 10,000 words. Please follow the JCS style guide (available on request).
• Submissions are accepted at any time and processed as promptly as possible.
• Send an electronic copy (MS Word) to j-cs@j-cs.org.
• Each submission is reviewed by two or three reviewers; authors may be invited to revise based on the reviews.

For more information, visit http://j-cs.org/.

Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century

A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson

April 16-17, 2026 

Yale University

New Haven, CT

Details and application form here: https://www.renealmeling.com/gametic-politics.html

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Call for Papers...

Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century

A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling (Yale) and Sarah Richardson (Harvard), to be held April 16-17, 2026 at Yale University in New Haven, CT

Inspired by rapidly emerging developments in the science and politics of fertility and by the rise of gametocentric definitions of sex, as well as a decades-long tradition of gender scholarship about gametes in relation to sex, race, sexuality, and health, we invite contributions to a workshop for early-career researchers in the social sciences and humanities who are developing the next generation of scholarship about eggs and sperm. Our aim is to provide mentorship for further development of works-in-progress, either in the form of dissertation chapters or publishable articles.

We invite proposals from early-career researchers – e.g. graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, assistant professors – in the social sciences and humanities as well as interdisciplinary scholars in the health and life sciences who are studying any aspect of eggs and sperm. We are especially interested in creative and innovative theoretical and/or methodological approaches, and we intend for the topic of “gametic politics” to be understood broadly. Potential topics might include (but are definitely not limited to):

-analyses of how gametes have figured into historical and contemporary definitions of sex;

-the politicization of gametes across multiple domains, such as medicine, education, sports, and law; 

-the intersection of gametic politics with myriad forms of inequality, such as those associated with gender, race, class, and sexuality; 

-how various scientific approaches to gametes are mobilized in political discourse;

-individual experiences of and beliefs about gametes, including in relation to one’s gender identity; 

-the emergence of gametic metaphors and their implications for science and society.

Timeline. Applications are due December 1, 2025. To apply for the workshop, early-career researchers (e.g. graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, assistant professors) should fill out this google form, which asks for contact information, a CV, an abstract (200 words), and a draft manuscript (3,000-4,000 words). Manuscripts may be co-authored, but all authors must be early-career researchers. 

Decisions will be made by January 10, 2026. We plan to invite 10-15 applicants to a fully-funded two-day workshop to be held April 16-17, 2025 at Yale University in New Haven, CT. A full draft of the manuscript (7,000-9,000 words) will be due March 15 and will be circulated to all workshop participants. Each participant will be expected to read all drafts, and we will spend the in-person workshop discussing drafts and providing feedback for further development.

Workshop organizers will provide mentorship toward the development of manuscripts for submission for publication. In addition, some workshopped manuscripts may be considered for publication in a special issue of an academic journal, in which case final drafts will be due July 1, 2026.

If you have any questions or if you are unsure whether your paper fits the call, you are welcome to send a brief inquiry to rene.almeling@yale.edu and srichard@fas.harvard.eduwith the subject line: Gametic Politics Inquiry. Please include an abstract of your proposed paper (150-250 words), including your research question and methods.

Application form for the Gametic Politics Workshop: https://forms.gle/7tji42U196sWwr1FA

• A commitment to the core values of the journal, as outlined in its mission and Charter;
• A passion and commitment to the field of philosophy of medicine;
• Good familiarity with scholarship across the spectrum of work in philosophy of medicine;
• Editorial experience with academic philosophy journals at some level;
• Sound editorial judgment and an eye for work with high philosophical potential;
• Leadership and teamwork skills, as the head of a group of editors;
• Vision and an enterprising attitude, in order to lead the journal to new heights;
• A commitment to the inclusion of diverse voices and perspectives in academic publishing.

In Person Conference
University of Bonn, 18-20 May, 2026
Hosted by the Center for Science and Thought (CST), University of Bonn, in collaboration with the Leverhulme Centre for the Future of Intelligence (LCFI), University of Cambridge. Funded by Stiftung Mercator.