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Conference

Cornell University in the Autumn

We are excited to invite you to register here for the Inaugural International Society for Moral Psychology Conference to be held at Cornell University, September 17-19, 2026 featuring:

  • Keynote talks by Emma E. Buchtel, Cristine H. Legare and Peter Railton
  • Invited and submitted talks in symposia over two days
  • Poster session featuring 40 refereed presentations
  • Data blitz with 8 rapid talks
  • Presidential address and reception

We are also pleased to celebrate Federico Burdman as the recipient of the Harman Prize. The award will be presented as part of the conference program, recognizing his outstanding contributions to the field of moral psychology.

Tentative Conference Schedule

A detailed program will be shared closer to the conference. The tentative schedule is as follows:

Day 1: Thursday, September 17

Afternoon registration, presidential welcome address, keynote talk, and welcome reception and poster session

Day 2: Friday, September 18

Full-day conference programming, including keynote talks, symposia, business meeting, Harman Prize Lecture, and poster reception

Day 3: Saturday, September 19

Full-day conference programming, including symposium sessions and early career data blitz

Travel to Ithaca

ISMP 2026 will take place at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is a small city in Central New York, and travel often involves a combination of options, including flights, buses, rental cars, taxis, rideshare, or driving. We encourage attendees to compare routes carefully and allow extra time when planning connections.

Attendees may arrive directly in Ithaca through Ithaca Tompkins International Airport (ITH), travel through Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR), or use other regional airports such as Elmira, Binghamton, or Rochester. Syracuse is often a useful option because it may offer more flight availability, with ground transportation available to Ithaca by car service, rental car, taxi, or rideshare.

International attendees will almost certainly need to connect through a larger U.S. airport before continuing to Ithaca. Some travelers may find it convenient to fly into the New York City area and continue to Ithaca by bus, rental car, or connecting flight.

Bus service is also available to Ithaca from several cities, including New York City. Because schedules, routes, rates, and availability can change, please check current information before booking. For more detailed travel guidance, download the ISMP 2026 Travel Guide.

Call for Submissions (Closed for 2026 Conference)

The Inaugural International Society for Moral Psychology Conference
September 17–19, 2026
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY

Theme: Connecting, Advancing, and Nurturing Moral Psychology

The International Society for Moral Psychology (ISMP) invites submissions for presentation at our Inaugural Conference, to be held in person September 17–19, 2026, at Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Read about ISMP’s purpose and mission.

The Call for Submissions closes on June 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST.

We welcome theoretical, empirical, interdisciplinary, cross-cultural, applied, and early-stage work relevant to moral psychology. Submissions from graduate students, postdocs, early-career scholars, and international colleagues are warmly encouraged.

Submission formats include:

  • Symposium talks, up to 30 minutes
  • Posters
  • Data blitz rapid talks

Please submit an abstract of 500 words or less as a PDF through the submission page by June 1, 2026, at 11:59 p.m. EST. Submissions should address a topic relevant to moral psychology.

Submissions should also include a brief 75-word description of the paper that reads like an abstract. The 75-word description does not count toward the 500-word limit. Please include references; references will not count toward the word limit.

We welcome submissions from a range of disciplines, including but not limited to philosophy, psychology, linguistics, neuroscience, cognitive science, medicine, religion, and law. Submissions will be refereed for quality and relevance to ISMP, which aims to promote broader impacts of, and participation in, moral psychology around the world. We are especially interested in research on cross-cultural moral psychology and reports on cross-cultural moral psychology research collaborations.

Authors may be first author on no more than one submission but may co-author multiple submissions.

Authors should indicate whether they would like to be considered for a talk in a symposium, a poster, or a data blitz rapid talk. Empirical papers should include a brief description of sample characteristics, methods, and analysis.

Questions may be sent to ismp@cornell.edu.