European Society for Phenomenology

Nos complace informaros que a finales de agosto ha concluido el proceso de la creación de la European Society for Phenomneology, entre cuyos miembros fundadores se encuentran miembros de las juntas directivas de distintas sociedades nacionales y regionales, incluida la nuestra. La Sociedad, fundada en mayo de 2026, ha elegido sus órganos. Os animamos a leer tanto el mensaje de bienvenida como las palabras de quien ejerce como su primer presidente, Dan Zahavi.

Creación de la European Society for Phenomenology

We are pleased to announce the foundation of the European Society for Phenomenology, an international scholarly association dedicated to promoting phenomenological research and fostering cooperation among phenomenologists and phenomenological institutions across Europe.

Founded on 9 May 2026, the Society provides a common European framework for scholarly exchange, institutional cooperation, and the development and visibility of phenomenological research. While European in its institutional focus, the Society is committed to dialogue and cooperation with the international phenomenological community.

The Society was established by 91 founding members, with the support of 66 phenomenological institutions across Europe, including societies, research centres and institutes, archives, and journals devoted to phenomenology.
In June 2026, the founding members elected the Society’s first Executive Board and Advisory Council.

Executive Board: Andrea Altobrando, Élodie Boublil, Sylvain Camilleri, Cristian Ciocan, Daniele De Santis, Sophie Loidolt, Pierre-Jean Renaudie, Jaroslava Vydrová, Dan Zahavi.

Advisory Council: Gabriella Baptist, Thomas Bedorf, Thiemo Breyer, Jagna Brudzińska, Ion Copoeru, Natalie Depraz, Annabelle Dufourcq, Thomas Fuchs, Hanne Jacobs, Karel Novotný, Søren Overgaard, Dominique Pradelle, Inga Römer, Alexander Schnell, Michela Summa, Emiliano Trizio, Charlotta Weigelt.

At its first meeting on 27 August 2026, the Executive Board elected

Dan Zahavi as President,
Cristian Ciocan and Jaroslava Vydrová as Vice-Presidents,
Sylvain Camilleri as Secretary General.

The Board also agreed on a distribution of responsibilities:

Congress & Academic Activities are coordinated by Dan Zahavi and Andrea Altobrando;
Institutional Relations & Advisory Council Liaison by Jaroslava Vydrová, Sophie Loidolt and Pierre-Jean Renaudie;
Website & Digital Infrastructure, Communication & Outreach by Cristian Ciocan and Élodie Boublil;
Membership by Sylvain Camilleri and Daniele De Santis.

Among its first initiatives, the Society is developing its website and membership procedures, preparing a framework for endorsing significant cross-national phenomenological events and initiatives, and planning its first major congress.

The Newsletter of Phenomenology, established in 2002 as a project of the Romanian Society for Phenomenology, will also serve as the official newsletter of the European Society for Phenomenology, while retaining its international scope and continuing to disseminate information about phenomenological events and initiatives worldwide.

The European Society for Phenomenology also has a dedicated Facebook page, which will be used for news and announcements.
Further information about the Society’s activities, membership, and website will be announced in the coming months.

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Founding Members

The European Society for Phenomenology was founded by the following 91 scholars:

Adamczyk-Enriquez, Monika (Edith-Stein-Archiv Köln)
Altobrando, Andrea (Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy)
Artemenko, Natalia (Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology)
Aurora, Simone (Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy)
Bak, Agata (Sociedad Española de Fenomenología)
Baptist, Gabriella (Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca “Officina di Ricerche Fenomenologiche”, University of Cagliari)
Beckmann-Zöller, Beate (Edith-Stein-Gesellschaft)
Bedorf, Thomas (Bernhard Waldenfels-Archiv Freiburg)
Borek, Filip (Polish Phenomenological Society)
Boublil, Élodie (Société Francophone de Phénoménologie)
Božič, Andrej (Phenomenological Society in Slovenia; Phainomena)
Breyer, Thiemo (Husserl-Archiv Köln)
Brudzińska, Jagna (Husserl-Archiv Köln; gPHEN – International Network Genetic Phenomenology)
Cabestan, Philippe (École Française de Daseinsanalyse)
Camilleri, Sylvain (Centre d’Études Phénoménologiques, Université Catholique de Louvain)
Carta, Emanuela (The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy)
Charbonneau, Georges (Le Cercle Herméneutique)
Christofidelli, Rosita (European Association of Phenomenology, Psychopathology and Psychotherapy)
Ciocan, Cristian (Central and East European Society for Phenomenology; Studia Phaenomenologica; Institute for Philosophy “Alexandru Dragomir”, Bucharest)
Copoeru, Ion (Studia Phaenomenologica)
Crome, Keith (British Society for Phenomenology)
De Monticelli, Roberta (Phenomenology and Mind)
De Santis, Daniele (Venice Summer School in Phenomenology, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia; The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy)
De Vecchi, Francesca (Phenomenology and Mind; Laboratory for Research in Phenomenology and Sciences of the Person, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele Milan)
Denker, Alfred (The European Centre for Heidegger Studies, Malaga)
Depraz, Natalie (Alter. Revue de phénoménologie)
Dombrowsky, Anna Maria (Archiv für phänomenologische Forschung)
Dufourcq, Annabelle (Center for Contemporary European Philosophy, Radboud University)
Dzanic, Denis (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Phänomenologie)
Endreß, Martin (Human Studies)
Escribano, Xavier (Grup d’Estudis Fenomenològics, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona)
Fagniez, Guillaume (Alter. Revue de Phénoménologie)
Farges, Julien (Archives Husserl de Paris)
Fazakas, István (Annales de Phénoménologie)
Ferencz-Flatz, Christian (Romanian Society for Phenomenology)
Fernandez, Anthony (Interdisciplinary Phenomenology Cluster, Danish Institute for Advanced Study; Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences)
Forlè, Francesca (Laboratory for Research in Phenomenology and Sciences of the Person, Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan)
Frei, Jan (Jan Patočka Archive Prague)
Fuchs, Thomas (Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Anthropologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie)
Galanti Grollo, Sebastiano (Phaenomenologica – Research Center for Phenomenology “Enzo Melandri”, University of Bologna)
González Guardiola, Joan (Sociedad Española de Fenomenología)
Gros, Caroline (École Française de Daseinsanalyse)
Hoppe, Rebecca (Institut für Transzendentalphilosophie und Phänomenologie, Wuppertal)
Jacobs, Hanne (Husserl Studies)
Jansen, Julia (Husserl Archives Leuven)
Jean, Grégori (Observatoire des Phénoménologies Contemporaines / Université Nice Côte d’Azur)
Jonkus, Dalius (Lithuanian Association for Phenomenology)
Knaup, Marcus (Edith-Stein-Gesellschaft)
Kolev, Ivan (Bulgarian Phenomenology Association)
Komel, Dean (Phenomenological Society in Slovenia; Phainomena)
Lanzara, Grazia (Centro Italiano di Ricerche Fenomenologiche, Rome)
Larsen, Kristian (Nordic Society for Phenomenology)
Loidolt, Sophie (Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung)
Lorelle, Paula (Société Francophone de Phénoménologie)
Mariani, Emanuele (Phaenomenologica – Research Center for Phenomenology “Enzo Melandri”, University of Bologna)
Marinescu, Paul (Institute for Philosophy “Alexandru Dragomir”, Bucharest)
Micali, Stefano (Husserl Archives Leuven)
Mobeen, Shahid (International Society of Phenomenology of Religion)
Murawska, Monika (Polish Phenomenological Society)
Neumann, Daniel (Österreichische Gesellschaft für Phänomenologie)
Nicolae, Stefan (Human Studies)
Nielsen, Cathrin (Eugen Fink-Zentrum Wuppertal)
Novotný, Karel (SIF Praha, Central-European Institute of Philosophy)
Overgaard, Søren (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen)
Pedragosa, Pau (Grup d’Estudis Fenomenològics, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona)
Pesaresi, Chiara (Groupe de Recherche et d’Analyse des Phénoménologies, Université Jean Moulin Lyon III)
Pradelle, Dominique (Archives Husserl de Paris)
Pugliese, Alice (Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy; gPHEN – International Network Genetic Phenomenology)
Raynova, Yvanka B. (Bulgarian Phenomenology Association)
Rebernik, Pavel (Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca “Officina di Ricerche Fenomenologiche”, University of Cagliari)
Renaudie, Pierre-Jean (Groupe de Recherche et d’Analyse des Phénoménologies, Université Jean Moulin Lyon III)
Riscali, Guilherme (Phainomenon)
Römer, Inga (Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung; Husserl-Archiv Freiburg; Bernhard Waldenfels-Archiv Freiburg)
Schnell, Alexander (Association Internationale de Phénoménologie; Bergische Universität Wuppertal: Marc-Richir-Archiv; Archiv für phänomenologische Forschung; Institut für Transzendentalphilosophie und Phänomenologie; Eugen-Fink-Zentrum; Observatoire des Phénoménologies Contemporaines, BU Wuppertal, Université Nice Côte d’Azur; Annales de Phénoménologie)
Sepp, Hans Rainer (SIF Praha, Central-European Institute of Philosophy)
Shale, Louise (The European Centre for Heidegger Studies, Malaga)
Sidocha, Urbano Mestre (Associação Portuguesa de Filosofia Fenomenológica)
Šinkūnas, Tomas (Lithuanian Association for Phenomenology)
Sladky, Pavel (Jan Patočka Archive Prague)
Stanciu, Ovidiu (Romanian Society for Phenomenology)
Summa, Michela (Phänomenologische Forschungen)
Trizio, Emiliano (Venice Summer School in Phenomenology, Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia)
Ullmann, Tamás (Hungarian Association for Phenomenology)
van der Heiden, Gert-Jan (Center for Contemporary European Philosophy, Radboud University; Collegium Phaenomenologicum, Città di Castello)
van Mazijk, Corijn (Dutch Society for Phenomenology and Existentialism)
Varga-Jani, Anna (Hungarian Association for Phenomenology)
Vydrová, Jaroslava (Central and East European Society for Phenomenology)
Weigelt, Charlotta (Nordic Society for Phenomenology)
Yazıcıoğlu, Sanem (Turkish Phenomenology Society)
Zaborowski, Holger (Martin-Heidegger-Gesellschaft; Heidegger Jahrbuch)
Zahavi, Dan (Center for Subjectivity Research, University of Copenhagen)

Institutions Supporting the Foundation

The establishment of the European Society for Phenomenology was supported by the following 66 phenomenological societies, archives, research centres and institutes, research groups, and journals across Europe:

National Associations

Österreichische Gesellschaft für Phänomenologie
Bulgarian Phenomenology Association
Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Forschung
Hungarian Association for Phenomenology
Lithuanian Association for Phenomenology
Dutch Society for Phenomenology and Existentialism
Polish Phenomenological Society
Associação Portuguesa de Filosofia Fenomenológica
Romanian Society for Phenomenology
Phenomenological Society in Slovenia
Sociedad Española de Fenomenología
Turkish Phenomenology Society
British Society for Phenomenology

Regional Associations

Nordic Society for Phenomenology
Association Internationale de Phénoménologie
Central and East European Society for Phenomenology
Société Francophone de Phénoménologie

Thematically Oriented Associations

Deutsche Gesellschaft für phänomenologische Anthropologie, Psychiatrie und Psychotherapie
Martin-Heidegger-Gesellschaft
Edith-Stein-Gesellschaft
International Society of Phenomenology of Religion
European Association of Phenomenology, Psychopathology and Psychotherapy

Institutes, Research Centers, Research Groups

Centre d’Études Phénoménologiques / Université Catholique de Louvain
Centro Italiano di Ricerche Fenomenologiche / Rome
Collegium Phaenomenologicum / Città di Castello
École Française de Daseinsanalyse
Center for Subjectivity Research / University of Copenhagen
Institut für Transzendentalphilosophie und Phänomenologie / Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Institute for Philosophy “Alexandru Dragomir” / Bucharest
SIF Praha / Central-European Institute of Philosophy / Charles University, Prague
Laboratory for Research in Phenomenology and Sciences of the Person / Università Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan
gPHEN – International Network Genetic Phenomenology
Center for Contemporary European Philosophy / Radboud University
Venice Summer School in Phenomenology / Università Ca’ Foscari di Venezia
Eugen-Fink-Zentrum Wuppertal / Bergische Universität Wuppertal
Observatoire des Phénoménologies Contemporaines / BU Wuppertal, Université Nice Côte d’Azur)
Groupe de Recherche et d’Analyse des Phénoménologies / Université Jean Moulin Lyon III
The European Centre for Heidegger Studies / Malaga
Interdisciplinary Phenomenology Cluster / Danish Institute for Advanced Study
Centro Interuniversitario di Ricerca “Officina di Ricerche Fenomenologiche” / University of Cagliari
Phaenomenologica – Research Center for Phenomenology “Enzo Melandri” / University of Bologna
Grup d’Estudis Fenomenològics, Institut d’Estudis Catalans, Barcelona

Journals

Alter. Revue de phénoménologie
Annales de Phénoménologie
Heidegger Jahrbuch
Horizon. Studies in Phenomenology
Human Studies
Husserl Studies
Le Cercle Herméneutique
Metodo. International Studies in Phenomenology and Philosophy
Phainomena
Phainomenon
Phänomenologische Forschungen
Phenomenology and Mind
Phenomenology and the Cognitive Sciences
Studia Phaenomenologica
The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy

Palabras del presidente de la Sociedad, Dan Zahavi

Copiadas de la página de redes sociales.

I am deeply honoured to have become President of the newly established European Society for Phenomenology.

I look forward to working with the other members of the Executive Board — Andrea Altobrando, Élodie Boublil, Sylvain Camilleri, Cristian Ciocan, Daniele De Santis, Sophie Loidolt, Pierre-Jean Renaudie, and Jaroslava Vydrová — to advance the Society’s aims and objectives.

We are currently designing a new website for the Society, and I will post an update once it is live and we are able to accept membership applications.