The International Association for Computing and Philosophy seeks nominations for the 2026 Covey Award.
The Covey Award recognizes senior scholars with a substantial record of innovative research in the field of computing and philosophy broadly conceived.
This year, the Covey award will be presented at the 2026 IACAP conference at the University of Kansas, USA. Please see the CFP for the conference here: https://iacapconf.org/
Past recipients of the prestigious award include:
- 2025: Vincent C. Müller (Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg)
- 2024: Johannes Lenhard (Rhineland-Palatinate Technical University)
- 2023: Oron Shagrir (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
- 2022: Shannon Vallor (The University of Edinburgh)
- 2021: Helen Nissenbaum (Cornell University)
- 2020: no award
- 2019: John Weckert (Charles Sturt University)
- 2018: Deborah G. Johnson (University of Virginia)
- 2017: Raymond Turner (University of Essex)
- 2016: Jack Copeland (University of Canterbury)
- 2015: William J. Rapaport (University at Buffalo, The State University of New York)
- 2014: Selmer Bringsjord (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute)
- 2013: Margaret Boden (University of Sussex)
- 2012: Luciano Floridi (University of Hertfordshire)
- 2011: Terrell Bynum (Southern Connecticut State University)
- 2010: John R. Searle (University of California, Berkeley)
- 2009: Edward N. Zalta (Stanford University)
Please send your nomination(s) through our online form HERE.
Please submit your nomination no later than the end of February 2026 (extended deadline). The nominations are first considered by our award committee, who will make their recommendations to the IACAP board. If you have any questions concerning the nominations, please reach out to us at (iacap@ballsun.com) and the chair of the awards committee, Tom Powers (tpowers@udel.edu).