The Faculty of Law and Administration of the Jagiellonian University hosted the Future Law Lab invitational seminar “Psychology and Philosophy of Statutory Punishment” on 23–24 April 2026. The event brought together scholars from Poland and abroad to discuss contemporary challenges in criminal law and punishment theory, moral psychology, and empirical legal studies.
The seminar featured presentations by researchers from various departments of Jagiellonian University (Faculty of Law and Administration, Interdisciplinary Centre for Ethics, Institute of Philosophy) and foreign institutions including Cornell University, Charles University, London School of Economics and Political Science, and the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Crime, Security and Law. Discussions focused on topics such as enforceability of formal rules, algorithmic sentencing, attitudes toward digital sanctions, sentencing disparities, and the psychological foundations of punishment theories.
The programme combined philosophical reflection with experimental and empirical approaches, highlighting the growing importance of interdisciplinary research at the intersection of law, psychology, and philosophy. The event was organised by the Department of Legal Theory, and Future Law Lab – an interdisciplinary research unit established within the Priority Research Area Society of the Future (Excellence Initiative – Jagiellonian University).