(11/04/2000) 'Structural explanations' at the 26th Annual Philosophy of Science Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia (10-15 April 2000).

(06/10/2000) 'Can we dispense with the structural explanation of social facts?' at Social Science Methodology in the New Millennium. Fifth International Conference on Logic and Methodology in Cologne, Germany (03-06 October 2000).

(19/05/2001) 'Het gebruik van afgelegen oorzaken in verklaringen in de sociale wetenschappen.' at Tweede Vlaams-Nederlands Congres voor Algemene en Speciale Wetenschapsfilosofie in Leusden, The Netherlands (18-20 May 2001).

(27/10/2001) 'Subject ingebed? Over het methodologisch individualisme in de sociale wetenschappen.' at 23ste Vlaams-Nederlandse Filosofiedag in KULAK Kortrijk, Belgium.

(02/03/2002) 'Remote Causes, Bad Explanations?' at European Social Science History Conference in The Hague, The Netherlands (27 February-02 March 2002)

(17/05/2002) 'Explanatory pluralism in international relations theory.' Causation and Explanation in the Natural and Social Sciences, Ghent University, Belgium (15-18 May 2002).

(16/06/2002) 'Questioning the fine-grain preference in social science explanations.' Fourth European Congress for Analytic Philosophy at Lund University, Sweden (14-18 June 2002)

(11/07/2002) 'How contrastive explanations commit us to explanatory pluralism' XVth International Sociological Association World Congress of Sociology in Brisbane, Australia (7-13 July 2002).

(11/03/2004) ‘The consequences of scientific pluralism for science policy.’ V Jornadas Latinoamericanas de estudios sociales de la ciencia y de la tecnología in Toluca, Mexico (10-12 March 2004)

(10/12/2004) ‘Explanation in the social sciences: How to deal with plurality?’ 3^rd workshop of The Dutch-Flemish Network for Philosophy of Science and Technology in Ravenstein, The Netherlands (9-10 December 2004), with comments by Sabina Leonelli (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, NL).

(13/04/2005) ‘Dealing with the economics “takeover”.’ 31th Annual Philosophy of Science Conference in Dubrovnik, Croatia (11-16 April 2005).

(06/06/2005) ‘The division of labour in the social sciences versus the politics of metaphysics.’ Sciences and Humanities in a Changing World Summer School in Helsingborg (04-17 June 2005).

(07/07/2005) ‘The idea of emergence in sociology: perspectives and problems.’ IIS 2005 Congress: The Frontiers of Sociology in Stockholm, Sweden (05-09 July 2005).

(27/08/2005) ‘Interests and understanding in the social sciences.’ Philosophical Perspectives on Scientific Understanding in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (25-27 August 2005)

(29/09/2006) ‘Exploring the con/dissensus on scientific pluralism in the social sciences.‘ The Social Sciences and Democracy: a philosophy of science perspective in Ghent, Belgium (28-30 September 2006).

(04/12/2006) ‘Elucidating scientific pluralism in the light of economics and economists.’ Erasmus Institute for Philosophy and Economics (Rotterdam, the Netherlands), with comments by Caterina Marchionni (EIPE, NL).

(29/03/2007) ‘The ambiguity of unification in the social sciences.’ 2e Congrès de la Société de Philosophie des Sciences « La question de l'unité des sciences aujourd'hui » in Geneva, Switzerland (29-31 March 2007).

(13/09/2007) ‘A pragmatist approach to the plurality of explanations in International Relations Theory.’ (paper written together with Rogier De Langhe and Erik Weber) ECPR-SGIR "Making sense of a pluralist world" in Turin, Italy (12-15 September 2007).

(31/03/2008) ‘What is scientifically interesting? Questioning Christian Sachse’s metaphysics of science.’ at the symposium on Causation in the Biomedical Sciences II in Les Avants, Switzerland (31 March-2 April 2008).

(13/09/2008) ‘Ways of dealing with scientific plurality: Inquiring Helen Longino’s epistemic democracy.’ 6^th International Network for Economic Method Conference in Madrid, Spain (12-13 September 2008).

(29/05/2009) ‘The responsibility of experts in face of scientific pluralism and the politicisation of science.‘ ESF-ZiF Conference on Science and Values: The Politicisation of Science. Bielefeld, Germany (25-30 May 2009).

(03/09/2009) ‘The direct and indirect role of values in scientific expertise: Inquiring Heather Douglas’ account.’ Congrès Triennal de la Société de Philosophie Analytique in Geneva, Switzerland (02-05 September 2009).

(22/10/2009) ‘Causation, unification and the adequacy of singular explanations.‘ (with Erik Weber) The Second Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association in Amsterdam, The Netherlands (21-24 October 2009).

(16/04/2010) ‘Encompassing the Role of Values in Science and Expertise Using Models of Democracy: Plurality, Objectivity, and Responsibility.’ The Future of Philosophy of Science in Tilburg, The Netherlands (14- 16 April 2010).

(16/04/2010) ‘The Primacy of Philosophy of Scientific Practice and its Consequences for General Philosophy of Science.’ (with Leen De Vreese and Erik Weber) The Future of Philosophy of Science in Tilburg, The Netherlands (14- 16 April 2010).

(16/07/2010) ‘Framing the democratic interaction between scientists and civic groups.’ VII ISA World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg, Sweden (11-17 July 2010).

(16/07/2010) 'Consensus in social science and society: the relevance of Chantal Mouffe’s agonistic pluralism for sociological theory.’ VII ISA World Congress of Sociology in Gothenburg, Sweden (11-17 July 2010).

(19/08/2010) ‘The use of models of democracy to frame plurality and consensus in science.‘ (with Laszlo Kosolosky) 2nd Copenhagen Conference in Epistemology: The Epistemology of Liberal Democracy in Copenhagen, Denmark (19-20 August 2010).

(20/03/2011) ‘Different understandings of scientific pluralism in social science: Inquiring a controversy within International Political Economy.’ 13th Annual PHILOSOPHY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE ROUNDTABLE in Paris, France (18-20 March 2011).

(02/04/2011) ‘What can democratic theory teach us about scientific pluralism, objectivity and consensus?‘ Three Rivers Philosophy Conference on “Science, Knowledge, and Democracy” at the University of South Carolina, Columbia, USA (1-3 April 2011).

(23/06/2011) 'A pragmatic turn for general philosophy of science.' (with Leen De Vreese and Erik Weber) Third biennial conference of the Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice in Exeter, UK (22-24 June 2011).

(08/05/2012) 'Micro-, Meso- and Macro-level Explanations in International Relations Theory.' (with Erik Weber and Rogier De Langhe) Workshop on Social Mechanisms and Social Explanation at EIPE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (8 May 2012).

(20/10/2012) 'Plans of Pluralism. Comments on Explanatory Pluralism in Psychiatry.' Future Directions Conference of the Philosophy of Science in a European Perspective (ESF-PSE). Bertinoro, Italy (17-20 October 2012).

(02/11/2012) 'Explanatory Strategies beyond the Individualism/Holism Debate.' Workshop on Individualism, Holism, Explanation and Emergence at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark (2 November 2012).

(23/03/2013) 'From plurality to pluralism in social science: What can we learn from International Political Economy?' 15th Annual Philosophy of Social Science Roundtable at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA (22-24 March 2013).

(28/06/2013) 'Seeking consensus, and how to account for dissent in the meantime.' (with Laszlo Kosolosky) Society for the Philosophy of Science in Practice Conference. Toronto, Canada (June 2013).

(10/07/2013) 'On History and Sociology' Inaugural Conference of the International Network for Theory of History. The Future of the Theory and Philosophy of History. Ghent, Belgium (10-13 July 2013).

(29/08/2013) 'Seeking consensus, and how to account for dissent.' (with Laszlo Kosolosky) Fourth Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association. Helsinki, Finland (August 2013).

(21/11/2013) ‘Democratic Models of Science: The Case of Scientific Pluralism.’ At the Department of Philosophy, Uppsala University, Sweden.

(05/08/2015) 'Dealing with plurality in scientific practice: The case of International Political Economy.' 15^th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, Helsinki, Finland (3-8 August 2015).

(26/09/2015) 'Do mechanism-based social explanations make a case for methodological individualism?' Fifth Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Duesseldorf, Germany (23-26 September 2015).

(08/07/2019) 'Are transparency and representativeness of values hampering scientific pluralism?' Science, Freedom, and Democracy conference, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary (8-9 July 2019).

(06/08/2019) 'Are transparency and representativeness of values hampering scientific pluralism?' 16th Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic (5-10 August 2019).

(12/09/2019) 'How could citizen engagement help in dealing with values in science? Discussing the case of citizen economics.' Sixth Biennial Conference of the European Philosophy of Science Association, Geneva, Switzerland (11-14 September 2019).

(27/09/2019) 'How to deal with values in political science?' Philosophy and Methodology of Political Science conference, Pullman (WA), USA (26-27 September 2019).