An intensive afternoon workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers by our two new PPE Research Assistant Professors: Asya Passinsky and Kirun Sankuran. Come welcome them, get to know their work, and engage with interesting ideas. Schedule 1 - … Read more
PPE Core Faculty member Doug MacLean is retiring June 30, 2021. This workshop is in his honor, celebrating him, his work, and his commitment to philosophical discussion. The Workshop will consist of three virtual sessions, the first two will … Read more
In collaboration with the DUKE/UNC Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Program Learn more and register here: https://humanities.unc.edu/event/institutions-rights-and-society-a-philosophy-politics-and-economics-exploration/ First created at Oxford University in the 1920s, the field of Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) cultivates unique interdisciplinary perspectives on ideas that shape … Read more
An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers in progress by our PPE Teaching Assistant Professors. Click the title links below to review abstracts for each talk. Agenda: 8:30 am Breakfast and Conversation: RISE Biscuits and … Read more
The Epistemology of the Media: New Directions The first "kickoff" workshop for The Applied Epistemology Project will be on the epistemology of the media. It will be held at UNC Chapel Hill, beginning at 3:30 pm on Friday, September 9, … Read more
2023 National Undergraduate PPE Colloquium "Constitutions" Chapel Hill, NC, March 24-25, 2023 FRIDAY, MARCH 24 Arrival and check in to AC Hotel in Chapel Hill, NC 12:00: Lunch 1:30 – 2:00: Introductions, rules, ambitions 2:00 – 3:30: Discussion 1 3:30 … Read more
An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers in progress by our PPE Teaching Assistant Professors. Click the title links below to review abstracts for each talk. Agenda: 8:30 am Breakfast and Conversation 9:00 – … Read more
The Second International Behavioral Public Policy Conference Program Details Keynote speakers: Erik Angner Sunita Sah Plenary Session Panels: New Directions in BPP at UNC-CH with Sreedhari Desai (Business), Allison Lazard (Journalism), and Lindsey Taillie (Global Public Health) BPP in State and Federal Governance with David Yokum (NC Office of Strategic … Read more
Second Applied Epistemology Workshop The Epistemology of Science Communication: New Directions In an age of widespread narratives about public distrust of scientific experts, researchers across the social sciences and philosophy have investigated how to enhance public trust in science … Read more
Hosted by Duke University, in collaboration with UNC PPE. This is an invitational colloquium that brings some of the best PPE undergraduates from around the country to Durham, NC for two days of intensive discussion of material that has been … Read more
Schedule: 10:00-10:30 Coffee & light snacks 10:30-11:30 Renée Jorgensen (University of Michigan, Philosophy) Comments: Erik Zhang (UNC Chapel Hill, Philosophy and PPE) 11:45-12:45 Jake Monaghan (University of Southern California) Comments: Doug MacKay (UNC Chapel Hill, Public Policy & … Read more
An intensive one-day workshop for faculty and graduate students on papers in progress by our PPE Teaching Assistant Professors. The registration form is available HERE and below. Please do register so that we have the information for venue and … Read more
The inaugural PPE Philanthropy Project workshop seeks to match foundations with faculty, graduate students, and advanced undergraduates students who can deliver imaginative responses to philanthropy’s knottiest challenges and questions. Participants will bring expertise in the philosophical, political, and economic … Read more
Description: The wild uncertainties of philanthropy, James Baldwin wrote, can drive givers to madness.* If only Baldwin had had access to PPE students and faculty! Using PPE lenses, we can uncover critical questions and explore innovative approaches that hold promise … Read more
