Venue: Gourmet Kingdom Salon Leader: Matthew Young Salon Description: The Russian government's invasion of Ukraine is one of the most significant—and potentially catastrophic—events of the twenty-first century. While many have called for increased sanctions and direct military intervention in the … Read more
Event Description: People who want to improve the world must ask the fundamental civic question: “What should we do?” Although their specific challenges and topics are enormously diverse, they often encounter problems of collective action (how to get many individuals … Read more
If you are a graduate student interested in becoming affiliated with UNC’s PPE program, join us for a casual meet and greet/information session. Venue to be determined. We will meet in the lobby of Caldwell Hall at 6:00 and walk … Read more
PPE General Information Meeting Want to understand the complex world in which we live? Consider UNC’s five-course minor in Philosophy, Politics and Economics that lets you satisfy Gen. Ed. requirements with an assortment of courses that together add up to more than the … 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
Geoffrey Brennan and I defended a theory of social norms, built on people’s interest in esteem, that later worried him on the grounds that if self-interest is at the origin of norms, then norms can only engage us prudentially: interest … 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
Discussion Leader: Logan Mitchell Venue: Gourmet Kingdom Salon Description: President Biden recently announced a plan to provide student debt relief to a subset of Americans. Some have criticized the plan as being unfair for a variety of reasons, while others … Read more
Join us for lunch with Lingling Jiang to talk about working as a consultant, from 12:15- 1:30. Please register using the form below. Space is limited. Lingling is currently an MPA student at Harvard Kennedy School. She spent the past three … Read more
Discussion Leader: Samuel Akau Venue: Gourmet Kingdom Salon Description: In the early 2000s, China devised a seemingly innovative infrastructure financing model that enables resource-rich but cash-strapped African countries to use proceeds from oil, diamonds, and other valuable resources to back … Read more
We are pleased to announce that The Politics, Philosophy, and Economics Society at Carolina (PPES@C) is up and running once again! This club is open to ALL undergraduate students! The PPE Society at Carolina is a non-ideological, event-oriented club that hosts events, … Read more
Speaker: Carmen Pavel King’s College London This talk counts as a Campus Life Experience (CLE) event for UNC undergraduates. There will be pizza after the talk, so stick around! Abstract: The rule of law has implications for how we evaluate … Read more
