PPE in a Time of Pandemic is a series of panels featuring prominent experts in social and political thought grappling with the implications of living and thinking through these extraordinary times.
It is our hope that these moderated panels will provide a means to promote intellectual community in trying times, to supplement educational programming now that the university has moved online, and to establish a prominent public forum for timely and informed philosophical conversations about life in the shadow of the coronavirus.
The PPE Program would like to thank Simone Gubler (University of Nevada, Reno) and Ryan Doody (University of San Diego) for organizing and facilitating this series.
immigration regulations
July 10, 2020
Adam Hosein (Northeastern)
in conversation with Ryan Doody (UNC)
HEALTH, DISABILITY, AND TRIAGE
June 26, 2020
Elizabeth Barnes (University of Virginia), August Gorman (Princeton University), and Christopher Lunsford (Duke University)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)
PROTEST, CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE, AND RESISTANCE
June 19, 2020
Briana Toole (Claremont McKenna College) and William Paris (Northwestern University)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)
RISK, FAIRNESS, AND CHALLENGE TRIALS
May 29, 2020
Nir Eyal (Rutgers University)
in conversation with Ryan Doody (UNC)
Social Media, Social Epistemology, and the Pandemic
April 24, 2020
Regina Rini (York University)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)
Universal Basic Income
April 17, 2020
Karl Widerquist (Georgetown)
in conversation with Fabian Wendt (UNC)
Research, expertise, and existential risk
April 10, 2020
Benjamin Hale (University Colorado, Boulder) and Adrian Currie (University of Exeter)
in conversation with Ryan Doody (UNC)
Games, Public Policy, and the Pandemic
April 3, 2020
C. Thi Nguyen (Utah Valley University/University of Utah)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)
Moral Dilemmas, Moral Risk, and Science in a Democratic Society
March 27, 2020
Philip Kitcher (Columbia University) and Max Khan Hayward (University of Sheffield)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (UNC)
IMAGINING AND WRITING A PANDEMIC
March 11, 2021
Geraldine Brooks (Harvard University)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (University of Nevada, Reno)
VACCINE DISTRIBUTION AND JUSTICE
March 4, 2021
Lisa Herzog (Groningen University) and Brian Berkey (The University of Pennsylvania)
in conversation with Ryan Doody (University of San Diego)
GENDER, Labor, and the PANDEMIC
February 25, 2021
Judy Fudge (McMaster University) and Gina Schouten (Harvard University)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (University of Nevada, Reno)
Labor, exploitation, and the future of work
February 11, 2021
Joshua Cohen (UC Berkeley and Apple University) and Matt Zwolinski (University of San Diego)
in conversation with Simone Gubler (University of Nevada, Reno)