The Philosophy, Politics and Economics Research Seminar encourages and explores the latest research by scholars. Our PPE Research Seminar is a vehicle for scholars and graduate students to discuss and receive feedback on research.
The PPE Research Seminar is typically held on Fridays from 2–3:30 p.m. in Computing Commons (CPCOM) 480 on ASU's Tempe campus.*
*Due to COVID-19, we have decided to transition the PPE Research Seminar series to a virtual Zoom format for the 2020–2021 academic year. There will be no in-person seminars.
If you are interested in presenting your research during the 2020–2021 academic year, please email EconomicLiberty@asu.edu with a brief abstract for review.
Fall 2020
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, September 11 | Ross Emmett, ASU School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership | Orthodox Economics and the Human Sciences |
| Friday, September 18 | Andrew Smith, University of Liverpool | Informal Institutions as Moderators of the Effectiveness of Formal Institutions in Discouraging Rent-Seeking Entrepreneurship: How Changes in Norms and Values Interacted with U.S. Constitutional Limits |
| Friday, September 25 | Luc Bovens, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | How Demographically Sorted is the US Voting-Age Population? |
| Friday, October 2 | Henry Thomson, ASU School of Politics and Global Studies | Controlling the Secret Police and Maintaining Social Order in Socialist Central and Eastern Europe |
| Friday, October 9 | Robert Sugden, University of East Anglia | The Community of Advantage |
| Friday, October 16 | None | |
| Friday, October 23 | James Strickland, ASU School of Politics and Global Studies | Higher-Law Lobbying at Constitutional Conventions |
| Friday, October 30 | Saura Masconale, University of Arizona | Corporations and Moral Sentiments |
| Friday, November 6 | Voluntary Governance Conference | |
| Friday, November 13 | Erwin Dekker, Erasmus University of Rotterdam Pavel Kuchar, University of Bristol |
The Epistemological Break in Economics: What Does the Public Know about the Economy and What do Economists Know about the Public? |
| Friday, November 20 | Margaret Hanson, ASU School of Politics and Global Studies | Under the Veil of Democracy: What Do People Mean When They Say They Support Democracy? |
Spring 2021
| Date | Presenter | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| Friday, January 22 | Winter Institute for the History of Economic Thought | |
| Friday, January 29 | "Risk, Uncertainty and Profit" 100th Anniversary Symposium | |
| Friday, February 5 | Philip Arthur, ASU School of Sustainability | Escaping Paternalism: A Response |
| Friday, February 12 | Tyler DesRoches, ASU School of Sustainability | When is Green Nudging Ethically Permissible? |
| Friday, February 19 | School of Civic and Economic Thought and Leadership Spring Conference (Canceled) | |
| Friday, February 26 | Michiru Nagatsu, University of Helsinki | Non-paternalistic justification of nudges: a preference-constructivist approach |
| Friday, March 5 | Jennifer Jhun, Duke University | Multi-Model Reasoning in Economics |
| Friday, March 12 | Spring Break (Canceled) | |
| Friday, March 19 | Steven McMullen, Hope College | Can Baby Bonds Address Historic Racial Injustice? |
| Friday, March 26 | Glory Liu, Harvard University | Adam Smith, History, and the Meaning of Das Adam Smith Problem in the Progressive Era |
| Friday, April 2 | Stefanie Haeffele, George Mason University | Crisis as a Source of Social Capital: Adaptation and Formation of Social Capital during the COVID-19 Pandemic |
| Friday, April 9 | Brianne Wolf, Michigan State University | No Man is an Island Entire of Itself: Adam Smith on Homoeconomicus, Autonomy, and Judgment |
| Friday, April 16 | Spencer Banzhaf, Georgia State University | Pricing the Priceless: A History of Environmental Economics |
| Friday, April 23 | Peter Galbacs, Budapest Business School | Lucas's way to his monetary theory of large-scale fluctuations |
PPE via Zoom
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