PPE Events Fall 2025

This semester, the David H. Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics will organize the following main events and activities.

PPE MEET AND GREET. The Center will hold its annual Meet and Greet event on September 9, 2025, from 3:30-4:30pm. Please join us for an informal reception (free food) to learn more about the Center, its faculty, students, and activities this year. The PPE Meet and Greet will take place at the Center (820 University City Blvd, free parking).

PPE WORKING PAPER SERIES. The Center organizes a working paper series that allows PPE Core Faculty, PPE Research Fellows, and PPE Affiliated Faculty members to present some of their work in progress. The series offers a friendly and constructive environment for sharing and advancing preliminary research in PPE and is typically combined with a lunch with participants, including interested undergraduate and graduate students. For the lineup of speakers, please see the PPE Calendar.

PPE READING GROUP. The PPE Reading Group will meet, from 12:30-1:45pm during the semester for a Lunch & Learn, starting September 16, 2025. Join us to read and discuss Power and Progress: Our 1000-Year Struggle Over Technology and Prosperity by Nobel Laureates Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson. To receive your free book please sign up with Melinda Miller (millermc@nullvt.edu) before the first meeting. For more information, please see the PPE Calendar.

PPE RESEARCH SPEAKER SERIES. The Center will host two research talks this semester. On October 15, 2025 (4-5:30pm), William Thomson will give a talk with the title “Allocation Problems.” On November 5, 2025 (4-5:30pm), Alexander Motchoulski will give a talk on “Territorial Reparations for Historical Injustice.” The talks are tailored to appeal to both faculty and students and provides time for discussion and interaction with the guest speaker. The research speaker talks will be followed by a public reception. For more information, please see the PPE Calendar.

PPE events are open to the public and all faculty and students are cordially invited to attend.

If you are an individual with a disability and desire an accommodation, please contact ppe@nullvt.edu at least ten business days before the event.

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