CategoriesPPE News, PPE Research Part 1: Standard Economic Theory, Behavioral Economics, and Public Goods Sakshi Upadhyay is a fourth year Ph.D. student in the Department of Economics and a summer research fellow at the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics,…
CategoriesPPE News, PPE Research PPE Research Group Explores Other-Regarding Preferences Under Ambiguity Policymakers often have to make significant decisions regarding issues like health care and national security under severe uncertainty about how their decisions will affect specific…
CategoriesPPE News, PPE Research Gil Hersch Joins the Kellogg Center PPE Core Faculty The Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics is pleased to welcome Gil Hersch as a PPE Core Faculty member and Assistant Professor of Philosophy….
CategoriesPPE News, PPE Research Sudipta Sarangi Publishes in Roanoke Times Professor Sudipta Sarangi, an Affiliate and Stakeholder of the Kellogg Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, has published an article about the pandemic in the…
CategoriesPPE Research COVID-19 Rapid Response Seed Funds Provided By OVPRI The Office of the President for Research and Innovation (OVPRI) at Virginia Tech provides internal seed funds for projects that address COVID-19. The COVID-19 pandemic…
CategoriesPPE Research Gil Hersch Publishes in the History of Economic Thought Gil Hersch (PPE Postdoctoral Fellow) published an article on “The Need for Governmental Inefficiency in Plato’s Republic,” in The Journal of the History of Economic…
CategoriesPPE Research Gil Hersch Publishes on Well-Being Policy Gil Hersch (PPE Postdoctoral Fellow) published an article on “No Theory-Free Lunches in Well-Being Policy,” in The Philosophical Quarterly 70 (2020): 43-64. Here is an…
CategoriesPPE Research Thomas Rowe Publishes on Risk and Unfairness Thomas Rowe (PPE Postdoctoral Fellow) published an article on “Risk and the Unfairness of Some Being Better Off at the Expense of Others,” in the…
CategoriesPPE Research Michael Moehler Speaks on Diversity and the Social Contract Michael Moehler, Director of the Program in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, will give a talk on his most recent research on social contract theory and…
CategoriesPPE Research Thomas Rowe Discusses Egalitarianism and Uncertainty Thomas Rowe and Alex Voorhoeve’s article “Egalitarianism under Severe Uncertainty,” will be discussed on the PEA Soup Blog on May 15-16, 2019, with a critical…
