PPE Graduate Summer Workshop
Applications for the 2026 PPE Workshop are not yet open.
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Applicants should be graduate students (MA or Ph.D) or incoming graduate students.
This week-long summer workshop will combine the introduction of PPE methods with practical training and philosophical discussion. Topics include:
Rational Choice & Game Theory
Formal Political Theory: Spatial Theory & Coalitional Bargaining
Experimental Economic / Experimental Methods
Social Norms
Evolutionary Theory & Social Evolution
Agent-Based Modeling
This workshop pairs instruction on the basics of PPE methods with discussions of cutting-edge
PPE research that uses those methods. The size of this workshop facilitates lecturers
and organizers to get to know each student and to address any specific questions they
have along the way. One added benefit of this format is the substantial possibilities
for networking among the participants. The overlapping interests they explore here
and the friendships they form will likely lead to future research collaborations.
In addition to the instructional and research sessions, participants will also work
on developing a PPE research project that they will present to the group at the end
of the week.
"This week helped me in becoming more methodologically self-conscious -- I have a
much better grip on the methods of more traditional analytic political philosophy
and the interdisciplinary methods of PPE."
--Participant of the 2021 Workshop