Center for Philosophy, Politics, and Economics

We hope you can join us April 1, 2026 for a PPE Workshop with Ray Fisman (Economics, Boston University) at 12:00pm at Robinson Hall 301! To visit the event page and register for this event click here:  events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3243…

PPE Faculty member Felipe Valencia Caicedo recently co-authored a working paper “Long-Term Effects of a Commodity Boom: Rubber Slavery in the Amazon” Read it here: scioteca.caf.com/handle//123456…

We hope you will join us April 22nd for the Odyssey Lecture: “Foucault and Hayek: Power, Knowledge, and Freedom” Mark Pennington (King’s College London). Secure your seat here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3252…

Join us on Wednesday February 18th at 12:00pm at 25 George Street for PPE Workshop with Sahar Heydari Fard of Ohio State University. Register here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3243…

The PPE Center is hosting a variety of workshops this semester including guest speakers like Sahar Heydari Fard (Ohio State), Yunhyae Kim (Princeton), Guy Grossman (Penn), Ray Fisman (Boston University), and Mehdi Shadmeh (UNC).

We invite Brown University student groups to submit funding proposals for programs relevant to the mission of the PPE Center. Learn more here: ppe.brown.edu/student-progra…

The PPE Center invites you to join the American Founding Reading Group! This group will meet weekly to investigate the Founding Era. If you are interested, please email our Postdoctoral Research Associate and organizer, Sam Schmitt (samuel_schmitt@brown.edu).

Connecting students and community members with Brown’s faculty and distinguished guest speakers is one of the most rewarding aspects of our events. View all upcoming events here: ppe.brown.edu/events

Join us today at 12:00pm for a PPE Workshop: 
Natalia Garbiras-Diaz (Harvard Business School) will present “Electoral Integrity and Local Development: Experimental Evidence From Colombia,” co-authored with Mateo Montenegro. Register here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3153…

Join us TONIGHT for the Agora Lecture: Existential Catastrophe and the Love of Humanity with Sam Scheffler (NYU). Location: 110 Andrews House Brown University, at 5:30pm. Register here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3134…

WE ARE HIRING!! Up to three post docs @PPE_Center @BrownUniversity for up to two years, able to sponsor J-1 visa, if necessary. Please circulate widely, happy to answer questions about it. aeaweb.org/joe/listing.ph…

Join us on Monday, November 10th for the Agora Lecture: Sam Scheffler (NYU) “Existential Catastrophe and the Love of Humanity” at 5:30pm at Andrews House 110. Register here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3134…

Join us TODAY for Janus Forum Lecture, Modern Masculinity: What’s Going on with Boys and Men? Richard Reeves in conversation with Robin Dembroff at 5:30pm List Art Building Rm 120

Tonight: The University and the Republic: Research Universities in 21st-Century America at Andrews House 110. This is a Brown 2026 event. Secure your seat here: events.brown.edu/ppe/event/3092…

Have a question? Bring it to a PPE Center event to join in on the conversation! View our full list of events here: ppe.brown.edu/events

We’re proud to celebrate Professor Emeritus Peter Howitt, honored with the 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics. His pioneering work on innovation and creative destruction exemplifies how values, institutions, and incentives drive growth and human flourishing.

Later this month — October 23 at 5:00 PM — join us for The University and the Republic: Research Universities in 21st‑Century America. Together, we’ll explore important questions like: What role do research universities play in shaping the American project today?

Happening now in Pembroke Hall at Brown University: The Northeast Political Economy Conference, sponsored by the PPE Center and The Bravo Center

Congratulations to Gianna Englert @GiannaEnglert , former PPE Center Post‑doc who has just won the Catherine & Michael Zuckert Book Award for her recent book Democracy Tamed: French Liberalism and the Politics of Suffrage.  Check it out: politicalthought.org/book-prize

TODAY: Constitution Day at Brown  Join us for a thought-provoking evening with Akhil Reed Amar (Yale), as he discusses “Born Equal: Remaking America’s Constitution, 1840–1920.” 🕠 5:30–7:30 PM EDT 📍 True North Classroom, Stephen Robert Hall