Professor of Philosophy and Director of PPE, University at Buffalo.https://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3mihdf3r7b22yGraduate Students working in PPE: Fame and Fortune could be yours! Submit to the 6th Annual Gaus Memorial Essay Prize! Winner receives $500 and a session dedicated to their essay with 2 senior scholars commenting. Deadline: May 20th https://ppesociety.org/gaus-prize-call-for-papers/01 Apr 2026 18:34 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3mihdf3r7b22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3mdtb2cure22mLed by PI Justin Bruner, UB's PPE group receives a $4 million grant to facilitate and study civil discourse on campus https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2026/01/bruner-ppe-civil-discourse.html?fbclid=IwY2xjawPsoHVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEez_MYav9fY_rWx5wCoEo4Sz-uK1TqzjRcVOY4SS1Nco604ZvJMJUXKQEC6ZQ_aem_an4Rcas_1ghiGZZ5MYaMhQ01 Feb 2026 21:18 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtb2cure22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3mcxh6vjpjs2aUB PPE is hiring again! We have 4 postdoc positions for a Fall 26 start. Join our large and growing team!21 Jan 2026 19:54 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcxh6vjpjs2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3mbetibz3sc2wFinalizing PhD and MA applications? Interested in philosophy with a PPE lens? Apply to UB! We have an outstanding faculty, tons of research opportunities, lots of visitors, an army of postdocs, millions in grant funding to support innovative research, and a great, supportive group of grads.01 Jan 2026 16:48 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbetibz3sc2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lryejkm7ik2wThe Second Annual PPE at the Frontier event was fantastic. Thanks to our incredible guests for an extremely stimulating two days, and some possible new collaborations! Looking forward to next year!19 Jun 2025 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lryejkm7ik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lgszyxqjnk2sAre you a democratic theorist? Interested in Immigration? Want a 2 year postdoc? Come join the UB PPE group! Work with our large and growing team on our Mellon Foundation-Funded grant “Inclusive Immigration and Democratic Revival in a Rust Belt City.” Live the dream in Buffalo. https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/5540228 Jan 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgszyxqjnk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lfsqj5agns2kGrad students! Apply for our *free* weeklong workshop on PPE methods. Join our ever-growing network of scholars engaged in rigorous interdisciplinary study of difficult social problems. June 2-7. Applications due Jan 24. https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/smith-institute-for-political-economy-and-philosophy/ppe-graduate-summer-workshop/index.aspx15 Jan 2025 21:47 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfsqj5agns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lfcwmkgzqs2mUB's PPE group has gotten our third big grant this academic year! With Alex Oprea as PI, we'll be looking at inclusive immigration and local democratic innovation. https://www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/stories/2025/01/ppe-mellon-grant-immigration.html09 Jan 2025 14:53 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfcwmkgzqs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3ldycj63bw22vNice story about our NSF grant on community blizzard response! https://buffalonews.com/news/local/education/facebook-groups-saved-lives-during-22-blizzard-ub-studying-how-they-kept-communities-connected/article_7c13b1a0-be46-11ef-a327-778c60013a65.html23 Dec 2024 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldycj63bw22vhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3ld7fq5iyo22cAcademics! Students considering grad school! Are you interested in PPE? Consider the University at Buffalo. We have: 5 core PPE faculty 4 postdocs 1 lab manager 1 community outreach coordinator Tons of talks Lots of opportunity and support. PhD and MA options. https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy/grad-study/grad_admit1.html13 Dec 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3ld7fq5iyo22chttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lbkavpo3ts27My "Harnessing Diversity, Dynamism, and Discovery" (in Moehler and Thrasher's fantastic volume on New Approaches to Social Contract Theory) was featured by OUP for their "Philosophy in Focus: Democracy" collection. Give it a read! https://academic.oup.com/journals/pages/philosophy-in-focus22 Nov 2024 15:05 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbkavpo3ts27https://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lbfdvxcsbs2fExperimentalists: Are you looking to help run a choice lab? Interested in diversity, dynamism and inclusion, and studying the mechanisms that make them work? Come join us at UB! We are hiring a lab manager! www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/53232 https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/5323220 Nov 2024 16:16 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfdvxcsbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lbfdreuhfc2fAcademics: Are you interested in diversity, dynamism and inclusion? Are you interested in the foundations of liberalism? We have two 2-year postdocs to study this at UB! Come join our very active and supportive intellectual community! www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/53231 https://www.ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/5323120 Nov 2024 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbfdreuhfc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3lbaidx6qv222Another fantastic PPE Society meeting in the books. Particularly delighted by the excellent Gaus Memorial Prize session and the ever-growing Poster Session for PPE summer school participants. The future of PPE is very bright.18 Nov 2024 17:52 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbaidx6qv222https://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3kxl33km32y2zThe PPE group at UB was awarded a $2.5 million grant from the Templeton Foundation for our project "Diversity, Dynamism and Inclusion: A New Multi-Method Approach for Studying Liberalism." We're really excited to get to work! https://www.buffalo.edu/news/releases/2024/07/Templeton-funded-project-democracy.html18 Jul 2024 16:42 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3kxl33km32y2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3kk535ct3nh2jGrad Students! Want to learn more about core methods of PPE? Want to build your network? Want to do all of this for free? Join us at the 4th Annual PPE Graduate Summer Workshop! July 22-26. Applications due Feb 15. https://www.chapman.edu/research/institutes-and-centers/smith-institute-for-political-economy-and-philosophy/ppe-graduate-summer-workshop/index.aspx29 Jan 2024 16:38 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3kk535ct3nh2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3kdonlvdar42hAre you thinking about grad study in social, political, phil of social science, or PPE? Want to build formal and experimental skills to help make theoretical insights? Come study at UB! We have a thriving intellectual community and outstanding mentors https://www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosophy/grad-study.html08 Nov 2023 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3kdonlvdar42hhttps://bsky.app/profile/ryanmuldoon.bsky.social/post/3kbghycqnp62wTrying to re-create a version of my list of people to follow. Can folks help me find political philosophers / PPE types / xphi / philosophers of (social) science?10 Oct 2023 21:35 +0000at://did:plc:ppxuj7gba446pfg3ik333ima/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbghycqnp62w