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Ryan Muldoon

@ryanmuldoon.bsky.social
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Professor of Philosophy and Director of PPE, University at Buffalo.

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𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝙽𝚎𝚝 𝟸𝟶𝟸𝟽 @complenet.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We continue revealing our keynote speakers for CompleNet 2027! We are delighted to announce that Sarah Feldt Muldoon will be joining us as a keynote speaker in Rochester, NY, USA. complenet.github.io
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Graduate 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
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Gaus Prize: Call for Papers - The Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society
This prize is now open for submissions! Submit below. Prize Overview: Gerald Gaus valued new approaches to PPE and the asking of new (or too…
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Digressionsimpressions @nescio13.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
I look forward to my visit in Buffalo. Thank you @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social for the invite. I am using a brilliant paper by @aoprea.bsky.social as my jumping-off point.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Led by PI Justin Bruner, UB's PPE group receives a $4 million grant to facilitate and study civil discourse on campus
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UB awarded federal grant to promote civil discourse
Grant is among a set of similar yet distinct initiatives at 17 institutions of higher education that were awarded roughly $52 million in U.S. Department of Education funding.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
UB PPE is hiring again! We have 4 postdoc positions for a Fall 26 start. Join our large and growing team!
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Sarah Muldoon @sarahmuldoon.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
In a bit of personal news, I have now moved to the new AI and Society Department at UB! We're hosing a workshop on Feb 26-27 and registration is FREE. Spread the word and come see the new and exciting things happening at the intersection of AI and Society! engineering.buffalo.edu/ai-society/n...
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AI and Society Workshop
The vision of the University at Buffalo’s new Department of AI and Society (AIS) is to create a future world where AI systems are built by society for society. We believe this is only possible b...
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
Finalizing 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.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
The 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!
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Jason Kuznicki @jkuznicki.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
The liberal acknowledges and lives comfortably among many incommensurable status games. The authoritarian is intent on reducing them all down to one.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Are 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.
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Postdoctoral Associate
The Department of Philosophy and the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics (PPE) Program at the University at Buffalo is inviting applications for the position of Postdoctoral Fellow under the supervisi...
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Grad 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.
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PPE Graduate Summer Workshop
Info on the PPE Summer Workshop
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
UB'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. www.buffalo.edu/ubnow/storie...
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PPE receives $500,000 Mellon grant
The Philosophy, Politics and Economics progran will use the funding to analyze the effect of immigration on local democratic norms.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
Nice story about our NSF grant on community blizzard response! buffalonews.com/news/local/e...
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Facebook groups saved lives during '22 blizzard. UB studying how they kept communities connected
A group of researchers at the University at Buffalo is studying, in part, the role two Facebook groups – Buffalo STORM and Buffalo Blizzard Response – played in keeping communities
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Academics! 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. www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosop...
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Graduate Admission
Applications are welcome from students whose philosophical interests correspond with those of our faculty members, particularly in those areas in which our department has notable strengths (e.g., PPE,...
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Edouard Machery @edouardmachery.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Broaden your toolkit, philosophers!
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Experimental Philosophy for Beginners
This graduate textbook provides a basic introduction to experimental philosophy. It explains the research process in an accessible way via case studies
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
My "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! academic.oup.com/journals/pag...
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Experimentalists: 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
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Lab Manager
A Lab Manager position is available in the Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo under the supervision of Ryan Muldoon. This position will be supported by the Templeton Grant “Diversit...
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Academics: 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
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Postdoctoral Associate
A Postdoctoral Associate position is available in the Department of Philosophy at the University at Buffalo under the supervision of Ryan Muldoon. This position will be supported by the Templeton Gran...
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Another 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.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 18/07/2024
The 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!
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UB Philosophy, Politics and Economics program faculty awarded $2.5 million to study rights, equality and freedom
‘The importance of this work is difficult to overstate,’ Ryan Muldoon says of the Templeton-funded project.
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 29/01/2024
Grad 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. www.chapman.edu/research/ins...
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PPE Graduate Summer Workshop
Info on the PPE Summer Workshop
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 08/11/2023
Are 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 www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosop...
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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 10/10/2023
Trying 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?
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