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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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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We don't usually record talks, to facilitate more open Q&A time. But I'll see if we can record the talk portion and make it available.

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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 · 21/01/2026

UB PPE offers an incredible, thriving intellectual community. We will have 8 core PPE faculty, 10 postdocs, a dozen or so grad students, and a whole lot of engaged undergrads. Lots of talks, reading groups, lab discussions, and workshops. A really fun and creative environment.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Community Engagement Fellow ubjobs.buffalo.edu/postings/60763 Support our outreach and engagement activities across the university and in the city of Buffalo

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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

Bucking the national trend, we will have as many as *7* incoming PhD students this year. Consider applying. PhD applications are due Jan 2, MA applications due Jan 5. While you are doing one of those, you can also earn an Advanced Certificate in PPE. www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosop...

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Graduate Admissions

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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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Want to learn more about Xphi? We have leading faculty in the area and a lab manager to help with experimental design. Want to learn about how to do serious computational modeling? We have a weekly PPE Lab where students, postdocs and faculty present models in progress and offer feedback.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Want your work to have real-world engagement and impact? We are the only Philosophy department I've ever heard of that has its own Community Engagement Coordinator. We partner with lots of civic organizations.

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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 · 06/08/2025

This also shows up in Schumpeter’s discussion of elite overproduction. Highly trained people whose expectations are frustrated work to undermine the institutions they lost under. I think this generalizes to Hobbes’ view that when things are going well people think “I could do better”

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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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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

No, I had never heard of it! Sounds interesting though. I would love to see more reasoning from complexity in liberal theory. And more democratic philosophy that doesn’t just announce what the majority will choose.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

Gaus’ Tyranny of the Ideal and The Open Society and its Complexities. I also like my Social Contract for a Diverse World

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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 · 17/12/2024

On Liberty. Really nicely written for a broad audience, has a lot of great ideas, and is obviously relevant.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

We have an incredibly vibrant and supportive academic community. Tons of opportunities for ambitious students. And Buffalo is a great city with tons of amenities, all of which a grad student can afford. UB PPE is very tough to beat! www.buffalo.edu/cas/philosop...

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Graduate Admission

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Not sure about the academic job market, and want to have some industry options as well? UB has a *100%* placement rate into high-paying industry jobs for those who want them.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Want a lot of opportunities for talking philosophy and developing your projects? We have more talks and workshops than you can shake a stick at. We have reading groups galore. And we have the resources to support graduate students who present at conferences.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Concerned about professionalization, both in terms of learning the process of publishing academic articles and giving presentations? We have weekly sessions about this with our graduate students, with ample opportunities to refine these skills.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Our undergraduate and graduate students all have many opportunities for impactful projects in the community. Not sure how to start? This can all be supported by the PPE group's full-time Community Engagement Coordinator.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Maybe you are interested in more community-engaged philosophy. We have 4 talks a year as part of our Local Leader speaker series. We hold community deliberative forums with many community civic partners. We hold other outreach events to facilitate two-way learning between UB and the community.

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Interested in learning about XPhi, and doing either lab-based experiments or developing philosophically-minded surveys? Aside from all of the faculty and postdocs, how about a lab manager to facilitate that work, and significant grant funding to help support it?

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Ryan Muldoon @ryanmuldoon.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Before we even consider our many partners in other departments, we have FIVE top faculty who specialize in PPE. Then we have many other faculty in the department whose work nicely complements and enhances PPE training.

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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

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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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