The PPE research group studies questions spanning the disciplines of politics, philosophy, and economics, and is specifically interested in how insights from all three of these disciplines can help illuminate the study of the most pressing problems facing contemporary societies. The research group focuses on both empirical and theoretical questions, and draws on a wide range of intellectual traditions across the social sciences.

Scheduled talks

• 29 October: Professor Matthew Watson (Warwick), Harriet Martineau’s Demerara: Economic Theory, Realist Fiction and Moral Urgency in the British Slave Emancipation Debate of the 1830s. 3.30 - 5 pm, Bush House NE 9.03.

• 10 November: Professor Stein Ringen (Oxford), Democratic Capitalism, 2-3pm, Bush House NE 9.03 Pre-read workshop, please email for the chapter.

• 26 November: KCL PPE for Public Policy Graduate Conference 2025 with the keynote from Professor Jo Wolff (Oxford). More details can be found here.

• 25 March: Dr Shai Agmon (UCL), title TBC, 3.30 - 5pm, Bush House NE 9.03