PPE in Practice

In this course, students write their own PPE research paper on a complex social issue or problem. In this paper, they bring together concepts from (political) philosophy, (social/economic) history, and economics. By reflecting on the contributions and limitations of each disciplinary approach and their interrelateions, they will assess the advantages of doing interdisciplinary PPE-research into complex social problems.

At the end of the course, students...

• can formulate a research question about a complex social issue or problem,
• have knowledge of central concepts used in the PPE disciplines,
• can apply these concepts to the issue at hand, and
• understand how these concepts interact with each other in the context of this issue, and
• are able to explain in how far this interaction generates superior, interdisciplinary insights into the problem.

This course is only open to students who take the full minor PPE. Students successfully have finished the PPE minor courses in bloks 1 and 2, and are also taking the class "PPE Perspectives".

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