HKU PPE Workshop 2026

This two-day workshop brings together researchers to discuss work-in-progress on the philosophy of work and labor, markets, and political economy.

Thursday, March 26

1:00pm — 2:30pm

James Stacey Taylor (The College of New Jersey)

2:30pm — 3:00pm

Break

3:00pm — 4:30pm

Shang Long Yeo (National University of Singapore)

4:30pm — 4:45pm

Break

4:45pm — 6:15pm

Richard Pettigrew (University of Bristol)

I offer a new style of argument that supports either utilitarianism or prioritarianism. The central idea is that the value the welfarist assigns to a state of the world should not lie unnecessarily far from the utilities of the individuals who exist at that state. I describe various ways we might measure distance from a candidate value to the individuals' utilities, characterize a family of such measures, and explain which versions of welfarism follow when we use them. For some, it's utilitarianism; for others, it's different instances of prioritarianism.

6:45pm

Conference Dinner (TBD)

Friday, March 27

10:00am — 11:30am

Winnie Jiang (INSEAD)

11:30am — 1:00pm

Lunch (Senior Common Room)

1:00pm — 2:30pm

Pascal Brixel (Northwestern University)

2:30pm — 3:00pm

Break

3:00pm — 4:30pm

Daniel J. Singer (University of Pennsylvania)

The workshop is open to all, but registration is required (and space is limited).

Registration form here: Click to Register

Run Run Shaw Tower, Lung Fu Shan, Hong Kong

Questions? Contact the organizer: natesharadin@gmail.com