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Read the latest information on Mason's 2020 Winter Graduation ceremony, as well as CHSS events to celebrate our graduates!

All 2020 graduates, from spring, summer, and fall, are invited to participate in George Mason University’s 2020 Winter Graduation on Thursday, December 17, at 2:00 pm, on GMU-TV. Following the ceremony, CHSS graduates are invited to join the college for its own festivities.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates its graduates in the Class of 2020 with a message from Dean Ann Ardis, a musical tribute from the Green Machine, and more.

What is life like along the southern border in today's political climate? Professor Guadalupe Correa-Cabrera went to the border to find out. Hear the border expert discuss her travels along the border on Tuesday, Dec. 3rd.

The Immigrant Stories Project includes information about immigrants from Pakistan living in the Washington, DC and Baltimore, MD metro areas. In addition to a fact sheet and analysis, there is also a new inspirational interview with a Pakistani immigrant.

October 10th, Center for Arts, George Mason University, 7-8:30 pm. The Second Annual New American Voices Award will be presented by IIR and Fall for the Book. Celebrate immigrant authors!

The southside group is a (roughly) biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

The southside group is a (roughly) biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

The southside group is a (roughly) biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

The southside group is a (roughly) biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

The southside group is a (roughly) biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

The southside group is a (roughly) biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

The Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR) announced Professor Mark Koyama as a Research Fellow for Economic History. The CEPR promotes policy-relevant economic research and distributing research to public and private sector decision-makers.

States, cities, businesses and universities are doing a lot to combat the negative effects of climate change, says Andrew Light.

New course taught by Dr. Johanna Bockman will count toward synthesis or a concentration

The southside group is a biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

“If Roger Wilkins were a Mason faculty member today, he would be a leading light of the PPE program,” Scherer said following the talk. “We train our students to apply their intelligence and skills to some of the world's most pressing social problems.”

Tyler Cowen, author of Stubborn Attachments, and Steven Pearlstein, author of Can American Capitalism Survive? discuss capitalism, morality, and economic growth.

The southside group is a biweekly lunch group composed of George Mason faculty and students. We are open to anyone interested in participating in an eclectic and serious discussion of contemporary problems under the broad rubric of political economy.

Exploring hacking, leaking, and scene-making as writing and political practices, as well as conceptual tools for understanding Arab culture in the digital age, this talk examines affective forms of protest, incivility, digital consciousness, fiction, and knowledge production.

If the Arab uprisings initially seemed to herald the end of tyrannies and a move toward liberal democratic governments, their defeat not only marks a reversal but is of a piece with new forms of authoritarianism worldwide. Scholars have begun wondering, with some urgency, why citizens themselves seem so often to be attracted to autocracy.

The mood in EagleBank Arena was lively on May 18 and 19, as the College of Humanities and Social Sciences held its degree celebration ceremonies. Congratulations again to all of our graduates! We are pleased to welcome you to an impressive community of alumni, made only stronger by the class of 2017.

The College of Humanities and Social Sciences is pleased to announce the May 2017 degree celebrations will be led by two outstanding alumni: chief historian for the White House Historical Association, Edward Lengel, and Lt. Col. Suzanne Devlin, a former acting chief of police for the Fairfax County Police Department and the current supervisor of safety and security for Loudoun County Public Schools.

George Mason University's Program in Philosophy, Politics and Economics presents: Three Public Lectures by Steven Pearlstein, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs, and Pulitzer Prize winning Economics Columnist, Washington Post. March 28, 29, 30.

PPE will be conducting a *two part workshop series on the Political Economy of Development.* Part one treats the economic dimensions of authoritarian rule. Part two treats the political economy of oil.

Guest speaker, Dr. Justin Gest, will share his findings on white working class politics in an age of immigration and inequality.

Fall for the Book brings writers, readers, and scholars together like no other event in the region. In its eighteenth year, Fall for the Book is a weeklong literary festival with events taking place on Mason's Fairfax campus and at other venues across the region between September 25 and September 30.

Matthew Scherer, Assistant Professor of Government and Politics in the Schar School, has been appointed as the new Director of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics.

Steven Pearlstein, Robinson Professor and Core PPE faculty member, discusses the liberal arts in his Washington Post column.

The program of the 10th Annual Critiquing Culture Conference is out. Read this article to see the schedule, paper presentations, and a photography exhibit.

In a Washington Post article, Robinson Professor of Public Affairs Steven Pearlstein describes the challenge of convincing incoming students' parents of the value of liberal arts education. The college's senior associate dean Robert Matz contributes, leading the effort to promote humanities and social sciences degrees.

Imagine an ocean without fish. Imagine your meals without seafood. Imagine the global consequences. This is the future if we do not stop, think and act, brought on by overfishing.

Jesse Kirkpatrick, assistant director of Mason's Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, is interviewed by CBCNews Canada about Canada's deliberations over purchasing combat drones.

Global Programs invite you to a panel discussion and conversation on key issues and strategies for securing health, human rights and ethical ideas in future counterterrorism policy and practice.

President Barack Obama will join CNN's Anderson Cooper for a live town hall meeting on gun control at the university on Thursday, January 7. The event will air on CNN at 8:00 pm.

Prof. Peter Boettke announces the Fall 2015 schedule for the Workshop in Philosophy, Politics and Economics

In a study reported on the Forbes website, LinkedIn found that the tech sector holds plenty of opportunity for graduates with degrees in the humanities and social sciences. In fact, the researchers found that hiring of liberal arts majors in tech companies grew 10% faster than the hiring of computer science or engineering majors.

Tyler Cowen, faculty member, Department of Economics, discusses the effect of MOOCs and other online learning on the costs of university education.

Ali Reza Manoucheheri, BA Philosophy '99, has used the lessons from his degree and a balance of humanities ideas and web-based technology to launch two successful businesses, MetroStar and Zoomph.

Professor Erik Angner shares advice for tricking your brain to spend less.

The OZY site’s profile of Alex Tabarrok, faculty member in the Department of Economics and director, Center for the Study of Public Choice, terms him “a philosopher king of modern libertarian zeitgeist” and describes his ability for bringing the message of libertarianism to a wider audience.

Dishonesty is a pervasive and costly phenomenon. This column reports the results of a lab experiment in which parents had an opportunity to behave dishonestly. Parents cheated the most when the prize was for their child and their child was not present. Parents cheated little when their child was present, but were more likely to cheat in front of sons than in front of daughters. The latter finding may help to explain why women attach greater importance to moral norms and are more honest.

Tyler Cowen, Holbert L. Harris chair in economics and general director of the Mercatus Center at George Mason University, is launching a new event series, "Conversations with Tyler," in which he will host thought leaders — economists, entrepreneurs, authors and innovators — whose ideas are making an impact on the world.

This PPE Career Seminar will discuss how to use your training in the PPE disciplines – Philosophy, Politics, and Economics – working for the U.S. Department of State. Guest speaker: Kimberly Everett, former PPE student and a member of the Foreign Service.

For its inaugural “60 Seconds” interview feature, Palgrave Macmillan publishing asked Erik Angner, associate professor of philosophy, economics, and public policy at Mason, to discuss behavioral economics and how he "battle tested" the substance of his book on the subject.

Erik Angner, of the Department of Philosophy and the philosophy, politics, and economics program, appeared on the Huffington Post College website, discussing the wide-ranging distractions of laptop use in classrooms.

In Well-Being: Happiness in a Worthwhile Life, Neera K. Badhwar offers a new argument for the ancient claim that well-being as the highest prudential good consists of happiness in a virtuous life.

Daniel Klein is interviewed here about his project Liberalism Unrelinquished, which seeks to recover the original political meaning of the term liberal.

The merger of the School of Public Policy and the Department of Public and International Affairs will create the School for Policy, Government and International Affairs—SPGIA.

The workshop will focus on the role played by values — epistemic or otherwise — in scientific inquiry, and its implications for the manner in which science is used to inform policy and for the way in which science is funded and organized.

Interested in going to grad school in any of the PPE disciplines? This information session will tell you how to get your ducks in a row before it's too late. The session will be led by Dr. Erik Angner (Philosophy, Economics) and Dr. Char Miller (Public and International Affairs) and is open to all Mason students.

In this inaugural PPE lecture, world-famous happiness economist Dr. Justin Wolfers will speak about the relationship between income and happiness under the title "Growth in Subjective Well-Being and Income over Time."

How Obama can win the debt standoff in 3 steps

What does the PPE degree really teach you and why is it the perfect springboard to a career in politics and the media?

The Academic Ranking of World Universities, a survey conducted each year by China’s Shanghai Jiao Tong University, ranks George Mason University in the top 200 of the top 500. It’s the fifth year George Mason has finished in the top 200.

The interconnection of philosophy, politics, and economics allows for a comprehensive understanding of the nuances of modern social, economic, and political problems. Mason's new program in PPE is the first of its kind in the Washington, DC area.

Congratulations to Dr. Peter J. Boettke who was elected Vice President of the Southern Economic Association.

This January, George Mason University lost one of the most esteemed figures in its history. James M. Buchanan, LLD (Hon.) ’87, distinguished professor emeritus of economics and advisory general director of the Center for Study of Public Choice, died at age 93 after a brief illness.

Erik Angner, associate professor of philosophy, economics, and public policy, is the lead author on a new study that looks at the degree to which disease is linked to measures of happiness. The study, published in the Journal of Happiness Studies, has some surprising results.

George Mason University economist Tyler Cowen put his two passions - economics and food - together in his recent book, "An Economist Gets Lunch: New Rules for Everyday Foodies." His work drew an abundance of media feedback, some of which is collected here.