We are happy to invite you to this year’s PPE Showcase Event, where final-year PPE students will be presenting the work they have produced for their interdisciplinary PPE courses. The event will take place on Friday 9 May 2025, from 3.00pm- 6.00pm in and around the Sheikh Zayed Theatre.

All LSE staff and students, their friends and family, and PPE Capstone Project Clients are invited to attend. This event is not ticketed, but we do ask that you register your interest so that we can keep track of numbers.

We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Programme

Friday, 9 May 2025

15:00–15:10 Welcome and opening remarks by Prof. Roman Frigg, Head of Department of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method Sheikh Zayed Theatre
15:10–15:55 Presentations of 4th Year PPE Capstone Projects

  • ‘Examining patterns in interview duration to strengthen Afrobarometer methodology’ Project for Afrobarometer, supervised by Ofosu (UAlberto Ornaghi, Anna Khachaturova, and Richard Marques Moura)
  • ‘FCA’ Project for Credit and Sustainable Economic Growth, supervised by Myers (Alisha Bakrie, Bilal Hashim and Mohammed Islam)
  • ‘What is the relationship between environmental shocks and social cohesion in sub-Saharan Africa??’ Project for the World Bank, supervised by Dr. Ryan Jablonski (Benedict Helme, Lydia Rudd, Oscar Swire, and Razeen Surtee)
Sheikh Zayed Theatre
16:00–16:30 Presentations from BSc Philosophy and Economics

  • Thomas Hung (PH311) ‘Personal Values in Science’
  • Katarina Shing (PH399) ‘Is it Morally Permissible for Companies to Greenwash?’
Sheikh Zayed Theatre
16:35–17:05 Presentations from BSc Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method

  • Spencer Jury (PH399) ‘If Large Language Models Are Sentient, Is Their Welfare Measurable?’
  • Isabella Logothetis (PH201) ‘Recapitulating Incommensurability: defending Kuhn against the charge of irrational theory choice.’
Sheikh Zayed Theatre
17:10–18.00 Reception and Poster Presentations of Philosophy Dissertations and PPE Individual Research Projects Lobby outside Sheikh Zayed Theatre

 

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