Organized by the Tulane Philosophy Department, these seminars are a series of workshops where Center for Ethics Faculty Fellows and distinguished guest speakers present works in progress on ethics, political philosophy, political theory, moral psychology, the philosophy of law, and intellectual history.
Each semester The Murphy Institute sponsors a series of seminars organized by the Tulane Department of Economics that provides an opportunity for faculty, researchers, and economists to present their latest research and pressing issues related to topics in economics.
Harry de Gorter, a professor at the Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management at Cornell University, teaches and conducts research on the applied welfare economics and political economy of agricultural policy and trade.
In recent decades, countries across the globe have substantially expanded the nature and scope of government social welfare programs, especially those targeted at the poor. In fact, lower and middle-income democracies today promise more social benefits to more citizens than they have at any time in the past. At the same time, however, effective access to these programs and benefits remains highly variable, even among those who are eligible. What explains why some citizens actually receive the social benefits and programs for which they are eligible while others do not?
Organized by the Tulane Philosophy Department, Faculty Seminars are a series of workshops where Center for Ethics Faculty Fellows and distinguished guest speakers present works in progress on ethics, political philosophy, political theory, moral psychology, the philosophy of law, and intellectual history.
Organized by the Tulane Philosophy Department, these seminars are a series of workshops where Center for Ethics Faculty Fellows and distinguished guest speakers present works in progress on ethics, political philosophy, political theory, moral psychology, the philosophy of law, and intellectual history.
Ata Hindi the Murphy Visiting Assistant Professor of Law. He has served as a Research Fellow in International Law at the Birzeit University Institute of Law and as Assistant Editor to the Palestine Yearbook of International Law. He is completing his Ph.D. in Law at Tilburg University on the “Colonial and Imperial Legacies on the Laws of War.” He has spent the large part of his career working on international law and human rights, particularly in the Arab World/Middle East and North Africa.
Registration is now open for Tulane University’s 2nd Annual Political Economy & Access to Justice Judicial Education Seminar (PEAJJES). Sponsored by The Murphy Institute, the seminar offers a unique experience for Louisiana judges to learn about broad principles of access to justice and how these principles interact with the economy and political process.
Across America, housing costs have ballooned in recent decades to consume an ever-increasing portion of the average household's income. These spiraling rents and mortgages have also bred separate crises of displacement and homelessness as well as a decline in homeownership opportunities for younger generations. What's driving America's housing crisis and more importantly, what can be done to fix it?
