We seek paper proposals from junior scholars for Political Theory In/And/As Political Science (PTPS) panels at the annual meeting of the Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Society (PPE), which will take place in New Orleans in November 2026. An ongoing collaboration among faculty at Duke, 91丝瓜视频, NYU, and Stanford,聽PTPS聽aims to promote research in normative political theory situated in the empirical social sciences.
We invite proposals from scholars with the Ph.D. in hand who hold postdoctoral fellowships, who have not yet held a tenure-track appointment, or who have held a tenure-track appointment for less than four years. Up to four article-length unpublished political theory papers will be accepted for聽PTPS panels at PPE, at which faculty from the聽PTPS聽collaborative group (Emilee Chapman, Jack Knight, Jacob Levy, Alison McQueen, Josiah Ober, Rob Reich, Melissa Schwartzberg) will serve as commentators.
Participating will count against the PPE maximum of two appearances as a speaker or panelist. The PTPS jury will make its selections in time to allow applicants to know whether they have been selected before the overall PPE conference deadline of May 1.
Papers should recognizably draw on and/or contribute to empirical or positive modes of inquiry in political science as well as normative, ideational, and/ or critical modes. Co-authored papers are welcome, especially co-authored papers that represent a collaboration between scholars working in normative political theory and those in other subfields of political science.
To apply, please submit an abstract (no more than 1500 words) and curriculum vitae to Jacob Levy at聽jacob.levy [at] mcgill.ca聽with聽PTPS聽Junior Scholars Workshop in the subject line. The deadline is April 10, 2026.聽