Each year the MPIfG invites a distinguished scholar in the field of political science, economics or sociology to spend three to six months at the institute. Scholars in residence are known for their outstanding academic achievements, pursue a particular research project that coincides with the research conducted at the MPIfG and offer a public lecture series.

Armin Schäfer
In Defense of Democracy

 
November 19, 2019
After the End of History
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November 26, 2019
When Representation Fails
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December 3, 2019
The Populist Revolt
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2018

 
Akos Rona-Tas
Predicting the Future: From Augurs to Algorithms

 
June 5, 2018
The Problem of Seeing the Future: Some Lessons from Predicting the Natural World
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June 12, 2018
Predicting the Social World in the Aggregate
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June 19, 2018
Predicting Individual Behavior
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2017

 
Tim Bartley
Rules and Rights in the Global Economy

 
May 9, 2017
Beyond Empty Spaces: Structure and Substance in the Implementation
of Global Norms
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May 16, 2017
Rethinking Transnational Governance: Private Rules, Public Law,
and Possibilities for Reform
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May 30, 2017
Transnational Corporations and Global Governance
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2015-2016

 
Lucio Baccaro
The Growth Model Perspective on Comparative Capitalism

 
October 7, 2015
Rethinking Comparative Political Economy: Growth Models and Distributive Dynamics
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October 14, 2015
Weakening Institutions, Hardening Growth Model: The Liberalization of the German Political Economy
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October 21, 2015
Tying Your Hands … and Getting Stuck: The Italian Political Economy under the "External Constraint" Regime
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2015

 
Robert Boyer
Economic Theory Facing Major Changes and Systemic Crises: An Analytical and Social History of Macroeconomics

 
April 15, 2015
Success and Crisis of European Integration: The Role of Economic Theory and Expert Representations
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April 22, 2015
An Analytical History of Macroeconomic Theory since John Maynard Keynes (General Theory, 1936)
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April 29, 2015
Why Has Leading Macroeconomic Thinking Become Irrelevant? Macroeconomics as a Profession
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2014

 
Francesco Boldizzoni
The Making and Breaking of Welfare States

 
January 29, 2014
The Early Modern Origins of Modern Welfare Systems
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February 5, 2014
Reframing Justice in the Age of Revolution
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February 12, 2014
Can Welfare Survive? Capitalism, Socialism, and the Post-Industrial Order
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2013

 
Patrick le Galès
Governing Mobile Societies

 
March 19, 2013
Globalizing European Urban Bourgeoisie?
Transnationalization and Rootedness of Managers in Four European Cities
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March 26, 2013
Governing by Instruments? Comparing Two Policies, Three Countries and the
European Union over Thirty Years
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April 2, 2013
Governing the Large Metropolis: What Is Governed and Not Governed?
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