News Archive

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2010

Sascha Münnich Receives Otto Hahn Medal [17/06/2010]	New Works Council Elected at MPIfG [02/06/2010]
Renate Mayntz Scientific Member of Max Planck Society for 25 Years [17/06/2010]	Workshop in Paris on States and Markets [19/04/2010]
Marius R. Busemeyer Awarded Venia Legendi [16/06/2010]	Visiting Researchers in Spring 2010 [19/04/2010]
Conference on Transnational Copyright [16/06/2010]	Patrik Aspers Elected President of the Swedish Sociological Association [13/04/2010]
Authors' Conference on Skill Formation Systems [11/06/2010]	Martin Höpner Appointed Liaison Officer at the Hans Böckler Foundation [13/04/2010]
Visit from Foundation of German Business Fellows [02/06/2010]	Brooke Harrington to Join Copenhagen Business School [31/03/2010]
Meeting of the MPIfG Board of Trustees [02/06/2010]	Journalist in Residence Fellowships for 2010 Awarded [11/03/2010]
"A Political Deficit" - Gesellschaftsforschung Newsletter 1/10 Is Out [02/06/2010]	Juan Fernandez Receives A.SK Fellowship [10/02/2010]
An Introduction to Computing: Girls’ Day 2010 at the MPIfG [02/06/2010]	IMPRS-SPCE/Sciences Po Doctoral Seminar on the Sociology of Markets [27/01/2010]
Visiting Researchers in May and June 2010 [02/06/2010]	New Issue of "Gesellschaftsforschung" Newsletter [01/01/2010]

2009

Zsuzsanna Vargha Awarded Doctorate [December 23, 2009]	ERPA Adds Two New Series [August 7, 2009]
Till Kaesbach Is New Collaborator on Financial Markets Research Project [December 22, 2009]	Sascha Münnich Awarded Doctorate [August 6, 2009]
The MPIfG Celebrates Its Twenty-Fifth Anniversary [December 15, 2009]	Marta Kahancová Receives Dissertation Prize [August 5, 2009]
"Social Sciences between Professionalization and Civic Involvement" - MPIfG Colloquium and Annual Meeting of the Society of Friends and Former Associates of the MPIfG [December 14, 2009]	Hendrik Zorn Awarded Doctorate [August 4, 2009]
Ulrich Dolata Awarded Journal Prize 2009 [December 14, 2009]	First Doctorates for IMPRS-SPCE Students [July 17, 2009]
Martin Schröder Awarded Doctorate [December 13, 2009]	Lord Ralf Dahrendorf, 80, dies [June 19, 2009]
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Prize Goes to Christoph Deutschmann [November 30, 2009]	New MPIfG Scientific Advisory Board [June 12, 2009]
New Doctoral Fellows at the IMPRS-SPCE in Fall 2009 [November 30, 2009]	"Research Adventure" - Max Planck Seminar for Highschool Students [June 12, 2009]
Visiting Researchers in Fall and Winter [November 30, 2009]	New Issue of "Gesellschaftsforschung" Newsletter [June 12, 2009]
"Fleeting Moments" - The 2009 MPIfG Art Exhibit [November 30, 2009]	"Challenges for Democracy" Lecture Series [June 12, 2009]
German-French Doctoral Program Begins [November 27, 2009]	Newcomers at the IMPRS-SPCE [May 29, 2009]
Paul Lagneau-Ymonet Awarded Doctorate [November 27, 2009]	Olga Maletz Awarded Doctorate [May 28, 2009]
Leonhard Dobusch Receives Dissertation Award [November 27, 2009]	In Close Contact with Bits and Bytes: Girls’ Day 2009 at the MPIfG [May 27, 2009]
The MPIfG at the DVPW Conference in Kiel and the ECPR Conference in Potsdam [November 27, 2009]	Commission on the Future Submitted Final Report [May 16, 2009]
Nina Keber at Cologne University of Applied Sciences [November 26, 2009]	Kathleen Thelen at MIT [May 15, 2009]
Mark Lutter Awarded Doctorate [November 26, 2009]	Wolfgang Streeck Visiting Scholar at Russell Sage Foundation [May 15, 2009]
Anna Skarpelis and Daniel Seikel Are Doctoral Spokespersons [November 25, 2009]	Visiting Researchers in April and May 2009 [May 15, 2009]
"Commonalities of Capitalism" Conference [November 22, 2009]	Visiting Researchers Summer 2009 [May 15, 2009]
Ulrich Dolata To Join University of Stuttgart [October 6, 2009]	Journalist in Residence Fellowships for 2009 Awarded [March 10, 2009]
Brooke Harrington Receives FAD Award [October 6, 2009]	Visiting Researchers in February and March 2009 [March 9, 2009]
Birgit Apitzsch Returns to University of Duisburg-Essen [October 6, 2009]	Guido Möllering Receives Peregrinus Foundation Award for 2009 [March 6, 2009]
Bruno Egger Appointed to Cologne Chamber of Commerce Examination Boards [October 6, 2009]	Brooke Harrington’s "Economic Sociology" Is Official ASA Blog [March 6, 2009]
MPIfG Supports Job Camp [October 6, 2009]	Guido Möllering Visiting Scholar at Columbia University [March 5, 2009]
Patrik Aspers Is Associate Professor at Stockholm University [August 27, 2009]	First Newsletter "Gesellschaftsforschung" Published by MPIfG [February 10, 2009]
2009 Summer Conference at Harvard University [August 27, 2009]	Jens Beckert Visiting Researcher at CSO in Paris [February 1, 2009]
Conference on Valuation and Price Formation on Markets [August 24, 2009]	Lord Ralf Dahrendorf to Receive 2009 Schader Prize [January 30, 2009]
New Trainee Joins Computing Group [August 23, 2009]	Alexander Petring Awarded Doctorate [January 21, 2009]
Olga Maletz to Be Research Fellow at Technische Universität München [August 14, 2009]	Series of Lectures on "The Sociology of Capitalist Dynamics" in February 2009 [January 21, 2009]
MPIfG at the SASE Annual Conference 2009 [August 13, 2009]	Jens Beckert Confirmed as Chair of DGS Economic Sociology Section’s Executive Board [January 20, 2009]
Jens Beckert Appointed to Minerva Foundation Committees [August 12, 2009]	Michael Reif Awarded the University of Göttingen's Wolfgang Enke Prize for 2008 [January 16, 2009]
Nina Keber Completes Traineeship [August 11, 2009]	Visiting Researchers in January 2009 [January 15, 2009]
Philipp Klages Awarded Doctorate [August 8, 2009]	[January 1, 2009]
Birgit Apitzsch Awarded Doctorate [August 7, 2009]

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2008

Bruno Amable is Scholar in Residence 2009/2010 at the MPIfG [17/12/2008]	Visiting Researchers in Summer 2008 [23/07/2008]
New Board of Trustees Appointed at MPIfG [17/12/2008]	Lothar Krempel Is New Ombudsperson [23/07/2008]
MPIfG Contributions to the DVPW, ÖGPW and SVPW Joint Conference on "The State of Democracies" [08/12/2008]	Christian Breunig to Receive Harold Lasswell Award [23/07/2008]
Elke Bürger and Saskia Freye New Equal Opportunity Officers at the MPIfG [08/12/2008]	Jens Beckert Is on SASE Executive Council [23/07/2008]
Geny Piotti Network Coordinator for SASE [08/12/2008]	Conference on Law and Legitimacy in the Governance of Transnational Economic Relations [23/07/2008]
New Research Program at the MPIfG [01/12/2008]	MPIfG Report 2005-2007 Is Out [23/07/2008]
Cornelia Woll Heads Otto Hahn Group [12/11/2008]	Marius Busemeyer Represents MPIfG Researchers in Humanities Section of Max Planck Society [23/07/2008]
Marius Busemeyer Fellow at the Neue Verantwortung Foundation [11/11/2008]	Martin Schröder and Anna Skarpelis Are Spokespersons for Doctoral Fellows [23/07/2008]
Postdoctoral Researchers in Fall 2008 [10/11/2008]	Saskia Freye Awarded Doctorate [11/06/2008]
MPIfG Contributions to the DGS Conference [10/11/2008]	Research Network on Education and Training [10/06/2008]
Visiting Researchers in Fall/Winter 2008 [10/11/2008]	New at the MPIfG: Dominic Akyel and Leonhard Dobusch [09/06/2008]
GIRA Annual Conference at the MPIfG [09/11/2008]	Visiting Researchers from April to June 2008 [09/06/2008]
Newcomers at the IMPRS-SPCE in Fall 2008 [04/11/2008]	The MPIfG Has Grown: New Conference Wing and More Office Space [09/06/2008]
Dennis Kremer Completes Training Program [04/11/2008]	2008 Evaluation of the MPIfG [06/06/2008]
New Trainee in the Computing Group [04/11/2008]	Renate Mayntz Receives Ernst Hellmut Vits Prize [06/06/2008]
Annual Colloquium at the MPIfG on the Current Role of Social Science [25/10/2008]	MPIfG Paper Prize 2008 Goes to Helen Callaghan [06/06/2008]
Annual Meeting of the Society of Friends and Former Associates of the MPIfG [24/10/2008]	Brooke Harrington Member of the Royal Society of Arts [06/06/2008]
Martin Höpner Awarded Journal Prize 2008 [24/10/2008]	Ulrich Dolata Member of Expert Committee at the Royal Institute of Technology [06/06/2008]
Saskia Freye Named Academic Coordinator of the IMPRS-SPCE [24/10/2008]	Jens Beckert on Editorial Board of Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft [23/04/2008]
Fritz Thyssen Stiftung Prize for Best Social Science Article of 2007 Awarded to Jens Beckert and Mark Lutter [07/10/2008]	Simone Burkhart to Receive Otto Hahn Medal [23/04/2008]
Patrik Aspers Receives Karl Polanyi Award 2008 [07/10/2008]	Conference on Transnational Communities [23/04/2008]
Fritz W. Scharpf Receives Honorary Doctorate from EUI [07/10/2008]	MPIfG Receives Excellent Rating in Sociology from German Science and Humanities Council [18/04/2008]
Christoph Deutschmann Is MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2008/2009 [01/10/2008]	Wolfgang Streeck Member of Commission on Future of North Rhine-Westphalia [17/04/2008]
Visiting Researchers in October 2008 [01/10/2008]	Christel Schommertz Qualifies as PR Consultant [12/03/2008]
Market Creation Policy: DVPW Section Meeting at MPIfG [06/09/2008]	Conference on Lottery Markets from a Social Science Perspective [11/03/2008]
MPIfG Art Exhibit 2008 [29/08/2008]	Lord Dahrendorf Visiting Researcher at the MPIfG [10/03/2008]
Third Max Planck Summer Conference on Economy and Society [29/08/2008]	Conference on "Theoretical Approaches in Economic Sociology" [25/02/2008]
Sigrid Quack Adjunct Professor at the University of Cologne [21/08/2008]	Fritz W. Scharpf Is Guest at the Institute for Advanced Study in Berlin [08/02/2008]
Christian Breunig Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto [21/08/2008]	David Stark Is MPIfG Scholar in Residence [31/01/2008]
Michael Blauberger Awarded Doctorate [21/08/2008]	Saskia Freye Visiting Student Researcher at Berkeley [31/01/2008]
Visiting Researchers in August and September 2008 [21/08/2008]	Visiting Researchers from January to April 2008 [31/01/2008]
Conference on Public Policy in Aging Societies [26/07/2008]	MPIfG Journalist in Residence Program Continues [31/01/2008]

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2007

Martin Höpner Receives Habilitation [30/11/2007]	MPIfG Jahrbuch 2007-2008 Is Out [20/07/2007]
Annual Meeting of the Society of Friends and Former Associates of MPIfG on "Money and Finances in the Open Economy" [30/11/2007]	Socio-Economic Review 3/2007 Out Now [16/07/2007]
Journal Prize 2007 Awarded to Britta Rehder [30/11/2007]	Maria Bayrakcioglu Completes Training Program [03/07/2007]
MPIfG Hosts Theatrical Performance [30/11/2007]	Simone Burkhart Receives Doctorate [03/07/2007]
Marta Kahancová Receives Doctorate [02/11/2007]	Volkswagen Foundation Approves Continuation of Journalist in Residence Program [28/06/2007]
Workshop on Legislative Data [02/11/2007]	Visiting Researchers Summer 2007 [18/06/2007]
Annual Meeting of the MPIfG Board of Trustees [02/11/2007]	New Series: "MPIfG Journal Articles" [18/06/2007]
Jens Beckert Visiting Fellow at European University Institute [02/11/2007]	Martin Schröder Receives German Students Award [24/05/2007]
Annual Meeting of Wellesley Alumnae in Germany [02/11/2007]	Stifterverband’s Science Prize for Fritz W. Scharpf [15/05/2007]
Martin Höpner Heads Research Group on Liberalization Policies [26/10/2007]	Sigrun Kahl Awarded Otto Hahn Medal [15/05/2007]
Sigrid Quack Is Academic Coordinator of the IMPRS [26/10/2007]	Britta Rehder Awarded Prize for Best Industrial Relations Article [15/05/2007]
Holger Döring Is Research Fellow at the University of Konstanz [25/10/2007]	Girls’ Day 2007 at the MPIfG: In Close Contact with Bits and Bytes [15/05/2007]
Birgit Apitzsch Junior Fellow at Yale [25/10/2007]	Philip Klages and Sascha Münnich Visiting Fellows at Harvard University [15/05/2007]
Visiting Researchers in November 2007 [25/10/2007]	Visiting Researchers from April to July 2007 [15/05/2007]
Claudia Werner Is New Secretary to Prof. Streeck [25/10/2007]	Relaunch www.mpifg.de [28/03/2007]
Martin Schröder New Spokesperson for Doctoral Fellows [24/10/2007]	Conference "Institutional Embedding of Markets" [26/02/2007]
New Doctoral Fellows in Fall 2007 [17/09/2007]	Visiting Researchers in February and March [26/02/2007]
Visiting Researchers Arriving in September and October 2007 [17/09/2007]	Jack Barbalet: Lecture Series on the Constitution of Markets [26/02/2007]
Carolyn Dexter Award Goes to Guido Möllering [24/08/2007]	Christine Trampusch Accepts Post at the University of Bern [26/02/2007]
New Secretary to the Managing Director [07/08/2007]	International Max Planck Research School Founded [26/02/2007]
Second Max Planck Summer Conference on Economy and Society [27/07/2007]

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