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“The Undeserving Citizens”: Erosion of Universalism as the Normative Basis of the Welfare State

Scholar in Residence Lecture I
  • Date: May 5, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Hanna Kuusela
  • Location: Cologne
  • Contact: info@mpifg.de
Hanna Kuusela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2026. During her stay at the Institute, she presents a lecture series entitled "The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State." The three lectures will take place on May 5, and May 26, and June 2, 2026. [more]
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60th Birthday of Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro

Symposium
  • Date: May 22, 2026
  • Location: Cologne
The symposium will travel through the wide and interdisciplinary collaborations Lucio Baccaro developed throughout his career. Long-standing colleagues and fellow researchers will honor Lucio Baccaro’s professional and personal achievements with their contributions. [more]
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“The Good Domestic Owner”: Group Logics and Tribalism as Substitutes for the Critique of Inequality

Scholar in Residence Lecture II
  • Date: May 26, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Hanna Kuusela
  • Location: Cologne
  • Contact: info@mpifg.de
Hanna Kuusela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2026. During her stay at the Institute, she presents a lecture series entitled "The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State." The three lectures will take place on May 5, and May 26, and June 2, 2026. [more]
Dekoratives Bild mit Schriftzug "MAX CPE Workshop Series - Comparative Political Economy" im Vordergrund; Seminarsituation verschwommen im Hintergrund

Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies: Interoperability, Fragmentation and Geofinance

Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: May 27, 2026
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Amy Verdun
  • University of Victoria
The Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE) is an online seminar series in Comparative Political Economy, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. [more]
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Gendering Tax Optimization: Insights from Ethnography of Wealthy Families from the Top One Percent Across Continental Europe

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: May 28, 2026
  • Time: 06:15 PM - 07:45 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Céline Bessière
  • Paris-Dauphine University
  • Sign up: info@mpifg.de
Globally, women accumulate less wealth than men. The gender wealth gap is most pronounced at the top of the wealth distribution. In her talk, Céline Bessière discusses how tax strategies are gendered, with consequences for wealth inequality. [more]
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“Family First” – Family Partiality as an Obstacle to More Equal Redistribution

Scholar in Residence Lecture III
  • Date: Jun 2, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Hanna Kuusela
  • Location: Cologne
  • Contact: info@mpifg.de
Hanna Kuusela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2026. During her stay at the Institute, she presents a lecture series entitled "The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State." The three lectures will take place on May 5, and May 26, and June 2, 2026. [more]
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Midas Touch: On the Demand for Money in History

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Jun 10, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jonathan Levy
  • Sciences Po, Paris
  • Sign up: info@mpifg.de
In his talk, Jonathan Levy introduces the problem of the demand for money in history, and seeks — drawing from Keynes — to clarify demand as a category of analysis across economic but also social, cultural, and political life. [more]
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