Visiting Researchers at the MPIfG

 

Sebastian Billows

Home institution: Sciences Po, Paris, France
Research topic: Categorizing and evaluating artists: The case of the "Young British Artists"
At the MPIfG: February 1, 2012–June 30, 2012


 

Pierre de Larminat

Home institution: École Normale Supérieure, Paris, and Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne, Reims, France
Research topic: What Makes a Good Portfolio Manager? Dealing with Uncertainty in the Financial Industry
At the MPIfG: September 1, 2011–July 31, 2012


 

Dr. Jürgen Feick

Home institution: MPI for the Study of Societies, Cologne, Germany
Research topic: The Impact of Modern Information and Communication Technologies on Governance  

At the MPIfG: May 1, 2012–September 30, 2012

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Harrison Grafos

Home institution: Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Pittsburgh, USA
Research topic: Reform of the French and German postal services
At the MPIfG: May 7, 2012–May 25, 2012


 

Maria Luisa Marinho

Home institution: Department of Sociology, University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom
Research topic: Health inequalities and social capital in Chile
At the MPIfG: March 26, 2012–July 15, 2012

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Dr. Maria Markantonatou

Home institution: Department of Sociology, University of the Aegean, Mytilene, Greece
Research topic: The Eurozone's response to the debt crisis
At the MPIfG: April 1, 2012–September 30, 2012


 

Alexey Mukomel

Home institution: Investment banking firm, Moscow, Russian Federation
Research topic: The market for illegal corporate bankruptcies in Russia
At the MPIfG: May 2, 2012–June 8, 2012


 

Prof. Akos Rona-Tas

Home institution: Department of Sociology, University of California-San Diego, USA
Research topic: Uncertainty in credit markets and the social conditions of formalizing decision making
At the MPIfG: April 1, 2012–June 30, 2012

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Dr. Simone Schiller-Merkens

Home institution: Universität Mannheim, Mannheim, Germany
Research topic: Market Formation and Social Movements
At the MPIfG: October 1, 2011–June 30, 2012

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Prof. Dr. Arndt Sorge

Home institution: Department of Economic and Social Sciences, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Research topic: The interaction between firms’ internationalization strategies and their national institutional embeddedness  
Professor Arndt Sorge is Scholar in Residence at the MPI for the Study of Societies for the winter term 2011/2012.
At the MPIfG: January 1, 2012–June 30, 2012

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Prof. Kathrin Zippel

Home institution: Department of Sociology and Anthropology, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
Research topic: Globalizing science: Scientific mobility and collaboration
At the MPIfG: May 15, 2012–August 31, 2012

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