Visiting Researchers at the MPIfG

 

Aliénor Balaude

Home institution: Centre de sociologie des organisations, Sciences Po Paris
Research topic: The Making of Excellence: Sociology of Judgment Practices in the Framework of Policies for Excellence
At the MPIfG: September 9, 2019–January 10, 2020

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Anitra Baliga

Home institution: Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science
Research topic: The Making of Mumbai's Land Market
At the MPIfG: October 1, 2019–March 31, 2020

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Weronika Boruc

Home institution: Max Planck Partner Group for the Sociology of Economic Life, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Research topic: Experimental Study of Entrepreneurial Propensity: Methodological and Empirical Research on Entrepreneurial Risk
At the MPIfG: October 1, 2019–December 23, 2019

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Dr. Lea Elsässer

Home institution: University of Duisburg-Essen
Research topic: Causes of Unequal Political Responsiveness
At the MPIfG: September 1, 2019–September 30, 2020

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Mateusz Halawa

Home institution: Max Planck Partner Group for the Sociology of Economic Life, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Research topic: Householding under Financialization: Theorizing from Ethnography
At the MPIfG: October 1, 2019–December 20, 2019

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Dr. Andrea Herrmann

Home institution: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University
Research topic: On the Institutional Foundations of the Gig Economy
At the MPIfG: September 1, 2019–January 31, 2020

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Dr. Marta Olcoń-Kubicka

Home institution: Max Planck Partner Group for the Sociology of Economic Life, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw
Research topic: Intergenerational Transactions: Cultural Dimensions of Money and Wealth Transfers from Parents to Their Adult Children
At the MPIfG: October 1, 2019–December 20, 2019

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Dr. May Zuleika Salao

Home institution: UA&P School of Law and Governance, University of Asia and the Pacific, Manila
Research topic: Globally Inclusive Societies? Governing Political Scale
At the MPIfG: September 1, 2019–December 16, 2019

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Prof. Dr. Armin Schäfer

Home institution: Institute of Political Science, University of Münster
Research topic: In Defense of Democracy
At the MPIfG: September 1, 2019–March 31, 2020

MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2019 

 

Christopher Smith Ochoa

Home institution: NRW Schooll of Governance, University of Duisburg-Essen
Research topic: The Battle over Facts: The German Discourse on Economic Inequality
At the MPIfG: January 2, 2020–March 31, 2020

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