Research Projects at the MPIfG

 

Project Areas

• Sociology of Markets
• Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism
• Research Group on the Political Economy of European Integration
• Research Group on Institution Building across Borders
• Governance of Global Structures
• Theories and Methods
• IMPRS-SPCE Doctoral Program: Dissertation Projects

 

Project Area
Sociology of Markets

 

Introduction to "Sociology of Markets"
Jens Beckert
 

Fundamentals

How Are Markets Possible?
Jens Beckert
 
Fictionality in Economic Action
Jens Beckert
 

The Emergence of Markets

"Winner-Take-All" Markets in the Creative Industries
Mark Lutter
 
Market Formation and Social Movements
Simone Schiller-Merkens
 

Creation of Value in Markets

The Production of Cultural Meaning and Price Formation on Wine Markets
Jens Beckert and Jörg Rössel, Universität Zürich
 
Political Regulation in the Wine Market
Jens Beckert
 
Constructing Quality
Jens Beckert and Christine Musselin, Sciences Po, Paris
 
Comparative Market-Making in High Value-Added Industries
Betsy Carter
 

Illegal Markets

The Structure of Illegal Markets
Jens Beckert and Renate Mayntz
 
Illegal Markets under Crisis Conditions
Matías Dewey
 

Sociology of Profit

Global Governance and Corporate Social Responsibility
Damien Krichewsky
 



 

Project Area
Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism

 

Introduction to "Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism"
Wolfgang Streeck
 

Theory of Capitalism

The Fiscal Crisis of the State in Contemporary Capitalism
Wolfgang Streeck
 
The Political Economy of the Funeral Market
Dominic Akyel
 
The Political Economy of Private Indebtedness and Mortgage Credit
Ismail Emre Bayram
 

Industrial Relations and Welfare States

Social Conditions and Consequences of Flexible Labor Markets
Wolfgang Streeck
 
Does Business Need Social Policy?
Thomas Paster
 
Business Support for Social Partnership
Thomas Paster
 
The Age of Neo-Protestantism
Josef Hien
 

Democratic Theory

Democracy in an Age of Liberalization
Armin Schäfer
 

European Integration

The Political Economy of European Integration
Martin Höpner and Armin Schäfer
 

Corporate Governance

Capitalist Development and the Market for Corporate Control
Helen Callaghan
 



 

Project Area
Research Group on the Political Economy of European Integration

 

Introduction to "Political Economy of European Integration"
Martin Höpner
 
"Integration through Law" as a Source of European Liberalization Policies
Martin Höpner
 
The Political Economy of "Integration-through-Law"
Benjamin Werner
 



 

Project Area
Research Group on Institution Building across Borders

 

Introduction to "Institution Building across Borders"
Sigrid Quack
 
Trajectories of Transnational Governance
Sigrid Quack
 
The Copyright Dispute
Sigrid Quack and Leonhard Dobusch, Freie Universität Berlin
 
Transnational Politics of Professional Expertise
Sigrid Quack and Paul Lagneau-Ymonet, IRISSO, Université Paris-Dauphine
 
Global-Local Interaction in Cross-Border Governance
Sigrid Quack and Olga Malets, Technische Universität München
 
Elites on Trial
Sigrid Quack with Glenn Morgan, Cardiff Business School, and Paul Hirsch, Northwestern University
 
Microfinance and Financialization
Philip Mader
 
International Financial Reporting Standards in Africa
Solomon Zori (Doctoral project)
 
The Transnational Governance of Land Grabbing
Matias E. Margulis
 
Politics and Economies of Scale
Carolyn N. Biltoft
 
New Powers in Global Trade Governance
Kristen Hopewell
 
Patent Professionalism
Markus Lang (Doctoral project)
 



 

Project Area
Governance of Global Structures

 

Globalization and Governance
Renate Mayntz
 
Normative Foundations and Limits of Political Legitimacy
Fritz W. Scharpf
 



 

Project Area
Theories and Methods

 

Social Science and the Practice of Politics
Wolfgang Streeck
 
Social "Complexity"
Ariane Leendertz
 
Technical Advice for Projects at the Institute
Lothar Krempel
 
Knowledge Production and Social Media
Lothar Krempel
 



 

Project Area
IMPRS-SPCE Doctoral Program: Dissertation Projects

 

Social Policy Preferences in the Global South
Sarah Berens
 
Moral Contestation and the Market for Sexual Services
Arne Dreßler
 
Economic Competition in Renewable Energy Transitions
Timur Ergen
 
Fertility Behavior in Regional Social Contexts
Barbara Fulda
 
The Microfoundation of Financialization
Felipe González
 
Political Economy of Budget Surpluses
Lukas Haffert
 
The Illegal Market in Rhinoceros Horn
Annette Hübschle
 
Ethnicity, Class, Politics
Azer Kiliç
 
Moral Foundations of Housing Markets
Sebastian Kohl
 
Continuity and Change in Neoliberal Developmental Regimes
Aldo Madariaga
 
Public Debt and Public Policy
Philip Mehrtens
 
Household Debt in the Age of Permanent Austerity
Daniel Mertens
 
Status and Exploration in the German Book Market
Isabella Reichert
 
The Working Day of Taxi Drivers in Warsaw
Marcin Serafin
 
Integrating Spheres and Uncertainties in International Adoption
Christian Tribowski
 
Selling "Cultures"
André Vereta Nahoum
 
The Lives of Large Families on Welfare
Sara Weckemann
 
New Political Parties as Innovators
Gregor Zons