Research Projects at the MPIfG

 

Project Areas

• Sociology of Markets
• Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism
• Research Group on European Liberalization Policies
• Research Group on Institution Building across Borders
• Research Group on Economic Patriotism
• Science, Technology and Innovation
• Governance of Global Structures
• Theories and Methods
• Doctoral Program IMPRS-SPCE: Dissertation Projects
• Projects by Visiting Researchers

 

Project Area
Sociology of Markets

 

Introduction to "Sociology of Markets"
Jens Beckert
 

Fundamentals

How Are Markets Possible?
Jens Beckert
 

Social Risks of Market Exchange

The Costs of Internationalization
Geny Piotti
 
Trust as a Mechanism of Economic Coordination
Jens Beckert and Guido Möllering
 

The Emergence of Markets

Where Do Markets Come From?
Guido Möllering
 
Trading Intellectual Property
Raymund Werle with Irene Troy
 
"Winner-Take-All" Markets in the Creative Industries
Mark Lutter
 

Creation of Value in Markets

Demand Structure and Distributional Effects of the Lottery
Jens Beckert and Mark Lutter
 
The Production of Cultural Meaning and Price Formation on Wine Markets
Jens Beckert and Jörg Rössel, University of Zurich
 

 
The Worth of Goods
Jens Beckert and Patrik Aspers, Stockholm University
 

Illegal Markets

The Structure of Illegal Markets
Jens Beckert and Renate Mayntz
 
Illegal Markets in the Social Sciences: The State of Research
Frank Wehinger
 

Sociology of Profit

The Sociology of Profit
Sascha Münnich
 

Political Capitalisms

Political Domination, Institutional Change and Post-colonial Capitalism
Roy Karadag
 



 

Project Area
Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism

 

Introduction to "Institutional Change in Contemporary Capitalism"
Wolfgang Streeck
 

Industrial Relations and Welfare States

Social Conditions and Consequences of Flexible Labor Markets
Wolfgang Streeck
 
The German Vocational Training System
Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Marius R. Busemeyer
 
Vocational Education in International Comparison
Marius R. Busemeyer
 
The Political Logic of Juridical Action
Britta Rehder
 

Theory of Capitalism

Commonalities of Capitalism
Wolfgang Streeck
 
The Fiscal Crisis of the State in Contemporary Capitalism
Wolfgang Streeck
 
Corporate and Moral Interests in the Relocation of Production
Martin Schröder
 

Democratic Theory

Democracy in an Age of Liberalization
Armin Schäfer
 

European Integration

The Political Economy of European Integration
Martin Höpner and Armin Schäfer
 
European Integration and the Clash of Capitalisms
Helen Callaghan
 

Corporate Governance

Insiders, Outsiders and the Politics of Corporate Governance
Helen Callaghan
 
Limits of Political Intervention in the Financial Sector
Helen Callaghan and Paul Lagneau-Ymonet, IRISES, Université Paris-Dauphine
 
Decentralization of Capital in Germany
Lothar Krempel
 



 

Project Area
Research Group on European Liberalization Policies

 

Introduction to "European Liberalization Policies"
Martin Höpner
 
Liberalization Policies in International Comparison
Martin Höpner, Alexander Petring, Daniel Seikel and Benjamin Werner
 
"Integration through Law" as a Source of European Liberalization Policy
Martin Höpner
 
The European Challenge to the German Public Banking Sector
Daniel Seikel (Doctoral project)
 
The Dispute over "Golden Shares"
Benjamin Werner (Doctoral project)
 
Supervisory Board Codetermination in the One Hundred Largest German Firms
Martin Höpner and Tim Müllenborn
 
Large Firms’ Donations to Political Parties in Germany
Martin Höpner and Achim Goerres, University of Cologne
 



 

Project Area
Research Group on Institution Building across Borders

 

Introduction to "Institution Building across Borders"
Sigrid Quack
 
Law and Legitimacy in the Global Economy
Sigrid Quack
 
Transnational Communities
Sigrid Quack and Marie-Laure Djelic, ESSEC Paris
 
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
 
Transnational Governance of Common Resources
Philip Mader (Doctoral project)
 
When Transnational Governance Hits the Ground
Liviu Mantescu (Doctoral project)
 
Transnational Activism and Labor Regulation in Chinese Supply Chains
Sabrina Zajak (Doctoral project)
 



 

Project Area
Research Group on Economic Patriotism

 

Introduction "Economic Patriotism"
Cornelia Woll
 
Economic Patriotism in the Era of Global Financial Markets
Cornelia Woll
 
Politics beyond Borders: Regulating Hedge Funds
Cornelia Woll
 
The French Debate over the Bolkestein Directive
Cornelia Woll and Emiliano Grossman, Sciences Po, Paris
 
The Political Economy of Banking Bailouts in Europe and the United States
Cornelia Woll and Emiliano Grossman, Sciences Po, Paris
 
The Transformation of Financial Institutions
Stéphane Guittet, Sciences Po, Paris (Doctoral project)
 



 

Project Area
Science, Technology and Innovation

 

Introduction to "Science, Technology and Innovation"
Raymund Werle
 
Technical Innovations and the Protection of Intellectual Property
Raymund Werle
 
Impact of Modern Information and Communication Technologies on Governance
Jürgen Feick
 



 

Project Area
Governance of Global Structures

 

Globalization and the Consequences for Governance
Renate Mayntz
 
Institutional Change in the Governance of Financial Markets
Renate Mayntz with Till Martin Kaesbach
 
Normative Foundations and Limits of Political Legitimacy
Fritz W. Scharpf
 



 

Project Area
Theories and Methods

 

Social Science and the Practice of Politics
Wolfgang Streeck
 
Theory of Institutional Change
Wolfgang Streeck and Kathleen Thelen, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with Helen Callaghan
 
Technical Advice for Projects at the Institute
Lothar Krempel
 



 

Project Area
Doctoral Program IMPRS-SPCE: Dissertation Projects

 

The Political Economy of the Funeral Market
Dominic Akyel
 
The Constitution of the Antiques Market
Elena Bogdanova
 
Evaluating Candidates in the Labor Market
Philipp Gerlach
 
Religious Charity in Social Policy
Ipek Göcmen
 
Fiscal Redistribution in Modern Welfare States
Andreas Kammer
 
The Politics of Sociology
Michael Reif
 
Social Preferences in Democratic Decision-Making
Jan Sauermann
 



 

Project Area
Projects by Visiting Researchers

 

Retrenchments in Public Pension Generosity
Juan Fernandez
 
Organizational Learning through Privatization
Harrison Grafos
 
Does Business Need Social Policy?
Thomas Paster
 
Financial Services Governance in the European Union
Lucia Quaglia
 
The Ideational Embeddedness of Social Inequality
Patrick Sachweh
 
Capitalism in China
Tobias ten Brink
 
Social Lending
Zsuzsanna Vargha