Dr. Leon Wansleben
Head of Research Group
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-504
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Paulstr. 3 | 50676 Cologne | Germany
Phone: +49 221 2767-504
Fax: +49 221 2767-555
Research Interests
sociology of financial markets and financialization; political sociology and theories of the state; sociological theoryResearch Projects
Research Group on the Sociology of Public Finances and DebtSelected Publications
How Expectations Became Governable: Institutional Change and the Performative Power of Central Banks. Theory and Society 47, published online 21 November 2018Luhmann without Society. Finance and Society 4, 2, 188-192 (2018)
Cultures of Expertise in Global Currency Markets. London: Routledge, 2013
“Dreaming with BRICs”: Innovating the Classificatory Regimes of International Finance. Journal of Cultural Economy 6, 4, 453-471 (2013)
Wie wird bewertbar, ob ein Staat zu viele Schulden hat? Finanzexperten und ihr Bewertungswissen in der griechischen Schuldenkrise. Berliner Journal für Soziologie 21, 4, 495-519 (2011)
Vita
| as of January 2019 | Head of the Research Group on the Sociology of Public Finances and Debt, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies |
| 2014-2018 | Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science |
| 2010-2014 | Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Sociological Seminar, University of Lucerne |
| 2010 | Dr. rer. soc., Sociology, University of Konstanz |
| 2007-2010 | Doctoral Researcher, University of Konstanz |
Awards and Honors (Selected)
2018: Fellowship, Institute for Advanced Study Konstanz2016: LSE Excellence in Education Award, London School of Economics and Political Science
2014: Swiss National Science Foundation Ambizione scholarship
2012: Dissertation award “Wissenschaft und Gesellschaft,“ University of Konstanz