January 2012 Workshop: Final Program [Download]
Thursday,
January 19
6:30
pm
Welcome Dinner at Toscanini, Jacobstr. 22
Friday, January 20
Potential Uses and Abuses of
Evolutionary Theory in the Study of Institutional Change
Papers be discussed:
Henry Farrell and Cosma Shalizi: Evolutionary Theory and the Dynamics of Institutional Change
Ian S. Lustick: Taking Evolution Seriously
Sven Steinmo and Orion Lewis: Evolutionary Theory and Institutional Analysis
Wolfgang Streeck: A Note on Evolution
9:15 am Welcome
9:25 am Comments by the discussants:
Renate Mayntz
Geoffrey Hodgson
Sandra Mitchell
Stephan Müller
11:15 am Coffee break
11:30 am Open debate, round 1
1:00 pm Lunch
2:30 pm Response by the authors:
Henry Farrell
Ian Lustick
Sven Steinmo
Wolfgang Streeck
4:15 pm Coffee break
4:30 pm Open debate, round 2
5:45 pm Concluding remarks
7:00 pm Workshop Dinner at Zum Alten Brauhaus, Severinstr. 51
Saturday, January 21
Recent Papers on Institutional Change
9:15 Comments by Helen Callaghan, followed by open discussion, on
Bruce Carruthers: Institutional Dynamics: When is Change "Real Change"?
10:15 Coffee break
10:30-11:30
Comments by Adam Sheingate, followed by open discussion, on
Ulrich Dolata: Technological Innovations and Sectoral Change
11:30-12:30
Comments by Jim Mahoney, followed by open discussion, on
Alfio Cerami: Social Mechanisms in the Establishment of the European Economic and Monetary Union
12:30 Lunch