Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE)

Current Program

Wednesday, December 17, 2025 | 13:00–14:00
Making Global Migration More Acceptable? How the Rights and Obligations of Immigrants Upon Arrival Shape Preferences for Immigrant Admission
Alexandre Afonso, Universiteit Leiden (joint work with Samir Mustafa Negash, Elif Kayran and Emil Wolff)

Wednesday, January 21, 2026 | 13:00–14:00
Finance and the Far Right: Financial Nationalist Politics in an Asset-Manager World
Inga Rademacher, City St. George University London

February 11, 2026 | 13:00–14:00
Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund
Franziska Cooiman, Humboldt Universität Berlin

March 18, 2026 | 13:00–14:00
Coalition Formation and the Sovereignty of Tax Havens: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Bahamas and Bermuda 
Lukas Hakelberg, Leuphana Universität Lüneburg

April 29, 2026 | 13:00–14:00
Empty Shell or Rising Start? Dubai as an Offshore Financial Centre in Historical Context
Andrea Binder, Freie Universität Berlin

May 27, 2026 | 15:00–16:00
Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies: Interoperability, Fragmentation and Geofinance
Amy Verdun, University of Victoria (joint work with Lucia Quaglia)

June 10, 2026 | 13:00–14:00
Subordinated Agency, Economic Statecraft, and Payment System Development in Indonesia and Nigeria
Florence Dafe, Technical University of Munich (joint work with Lena Rethel)