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Words and Distinctions for the Common Good

MPIfG Lecture
  • Datum: 10.04.2024
  • Uhrzeit: 16:00 - 17:30
  • Vortragender: Gabriel Abend
  • University of Lucerne
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Social scientists do research on many topics: gender, capitalism, populism, and race and ethnicity, among others. They make descriptive and explanatory claims about power, neoliberalism, values, the welfare state, social movements, and empathy. [mehr]

The End of History and the Last European

MPIfG Lecture
  • Datum: 24.04.2024
  • Uhrzeit: 16:00 - 17:30
  • Vortragender: Michael A. Wilkinson
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
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In his talk, Michael A. Wilkinson reflects on postwar Europe from the perspective of the long durée of European constitutional history and the interwar breakdown of liberal democracy. He suggests that far from “revolutionary,” as it has been characterized, postwar European constitutionalism is better understood as elitist and even counter-revolutionary in trajectory. [mehr]
In her lecture series as this year’s MPIfG Scholar in Residence, Bașak Kuș from Wesleyan University will share insights into how governments conceptualize and mitigate risk, and the significant role that economists and economistic reasoning play in shaping these processes – essential analysis for understanding the foundations of the crises that mark our times, from finance to climate, ultimately extending to the crisis of democracy. [mehr]

There Is More to It Than the Repeal of Glass-Steagall: Drifting, Micro, and Information-Based Financial Regulation

Scholar in Residence Lecture II
  • Datum: 04.06.2024
  • Uhrzeit: 16:00 - 17:30
  • Vortragende: Bașak Kuș
In her lecture series as this year’s MPIfG Scholar in Residence, Bașak Kuș from Wesleyan University will share insights into how governments conceptualize and mitigate risk, and the significant role that economists and economistic reasoning play in shaping these processes – essential analysis for understanding the foundations of the crises that mark our times, from finance to climate, ultimately extending to the crisis of democracy. [mehr]

Building State Power through Border Control and Immigration Enforcement

MPIfG Lecture
  • Datum: 11.06.2024
  • Uhrzeit: 15:00 - 16:30
  • Vortragender: Kimberly Morgan
  • George Washington University
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In her talk, Kimberly Morgen will discuss the extensive buildup of border policing and immigration enforcement in the United States since the start of the 2000s as an example of state expansion. [mehr]
In her lecture series as this year’s MPIfG Scholar in Residence, Bașak Kuș from Wesleyan University will share insights into how governments conceptualize and mitigate risk, and the significant role that economists and economistic reasoning play in shaping these processes – essential analysis for understanding the foundations of the crises that mark our times, from finance to climate, ultimately extending to the crisis of democracy. [mehr]

Trust Methods: Accounting for Who, What, When, and How to Trust

MPIfG Lecture
  • Datum: 19.06.2024
  • Uhrzeit: 17:00 - 18:30
  • Vortragender: Gil Eyal
  • Columbia University, New York
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In his talk, Gil Eyal argues against conventional approaches to studying trust in the social sciences and proposes an alternate strategy focused on “trust methods.” [mehr]
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