Program

Symposium to celebrate the 60th birthday of Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro

Friday, May 22, 2026

Please note that this event is by invitation only.

08:50
Introduction

09:00
Panel 1 | Industrial Relations 

Presenters:
Chiara Benassi, University of Bologna
Chris Howell, Yale University
Marco Simoni, Istituto Affari Internazionali, LUISS University

 

10:15
Informal reception – birthday toasts and cake

Speakers:
Sharon Adams, MPIfG Works’ Council
Pálma Polyák, Martin Höpner, Sinisa Hadziabdic, all MPIfG

11:00
Panel 2 | Industrial Relations, Governance, and Comparative Political Economy

Presenters:
Arianna Tassinari, University of Bologna
André Bächtiger, University of Stuttgart
Klaus Armingeon, University of Zurich

12:15
Lunch 

13:45
Panel 3 | Comparative Political Economy and Growth Models

Presenters:
Peter Hall, Harvard University
Tobias Tober, University of Konstanz
Mark Blyth, Brown University
Marius Busemeyer, University of Konstanz
Pálma Polyák, MPIfG

15:30
Coffee

15:45
Panel 4 | PhD at MIT and Growth Models at the MPIfG

Presenters: 
Richard Locke, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Martin Höpner, MPIfG
Anna Hehenberger, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz/Johannes Kepler University Linz
Erik Neimanns, MPIfG
Björn Bremer, Central European University

17:30
Panel 5 | Lifelong Intellectual Growth

Presenters:
Sinisa Hadziabdic, MPIfG
Wolfgang Streeck, MPIfG

End 18:15

Please note that the program is subject to change.