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MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Apr 23, 2025
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Brooke Harrington
  • Dartmouth College
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The Conventional Wisdom on the Rise of Shadow Banking and the Neglect of Financial Stability Concerns: Strengths and Weaknesses

Scholar in Residence Lecture I
  • Date: Apr 29, 2025
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Matthias Thiemann
Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at the Institute, he presents a lecture series entitled "Technocrats, State Agency, and the Rise and Continued Expansion of the Shadow Banking System." The three lectures will take place on April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2025. [more]

Foundations of the Rise of Shadow Banking in the US in the 1950s and 1960s: Acts of Commission and Acts of Omission by the Fed and the Treasury

Scholar in Residence Lecture II
  • Date: May 6, 2025
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Matthias Thiemann
Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at the Institute, he presents a lecture series entitled "Technocrats, State Agency, and the Rise and Continued Expansion of the Shadow Banking System." The three lectures will take place on April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2025. [more]

The Future as a Democratic Resource

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: May 7, 2025
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Jonathan White
  • European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science
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Beliefs about the future shape attitudes, experiences, and priorities in the present. This lecture explores the relationship between democracy and the expected world to come. [more]
Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at the Institute, he presents a lecture series entitled "Technocrats, State Agency, and the Rise and Continued Expansion of the Shadow Banking System." The three lectures will take place on April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2025. [more]

The Politics of Unpaid Labor: How the Study of Unpaid Labor Can Help Address Inequality in Precarious Work

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Jun 3, 2025
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Valeria Pulignano
  • KU Leuven
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In her lecture, Valeria Pulignano introduces a theory of the politics of unpaid labor, advancing our understanding of inequality within the context of precarious work. She establishes a crucial link between unpaid labor’s political dimensions and its role in fueling emerging forms of precarious work that are characterized by persistent inequalities in a context of labor market reforms, societal shifts, and technological changes. [more]

European Society: Its Meaning and Its Promise

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Jun 17, 2025
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Armin von Bogdandy
  • Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, Heidelberg
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The European constitutional navigation of the noughties succeeded in stipulating that European integration had ushered in European society (Article 2 TEU). This choice remains underexplored. In light of current European uncertainty, the lecture explores the meaning and promise of European society. [more]
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