Public Events

Hanna Kuusela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2026. During her stay at the Institute, she presents a lecture series entitled "The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State." The three lectures will take place on May 5, and May 26, and June 2, 2026. [more]

Hanna Kuusela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2026. During her stay at the Institute, she presents a lecture series entitled "The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State." The three lectures will take place on May 5, and May 26, and June 2, 2026. [more]

Globally, women accumulate less wealth than men. The gender wealth gap is most pronounced at the top of the wealth distribution. In her talk, Céline Bessière discusses how tax strategies are gendered, with consequences for wealth inequality. [more]

Hanna Kuusela is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of Jyväskylä, Finland, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2026. During her stay at the Institute, she presents a lecture series entitled "The Redistributive Ethos in Crisis: Three Imaginaries Dismantling the Welfare State." The three lectures will take place on May 5, and May 26, and June 2, 2026. [more]

In his talk, Jonathan Levy introduces the problem of the demand for money in history, and seeks — drawing from Keynes — to clarify demand as a category of analysis across economic but also social, cultural, and political life. [more]