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Recordings of the MPIfG Lectures and Contributions from the Annual Colloquium

A promotional image for a lecture titled "European Society: Its Meaning and its Promise" by Armin von Bogdandy from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, scheduled for June 17, 2025. It includes a photo of the speaker and branding elements from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

The European constitutional navigation of the noughties succeeded in stipulating that European integration had ushered in European society (Article 2… more

Lecture announcement featuring Valeria Pulignano on "The Politics of Unpaid Labor," discussing inequality in precarious work. Date: June 3, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

In her lecture, Valeria Pulignano introduces a theory of the politics of unpaid labor, advancing our understanding of inequality within the context of… more

A lecture poster featuring Jonathan White from the European Institute, discussing "The Future as a Democratic Resource," scheduled for May 7, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.


Beliefs about the future shape attitudes, experiences, and priorities in the present. This lecture explores the relationship between democracy and the… more

The image features a promotional graphic for an MPIfG lecture by Matthias Thiemann on the topic of shadow banking and financial stability concerns.


This introductory lecture lays out the main object of study of the lecture series, the shadow banking system, its wider importance for the… more

A promotional graphic for a lecture titled "Foundations of the Rise of Shadow Banking in the US in the 1980s and 1960s" by Matthias Thiemann from Sciences Po, part of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies lecture series.

The second lecture pursues the theme of agency of state actors in an attempt to explain the rise of the shadow banking system in the US by focusing on… more

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A promotional image for a lecture titled "European Society: Its Meaning and its Promise" by Armin von Bogdandy from the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law, scheduled for June 17, 2025. It includes a photo of the speaker and branding elements from the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

The European constitutional navigation of the noughties succeeded in stipulating that European integration had ushered in European society (Article 2… more

Lecture announcement featuring Valeria Pulignano on "The Politics of Unpaid Labor," discussing inequality in precarious work. Date: June 3, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

In her lecture, Valeria Pulignano introduces a theory of the politics of unpaid labor, advancing our understanding of inequality within the context of… more

A lecture poster featuring Jonathan White from the European Institute, discussing "The Future as a Democratic Resource," scheduled for May 7, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.


Beliefs about the future shape attitudes, experiences, and priorities in the present. This lecture explores the relationship between democracy and the… more

The image features a promotional graphic for an MPIfG lecture by Matthias Thiemann on the topic of shadow banking and financial stability concerns.


This introductory lecture lays out the main object of study of the lecture series, the shadow banking system, its wider importance for the… more

A promotional graphic for a lecture titled "Foundations of the Rise of Shadow Banking in the US in the 1980s and 1960s" by Matthias Thiemann from Sciences Po, part of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies lecture series.

The second lecture pursues the theme of agency of state actors in an attempt to explain the rise of the shadow banking system in the US by focusing on… more

A promotional graphic for a lecture titled "Technocratic Myopia and the Time Inconsistency Problem Revisited," featuring Matthias Thiemann from Sciences Po. The event is part of the MPIfG Scholar in Residence Lecture Series.

After the Great Financial Crisis, central bankers were alerted to the inherent financial stability risks of the shadow banking system, its endogenous… more

Image promoting a lecture titled "Secrecy and Kleptocracy" by Brooke Harrington from Dartmouth College, scheduled for April 23, 2025, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

Over a century ago, Georg Simmel noted that the need for secrecy unites the nobility with criminal gangs in their quest for power and resources. This… more

An event poster for a lecture titled "The Logic of Fossil Fuels" by Peter Wagner, featuring his photo, details about his affiliation, and the date, November 27, 2024, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

The main cause of the climate crisis is the burning of fossil fuels. This talk will turn the question around and aim at identifying the social… more

Graphic promoting an MPIIfG lecture titled "Trust Methods" by Gil Eyal from Columbia University, scheduled for June 19, 2024. Features an image of the speaker and institutional logos.

What is trust and how should it be studied? In his talk, Gil Eyal argues against conventional approaches to studying trust in the social sciences and… more

Promotional image for a lecture titled "Building State Power through Border Control and Immigration Enforcement" by Kimberly Morgan from George Washington University, scheduled for June 11, 2024, at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

We live in an age of migration, and of migration control. Global mobility and the political responses it has engendered have impelled governments in… more

A promotional graphic for a lecture titled "The End of History and the Last European" by Michael A. Wilkinson, featuring the date and the hosting institution, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

In his talk, Michael A. Wilkinson reflects on postwar Europe from the perspective of the long durée of European constitutional history and the… more

The image is a promotional graphic for an MPIfG lecture titled "The Logic of Credit" by Zsófia Barta from the University at Albany, scheduled for January 10, 2024. It features the logo of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies.

Zsófia Barta | The Logic of Credit

Podcast January 10, 2024

The lecture will explain how rating agencies award sovereign ratings; why they impose penalties on certain political and policy choices; why they are… more

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