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

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

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

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


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


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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