Lisa Suckert, who has been a Senior Researcher at the MPIfG since 2016, has received third place in the essay award of the Hertie Foundation and WirtschaftsWoche. The award distinguishes outstanding essays on the topic of democracy and economy. In her text, Suckert explores the impact of the coronavirus crisis on the capitalist time regime by drawing on Michael Ende’s classic German children’s book “Momo.” The essay was published in WirtschaftsWoche and is available on
the Hertie Foundation website.