Events

 

In the 2020/21 winter semester and 2021 summer semester, the MPIfG's public events will take place online. We will post current information here as soon as possible.

 
Thursday, June 17, 2021 | 17:00
Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE)
The Politics of the Minimum Wage: Explaining Introduction and Levels | Georg Picot and Michal Kozak

Workshop
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Monday, June 28, 2021 to Wednesday, June 30, 2021
Fifteenth Summer Conference on Economy and Society: Politics and Society in a Material World

MaxPo, Paris
Conference
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Wednesday, July 7, 2021 | 17:00
Der Preis der Sicherheit: Entführungen von Millionären und Millionärinnen in der Bundesrepublik als Untersuchungsgegenstand einer Kulturgeschichte des Reichtums
Vortragsreihe "Wealth and Social Inequality"
Eva Maria Gajek, Justus-Liebig-Universität Gießen, Institut für Neuere Geschichte 
Public Lecture
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Thursday, July 15, 2021 | 17:00
Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE)
Pragmatic Principles, Stereotypes and Uncertainty: How Sovereign Rating Reports Discuss Politics and Policy in Developed Countries | Szofia Barta and Alison Johnston

Workshop
Website

 
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 | 17:00
The Fictions of Modern Social Theory

Gurminder Bhambra, University of Sussex 
Public Lecture

 
Wednesday, November 24, 2021 | 17:00
Political Entrepreneurs and Populism

Catherine De Vries, Bocconi University, Milan 
Public Lecture

 
Wednesday, December 8, 2021 | 17:00
New Gilded Age in a Broken World? The Super-Rich, Urban Life, and City Politics

Rowland Atkinson, University of Sheffield 
Public Lecture

 
Wednesday, January 12, 2022 | 17:00
Identity Switching in Disruptive Organizations: The Microfoundations of Transnational Activism for Economic Justice

Duncan Wigan, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School 
Public Lecture

 
Wednesday, January 26, 2022 | 17:00
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Carolyn Sissoko, University of the West of England, Bristol 
Public Lecture