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In this online book discussion, we discuss with Nina Bandelj her book Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting. At the turn of the twentieth century, children went from being economically useful to being seen by their parents as vulnerable and emotionally priceless. In the new millennium, however, parents have become overinvested in the emotional economy of parenting. [more]

This first joint CAPE/RNPE workshop aims to connect the US-based and the German/European networks in order to develop common perspectives in the broad domain of comparative political economy. [more]

In the face of increasingly intense climate-related disasters, many social actors insist that certain things should not and do not have to change in the face of the climate crisis. In this presentation of work-in-progress, Rebecca Elliott probes this conviction through what she tentatively calls a sociology of “incumbency.” [more]

In an era of overlapping crises marked by trade wars, energy price shocks, and military conflicts, global economic interdependencies are increasingly becoming a source of vulnerability and an arena of strategic intervention. The theme of this year’s newly launched MPIfG Symposium considers geoeconomic tensions and how they are reshaping societies. [more]