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The Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE) is an online seminar series in Comparative Political Economy, hosted by the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies and coordinated by Lucio Baccaro, Sinisa Hadziabdic, Pálma Polyák, and Dustin Voss. [more]

Since more than a decade, neoliberalism seems to undergo waves of radical transformations. We witness various types of state interventions in the name of financial security, the rise of authoritarian politics and a cultural shift towards exclusionary politics. Technology herein plays a crucial role in not just enabling concentrated economic power, but also for increasingly supplanting established forms of governing. [more]

The European constitutional navigation of the noughties succeeded in stipulating that European integration had ushered in European society (Article 2 TEU). This choice remains underexplored. In light of current European uncertainty, the lecture explores the meaning and promise of European society. [more]

After an exceptionally successful first installment, the Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy will be held for the second time in September 2025 to address the continued underrepresentation of women in the field of comparative and international political economy. [more]