Martin Höpner
Political Science
Martin Höpner
Head of the Research Group on the Political Economy of European Integration at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG), Adjunct Professor at the University of CologneMartin Höpner is head of the Research Group on the Political Economy of European Integration at the MPIfG and adjunct professor (außerplanmäßiger Professor) at the University of Cologne. The research group is located at the intersection of comparative political economy and integration research and analyzes European integration under conditions of political-economic heterogeneity. Of particular interest are conflicts within the eurozone, the history of European currency orders, labor relations in European countries, tensions between political and judicial integration, the liberalization bias of European integration, and the balance between capitalist economy and social democracy in the European Union.