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Events at the MPIfG

The events displayed here take place at the main location of the IMPRS, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne.

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Making Global Migration More Acceptable? How the Rights and Obligations of Immigrants Upon Arrival Shape Preferences for Immigrant Admission

Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: Dec 17, 2025
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Alexandre Afonso
  • Leiden University
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 Alessia Aspide, Lucinda Cadzow, Anna Hehenberger, Pauline Kohlhase, and Pálma Polyák. [more]
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Are Limitarianism and Capitalism Compatible?

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Jan 7, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Ingrid Robeyns
  • Utrecht University
  • Sign up: info@mpifg.de
Ingrid Robeyns introduces limitarianism as regulative ideal to keep striving for, the view that there should be a cap on how much personal wealth each individual can have. [more]
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The Far Right and Finance: How Asset Manager Capitalism Underwrote the Varieties of Financial Nationalism

Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: Jan 21, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Inga Rademacher
  • City St. George University London
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 Alessia Aspide, Lucinda Cadzow, Anna Hehenberger, Pauline Kohlhase, and Pálma Polyák. [more]
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How Mainstream Parties Fight Back Against Extremists: Explaining the Choice Among Strategies of Democratic Defense

MPIfG Lecture
  • Date: Jan 21, 2026
  • Time: 04:30 PM - 06:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Isabela Mares
  • Yale University
  • Sign up: info@mpifg.de
Isabela Mares offers a long run historical analysis of how mainstream parties attempt to curb the electoral advance of extremist competitors. [more]
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Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: Feb 11, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Franziska Cooiman
  • Humboldt Universität Berlin
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 Alessia Aspide, Lucinda Cadzow, Anna Hehenberger, Pauline Kohlhase, and Pálma Polyák. [more]
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Coalition Formation and the Sovereignty of Tax Havens: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Bahamas and Bermuda

Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: Mar 18, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Lukas Hakelberg
  • Leuphana Universität Lüneburg
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 Alessia Aspide, Lucinda Cadzow, Anna Hehenberger, Pauline Kohlhase, and Pálma Polyák. [more]
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The Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy aims at building bridges and finding commonalities among young scholars whose research is addressing the complex linkages between economic, political, and social action. It will give doctoral researchers at all stages the opportunity to present their work and receive constructive and well-informed feedback. [more]
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Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: Apr 29, 2026
  • Time: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Andrea Binder
  • Freie Universität Berlin
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 Alessia Aspide, Lucinda Cadzow, Anna Hehenberger, Pauline Kohlhase, and Pálma Polyák. [more]
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Wholesale Central Bank Digital Currencies: Interoperability, Fragmentation and Geofinance

Max Planck Online Workshop in Comparative Political Economy
  • Date: May 27, 2026
  • Time: 03:00 PM - 04:00 PM (Local Time Germany)
  • Speaker: Amy Verdun
  • University of Victoria
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 Alessia Aspide, Lucinda Cadzow, Anna Hehenberger, Pauline Kohlhase, and Pálma Polyák. [more]
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