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Vanessa Endrejat was awarded her doctorate at the end of March by the University of Cologne. Her dissertation, “Out of Balance, Out of Sight? How the Epistemic Community of Government Finance Statisticians Shapes European Debt Calculations,” explores public debt calculations in Europe, the policy decisions that flow into them, and who makes the decisions. [more]

Elizabeth Soer was awarded her doctorate by the University of Cologne in June. In her dissertation project, “Imaginaries of Freedom: How Imagined Futures Shaped South Africa’s Transition from Apartheid, 1976–1996,” she examined the transition to democracy in South Africa. [more]

Mischa Stratenwerth successfully defended his doctoral thesis at the beginning of June. In “Interest Groups and Macroeconomic Policy in the Export-led German Growth Model: Business Associations, Trade Unions, and the Reproduction of the Undervaluation Regime,” Stratenwerth examines how national economic growth models are shaped by macroeconomic policies, institutions, and ideas. [more]

In August of this year, the IMPRS-SPCE doctoral researchers elected Robin Hetzel to be their new spokesperson. He takes over in the role from Pauline Kohlhase and will serve alongside co-spokesperson Konstantinos Papanikolaou. [more]

Konstantinos Papanikolaou has been elected as a new doctoral spokesperson. Konstantinos will replace Valentin Rottensteiner and serve together with Pauline Kohlhase in this function. He will take over the representation in the PhDnet (external spokesperson). [more]

Lucio Baccaro, a director at the MPIfG since 2017, was appointed honorary professor of the Institute of Political Science (IFP) and the Institute for Socioeconomics (IFSO) at the University of Duisburg-Essen in December 2023. [more]

In October of this year the doctoral researchers of the IMPRS-SPCE elected Pauline Kohlhase as their new spokesperson.  

In August 2023, Sandhya A.S. received her doctorate from the University of Duisburg-Essen. In her dissertation, “Making Mobility a Market: An Economic Sociology of Migration Brokerage,” she explores recent developments in the transnational organization of labor migration by profit-oriented actors.  

The 18th Summer Conference on Economy and Society of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) took place in Evanston, Illinois, in July this year.  

In June, H. Lukas R. Arndt successfully defended his dissertation at the University of Cologne and Sciences Po, Paris.  

In April of this year, the IMPRS-SPCE doctoral researchers elected Valentin Rottensteiner as their new spokesperson.  

A one-day workshop on Nordic industrial relations was hosted at the MPIfG in March. Organized by MPIfG research group leader Martin Höpner and IMPRS-SPCE doctoral student Maximilian Kiecker, the event was attended by researchers from Sweden, Denmark, and Finland.  

In January 2023, Andreas Eisl successfully defended his doctoral dissertation at Sciences Po, Paris.  

In December 2022, Annika Holz was awarded her doctorate by the University of Cologne.  

Alina Marktanner’s book based on her doctoral thesis has recently been included in the MPIfG Books series.  

The Society of Friends and Former Associates of the MPIfG awarded its 2022 Journal Article Prize for the best article in a peer-reviewed journal to Arjan Reurink.   

Back in August of this year, the German Political Science Association’s (DVPW) research section on migration politics awarded its Dietrich-Thränhardt Dissertation Prize to Hannah Pool for "'Doing the Game‘: The Moral Economy of Coming to Europe."  

A cohort of five new doctoral students join the IMPRS-SPCE in the 2022/23 winter semester.  

Osama Iqbal, doctoral spokesperson of the IMPRS-SPCE, was elected in October to the PhDnet Steering Group and as its new spokesperson.   

At the end of October, Zarah Westrich was elected as the new doctoral spokesperson at the IMPRS-SPCE.   

Hannah Pool received the prestigious Maria Ioannis Baganha Best Dissertation Award. The award has been presented annually since 2010 to honor outstanding dissertations in the field of international migration research.  

In June 2022, Laura Gerken received her doctorate from the University of Duisburg-Essen. In her dissertation, “Piercing the Fog: Transcalar Social Mobilization around Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in Mozambique,” she explores the rise and development of multilevel land governance in the Global South since the mid-2000s.  

In September 2022, Hannah Pool was honored with the Dissertation Award of the German Sociological Association (DGS) during its 41st Congress in Bielefeld.  

MPIfG postdoctoral researcher Hannah Pool has been awarded the Otto Hahn Medal of the Max Planck Society for her doctoral dissertation “‘Doing the Game’: The Moral Economy of Coming to Europe.”  

MPIfG postdoctoral researcher Hannah Pool was presented the Albert Ballin Award for Globalization Research by Hapag-Lloyd AG for her dissertation “‘Doing the Game’: The Moral Economy of Coming to Europe.”  

The IMPRS-SPCE doctoral researchers elected Osama Iqbal as their new spokesperson.  

In March 2022, Andrés López Rivera was awarded his doctorate by the University of Duisburg-Essen.  

Since November 2021, Isabell Stamm has been the group leader of the new MPIfG research group “Business, Ownership, and Family Wealth.” The group focuses on family capitalism in Germany with special emphasis on social inequality.  

Cornelia Woll has been appointed as the new President and Academic Director of the Hertie School in Berlin. She takes up office on March 15, 2022.  

In January 2022, Elifcan Çelebi was awarded her doctorate by the University of Cologne.  

Since January 2022, Danielle Pullan has been a member of the Max Planck PhDnet Steering Group 2022 as the representative of the Human Sciences section.  

Since October 2021, Guadalupe Moreno has been a postdoctoral researcher in the research cluster “ConTrust: Trust in Conflict – Political Life under Conditions of Uncertainty.“ more

Donato Di Carlo was awarded the 2021 Journal Article Prize by the Society of Friends and Former Associates of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies during this year’s MPIfG Annual Colloquium in November. more

In October 2021, the IMPRS-SPCE doctoral researchers elected Ceren Çevik as their new spokesperson. more

At the start of the winter semester 2021/2022, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies welcomes nine new researchers to the doctoral program of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy. more

In September 2021, the faculty of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy welcomed two new members and bade a warm farewell to Mark Ebers. more

In July 2021, Hannah Pool was awarded her doctorate by the University of Cologne. In her dissertation, she analyzes the migration trajectories of people coming from Afghanistan to Western Europe via Iran, Turkey, Greece, and the Balkan route. more

In April 2021, the IMPRS-SPCE doctoral researchers elected Danielle Pullan as their new spokesperson. more

Hannah Pool has been a Fellow of the Charlemagne Prize Academy since November 2020. more