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Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at the Institute, he presents a lecture series entitled "Technocrats, State Agency, and the Rise and Continued Expansion of the Shadow Banking System." The three lectures will take place on April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2025. [more]

Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at the Institute, he presents a lecture series entitled "Technocrats, State Agency, and the Rise and Continued Expansion of the Shadow Banking System." The three lectures will take place on April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2025. [more]

Matthias Thiemann is Professor of European Public Policy at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics, Sciences Po, Paris, and the MPIfG Scholar in Residence 2025. During his stay at the Institute, he presents a lecture series entitled "Technocrats, State Agency, and the Rise and Continued Expansion of the Shadow Banking System." The three lectures will take place on April 29, May 6, and May 13, 2025. [more]

The objective of the conference is to theorize about the role of imagined futures in social dynamics from the perspective of the Global South. There is a vibrant theoretical literature on imagined futures and MPI scholars have contributed to our understanding of the significance of uncertainty and credible expectations in capitalist dynamics. [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]