Upcoming lectures in this summer semester:
Tuesday, 7.05.2024 at 6:15 p.m. in X-C3-107 and via Zoom in cooperation with ZDES
Jan Busse (München): Reflections on a Global Historical Sociology of Political Order: The Complex Entanglement of Micro-Practices and Macro-Structures
Tuesday, 14.05.2024 at 6:15 p.m. in X-C3-107 and via Zoom in cooperation with the lecture series "Understanding Asia"
Jiwei Ci (Hong Kong): Democratization Today: Theoretical and China-Specific Reflections
Tuesday, 11.06.2024 at 6:15 p.m. in X-C3-107 and via Zoom
Roundtable UTOPIC - Understanding the Transformations of World Politics, with members of the ZiF Resident Group "Understanding the Transformation of World Politics: Ordering Principles and Infrastructures of Communication"
Tuesday, 9.07.2024 at 6:15 p.m. in X-B2-103 and via Zoom
Bettina Mahlert (Innsbruck) and Heikki Patomäki (Helsinki): Universalism and Cosmopolitanism in World Politics
All lectures will also be transmitted via Zoom.
Meeting-ID: 201 397 9260
Passcode: 35621
Lecture postponed: Limitations of Social Rights – The Case of the Right to Social Security
Unfortunately, the lecture "Limitations of Social Rights – The Case of the Right to Social Security" by the long-standing IW member Lutz Leisering had to be postponed due to illness. The lecture was planned for Thursday, 18.01.2024 as part of the ring lecture "New Frontiers of Research on Welfare in the Global South", jointly organized by the AG Social Anthropology and the AG German and Transnational Social Policy. The organizers are optimistic that the lecture will be rescheduled in summer term 2024. We will keep you updated.
Research Training Group World Politics (RTG 2225): Looking forward to new cohort
The RTG has recruited a third cohort of doctoral researchers in 2023, for a starting date of 01 October 2023. The RTG invited original proposals from the fields of Political Science/International Relations, History, Sociology, and Legal Studies that contribute to its research program. An interdisciplinary orientation of research projects is encouraged. The RTG’s working language is English.
We are looking forward to meet the new doctoral researchers soon!
Global Cooperation and Global Challenges. A Roundtable Discussion
The Roundtable with Bettina Mahlert (Innsbruck), Sigrid Quack (Duisburg-Essen), Alina Isakova and Malte Neuwinger (both Bielefeld), moderated by Mathias Albert, took place on June, 6th 2023 at 4:00 p.m.
Bettina Mahlert and Sigrid Quack are co-editors of the book "Imagining Pathways for Global Cooperation", Alina Isakova and Malte Neuwinger are co-editors of the forthcoming book "Global Challenges: Constructivist Perspectives".
The event was co-organized by GK "World Politics" and IW.
Jubiläumstagung des IW vom 19. bis 20.05.2022: „Wie geht’s eigentlich der Weltgesellschaft?“ –
The recent Working Report, collecting the Institute's activities from the years 2018 - 2021, is available as PDF for download here, and printed copies can be ordered from the Institute's Manager.