MaxPo − A Franco-German Center in the Social Sciences

Strengthening Franco-German Research

MaxPo's research investigates how individuals, organizations, and nation-states are coping with the new forms of economic and social instability that have developed in Western societies as a result of policy shifts, the expansion of markets, technological advances, and cultural changes. Located at Sciences Po Paris and cooperating closely with the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) in Cologne, the Center aims to contribute substantially to the social sciences in Europe and to enrich academic and political dialogue between France and Germany.

MaxPo Discussion Paper 19/1

Godechot, Horton, and Millo: Structural Exchange Pays Off

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MaxPo Newsletter 2019/1

New issue now out!

Jenny Andersson (OUP 2018)

The Future of the World: Futurology, Futurists and the Struggle for the Post Cold War Imagination

Adam Goldstein, March 21

Financialization and Income Generation in the Ownership Society: Rise of the Petit Rentier?

Horacio Ortiz, March 25

An Anthropology of Chinese Digital Payment Systems

Political Economy: What's the Value Added?

Workshop, March 28, Paris

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MaxPo Impromptu Jan 24: Thomas Piketty on Rising Inequality and the Changing Structures of Political Conflict