Upcoming Events
Three meanings of Brexit
Max Weber Lecture by Kalypso Nicolaides (University of Oxford) 26 October 2016, 17:00-19:00, Badia – Refettorio Chair: Alex Katsaitis (Schuman Centre) Presenter: Brigid Laffan (Director of the Schuman Centre) Abstract: I will discuss three meanings of brexit – starting with a definition of “meaning” as narrative, as opposed to explanation, rationalisation or implication. Meanings matter, I argue, […]
Poverty Research Workshop
Friday 5 December 2014, 9:15-17:00 MWP Common Room. Badia Abstract: The “Poverty Research Workshop” aims to establish an inter-disciplinary discussion on poverty research, the future directions and uses of a poverty research network, and ways in which academic practice can be linked to society today. There will be a number of speakers from a […]
Information Economics and Macroeconomics Theory
Roger Meyerson Noble Laureate and Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago Wednesday 18 June, 17:00-18:00, Refettorio, Badia Before the development of information economics in the 1970s, there was no microeconomics of banking on which macroeconomic theory could be based. Moral-hazard agency theory and the economics of information can provide the basis for […]
8th Max Weber Fellows’ Contribution to Social Sciences and Humanities
Badia Fiesolana, 11-13 June 2014 The 8th MW Fellows’ June conference is approaching and the MWP is looking forward to this annual event. The conference will bring past and present Fellows together in the Badia, in these new premises for the first time. The conference is meant to provide a perspective of […]