A talk by Baroness Pauline Neville Jones 10 February 2015, 17:00-19:00 Villa Schifanoia, Sala Europa     As part of the MWP Events by MW Fellows the Max Weber Programme is proud to host a talk by Baroness Neville Jones of Hutton Roof former National Security Adviser to David Cameron, and Security Minister in Her […]

   The latest call for applications to the MW Fellowships for 2014-2015 just closed on 25 October. Once again the Max Weber Programme shows its strength and appeal: applications went up 15 percent by comparison to the previous call totaling a new record (1277). The success of the Programme is  highlighted further by the comparison with the 8 […]

2012–2013 was the 7th academic year of the Max Weber Programme and, in several respects, marks the end of a first period of the programme. Change and continuity will mark this transition. Change in housing and directorship; continuity in funding, fellowships, activities, and most of the MWP team. How change and continuity interact determines success […]

By Laurie Anderson, MWP Academic Communication Skills   How do patterns of co-authorship, language choice and preference for certain publication outlets link up with disciplinary differences? And how do these aspects of scholarly publishing tie in with the career trajectories of young scholars in the European context?  A recent article by Laurie Anderson, University of […]

As in every year, 25 October was the deadline to apply for Max Weber Fellowships for the coming academic year 2013-2014. The MWP is currently in the process of reviewing and selecting the eighth cohort of Fellows from of a pool of 1,120 candidates. This year, the number of applications is very close to the […]