MPIfG Report 2014–2016 Director Board of Trustees | Kuratorium Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert Martin Börschel Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia Directors emeriti Carsten Fiedler Editor-in-Chief of the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Renate Mayntz Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Fritz W. Scharpf Prof. Dr. Axel Freimuth Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. Wolfgang Streeck Rector of the University of Cologne Dr. Rainer Hank IMPRS-SPCE | International Max Planck Research School Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy Reiner Hoffmann Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert, Chair Head of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) Dr. Ursula Trappe, Academic Coordinator Prof. Dr. Michael Hüther Jürgen Lautwein, Administrative Coordinator Director of the Cologne Institute for Economic Research Dr. Stephan Keller External Scientific Members Municipal Director of the City of Cologne Prof. em. Colin Crouch Arndt Klocke Warwick Institute of Governance and Public Management, Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia University of Warwick Andreas Kossiski Prof. Kathleen Thelen Member of the State Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge and Executive Director of the Cologne-Bonn Region of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) Scientific Advisory Board | Fachbeirat Dr. Rolf Mützenich Prof. Nicole W. Biggart Member of the Bundestag Graduate School of Management, Dr. Norbert Röttgen University of California, Davis Member of the Bundestag Prof. Frank Dobbin Helmut Stahl Department of Sociology, Harvard University, Cambridge Bonn Prof. Geoffrey M. Hodgson Dr. Wolfgang Uellenberg-van Dawen Hertfordshire Business School, Cologne University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield Dr. Beate Wieland Prof. Jonas Pontusson Head of the Research and Technology Department Département de science politique et relations of the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Research internationales, Université de Genève of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia Prof. Monica Prasad Department of Sociology, Northwestern University, Evanston Prof. Philippe Steiner Groupe d‘étude des méthodes de l’analyse sociologique de la Sorbonne (GEMASS), Paris Prof. Jörg Sydow Institut für Management, Freie Universität Berlin Prof. J. Gunnar Trumbull Business, Government and the International Economy Unit, Harvard Business School, Boston MPIfG Report 2014–2016 CONTENTS 1 The Years 2014–2016 4 Highlights 6 Transitions 10 2 Project Areas and Research Projects 14 The Research Program 14 The Development of the Institute’s Project Portfolio 21 Completed Projects 2014–2016 35 Grant-funded Projects 2014–2016 47 3 Research Cooperation 48 Cooperation with Researchers outside the Institute 48 Leaves of Absence for Research and Study 56 4 Building Academic Careers 58 Graduate Training: International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) 59 Doctoral Degrees 6 7 Postdoctoral Program 69 Habilitations 73 Ensuring Equal Opportunity in Research 74 5 Publications and Open Access 78 MPIfG Publication Series 78 Other Publications by MPIfG Researchers 85 6 Relations to the Scientific Community and the Public 92 The Institute in the Scientific Community 92 Public Relations and Public Impact 106 7 The Research Community within the Institute 110 Cooperation and Communication 110 Research Staff and Doctoral Students 113 Visiting Researchers 117 8 Management and Budget 120 Management 120 Service Units 124 Facts and Figures 132 3 1 THE YEARS 2014–2016 The last three years at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (MPIfG) have been a period of transition. In October 2014, Wolfgang Streeck retired after almost two decades as director at the Institute. The search for a successor has not yet been concluded, but as the Institute’s only director, I have not been sailing alone – far from it! The MPIfG has proven its resilience, creativity, and productivity during these three years. Researchers at the MPIfG completed almost 50 research projects between 2014 and 2016 in the fields of the sociology of markets, institutional change in contemporary capitalism, the political economy of European integration, the economization of the social and the history of complexity, and institution building across borders. The International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE) hosted 44 stu- As director at the dents from 2014–2016, and 24 of the School’s students were awarded doctorates during that Institute since 2005, time. The community of researchers at the institute comprised over 80 scholars between 2014 Jens Beckert has developed a research and 2016. They were joined by some 70 visiting researchers from 21 countries. The interaction agenda in economic among these researchers, as diverse as their countries of origin, career stages, and research sociology that attracts themes are, is remarkable. We get very positive feedback from researchers when they leave the international scholars to Cologne institute: they appreciate the intellectually stimulating and supportive atmosphere in which they have been able to work. The results of the Institute’s research are reflected in the substantial number of books, peer- reviewed articles, papers, and dissertations its researchers publish – and in the awards some of these publications have received. We are pleased to document these contributions to economic sociology, political economy, and contemporary history in this report. The Institute profits greatly from collaboration with long-standing partners. It runs the IMPRS-SPCE jointly with the Faculty of Management, Economics and Social Sciences at the University of Cologne. The University of Duisburg–Essen recently became an associated part- ner of the IMPRS-SPCE, and the MPIfG is looking forward to the new opportunities this partnership will bring for future doctoral students. Internationally, the Institute’s close collaboration with Sciences Po in Paris, institutional- ized since 2012 through the Max Planck Sciences Po Center on Coping with Instability in Mar- ket Societies (MaxPo), is a valuable link to social science in France. In 2016, MaxPo’s financing was extended through 2022 after a regularly scheduled evaluation. We are very glad that the joint conferences, joint courses for doctoral students, the exchange of researchers, and the cross-border inspiration will continue in the years to come. By establishing MaxPo, Sciences Po and the Max Planck Society aimed to increase the international visibility of the French and German social sciences. This goal is coming more and more to fruition as the cooperation deepens. From April 2017 on, the MPIfG will have a Max Planck Partner Group at the Polish Acad- emy of Sciences’ Institute of Philosophy and Sociology in Warsaw. Headed by Marcin Serafin, a sociologist who got his doctorate in 2015 after being a student at the IMPRS-SPCE, the group 4 will work with members of my project area Sociology of Markets. There are 40 Max Planck Partner Groups in the world, all of which have been founded by someone who recently left a Max Planck Institute, has been conducting promising research, and has found a position in the partner institution. Another transition at the MPIfG will be Jürgen Lautwein’s retirement in 2018. He has stayed a steady course as the Institute’s administrative director for over 30 years, collaborating with four directors (so far), overseeing the construction of the new institute building in the late 1990s, and supervising a first-rate support staff. We are glad that Ursula Trappe, who has been the academic coordinator of the IMPRS-SPCE and the Institute’s research coordinator since 2012, will be succeeding him as the head of administration. We have not really had to say goodbye to Wolfgang Streeck since he retired as director at the Institute. Like Renate Mayntz and Fritz W. Scharpf, he continues to have an office here and contributes frequently to public debate. We tremendously appreciate what the emeritus direc- tors do for the MPIfG and are glad that they remain a part of the life of the Institute. During this transition period, the Institute has been particularly fortunate to have three independent research groups in addition to the project area that I am responsible for. The groups’ leaders, Martin Höpner, Ariane Leendertz, and Mark Lutter, have provided leadership for early-career researchers and made substantial, innovative contributions to the research program. Along with the other senior researchers, they have been instrumental in introducing new research methods, enriching the MPIfG Professional Development Program, and making the Institute’s work known in the scientific community. I hope the MPIfG Report 2014–2016 will inspire you to take a closer look at the work of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies. Our aim will continue to be building academic careers and putting cutting-edge themes on the research agenda in economic sociology, politi- cal economy, and contemporary history. This report shows why we think you can trust us to pursue this goal wholeheartedly. Jens Beckert Managing Director 5 MPIfG Report 2014–2016 Jens Beckert In Imagined Futures, Jens Beckert demonstrates how fictional expectations drive modern Imagined Futures: Fictional eco n omies – or throw them into crisis when the imagined futures fail to materialize. The Expectations and Capitalist author presented the book at events in Cologne and Berkeley in 2016 Dynamics.