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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Jun 2

CEU Democracy Institute @ceudeminst.bsky.social · May 22

How does excessive wealth harm democracy?
Can hyper-wealth produce public goods?
How can we contain excessive wealth?

🔜👥Our conference will focus on these questions.

🗓️June 23-24
📍Budapest / online

Details:
👉 tinyurl.com/2u2cwcvv
Registration:
👉 tinyurl.com/vn7ttypu

Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · May 14

#MaxWeber

weberscholarsnet.bsky.social @weberscholarsnet.bsky.social · May 14

Patrimonialism is hot again! Join us on Thursday, May 15 at 16:00 CEST to learn how Weber would judge Trump, Orban and friends! With Steve Hanson, Jeff Kopstein, Klaus Schlichte and Tomila Lankina (tbc), among others.

www.weberscholars.net/2025/05/07/t...

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Kristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · Apr 3

Die Diskussion um #Spitzenforscher spitzt sich zu!🙃

Abwerbe-Debatte: Wie offensive Töne der US-Wissenschaft helfen sollen

Prominente deutsche Ökonomen fordern ein „Meitner-Einstein-Programm“. Es soll dazu dienen, US-Spitzenforscher abzuwerben.

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weberscholarsnet.bsky.social @weberscholarsnet.bsky.social · Apr 2

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming discussion on April 24th at 16:00 (CET) ""Spanish Barbarism". Weber and Simmel on Catholicism and on Spanish Colonialism" by Álvaro Morcillo. With @natcami.bsky.social and others tbc as discussants!

www.weberscholars.net/2025/04/01/o...
#Simmel #Weber

Online event: “Spanish Barbarism” – weberscholars

www.weberscholars.net

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Jan 21

#neoliberalism #Democracy #Capitalism #MaxWeber

Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Nov 29

CEU Democracy Institute
@CEUDemInst
🔜 Don’t forget to register now and join us on Monday for this seminar with @MorcilloLaiz, Marlies Glasius, and @AndreasSchedler!

⏰ Dec 2, 4pm CET
📍 Budapest, Nador u. 13

Details:
👉 events.ceu.edu/2024-12-02/p...

Registration:
👉 forms.office.com/e/KuZQpxPVYM

The Power of Philanthropy in the Promotion of Democracy: Is OSF More Effective than USAID?

events.ceu.edu

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Sebastian Kubon @kubon.bsky.social · Nov 26

Muster ohne Wert...

Bundestagsanhörung zum #WissZeitVG waren Arbeitgeberfestspiele ohne jegliche Balance und Ausgewogenheit.

Wie konnte es dazu kommen?

#IchBinHanna

Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · Nov 26

Hanna stand nicht auf der Gästeliste

"Die jungen Leute" kamen bei der Bundestags-Anhörung zum Wissenschaftzeitvertragsgesetz nur in Wortbeiträgen vor. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Ein Gastbeitrag von Lisa Janotta, Thomas Kirchner und Álvaro Morcillo.

Im Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/2024/11/26/h...

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Nov 26

#ichbinhanna #WissZeitVG

Jan-Martin Wiarda @jmwiarda.bsky.social · Nov 26

Hanna stand nicht auf der Gästeliste

"Die jungen Leute" kamen bei der Bundestags-Anhörung zum Wissenschaftzeitvertragsgesetz nur in Wortbeiträgen vor. Wie konnte es dazu kommen? Ein Gastbeitrag von Lisa Janotta, Thomas Kirchner und Álvaro Morcillo.

Im Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/2024/11/26/h...

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Nov 2

Classics (!) must have a thick skin, but here they'd feel insulted: some of Walt Rostow's "ideas ran back to early social scientists such as Max Weber and Émile Durkheim". Particularly if compared to Robert McNamara, Rostow is an extreme case of perdurable hubris. foreignaffairs.com/united-state...

The Real Washington Consensus

Modernization theory and the delusions of American strategy.

foreignaffairs.com

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Kristin Eichhorn @drkeichhorn.bsky.social · Oct 26

Zum Throwback Thursday möchte ich heute an die #BayreutherErklärung erinnern, mit der die Uni-Kanzler*innen 2019 lange vor #IchBinHanna ein Hohelied auf die Befristung der Wissenschaft gesungen und den Begriff von der Wissenschaft als "Qualifizierungssystem" geprägt haben.

www.uni-kanzler.de

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 27

Or how science policy is made in Germany. Quote is from Stephen Turner's "Mad Hazard".

Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 27

"I was put on a dept committee to study why or how much sociology was being disadvantaged by the decisions of the Dean… to hire in other departments. We found out immediately that much of the data that supposedly drove the decisions did not exist."

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 27

"Merit was meaningless in a situation in which there were no opportunities to climb the prestige hierarchy to a better job, or even to get a job."

"Mad Hazard: A Life in Social Theory" by Stephen Turner.

Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 23

Die US-Politologin Wendy Brown knüpft an den deutschen Soziologen Max Weber an. Es geht um die Bedrohung der liberalen Demokratie.
taz.de/Wendy-Brown-...

Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 18

Competition in science has a long tradition in Germany, fortunately. The reasons why Nazis failed to build the bomb before the US included "fierce competition over finite resources, bitter interpersonal rivalries, and ineffectual scientific management" #grundfinanzierung
pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

Tracking the journey of a uranium cube

A mysterious object led two physicists to investigate the German quest and failure to build a working nuclear reactor during World War II.

pubs.aip.org

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Konstanze Marx @konstanzemarx.bsky.social · Oct 15

Off topic: Wann ziehen die realscientists um?

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 9

"Follow the Money! Cómo usar los archivos para identificar el impacto de los donantes en las agendas de investigación." #twitterhistorians #humanidadesdigitais #cienciashumanas #digitalhumanities

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Álvaro Morcillo Laiz @alvaroml.bsky.social · Oct 5

"Default" by Gregory Makoff is coming out with @Georgetown_UP and looks like a macroeconomic drama, but it's also about Argentina's debt and the fate of millions.
press.georgetown.edu/Book/Default-1

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