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Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies

Making a Difference in Global Academia

Applications with external funding now open!

Call Feb 1–Mar 31, start Sept 1; open to all eligible applicants.

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About

Read more about the MWP: The largest international postdoctoral programme in the Social Sciences and Humanities in Europe.

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Activities at a glance

The MWP organizes book roundtables, conferences, lectures, multidisciplinary research workshops and academic practice activities.

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People

Meet the Max Weber Fellows (current, visiting and former cohorts) and the MWP Team.

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Publications

Take a look at the MWP Books, Articles, Working Papers, Annual Reports, Newsletters and much more.

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Events

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News

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From erosion to renewal? Global governance in the age of Trump II

In this interview, Max Weber Fellow Tim Heinkelmann-Wild analyses how Donald Trump is reshaping international cooperation, the growing role of informal institutions, and why Western leadership will be decisive in determining today’s multilateral order.

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Flourishing against the grain: Polina Baitsym on post-WWII Ukrainian art

In this #EUIResearch interview, Maw Weber Fellow Polina Baitsym explores post-WWII Ukrainian art, showing how artists and critics co-existed with and negotiated the evolving meanings of socialist realism, revealing unexpected spaces for creativity even under political constraints.

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Sewing resistance: women's activism and disability rights, with Elisa Heinrich

In this #EUIResearch interview, Max Weber Fellow Elisa Heinrich explores how feminist and disability rights activists in German-speaking Europe built networks, reclaimed language, and intertwined personal, political, and professional spheres to demand recognition and advance social justice.

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Fellows Publications

Have a look at the recent publications (monographs, articles, etc.) of our current and former Max Weber Fellows.

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Max Weber Alumni Network

The Max Weber Programme is a global programme in the Social Sciences and Humanities.

The interactive Max Weber Alumni Network Map shows former Max Weber Fellows according to their current job position, country, cohort year and departmental affiliation.

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Max Weber Programme for Postdoctoral Studies

Badia Fiesolana

Via dei Roccettini 9, 50014
San Domenico di Fiesole (FI) 

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