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Die Wissenschaftler*innen des Instituts beschreiben abwechselnd in freier Form die Entwicklung ihrer Projekte, die Herausforderungen, Freuden und Frustrationen sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung.

Steven Vertovec

Steven Vertovec

Climate Cosmopolitics and Cosmopraxis: Impressions of and at COP27
Blog | November 2022
Claudius Ströhle

Claudius Ströhle

Greetings from… Max-Planck-Institut in Göttingen
Junge Forschung Blog, Universität Innsbruck
Blog | November 2022
Arndt Emmerich

Arndt Emmerich

Germany’s first Christian-Muslim kindergarten. Interfaith cooperation and integration
Qantara/ Deutsche Welle
Blog | October 2022
Arndt Emmerich

Arndt Emmerich

Exploring Frankfurt’s Deep-Story and Impact on Jewish-Muslim Encounters
Blog | October 2022
Elodie Druez

Elodie Druez

Two exhibitions on Muslim-Jewish relations in Paris: finding what to show
Blog | August 2022
Michael Stasik

Michael Stasik

The Migrant in a House of Mirrors: Some Reflections on the Reflexive Turn in Migration Studies
MIASA blog
Blog | June 2022
Helena Hof

Helena Hof

How COVID-19 changed migration (research): Constrained research practices, constrained migrant subjects
Blog | June 2022
Ulrike Bialas (MPI-MMG) and Jagat Sohail (Princeton University)

Ulrike Bialas (MPI-MMG) and Jagat Sohail (Princeton University)

“Like Us!” - The Shifting Grounds of Proximity in the Reception of Refugees, Then and Now
Blog | May 2022
Tinashe Chimbidzikai

Tinashe Chimbidzikai

Déjà vu: Anti-immigrant and xenophobic attitudes as a recurrent feature of post-apartheid South Africa
ASCL Africanist Blog
Blog | April 2022
Ulrike Bialas

Ulrike Bialas

More Secure, More Self-Determined… For Now
Blog | April 2022
Daniella Shaw

Daniella Shaw

Mapping the Messy ‘Field’ of Interfaith Encounters
Blog | March 2022
Tam Ngo

Tam Ngo

Perhaps not a world war, but one that should concern us all: The War in Ukraine from a Vietnamese perspective
Blog | March 2022
Samuel Sami Everett

Samuel Sami Everett

Teaching Virtual Interreligious Ethnography in a Pandemic
Blog | February 2022
Arndt Emmerich

Arndt Emmerich

Language change and persistence within Turkish mosques in Germany
Blog | January 2022
Farhan Samanani

Farhan Samanani

Rehumanising scholarship
Talking Humanities 
Blog | December 2021
Yulia Egorova

Yulia Egorova

Solidarity and Jewish-Muslim Dialogue in the UK
Blog | December 2021
Dekel Peretz

Dekel Peretz

Innovating Interfaith Dialogue between Jews and Muslims in Berlin
Blog | November 2021
Jie Kang

Jie Kang

Retirement of Peter van der Veer on 31.05.2021
Blog | July 2021
Jeremy F. Walton

Jeremy F. Walton

Pavelić’s Ghost Sidecar
Blog | June 2021
Ajay Gandhi

Ajay Gandhi

Is Indian capitalism really designed to enhance public welfare? Scroll.in 
Blog | March 2021
Artem Galushko

Artem Galushko

The female silhouette of the Belarusian uprising
Blog | November 2020
Barbara von Rütte

Barbara von Rütte

Decentralise the Procedure but not the Law? Cautionary Lessons from Switzerland’s Multilevel Citizenship Global Citizenship Observatory (GLOBALCIT)
Blog | August 2020
Jeremy F. Walton

Jeremy F. Walton

Four Days Quarantine in an Ankara Hospital, or, Disciplinary Power in the Time of Covid-19 American Ethnologist
Blog | July 2020
Irfan Ahmad

Irfan Ahmad

How “A Burning” grapples with India’s current political reality
The Caravan
Blog | June 2020
Çiçek Ilengiz

Çiçek Ilengiz

Magical afterlives in post-genocidal Turkey
Allegralabrotory
Blog | May 2020
MPI MMG Senior Research Partner Robin Cohen (Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford)

MPI MMG Senior Research Partner Robin Cohen (Emeritus Professor, University of Oxford)

Mobility after Covid-19: From ‘globubble’ to ‘slowbubble’
Blog | May 2020
Irfan Ahmad

Irfan Ahmad

A critical tribute to sociologist Yogendra Singh (1932-2020) — as a teacher, and his thoughts as a scholar Firstpost
Blog | May 2020
Jeremy F. Walton

Jeremy F. Walton

space, place The Immanent Frame
Blog | May 2020
Jeremy F. Walton

Jeremy F. Walton

To Steward Unruly Imperial Pasts TRAFO – Blog for Transregional Research
Blog | May 2020
Çiçek İlengiz

Çiçek İlengiz

Commodifying and Generating Spiritual Love: The Love Pilgrimage of Mevlana Celaleddin Rumi (1207-1273) The Sociological Review
Blog | May 2020
Megha Amrith

Megha Amrith

Enduring indifference and the vital labour of migrant domestic workers Identities COVID-19 Blog Series
Blog | April 2020
Peter van der Veer

Peter van der Veer

Global Breathing
Blog | April 2020
Steven Vertovec

Steven Vertovec

Low-skilled migrants after COVID-19: Singapore futures? COMPAS Coronavirus and Mobility Forum
Blog | April 2020
Tinashe Chimbidzikai

Tinashe Chimbidzikai

Virus, curse or prophecy? African Pentecostals making sense of the COVID-19 pandemic ASCL Africanist Blog
Blog | April 2020
Ayelet Shachar

Ayelet Shachar

Borders in the Time of COVID-19 Ethics & International Affairs
Blog | March 2020
Irfan Ahmad

Irfan Ahmad

Citizen Amendment Act is Confirmation of India as a Hindu Nation-State Berkley Forum
Blog | March 2020
Zhen Ma

Zhen Ma

Chinese Black humor in a Time of Crisis and Despair
Blog | February 2020
Dora Sampaio

Dora Sampaio

‘Boa viagem’ (or ‘visa trips’): on migration, separation, and faith
Blog | December 2019
Peter van der Veer

Peter van der Veer

Spirit The Immanent Frame
Blog | November 2019
Jie Kang

Jie Kang

70th anniversary - Patriotism becomes fashionable in China
Blog | October 2019
Megha Amrith

Megha Amrith

Waiting for Sundays. Fieldwork reflections
Blog | October 2019
Leilah Vevaina

Leilah Vevaina

Giving, time, and a wish The Immanent Frame
 Blog | September 2019
Megha Amrith and Dora Sampaio

Megha Amrith and Dora Sampaio

Reflections on the ‘Grey is the New Pink: Moments of Ageing’ Exhibition
Blog | July 2019
Shahd Wari, Somayeh Chitchian, and Maja Momic

Shahd Wari, Somayeh Chitchian, and Maja Momic

INSIDE OUT – OUTSIDE IN. Shifting Architectures of Refugee (In)habitation
Blog | July 2019
Michael Stasik

Michael Stasik

Les bus ghanéens, entre attente, ruses et petits arrangements Le Monde Afrique
 Blog | May 2019
Patrice Ladwig

Patrice Ladwig

Fieldnote 3: Buddhism, booming businesses and the ritual economy in urban Laos Max-Cam
Blog | March 2019
Farhan Samanani

Farhan Samanani

“All organizing is disorganizing”
Blog | May 2019
Miriam Schader

Miriam Schader

Du bist nicht #vonhier, oder? Kommentar zur aktuellen „Heimat“- und „Herkunfts“debatte
Blog | March 2019
Samuel D. Schmid, European University Institute

Samuel D. Schmid, European University Institute

“The Local Citizenship Crisis in Switzerland”
Blog | February 2019
Patrick Eisenlohr, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen

Patrick Eisenlohr, Centre for Modern Indian Studies, University of Göttingen

“Voice, Sound and Atmospheres: Religious Feelings and Beyond”: A blog on the workshop held on 7 Feb 2019 at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Ethnic and Religious Diversity, Göttingen
Blog | February 2019
Bob White

Bob White

Do Policies Have Worlds? Some Reflexions on “Integration” and Local Governance
Blog | December 2018
Stefan Schlegel

Stefan Schlegel

Eine direkte Demokratie wird in der globalisierten Rechtsordnung erwachsen: Die Schweiz nach der Selbstbestimmungs­initiative Verfassungsblog
 Blog | December 2018
Derek Denman

Derek Denman

Off-Center Inquiry
Blog | December 2018
Jeremy F. Walton

Jeremy F. Walton

Lessons of an Eccentric Perspective on Empire
Blog | December 2018
Steven Vertovec

Steven Vertovec

The public understanding of migration
Blog | December 2018
Megha Amrith

Megha Amrith

Ageing in a Time of Mobility: An Introduction
Blog | December 2018
Dora Sampaio

Dora Sampaio

(Im)mobilities of transnational ageing care: negotiating separation, solidarity and conflict within Brazilian families Blog | December 2018
Victoria K. Sakti

Victoria K. Sakti

Portraits of Ageing in Displacement: East Timorese Diasporas in Indonesia
Blog | December 2018
Nele Wolter

Nele Wolter

Constructing Livelihoods: Older Cameroonians in Times of Mobility
Blog | December 2018
Megha Amrith

Megha Amrith

Ageing Bodies: Retiring from Temporary Lives
Blog | December 2018
Christine Lang, Jens Schneider, Andreas Pott

Christine Lang, Jens Schneider, Andreas Pott

#MeTwo – und die Frage, was sozialen Aufstieg in der deutschen Einwanderungsgesellschaft so schwer macht
Blog | December 2018
Farhan Samanani

Farhan Samanani

Race in Britain: inequality, identity, belonging Cumberland Lodge
Blog | November 2018
Stefan Schlegel

Stefan Schlegel

„Festung Europa“. Es wird Zeit für ein anderes Bild Geschichte der Gegenwart
Blog | September 2018
Miriam Schader, Tim Rohmann, Sybille Münch

Miriam Schader, Tim Rohmann, Sybille Münch

Ankunfts-, Entscheidungs- und Rückführungszentren (AnkER-Zentren) – Erwartungen und kritische Bestandsaufnahme Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung
Blog | September 2018
Maximilian Scholz

Maximilian Scholz

Vor Jahrhunderten gab es eine Flüchtlingskrise – das können wir daraus lernen FOCUS Online
Blog | August 2018
Stefan Schlegel

Stefan Schlegel

Was kann die offene Gesellschaft dem chauvinistischen Nationalismus entgegensetzen? Der Tagesspiegel
July 2018
Peter van der Veer

Peter van der Veer

Crossing and conversion: Conclusion SSRC Forums
Blog | July 2018
Benjamin Boudou

Benjamin Boudou

The Solidarity Offense in France: Egalité, Fraternité, Solidarité! Verfassungsblog
Blog | July 2018
Dana Schmalz

Dana Schmalz

Die Fiktion der Nichteinreise ist ein Instrument der Entrechtung Verfassungsblog
Blog | July 2018
Miriam Schader

Miriam Schader

Kommentar zu „In den AnkER-Zentren wollen wir die Asyl-Verfahren nicht nur schneller, sondern auch ...“ Netzwerk Flüchtlingsforschung
Blog | June 2018
Martijn van den Brink

Martijn van den Brink

Is the Reasoning in "Coman" as Good as the Result? Verfassungsblog
Blog | June 2018
Michael Stasik

Michael Stasik

Diversity, anthropologically studied
Blog | June 2018
Jie Kang

Jie Kang

Workshop on “Chinese Religions in the Age of Massive Urbanization”
Blog | June 2018
Sonja Moghaddari

Sonja Moghaddari

Fieldnotes on interpretation and the limits of activist-research
Blog | June 2018
Liza Wing Man Kam

Liza Wing Man Kam

Shinto Shrines in Taiwan 101: Art Exhibition in Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Blog | June 2018
Dana Schmalz

Dana Schmalz

Weshalb man Asylsuchende nicht an der Grenze abweisen kann Verfassungsblog
 Blog | June 2018
Dana Schmalz

Dana Schmalz

Weshalb man Asylsuchende nicht an der Grenze abweisen kann, Teil 2 Verfassungsblog
 Blog | June 2018
Martijn van den Brink, Dimitry Kochenov

Martijn van den Brink, Dimitry Kochenov

A Critical Perspective on “Associate EU Citizenship” Brexit Institute News

 Blog | May 2018
Irfan Ahmad

Irfan Ahmad

Twentieth-Century Faces of Anthropology’s Holism Renewing Political Anthropology
Anthropology News
 Blog | May 2018
Michalis Moutselos, Christian Jacobs, Julia Martínez-Ariño, Maria Schiller, Karen Schönwälder, Alexandre Tandé

Michalis Moutselos, Christian Jacobs, Julia Martínez-Ariño, Maria Schiller, Karen Schönwälder, Alexandre Tandé

Economy or Justice? How Urban Actors Respond to Diversity Urban Affairs Forum
 Blog | May 2018
Peter van der Veer

Peter van der Veer

The Dead and the Living
Blog | April 2018
Giulia Carabelli

Giulia Carabelli

Finding Place(s) for the Past in Trieste/A Trieste, cercando di far posto alla storia A collaboration between Alessio Mazzaro and members of the EoM research group
 Blog | April 2018
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Irfan Ahmad

Is Political Anthropology Dead? Renewing Political Anthropology
Anthropology News
 Blog | February 2018
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Nerges Azizi, Dana Schmalz

Advertizing against Asylum Thoughts on the “Rumours about Germany” Campaign
Blog | January 2018
<span lang="EN-US">Elena Gadjanova<br /></span>

Elena Gadjanova

Kenya’s 2017 Election Devolution, Uncertainty, and Unpredictable Electorates
Blog | August 2017
<span lang="EN-US">Miloš Jovanović</span>

Miloš Jovanović

Tianjin’s Imperial Discomfort
Blog | August 2017
<span lang="EN-US">Giulia Carabelli<br /></span>

Giulia Carabelli

Trieste is Sissi with Piercings and Blue Hair
Blog | June 2017