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  • Ein neues IWM Buch: Kapitalismus im 21. Jahrhundert
    Ein neues Buch aus der Zusammenarbeit des IWM mit dem Passagen Verlag ist gerade erschienen:„Kapitalismus im 21. Jahrhundert“, herausgegeben von der ehemaligen IWM-Rektorin Shalini Randeria. Mit Beiträgen von Nancy Fraser, Wolfgang Merkel, Branko…
  • Latest Podcast Episode Discusses Fascism and the Ills of Contemporary Politics
    In the last episode of the second series of Democracy in Question?, IWM Rector Shalini Randeria meets with Prof. Jason Stanley of Yale University and visiting IWM Fellow, to talk about his two books, “How Propaganda Works” and “…
  • Why are Reproductive Rights so Contentious in the US and Argentina? 
    In the ninth episode of Democracy in Question?’s second season, Shalini Randeria is joined by activists Katha Pollitt and Tamara Tenenbaum for an urgent conversation on reproductive rights in democracies around the world.
  • Latest Democracy in Question Podcast Episode asks "When and how is power visible in politics?"
    In this newest episode of our podcast Democracy in Question? Shalini Randeria is joined by Steven Lukes. Together they ask when and how power is visible in politics. 
  • The latest podcast episode asks "How can we structure digital spaces more democratically?"
    In this newest episode of our podcast Democracy in Question? Shalini Randeria is joined by Evgeny Morozov. Together they ask how we can harvest the transformational potential of technology and structure digital spaces more democratically.…
  • The latest podcast episode asks "What keeps democracies alive?"
    The newest episode of our podcast Democracy in Question? asks how we can foster and nurture democratic spaces and practices in our societies.
  • New podcast episode asks: What is the legacy of Egypt’s Arab Spring, 10 years on?
    In this new episode of Democracy in Question?, hosted by our Rector Shalini Randeria, Michael Wahid Hanna, Senior fellow at The Century Foundation, helps us understand the turbulent events of 2010 in Egypt, what changes they led to,…
  • Latest "Democracy in Question?" Podcast Episode Published
    In this latest episode in the second season of our Democracy in Question? podcast, Shalini Randeria is in conversation with Yogendra Yadav, asking: What ails Indian democracy today?
  • New Democracy in Question? Podcast Episode
    In this latest episode in the second season of our Democracy in Question? podcast, Shalini Randeria is in conversation with Timothy Garton Ash, asking: Does liberalism need reinvention in the 21st century?
  • Rektorin Shalini Randeria fragt “Wer ist das Volk?” in der Zeit Online
    IWM Rektorin Shalini Randeria hat einen Artikel in der Zeitung "Die Zeit" veröffentlicht, in welchem sie den Begriff und die Entwicklung des “sanften” Autoritarismus anhand konkreter Beispiele betroffener Staaten…
  • Welcome to the new IWM website
    The IWM aims to promote intellectual exchange across disciplines and regions, between academia and society, between experts and a variety of publics. Our new website offers a window into life at the IWM and brings you insights into the work…
  • Die Impfung – ein knappes Gut? Europa im Diskurs-Debatte
    Der Theatersaal des Burgtheaters musste nicht nur zum Bedauern von Direktor Martin Kušej erneut leer bleiben – doch virtuell verfolgten am Sonntagvormittag zahlreiche Zuschauer*innen die Europa im Diskurs-Debatte zum Thema…