First Week Lecturers:
Epistemological Foundations:
Mark Bevir, UC Berkeley
N.N.
Concept-Building:
Gary Goertz, University of Notre Dame
Jessica Pisano, New School of Social Research
Causation and Explanation:
Mario Small, University of Chicago
N.N.
Linking Micro- and Macroperspectives:
Guillermina Jasso, New York University
Loic Wacquant, UC Berkeley
Second Week Lecturers in the Thematic Areas:
1. Comparing Democracies: Political Competition, Democratic Institutions and Public Policies
Ellen Immergut (BGSS/HU Berlin), Martin Kroh (DIW), Bernhard Weßels (WZB)
Moderators: Tarik Abou-Chadi (BGSS) and Nicolas Merz (BGSS)
2. Social Inequality, Conflict and Integration
Ina Kerner (BGSS/HU Berlin), Marc Helbling (WZB), N.N.
Moderator: Ismael Puga (BGSS)
3. The Dynamics of National and International Regimes
Michael Zürn (WZB, tbc), Wolfgang Merkel (WZB, tbc), Dieter Ohr (FU Berlin)
Moderator: Johannes Gerschewski (WZB/BGSS)
4. Knowledge and Culture in a Globalized World
Michael Hutter (WZB), Heike Solga (WZB, tbc), Hella von Unger (WZB), Ulrich Schreiterer (WZB)
Moderators: Natalie Mevissen (WZB) and Benjamin Becker (WZB)