Invitation and Program
University of Potsdam, Summer 2014
The Research Colloquium of the Faculty of Economics and Social Sciences:
Current Research on "Wicked Policy Problems"
Time: Wednesday 12-14 c.t., (bi)weekly
Place: Campus Potsdam Griebnitzsee, House 6, Room S 24
Organizers: Sabine Kuhlmann, Bastian Jantz, Robert Gäde, Christian Schmidt-Wellenburg, Katja Lass-Lennecke
The Program:
(including online-videos of the lectures, see the links below)
No. | Date | Guest | Topic | Download |
1. | 09.04. | Norma Möllers (University of Potsdam and University of California at Irvine) | Research in the Context of Video Surveillance – Boundary-work in Application-Oriented Research | -- |
2. | 23.04. | Prof. Dr. Thomas Edeling (University of Potsdam) | Grenzerhaltung als vertracktes Problem: Öffentliche Unternehmen in Deutschland | Video-Link |
3. | 07.05. | Sebastian G. M. Händschke, Eva Schlindwein; Prof. Dr. Peter Walgenbach (University of Jena) | Bringing in MNCs by Switching Sides: Power and Governance of Public Administrations | Video-Link |
4. | 21.05. | Prof. Dr. Dr. Ayad Al-Ani (Alexander von Humboldt Institute, Berlin) | Government as a Platform? Public Virtual Structures for Participation and Service Delivery | Video-Link |
5. | 04.06. | Prof. Dr. Gerhard Hammerschmidt, Bastian Jantz (Hertie School of Governance, Berlin and University of Potsdam) | The Impact of NPM Reforms on Employment Agencies in Europe: Divergence towards a Common Model? | Video-Link |
6. | 11.06. | Dr. Ariane Leendertz (Max-Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne) | Discovering Social "Complexity" in the 1970s | -- |
7. | 25.06. | Dr. Holger Straßheim (Humboldt University, Berlin) | Behavioural Economics, Wellbeing and "Wicked Problems"’ | Video-Link |
8. | 02.07. | Prof. Dr. Marco Caliendo (University of Potsdam) | The Evaluation of Start-Up Subsidies for the Unemployed: Methodological Challenges and New Evidence | Video-Link |
9. | 09.07. | Prof. Dr. Frédéric Lebaron (Université de Versailles, Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines) | The French and European Debates on the 'European Budget' in 2013 | Video-Link |
10. | 16.07. | Dr. Silke Weinlich (Käte Hamburger Kolleg / Centre for Global Cooperation Research, Duisburg) | International Bureaucracies as Actors in World Politics: The Example of the UN Secretariat | Video Link |