Jour Fixe of the SOCIUM

Lectures in the winter semester 2017/18.

01.11.2017Lecture

Das metrische Wir. Über die Quantifizierung des Sozialen

Prof. Dr. Steffen Mau (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
Place:
SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy
Room: 3.3380
Mary-Somerville-Straße 3
28359 Bremen
Time:
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Cooperation:
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Universität Bremen; Institut für Informationsmanagement Bremen (ifib); Zentrum für Medien-, Kommunikations- und Informationsforschung (ZeMKI), Universität Bremen
Lecture Series:
Jour Fixe
Semester:
WiSe 2017/18

17.01.2018Lecture

How do Environmental Norms Enter the Trade Regime? A Network-Theoretical Perspective

Prof. Dr. James Hollway (Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies)
Place:
SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy
Room: 3.3380
Mary-Somerville-Straße 3
28359 Bremen
Time:
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Organization:
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Haunss
Cooperation:
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Universität Bremen
Lecture Series:
Jour Fixe
Semester:
WiSe 2017/18

Using the example of environmental norms appearing in trade agreements, James Hollway develops an analysis of legal innovation based on a complex adaptive systems perspective and network theory. With this he can show that legal innovation is mainly an endogenous process and that contrary to prevailing wisdom, power asymmetries are less relevant.

07.02.2018Lecture

Sustainable Cooperation (SCOOP) - Contours of a Transdisciplinary Research Program on Societal Resilience

Prof. Dr. Raphael Wittek (University of Groningen)
Place:
SOCIUM Research Center on Inequality and Social Policy
Room: 3.3380
Mary-Somerville-Straße 3
28359 Bremen
Time:
12:15 - 1:45 p.m.
Cooperation:
Bremen International Graduate School of Social Sciences (BIGSSS), Universität Bremen
Lecture Series:
Jour Fixe
Semester:
WiSe 2017/18