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Out now: The latest issue of our MPISOC SSRN e-journal (Vol. 3 No. 2) includes articles on the consideration of public morality in the design of contract law, the development of welfare state models in Catholic social thought, and the protection of social and labour rights before the ILO and the Council of Europe. All texts are available for download on the SSRN website of our institute. If you would like to keep up to date with the latest papers in this series, please subscribe to our regular e-journal via this link.

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Ethical and Religious Foundations of the Welfare State

This online lecture series of the Institute explores the question of what role philosophical and religious value conceptions play in the state‘s assumption of social responsibility. The next event in the series will take place on 13 March. Prof. Joseph Balatedi Radinkudikae Gaie (University of Botswana) will speak on the topic of ‘Botho Ethics and Social Responsibility’ at 5 p.m. Further information and the planned dates can be found in the overview flyer.

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20.04.2026 Sozialrecht EN

Social Justice as a Collective Endeavor

A distinctly African perspective on social ethics and its contribution to the justification of social responsibility explored Prof. Emer. Joseph Balatedi Radinkudikae Gaie (University of Botswana) as part of the lecture series ‘Ethical and Religious…

13.03.2026 Sozialrecht EN

“The Status Quo is Not an Option”

Having been Director-General for Budget at the European Commission for three years, Stéphanie Riso has been one of the key architects of the most ambitious budget proposal to date, the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the period…

30.01.2026 Sozialrecht EN

The potentials and fragilities of Social Europe

Whither the fiscal state and the social state in the EU? Prof. Claire Kilpatrick, British Acade­my Global Professor at Queen’s University Belfast, explored this question in a lecture on 13 January in Munich. Her analysis contrasted the policies…

09.01.2026 Sozialrecht EN

„The Welfare State is an Inherent Paradox“

As part of the lecture series "Ethical and Religious Foundations of the Welfare State," Prof. Dr. Reiner Anselm (LMU Munich) explored, on 9 December 2025, the conflict inherent in the desire to lead a decent life in freedom and the restrictions…

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Visualising the Institutional Structure of Old Age Security

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Events

19.05.2026 18:15 - 19:45
Dorte Sindbjerg Martinsen Marstallplatz 1, Room E 10

Media Coverage

Press / 18.04.2026 Institute
Tagesspiegel Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI)
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Abendzeitung Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI) Pension
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BILD Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI) Sozialrecht
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WDR 5 Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI) Sozialstaat
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Deutschlandfunk Kultur Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, LL.M. (EHI) Sozialstaat, Sozialrecht