The Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy is one of nine Max Planck Institutes dedicated to advanced legal research, collectively forming the Max Planck Law network. The aim of Max Planck Law is to enhance collaboration among the participating Institutes and to strengthen cross-institute support for early career researchers.

With over 400 researchers and 20 Directors, Max Planck Law operates the world’s largest programme for doctoral and postdoctoral research in law. The network provides a range of research seminars and workshops, a career development program, opportunities for exchanges with top international law faculties, support for research initiatives by doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, a fellowship program attracting distinguished international scholars, and an annual research conference.

What Can the Max Planck Law Network Do for You?

Researchers describe how they have benefitted from Max Planck Law and what the network can do for you.

Meet the Researchers

Researchers within the Max Planck Law network talk about their life in Germany and their work at the Institutes.

Events

Find out about upcoming workshops, talks and other events within the network.

Max Planck Law Fellow

Prof. Ruth Mason from the University of Virginia School of Law has been awarded a multiyear fellowship by the Max Planck Society to research problems at the intersection of taxation and social policy. Together with Prof. Ulrich Becker, Director at the MPI for Social Law and Social Policy, and Prof. Wolfgang Schön, Director at the MPI for Tax Law and Public Finances, Mason is heading a Max Planck Law Fellow Group that pursues research on the topic "Federalism and Solidarity".

MPISOC Contributions to the Max Planck Law Media Centre

1. Max Planck Lawcast

The Max Planck Lawcast showcases the academic research being conducted at the Institutes within the Max Planck Law network. The following podcasts provide insights into the scientific work of our Institute:

Episode 18: Seeds of Discord: Inside Apple’s EU Tax Controversy
with Ruth Mason
Episode 17: Breaking Barriers - How Intergroup Contact Can Reduce Discrimination
with Sergio Mittlaender
Episode 15: Citizens Benefit Act
with Rick Sallaba

2. Max Planck Law Perspectives

The Max Planck Law Perspectives are a way for researchers to share their insights on current legal issues. Our Director Prof. Ulrich Becker has contributed a piece on Climate Protection, the German Federal Constitutional Court, and the Future of the Welfare State.