With Dr. Joachim Lemppenau, who passed away at the end of September 2022 at the age of 80, the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy lost a very committed and valued member of its Board of Trustees. Equally interested in socio-legal as well as socio-political issues, the law expert built a bridge between science, business and society as a member of the supervisory board of a globally active company. On the basis of his broad experience, he was able to provide the Institute with important impulses for its research. His particular interests included the consequences of global

Max Planck Research Initiative Submits Final Report - Five years after the "long summer of migration" of 2015, the research initiative "The Challenges of Migration, Integration and Exclusion" (WiMi) has submitted its research report "Wir haben das geschafft – und uns verändert" ["We managed - and changed in the process"] to the Max Planck Society. In the report, the researchers take initial stock of the course of events of 2015 and present eight recommendations from their findings, which they have summarized in a position paper. Dr. Constantin Hruschka is one of the two authors of the report

In various projects, scientists investigate legal, political and economic issues - (updated January 2023 ) The Corona Pandemic will have large impacts on the economy and the social security systems in the long run. Scientists of our Institute are currently examining these consequences within several research projects of which an overview is provided below. The Department of Foreign and International Social Law conducted, until now, research on the following topics: 1. Protecting Livelihoods in the COVID-19 Crisis The Corona crisis pushes the worldwide economy into recession. Even if its extent

Prof. Börsch-Supan on Reform Options for our Pension System - What is and what wants social policy? In his lecture "Social Policy" Prof. Börsch-Supan, Director at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy, drew a wide bow in order to classify the current reform options for the pension insurance. His explanations and forecasts on the various parameters of our pension system as well as comparisons with the systems of neighbouring countries such as Austria met with great interest from the numerous listeners. The lecture was a joint event of the two departments of the Institute,

The new Social Policy and Law Shared Database (SPLASH) is now online available. The Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy provides researchers with statistical data and policy content on European countries for their research work. SPLASH contains information on education, family, health, migration, living conditions, work and retirement. As SPLASH continues to expand, the focus will be on old-age provision, pension systems and access to health and care services.

Unter der Moderation von FAZ-Journalistin Heike Schmoll gingen Prof. Ulrich Becker, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik, Prof. Lorraine Daston, Direktorin am Max-Planck-Institut für Wissenschaftsgeschichte, und Prof. Ulrich Schollwöck, Vizepräsident des Deutschen Hochschulverbandes und Lehrstuhlinhaber an der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, im Bayerischen Nationalmuseum der Frage nach, welchen Risiken die Wissenschaftsfreiheit hierzulande und weltweit ausgesetzt ist. Auch wenn in Deutschland anders als in Ländern wie Ungarn oder der Türkei nicht von einer akuten Gefahr