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On 11 November 2024, Dr Ruben Kremers took part in a symposium he co-organised on the topic: The Future of Democracy: The Role of Artificial Intelligence and Influencers. You can find the flyer for the symposium here.

Recurring financial crises have repeatedly shifted the focus of investors and policymakers to alternative ideas and practices that seek to align finance more effectively with broader societal goals.

In their new article, Marco Andreu, Ruben Kremers and Lena Rethel analyse the role of industry events in cultivating this reflexivity.

The article was published in New Political Economy and is open access. It can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.1080/13563467.2024.2418080.

Last Friday, Ruben Kremers and Simone Schaller, together with twenty students from the Department of Political Science, took part in a visit to the European Central Bank organised by the Friends of Political Science in Mainz. They were welcomed by two alumni of the department, Stephanie Bergbauer and Daniel Weber. Stephanie gave a presentation and Q&A session on the digital euro, and Daniel gave a tour of the ECB Tower. Students could ask questions about recruitment and career opportunities while enjoying the stunning view over the city of Frankfurt. Thanks to everyone involved in the visit - it's been an absolute treat!

Dr Ruben Kremers will participate in the 4. DVPW-Workshop "Making Sustainability Happen: Global Politics Meets Planetary Boundaries" to be held from 10.-12. April in Tutzing. The workshop program is available here and you can follow the workshop online by registering here.

At this year's ISA 2024 Annual Convention, to be held from 3-6 April in San Francisco, Dr Ruben Kremers will participate in three panels, entitled: "Power and authority in the digital economy"; "The rise of Asia and the reconfiguration of international financial norms"; and "Putƫing Relationality at the Centre of IPE Pedagogies". The conference program is available here.

How to sustain and develop a productive feedback culture in teaching?

In a new project, entitled "Constructive, cooperative, digital: feedback concepts for cultivating the academic orientation of students", Ruben Kremers and Jürgen Unger-Sirsch will test and explore a series of innovative feedback methods. This summer term, these methods will first be implemented in the MA seminars "The Politics of Global Finance" and "Qualitative Methods in Political Science".

The project is funded by the Gutenberg Lehrkolleg.

How should we think about the political role and significance of industry events?

In their new article, Ruben Kremers and Lena Rethel develop the concept of ‘curated power’ to analyse how industry events enact hierarchies of social difference based on class, gender, and race.

The article, published open access by the journal International Political Sociology, can be downloaded here: https://doi.org/10.1093/ips/olad021.

Liebe Studierende,

Sie können Ihre E-Klausur des Bereichs Wirtschaft & Gesellschaft vom 3.2.22 nach vorheriger
Anmeldung einsehen:

Do, 28. April 2022 von 09:00 bis 12:00 Uhr

Zur verbindlichen Anmeldung senden Sie bitte eine Email an Frau Simone Schaller
(schaller@politik.uni-mainz.de) mit Angabe Ihrer Matrikelnummer.

Die Einsichtnahme findet ausschließlich in Präsenz im Gebäude Phil II,
3. OG im Besprechungsraum 102 statt.

Folgende Regelungen zur Teilnahme gelten zur Zeit - Änderungen
aufgrund gesetzlicher Anpassungen jedoch jederzeit möglich.

• 3G-Regelung: Geimpft, genesen oder getestet
  (PoC-Antigen-Test, durchgeführt von geschultem Personal, nicht älter als 24 Stunden)
• Maskenpflicht (medizinische oder FFP2)

Bei weiteren Fragen wenden Sie sich bitte an Frau Schaller (schaller@politik.uni-mainz.de)

Mit freundlichen Grüßen,

Ihr Bereich Politische Ökonomie
(ehem. Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft)