Curriculum
In the IMPRS’s student-centred curriculum, doctoral researchers use anthropological methods to understand the diverse and interconnected problems facing the world today.
Participating Institutions
Four leading institutions in the anthropological-oriented study of social dynamics join forces in this International Max Planck Research School “Global Multiplicity”.
Political Potentials
… focuses on collective action in response to complex and historically conditioned crises and how politics and governance coordinate and shape these actions.
Economic Re-ordering
… considers the integration of the economy with non-economic realms such as family and leisure and the role of digital and platform-based business models and the mobility of people and goods.
Legal Complexity and Justice
... centres on understanding how people navigate multiple legal orders and arbitrate conflicts and how law serves as a critical instrument for addressing economic, political, and social concerns.News
Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU), Faculty of Philosophy I, Department for Anthropology and
Philosophy, Institute for Social and Cultural Anthropology, offers a temporary position (up to 36 months)
starting on 1 October 2024.
The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “Global Multiplicity: A Social Anthropology for the Now” welcomes its first cohort in fall 2023. We spoke with coordinator Patrick Desplat about the unique opportunities the programme provides for ...