The Max Weber Centre for Advanced Cultural and Social Studies follows a Weberian research programme that aims to advance comparative and interdisciplinary social studies characterized by theoretical reflexivity, historical depth and a focus on normative questions. The following areas of research were at the core of the research programme in the first years:
These larger issues are concretely encapsulated in the following formal research areas, which are further detailed below:
The research projects of the resident Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt researchers are supported and complemented by the work of the PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers (Kollegiaten) who are in turn supervised by fellows of the Max-Weber-Kolleg Erfurt. The academic work of the Kolleg is both comparative and historical. However, emphasis is placed on trans- and inter- disciplinary linkages among the various academic fields represented at the institute, namely Sociology, History, Economics, Religious Studies, Theology, Philosophy, and Law.
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