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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · 10h

We are gearing up for the #ISIWealthConference2025.

It starts tomorrow and you can find the full program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Thanks to this marvelous team 👇, we are ready to host a wonderful set of wealth inequality scholars from across the globe.

Watch the hashtag for updates!

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 1d

Meet Clara Löffler (Doctoral Researcher), Arielle Helmick (Managing Director) and Michèle Loetzner (Communications Director), the ISI dream team behind the Wealth Conference 2025.

They plan, coordinate, communicate and take care of never ending strong coffee.
#isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 1d

Meet your Host

@fabianpfeffer.bsky.social will host three days of conversations about wealth, power and why it’s all … complicated.
The conference spirit: Serious research, brilliant speakers and a belief that caring about people is still the smartest thing academia can do.
#ISIWealthConference2025

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 2d

Meet Céline Bessière
 French sociologist and professor at Université Paris-Dauphine, Céline Bessière studies how family, law, and money intertwine.
 We’re honored to welcome her as one of the keynote speakers at the ISI Wealth Conference 2025 in Munich.

#isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 3d

Meet Lane Kenworthy! Sociologist, political scientist, and one of the leading thinkers on equality and the welfare state.  We’re delighted to welcome him as one of the keynote speakers at the ISI Wealth Conference 2025 in Munich.
#isimunich #ISIWealthConference2025

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 6d

Less than one week to go. Where do you find ISI Wealth 2025? Here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · 20d

Did you see? Our program is live. Don‘t miss the ISI Wealth Conference 2025: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Aug 26

🚀 The first ISI Newsletter just launched!
Inside: center insights, job opportunities… and a few surprises we promise are way better than finding an extra fry at the bottom of the bag. 🍟✨

Check your inbox — you don’t want to miss this.
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ISSUE #1

ISI has a newsletter now, isn't it exciting?

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Aug 18

Almost missed the Pipeline Program announcement? That’s okay — there’s a lot going on.

If you’d like a gentle nudge next time, our newsletter is coming soon. Thoughtfully curated, just for people like you. Sign up here: isi-munich-news.beehiiv.com (And don't forget to confirm!)

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Aug 18

Inequality keeps rising — so should early-career researchers.
Introducing the brand-new ISI Pipeline Program:
1 year of international mentoring, 1 research stay abroad, and 1 glorious workshop in Munich.

Apply by Sept 15, 2025 to join the 2026 cohort here: www.isi-munich.de/en/programs/...

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 22

ISI has a new website.
Yes, one that works.
Yes, also on your phone.
No, we didn’t do it ourselves. We called Max from Goodaim (en.goodaim.de). He speaks both design and durkheim.

Visit www.isi-munich.de/en
Come for the inequality, stay because you accidentally closed all your other tabs.

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 17

“I was a VIP, after all.” Käthe von Bose dissects how German elites do exclusivity—in service clubs & nobility circles. Stratification, but make it performative. July 23, 12:15, LMU Munich or Zoom. Hosted by @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social. BYO monocle. #isi-munich

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 14

We were all set to talk tax, trust & transformation –
but sadly, tomorrow’s colloquium with @kalf.bsky.social is cancelled.

Academic life, like fiscal policy, doesn’t always go to plan.
We’ll reschedule soon and keep you posted.
Until then: stay curious, stay kind.

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 11

🎙️ Colloquium @isi-munich.bsky.social:
@kalf.bsky.social on

“The Tax-Welfare Nexus: Explaining Support for Reform in Times of Fiscal Stress”

📅 Tue, 15.07.2025 | 12:15
📍 Room 109 + Zoom

All welcome – come for the taxes, stay for the insights!
#sociology #isi_munich

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Social & Behavioral Sciences at NASEM @sbs.nationalacademies.org · Jul 10

How can data, research, and policy initiatives provide more opportunities for advancement in the U.S.? Our new report looks at the key domains that shape economic and social mobility and the data infrastructure needed to support future research. buff.ly/7PSfnFn

Economic and Social Mobility: New Directions for Data, Research, and Policy. Consensus Study Report. The background image shows a spiral staircase from above.

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Fabian Kalleitner @kalf.bsky.social · Jul 11

Looking forward to present at the @isi-munich.bsky.social colloquium next week.

Are people in favor of welfare retrenchment or fiscal expansion when confronted with fiscal deficits?

See the answer on Tuesday

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 11

🎙️ Colloquium @isi-munich.bsky.social:
@kalf.bsky.social on

“The Tax-Welfare Nexus: Explaining Support for Reform in Times of Fiscal Stress”

📅 Tue, 15.07.2025 | 12:15
📍 Room 109 + Zoom

All welcome – come for the taxes, stay for the insights!
#sociology #isi_munich

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 11

🎙️ Colloquium @isi-munich.bsky.social:
@kalf.bsky.social on

“The Tax-Welfare Nexus: Explaining Support for Reform in Times of Fiscal Stress”

📅 Tue, 15.07.2025 | 12:15
📍 Room 109 + Zoom

All welcome – come for the taxes, stay for the insights!
#sociology #isi_munich

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 9

Fresh from the printers: the ISI Inaugural Report!
No dry stats, no jargon bingo – just real people, big questions & a slightly snarky quiz.
Inequality, up close and human.
At LMU Sociology now, online soon.
#isimunich

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 7

Tomorrow with @phelisommer.bsky.social !

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 4

Who owns the city? Who planned this maze? And what does regulation have to do with it?
Felicitas Sommer untangles it all with clarity and insight.
July 8, 12:00, Room 109 or Zoom.
Come get smart about space—without getting lost.

ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jul 4

Who owns the city? Who planned this maze? And what does regulation have to do with it?
Felicitas Sommer untangles it all with clarity and insight.
July 8, 12:00, Room 109 or Zoom.
Come get smart about space—without getting lost.

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jun 26

Soon: @miroborn.bsky.social on wealthy neighbourhoods—how affluence gets its aesthetic, its status, its power. ✨
🗓️ july 2 | 12:15 | room 309 @isi-munich.bsky.social
Also: he made a comic about class, mobility and how moving up doesn’t always mean fitting in: www.anthonymiroborn.com/comic

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jun 26

Soon: @miroborn.bsky.social on wealthy neighbourhoods—how affluence gets its aesthetic, its status, its power. ✨
🗓️ july 2 | 12:15 | room 309 @isi-munich.bsky.social
Also: he made a comic about class, mobility and how moving up doesn’t always mean fitting in: www.anthonymiroborn.com/comic

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jun 18

Why do social class and income still stick together after 100 years?
@thaning.bsky.social has the Swedish data – and the answers.
June 24, 12:15
Hosted by @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social
Because meritocracy is more of a vibe than a reality.
#isimunich #sociology #inequality #lmu

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · Jun 4

How unequal is wealth in Germany? 🪙🇩🇪 
Our sociology students took on this question in a hands-on exercise using chocolate coins. The results? Most students underestimated just how concentrated wealth really is at the top.

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · May 28

📬 Acceptance mails for our ISI Wealth Conference 2025 are out!
Got one? Confirm quick — we’d hate to run this without you.
And hey: repost this to let the world know where the real conversations on inequality are happening. (With you!)
#ISIWealthConference2025

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ISI: Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research @isi-munich.bsky.social · May 12

Yes, absolutely — and thank you for laying the groundwork so powerfully @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social . We’re here to amplify the data, honor the scholarship, and turn awareness into action. Let’s shake things up!

Ingrid Robeyns @ingridrobeyns.bsky.social · May 8

You are right that global wealth inequalities are staggering. I've build this book standing on the shoulders of many, many other scholars, so I'd be glad that their work gets spread further via this translation. Perhaps the @isi-munich.bsky.social can do outreach work in German on this topic?

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