Keynotes

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Keynote speech at the opening event

Lena Gorelik (author and journalist)
Monday, September 22nd 2025, 5 pm
(in German)


Dipesh Chakrabarty (University of Chicago): Revisiting the Problem of Historical Transitions
Tuesday, September 23rd 2025 1-2 pm

Gisèle Sapiro (École des hautes études en sciences sociales Paris): Towards a sociology of crisis
Wednesday, September 24th 2025 1-2 pm

Michèle Lamont (Harvard University): Global Dignity and ›Seeing Others‹: Political, Environmental and Work-Based Recognition Compared
Thursday, September 25th 2025 1-2 pm

Mario L. Small (Columbia University New York): Financial Institutions, Neighborhoods, and Racial Inequality
Thursday, September 25th 2025 5-6 pm


Final Keynote

Steffen Mau (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, co-award winner for outstanding achievements in the field of public effectiveness in sociology): Krisenhafter Wandel der Gegenwart. Einige soziologische Beobachtungen
Friday, September 26th 2025 from 12.00 noon
(in German)