Current Fellows' research
- Human-Centered AI: Inclusive Innovations that Strategically Empower African Women Through Co-designThis project explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled mobile applications can better support female micro-entrepreneurs operating in Kenya’s informal economy.
- Liberalism and Its DiscontentsFrancis Fukuyama will examine the philosophical foundations, historical evolution, and current discontents with liberalism, and analyze strategies - such as addressing economic inequality, building social cohesion, and defending democratic institutions - to preserve its core principles in the per
- The Idea of Moral SocialismWhat Is Moral Socialism?
- Global Relations over the Next DecadeJames C. O’Brien will ask what kind of possibilities for international cooperation will emerge after the current period of instability. It is clear that there will be no restoration of the old “normal” (which never was normal).
- ‘According to the Nature of That Race’: The Persecution and Murder of Europe’s Roma and Sinti, 1933-1945Michael Stewart is currently completing a comprehensive history of the persecution of Europe’s Romany peoples from 1933-1945 and the campaigns for restitution and acknowledgement which followed.
- Staging the Border: The Symbolic Creation of the Danube Monarchy in Southeastern Europe before 1791Borders and border regions have attracted intensified scholarly interest, shaped by historiographical developments and 20th-century conflicts. This project examines how the European–Ottoman frontier in the early modern Balkans was perceived, visualized, and staged.
News
- "The European Moment": Anne Applebaum to Deliver This Year's Speech to EuropeWe are delighted to announce that the award-winning American-Polish historian and author Anne Applebaum will deliver this year's Speech to Europe, marking the event's fifth edition. It will take place on the evening of…
- Impressions from the Spring Fellows' Conference 2026On 10 April, IWM fellows and guests gathered in the Institute's library for this year's Spring Fellows' Conference. A staple of intellectual life at the Institute since its early days, the biannual conference offers an…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in AprilThe seven fellows below are joining the Institute this month. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please reach out to iwm-…
Upcoming events
- Political Salon with Francis FukuyamaPanels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Richard CockettSeminars and Colloquia
- Festivals
- Autorenlesung und Gespräch mit Jaromír TypltFestivals
Recent Media
Upcoming events
- Political Salon with Francis FukuyamaPanels and Discussions
- Fellows' Colloquium with Richard CockettSeminars and Colloquia
- Festivals
- Autorenlesung und Gespräch mit Jaromír TypltFestivals
News
- "The European Moment": Anne Applebaum to Deliver This Year's Speech to EuropeWe are delighted to announce that the award-winning American-Polish historian and author Anne Applebaum will deliver this year's Speech to Europe, marking the event's fifth edition. It will take place on the evening of…
- Impressions from the Spring Fellows' Conference 2026On 10 April, IWM fellows and guests gathered in the Institute's library for this year's Spring Fellows' Conference. A staple of intellectual life at the Institute since its early days, the biannual conference offers an…
- New Fellows Joining the IWM in AprilThe seven fellows below are joining the Institute this month. Learn more about their fellowships and research projects by clicking on their names. For interview requests or media inquiries, please reach out to iwm-…
Current Fellows' research
- Human-Centered AI: Inclusive Innovations that Strategically Empower African Women Through Co-designThis project explores how Artificial Intelligence (AI)-enabled mobile applications can better support female micro-entrepreneurs operating in Kenya’s informal economy.
- Liberalism and Its DiscontentsFrancis Fukuyama will examine the philosophical foundations, historical evolution, and current discontents with liberalism, and analyze strategies - such as addressing economic inequality, building social cohesion, and defending democratic institutions - to preserve its core principles in the per
- The Idea of Moral SocialismWhat Is Moral Socialism?
- Global Relations over the Next DecadeJames C. O’Brien will ask what kind of possibilities for international cooperation will emerge after the current period of instability. It is clear that there will be no restoration of the old “normal” (which never was normal).
- ‘According to the Nature of That Race’: The Persecution and Murder of Europe’s Roma and Sinti, 1933-1945Michael Stewart is currently completing a comprehensive history of the persecution of Europe’s Romany peoples from 1933-1945 and the campaigns for restitution and acknowledgement which followed.
- Staging the Border: The Symbolic Creation of the Danube Monarchy in Southeastern Europe before 1791Borders and border regions have attracted intensified scholarly interest, shaped by historiographical developments and 20th-century conflicts. This project examines how the European–Ottoman frontier in the early modern Balkans was perceived, visualized, and staged.
Recent Media
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