German Capitalism

German Capitalism (University of Bremen)

This course introduces students to the literature on the interplay between institutions and the economy based on the influential model case of German capitalism, covering origins, stability, and sources of change of a distinctively German variety of capitalism.

April 2026 · Timur Ergen
Governing Innovation

Governing Innovation (University of Bremen)

This course examines innovation as a core governance problem for modern states, from foundational debates on the nature of innovation through cutting-edge discussions of contemporary innovation states in Europe and the United States.

April 2026 · Timur Ergen
Theorizing Institutional Change

Theorizing Institutional Change (University of Bremen)

This course examines institutional change as a key theoretical problem across the social sciences, introducing core accounts of institutional change and discussing recent developments based on the exemplary empirical problem of the rise of neoliberalism in advanced capitalism.

April 2026 · Timur Ergen
Capitalism and Modern Society

Capitalism and Modern Society (University of Bremen)

This course examines the major political-economic controversies of modernity: the origins of capitalism, the role of politics in liberal economic order, and the relationship between capitalism and democracy.

August 2025 · Timur Ergen

Publication on Globalization and Comparative Analysis in Competition & Change

A new paper in Competition & Change on the problems economic globalization creates for comparative analysis. ...

May 2022 · Timur Ergen

Publication on Industrial Policy in Competition & Change

A new paper in Competition & Change on the decline of conditionality in state aid to business. ...

May 2022 · Timur Ergen

Publication in the MPIfG Discussion Paper Series

A new paper in the Max Planck Institute’s Discussion Paper Series on the problems economic globalization creates for comparative analysis. ...

December 2021 · Timur Ergen

Publication in the Socio-economic Review

A new article in the Socio-economic Review on the history of American tax policies in the 1980s. ...

October 2021 · Timur Ergen

Essay on small firm ideologies on Makronom

Sebastian Kohl and I published a short essay on small firm ideologies on Makronom. ...

March 2021 · Timur Ergen

Call for contributions – The Role of the State in Digital Transitions

Call for contributions for a panel series on the state in digital transitions at the SASE Annual Meeting in 2021.

December 2020 · Timur Ergen