Meet our ISI Pipeline Members
Five Tandems, Countless Ideas
We are excited to finally introduce this year’s ISI Pipeline cohort. The response was overwhelming, with an impressive number of thoughtful and ambitious applications from around the world. Choosing was no small task.
In the end, five tandems stood out. Over the coming months, they will work closely and challenge each other’s thinking.
Save The Date
Munich Inequality Day
Cancel your usual plans. This is the kind of day you will want to drop into. Researchers from different fields come together to present their work, question each other, and rethink what inequality looks like right now.
The vibe is anything but stiff. Ideas get challenged, conversations spill into the breaks, and you might walk in for one talk and leave thinking about something completely different. The topics range widely, from housing and wealth to education, taxation, and social cohesion.
The format keeps things moving. Seven minutes per talk, ten minutes for discussion. (Think of it as academic speed dating, but actually interesting.)
And importantly, this is not a closed event. You can simply come by, listen in, and spend a good day with us. It is also a perfect excuse to check out our new space on Ohmstraße, which we are very much looking forward to filling with people, ideas, and a bit of noise.
We are very close to moving. Finally.
Say Hi!
Now You See Them
ISI has always been more than the people you meet in the office. Many of those connected to our work contribute from different places, across institutions and disciplines. Until now, they were a little harder to spot.
That has changed. Our affiliates are now part of the official team page, making it easier to see who is involved in ISI and how wide our network really is.
The science moved fast. The website… eventually followed.
New Rooms, New Formats
With the move into our new office, a few things are already starting to shift. We are using the space not just for work, but to open it up a bit. More conversations, more encounters, and ideally more overlap between academic research and people who would not usually end up at a university event.
We are currently trying out new formats that feel more accessible and a little less formal than the usual setup. The idea is simple: fewer lectures, more exchange.
Starting in July, we will kick things off with a series of readings. The first evening will feature the German author Lara Schulschenk, whose book No Sweet Home explores questions of housing and belonging. She will be joined by Lena Radau, who is doing her PhD on alternative forms of housing at LMU Munich. Together, they will shape a conversation rather than a classic reading.
More to come soon.
Picture: Luisa Höppner
Hey,
spring’s here and we’re taking that as a good excuse to start a few new things, follow ideas a bit further, and generally shake off the winter mode.
If you’ve been reading along, sharing posts, or just stopping by every now and then, thanks for that. It really does make a difference to know this isn’t all disappearing into the void.
We’ve got quite a bit coming up. More research, new formats, a few things we’re trying out for the first time.
Stick around, send things to people who might like them, or just drop in when something catches your eye.
If you’ve read this far, congratulations
You made it to the end. That already says something.
Inequality is not exactly slowing down, and neither are we. There is a lot in motion right now. New spaces, new formats, and a growing sense that research should not just describe the world, but step into it a bit more directly.
If something here made you pause, question something, or look at things differently, hold on to that. Pass it on. Start a conversation where there wasn’t one before.
And if you have thoughts on what we are doing, or what we should be doing, we want to hear them.
Affectionately yours,
The ISI Team