Please Irritate Me
A public discussion series with Peter-André Alt and guests on new perspectives in science and research.
An insight starts with curiosity, but it often ends with irritation. Knowledge that suspends our perception and judgment routines can irritate us. At the same time, it motivates us to question the familiar. Along with the audience, we want to be irritated by unusual research questions, original approaches, and the latest findings that challenge existing theoretical frameworks. And we are interested in topics that have either been neglected or have never been researched, including outlying, unapparent, and surprising subjects.
In addition to delving into individual research topics, we are interested in the question of how “the new” finds its way into science and research. Gaining new scientific knowledge is not a straightforward process, and is not based on an accumulation of knowledge, but rather on anomalies or chance events, and is the result of a creative process – including trial and error.
Join us to meet scientists who are following unusual paths, challenging us with their research, and delivering new perspectives and ideas for scientific knowledge-building.
We look forward to welcoming you!
In collaboration with the Junge Akademie
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Please Irritate Me discussion series
Berliner Sparkasse, Alexanderplatz 2, 10178 Berlin
Andrea Binder: Money from nothing
Tax havens are not only used to hide financial assets, but also to increase them. Political scientist Andrea Binder investigates how this works and why this practice is so precarious. In conversation with Peter-André Alt, Andrea Binder explains how tax havens evade democratic control, threaten financial stability, and foster inequality.
Andrea Binder is research group leader at the Otto Suhr Institute for Political Science at Freie Universität Berlin. Her research focuses on global finance and humanitarian policy. Her latest book, titled Offshore Finance and State Power, was published by Oxford University Press in 2023.
Admission: free (registration necessary)
Please note: You are advised to register in good time because of limited places.