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Current Events at CAS

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20/11/2025 - 22/01/2026 Lecture Series, WinterSemester 2025/26 – “The Future of Bureaucracy”
The lecture series is part of the CAS Research Focus “The Future of Bureaucracy“.
14 Jan

14/01/2026 Lunch Talk: Administrative Burden and Unequal Policy Implementation
Dr. Alexa Lenz (CAS Researcher in Residence, LMU) | Respondent: Prof. Dr. Fabian Pfeffer (LMU)
20 Jan

20/01/2026 Discussing Violence Against Women
Internal Workshop with Prof. Mary Beard, Ph.D. (Cambridge), organized by Prof. Dr. Julia Burkhardt (CAS Research Group/LMU) and Prof. Dr. John Weisweiler (LMU).
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