Moritz Florin will be taking over as Deputy Director of the Max Weber Network Eastern Europe from April 2025, and as the acting head of the new office in Tbilisi.

The central office of the Max Weber Foundation will end its activities on Platform X (formerly Twitter) on 24 January 2025.

Through its institute in Beirut, the Max Weber Foundation (MWS) is directly affected by the military escalation of the Middle East conflict in Lebanon. It is our mission and our concern to maintain a dialogue with local researchers even in politically difficult times. However, recent events no longer permit normal research operations, which is why the Orient-Institut has been temporarily closed.
We are endeavouring to ensure the safety of our colleagues and cooperation partners and their…

The Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has placed the German Historical Institute (GHI) Moscow on the list of foreign organisations whose activities are considered "undesirable" in Russia. The Max Weber Foundation (MWS) was not unprepared for this news.

On 1 April 2024, sociologist and cultural scientist Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska will take over as Director of the German Historical Institute (GHI) in Warsaw. She succeeds Miloš Řezník, who is returning to the Faculty of Philosophy at Chemnitz University of Technology after ten years in office.

The Max Weber Foundation (MWS) is distressed by the military aggression against Ukraine and expresses its support for scholarship and the people of the country.