🚨New piece in Politics & Society! w/ @maxkiefel.bsky.social @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles 🇨🇳 🇺🇸 doi.org/10.1177/0032...

🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social. 𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy 𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below. We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!

I realised I follow several journals and now I learn about new publications and interesting papers often here first - so I made a Starter Pack with journal accounts in case you wanted to as well. Let me know if I missed an important journal and I'll add it. go.bsky.app/L57tAru

Call for participants 🔥 The 4th Doctoral Conference @mpifg.bsky.social is happening and if you’re pursuing your PhD you really should be part of it. It’s a relaxed, super inspiring atmosphere and you‘ll build a great network of peers 🌍 Submission is open for 4 more days ✨

Konstantinos Papanikolaou@k-papanikolaou.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Friendly reminder: Only 4 days left to submit your abstracts for the 4th Doctoral Conference of the IMPRS-SPCE at @mpifg.bsky.social more information can be found here: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026... We look forward to receive your submissions!

*Call for Applications* We’re excited to announce the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy! Abstract Deadline: December 1, 2025 Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026... Please share widely! @mpifg.bsky.social

Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy

The Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy aims at building bridges and finding commonalities among young scholars whose research is addressing the complex ...

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Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!

📣 We're welcoming applications for our Visiting Researchers Program (summer semester 2026). If your work focuses on political economy or economic sociology, apply for a research stay (2-12 months). Open to researchers at all career levels! Apply by October 31, 2025: career.mpifg.de/jobposting/1...

Packed room for the opening lecture by corneliawoll.bsky.social on "Economic Statecraft and Negotiated Justice in Global Markets." Part of our Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy. Thanks to the fantastic speaker and organizers! @palmapolyak.bsky.social @dustinvoss.bsky.social

🎓 Yesterday, at the graduation ceremony of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE), we had the great pleasure of honoring ‪@tobiasarbogast.bsky.social, @cerencevik.bsky.social, @hadoose.bsky.social, ‬... 🧵 1/2

📌Reminder: die tolle FMM (Forum for Macroeconomics and Macroeconomic Policies) Konferenz findet dieses Jahr zum Thema „Gendering Macroeconomics“ statt. #FemÖk In Berlin, 23. bis 25.10.25. ⌛Call for Papers bis 31. Mai! Alle Infos hier:

Tom Bauermann@bauermann-tom.bsky.social · last yr.

📢 Reminder: Call for Papers 📅 Join discussions and present your work the #29FMM Conference "Gendering Macroeconomics" (23-25 Oct. 2025 Berlin) We really look forward to receiving your abstract. Deadline for proposals: 31 May More information: www.imk-boeckler.de/de/aktuelle-... We invite ... (1/3)

🏭💶🌍 Can export finance keep pace with an escalating climate crisis? We have a new study and a stellar panel to discuss this. Join us on 7.5. online: www.oefse.at/veranstaltun... cc @oefse.at @annahehenberger.bsky.social @oilchange.bsky.social @lukasoberndorfer.bsky.social @georgfeigl.bsky.social

My first paper of my dissertation 'Patrimonial Relations. Kinship, capital and conflict in super-rich Families' is out now on open access! Here I discuss how super-rich families use relational work on affective family ties as an economic resource. @bupjournals.bsky.social

Family feelings: affective ties and the reproduction of wealth in super-rich families

Rising wealth inequalities, concentrated in the hands of a few super-rich families, have recently sparked sociological interest in how these families sustain and legitimise their wealth across generat...

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We would like to invite you: 🌍 Webinar: Aligning Export Finance with the Paris Agreement 📅 Study launch & discussion on export credit agencies, climate targets & the politics of delay. ⏰ The climate clock is ticking – can export finance keep up? ℹ️ Info & Registration 👉 www.oefse.at/veranstaltun...

⏰ Beschäftigte wünschen sich kürzere Arbeitszeiten 📄 Neue IfSo Expertise: www.uni-due.de/soziooekonom... @ifso.bsky.social

Meine Rezension zu J. Dinkel "Alles bleibt in der Familie" ist jetzt bei KZfSS zu lesen: Laut D. wurde das 19./20. Jhd. zum Zeitalter der Familie. Die „Gesellschaft der Singularitäten“ gilt nicht für Erbordnungen. Im Gegenteil setzt sich das "Familienprinzip" durch link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📣 We’re hiring! For our research areas led by Lucio Baccaro and Jens Beckert we are inviting applications for senior researcher positions in political economy: s.gwdg.de/Sw6Mu8 and economic sociology: s.gwdg.de/trrYgR Please spread the word!

Most amazing news: the MPIfG Summer School for Women in Political Economy is taking place again this fall. Apply everyone! 💫

Palma Polyak@palmapolyak.bsky.social · last yr.

We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share! 🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne 🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025 www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

Update: this list has now 100 (!) women political economists to follow! 🤩 Thanks so much for the (self-)recommendations, I'm thrilled to connect and reconnect with you all here & so looking forward to learning more about your work! Still 50 spots open! 🙋 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3

At last, this paper found a (nice!) home in Stato&Mercato. With Francesco Bagnardi, we offer an explanation for the deep variation in Italian governments' policy approaches towards informal employment - shifting between enforcement efforts & blatant forbearance. www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1425/...

New publication alert! @paytongannon.bsky.social and I write about the importance of trustworthy, timely data on abortion in the case of Italy, but this dynamic plays out around the world. Citizens need to be able to hold public bureaucracies accountable! Read more in @revdem2020.bsky.social!

Payton Gannon@paytongannon.bsky.social · last yr.

The U.S. isn’t the only country where the government withholds key public health data on abortion. @dmpullan.bsky.social and I explore concerns about Italy’s abortion data and the severe delays in its release.

The call for papers is now open for the CJRES conference on "Cities and the Climate Crisis", held at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge in July: cpes.org.uk/events/cjres... This theme will also be the focus of a special issue of @cjres.bsky.social, so get your submissions in!

The 2025 Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society Conference – ‘The Climate Crisis: making cities resilient’

The annual Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society conference will be held on 17-18 July 2025, at St Catharine’s College, Cambridge, UK. The 2025 CJRES conference theme is ‘Th…

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Last week, master's students from @ifso.bsky.social visited the MPIfG. They gained insights into research on topics like "Generational Conflicts in Times of Crisis" and "Decarbonization in Export-Driven Economies" and had a chance to discuss careers paths in social science and at the Institute.

New paper out with @nilskupzok.bsky.social on "Green macrofinancial bargains: how economic interests enable and limit climate action." 1/

Hello Blueksky! Here we are with our new Issue and our first Post on this website! In this Editorial Jakob talks about Richard Easterlin and his impact on him. Please share widely! www.heterodoxnews.com/n/htn338.html

What a week ahead! ✨ The one & only @katemcnamara.bsky.social visits us in Cologne to talk about EU Economic Statecraft in the Age of Geopolitics Then @luukschmitz.bsky.social & I are hosting this stellar lineup of scholars for our Geoeconomic Turn in IPE workshop 🌍 @mpifg.bsky.social

🚨📣 We are so back: ℙ𝕠𝕝𝕚𝕥𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕖𝕔𝕠𝕟𝕠𝕞𝕪 𝕠𝕗 𝕗𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕔𝕖 𝕤𝕦𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕔𝕙𝕠𝕠𝕝 𝟚.𝟘 - 3 days @ Watson Institute, Providence - PhD candidates (2nd year+), post-docs & assistant profs - All expenses covered (🙏 sponsors) - A-team of instructors 🙏💪 - Mark Blyth 😎 Apply by 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝟏. Link below. Please share!

Surveillance pricing--also called price discrimination--the latest tool of profit maximization. Consumers are losing the information war. This report, the last hurrah of the Federal Trade Commission for at least four years. tinyurl.com/bde8d8fn

FTC Surveillance Pricing Study Indicates Wide Range of Personal Data Used to Set Individualized Consumer Prices

The Federal Trade Commission’s initial findings from its surveillance pricing market study revealed that details like a person’s precise location or browser history can be frequently used to target

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Der größte Klima-Brocken ist die Abschaffung des #Klimabonus. Dabei ist er ein zentrales Instrument für den sozialen Ausgleich der CO2-Steuer und die Streichung belastet gerade einkommensärmere Haushalte am stärksten: www.momentum-institut.at/news/klimabo... 8/

Klimabonus: Für sozialen Ausgleich der CO₂-Steuer notwendig - Momentum Institut

Die künftige Koalition will zur Budgetsanierung den Klimabonus streichen. Dadurch verlieren die Österreicher:innen dieses Jahr voraussichtlich 254 Euro pro Person. Ohne sozialen Ausgleich durch den Kl...

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This is the list of cost-cutting measures that Austria is sending to the EU to avoid a deficit procedure (climate measures in green). Will climate targets ever trump budget targets?

This epic starter pack👇 has just become *even better* with the arrival of @manuelamoschella.bsky.social 🚀 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3