The educational attainment of welfare recipients influences perceptions of deservingness. In POQ, Diessner et al. find that university-educated workers are seen as less in need of support in contemporary knowledge economies. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

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Not exactly a Xmas merrymaking post, but I wrote something on the changing environment for international academics in the Netherlands and how it has changed over the last 10 years: open.substack.com/pub/alexandr...

I have a new paper out in Social Politics. It analyses family policy change through the lens of (de-)familialization and path-dependency. Available here: academic.oup.com/sp/advance-a...

🚨 Exciting news — I’m on the job market this year! 🚨 My Job Market Paper asks: 💡 How do parents manage their children’s social media use, and can we help them do it better?

There is a strong positive association between equality and development over the long run — that's what this new study based on our historical series available on wid.world is clearly showing. Key findings in thread 🧵(1/9)👇

World Inequality Lab@wid.world · 11mo ago

Does #equality promote #inclusion and #productivity, or hinder #growth❓ 🔴Our new study revisits this long-running debate — finding a strong positive link between equality and development over the long run. Read more▶️ wid.world/news-article...

In this paper by @aycacu.bsky.social on moral judgment and genocide in Palestine, Arendt and Scott are brought into dialogue to confront the ethics of responsibility, complicity, and redress in our present. Read the full article here ⬇️

A Manifest Evil? On Palestine, Judgement, and Justice

Published in Journal of Genocide Research (Ahead of Print, 2025)

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Just like the repression after 9/11, these were plans waiting for a political opportunity (a “crisis”) to push them through. Hence, almost none of these plans would have prevented the killing of Charlie Kirk… but then again, that is also just the pretext, not the goal.

White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups

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New article out on @reggovjournal.bsky.social!

Sebastian Diessner@sebdiessner.bsky.social · last yr.

💥 New article out @reggovjournal.bsky.social Skill-Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden & Britain @ndurazzi.bsky.social @federicofiletti.bsky.social @simonetonelli.bsky.social David Hope, Hanna Kleider onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The #water system in England and Wales is in crisis. A recent report recommends the abolition of the regulator #Ofwat to be replaced by deeper regulatory reforms. But @kbayliss.bsky.social and Gwyn Bevan argue public ownership is the only solution on @lsepoliticsblog.bsky.social

Only public ownership of the water system will solve its crisis - British Politics and Policy at LSE

The recent report by the Independent Water Commission led by Sir John Cunliffe recommends the abolition of Ofwat and deeper regulatory reforms. But further regulation won't resolve the fundamental…

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So, here am I, in my ninetieth year, looking back on my career as a geographer interested in explaining, with a little help from Marx, how urbanization and uneven development work, finding myself obliged to some extraordinary scholars, such as Sraffa and Robinson;

Germany's largest UBI study funded by 200K private donors found that - Everyone kept working, no change in hours - More enrolled in university - More job changes (for better jobs) - More satisfied with work This is the data UBI critics love to ignore.

#MichelAglietta passed away. He was a crucial figure in the 1970s and early 1980s for those working at the intersection of #Marx, #money, #unequaldevelopment, #stagesofcapitalism (and later international currency). The early #regulationschool was in dialogue with #SuzannedeBrunhoff. /1

Mon livre sera en librairie dans une semaine et si certains d'entre vous le lisent ce sera un immense plaisir d'avoir vos retours et d'en discuter

🗣️ we have a new paper and new dataset just out on the transition to the knowledge economy in advanced democracies - both OA, available here academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... and here www.knowledge-economy-index.com