Out now in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social “Dependent development in digital capitalism: The politics of startup policies in the new periphery” @journals.sagepub.com #polisky journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... 1/n

🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵

We're also happy to announce the calendar for the 2025-2026 CONNECT Seminar Series, featuring a brilliant line up of CONNECT members from @unibo.it and SPS visiting scholars @fbulfone.bsky.social (Leiden) & Anuscher Farahat (UWien). Every first Tuesday of the month, 1-2pm - all welcome!

The slumbering giant: towards a political economy of financialised insurance, by Vanessa Endrejat, @fbulfone.bsky.social, and Arjen van der Heide

The slumbering giant: towards a political economy of financialised insurance

This paper introduces the concept of financialised insurance through an analysis of the European insurance sector in the context of recent capitalist restructuring. It addresses a notable gap in th...

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We are delighted that our Special Issue on "The Politics of Growth, Stagnation and Upgrading in Peripheral Economies" coedited w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga is now out in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social, Vol. 29(3–4). 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...

📘🇪🇺 Much more than a report In our new @jcms-eu.bsky.social piece, Lucia Quaglia and I argue that the Draghi and Letta reports go beyond competitiveness - they mark a shift in the EU’s political identity. But this entails huge challenges! Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Much More Than a Report: The Search for Europe's New Political Identity and the Politics of Competitiveness

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Trump took a "golden share" in US Steel. What does this say about the steel industry, Trump's priorities, and how industrial policy is being used in 2025? @fbulfone.bsky.social and I spent the hour with On Point getting into it. Margaret Thatcher makes an appearance! www.wbur.org/onpoint/2025...

The power of the golden share

When President Trump approved the merger between Nippon Steel and U.S. Steel he demanded a so-called “golden share.” It gives the White House a say in key business decisions. So, what happens when the...

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In a new MPIfG Discussion Paper, @fbulfone.bsky.social, @m-stratenwerth.bsky.social, and @aritassinari.bsky.social trace the growth trajectories of Greece, Italy, Portugal, and Spain from the financial crisis to the covid pandemic. ‬ 🔗 pure.mpg.de/pubman/faces...

The PEPP group at Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration is pleased to announce the next PE_PP Talk by Aneta Spendzharova (Maastricht University) on May 12! Details below Please PM if interested @sebdiessner.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @alexandreafonso.bsky.social

Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start? Then this one’s for you doi.org/10.1080/0703... Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social A Bongardt/F Torres

🌟 Excited to announce our latest article in New Political Economy 🌟 @fbulfone.bsky.social and I investigate the complex interplay of politics and banking challenging the notion that political influence always harms banks. "Is Politics Bad for Banking?" - Full article here: doi.org/10.1080/1356...

Is politics Bad for banking? how political ownership shaped the historical trajectory of Italian banks

The relationship between politics and banking is complex. On the one hand, political connections are often seen as detrimental to bank profitability and financial stability. On the other hand, hist...

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On my way to Bochum where I'll spend the next days discussing the nuts and bolts of industrial policy with a stellar line-up of scholars. This workshop, co-organized with Salih Bora and @fbulfone.bsky.social, is hosted and generously supported by the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (CAIS). 👇

Come work with us! 📢 Fully-funded PhD position (4 years) at the Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University on political economy of the green and digital transition Deadline: March 31 🚨 Supervised by the amazing @fbulfone.bsky.social & myself www.universiteitleiden.nl/vacatures/20...

PhD candidate

The Institute of Public Administration at Leiden University is looking for aPhD Candidate for the research project ‘Political Economy of the Green and Digital Transition between the Local, National an...

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Our Political Economy and Public Policy research group at Leiden University finally has a website! Check out our work 🔽 With @alexandreafonso.bsky.social, @fbulfone.bsky.social @sebdiessner.bsky.social, Samir Negash, Emily Anne Wolff, Janna Goijaerts and Roelien van der Wel