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Fulya Apaydin

@fulyaapaydin.bsky.social

Associate Prof. | Political economy, industrial policy, finance and development | PI: Governing Private Debt | Writing a book on Space policy for Verso Books 🚀 🛰 Views: my own

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Fulya Apaydin@fulyaapaydin.bsky.social · 5d ago

1/9 I am very happy to share a new special issue of the Journal of Economic Policy Reform, which I co-edited with Merve Sancak and Andreas Nölke: “Industrial Policy beyond the Hegemons” which examines how non-hegemonic powers respond to geoeconomic competition.

Institut Barcelona d'Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)@ibei.org · last wk.

Industrial policy beyond the superpowers 🌍 Fulya Apaydin, Merve Sancak & Andreas Nölke analyze non-hegemonic powers through 4 lenses: • Historical Legacies • Geoeconomics • Domestic Politics • The Success Dilemma Don't miss the full article! t.ly/9ZD5k

Bridging comparative and international political economy for the study of industrial policy beyond the hegemons: Introduction to special issue

This special issue unpacks the transformation of industrial policy among non-hegemonic powers (NHPs) by bridging otherwise compartmentalized debates within comparative political economy and interna...

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Fulya Apaydin@fulyaapaydin.bsky.social · last wk.

When economists act as advisors to the government, and use their m'dels to shape policy, it's "evidence-based", but when sociologists publish their findings that call for change, it is "activism." Yeah. www.wsj.com/us-news/educ...

Essay | Is It Time to ‘Liquidate’ the Study of Sociology?

Sociology has long been tasked with investigating society’s most pressing challenges. But these days, sociologists’ greatest obstacle may be themselves.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌@chanda.blacksky.app · last wk.

Weird watching the people who take credit for starting the scientific revolution actively work to destroy its progenitors

Astronomer Royal for Scotland | Catherine Heymans@astroroyalscot.bsky.social · last wk.

I'm absolutely devastated for colleagues at Jodrell Bank who found out this morning that funding for the UK's e-MERLIN radio telescope array will be terminated. This is a short-sighted move, to save a tiny fraction of the overall UK science budget. #SaveJodrellBank 🔭🧪 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Emily M. Bender@emilymbender.bsky.social · 2w ago

No, no and no. These weren't "rogue AIs" -- what happened here is that OpenAI kicked off a software process and let it run. OpenAI was always in control and could have stopped the process (or actually paid attention to what it was doing) at any time. >>

Screencap from linked article: Rogue AIs going unsupervised for days, hacking at least one company, represent one of the first real-world examples of a threat long feared by AI safety researchers: loss of control. It comes as the cybersecurity capacities of top models, including Anthropic’s Mythos, have helped fuel debate in Washington about how to regulate artificial intelligence.
Frank Pasquale@frankpasquale.bsky.social · 2w ago

“SpaceX has entrenched itself within regulatory processes of the FCC even more aggressively than traditional firms, exerting continuous pressure on technocrats and policymakers in order to reshape standards in line with their commercial priorities.” phenomenalworld.org/analysis/orb...

Orbital Enclosure - Phenomenal World

In mid-June, SpaceX went public. The company’s initial public offering share price of $150 quickly crowned Elon Musk the world’s first dollar trillionaire. As the company’s executives rang the Nasdaq ...

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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics@sasemeeting.bsky.social · 2w ago

Applications are open for the 2026–2027 SocioEconomic Review (SER) Board of Graduate Interns. Gain experience in academic publishing, help organize SER Café events, and receive free SASE membership plus registration for #SASE2027. 📅 Apply by 1 September 🔗 sase.org/opportunitie...

Socio-Economic Review (SER) Call for Student Interns 2026-2027 | Opportunities for SASE Members

Application Deadline: 1 September 2026

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Ali Rıza Taşkale@alirizataskale.bsky.social · 3w ago

Tech billionaires didn’t misread science fiction. They performed an edit: keeping the frontier, the visionary, the chrome; cutting the public institution, the collective, and the warning. Every. Single. Time. My new piece is now up in Aeon.

Aeon Magazine@aeon.co · 3w ago

Tech billionaires like to claim their work is inspired by science fiction, but in truth, they are using its ‘chrome-plated aesthetic’ as a fig leaf to further what the social theorist Ali Rıza Taşkale labels ‘reactionary futurism’