Stellenausschreibung! 75%-Stelle an meiner Professur an der @unimarburg.bsky.social Offen für Promovierende wie Promovierte. Fragen gerne an mich. Gerne teilen! stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/1...

Second paper from our #assetstruggles SI now online: @hadoose.bsky.social makes the crucial point that asset struggles over climate governance not only include climate vulnerable & climate forcing assets – but that climate policy itself often takes an asset form, reconfiguring power. Check it out!

🚘 Why is the German EV transition so slow? One reason: The industry tries to squeeze maximum profits out of old technology. 🔎 I show that incumbents use their business power to push for policies allowing for such profit squeezes. It, however, is not always successful. doi.org/10.1177/1024...

🚘 Why is the German EV transition so slow? One reason: The industry tries to squeeze maximum profits out of old technology. 🔎 I show that incumbents use their business power to push for policies allowing for such profit squeezes. It, however, is not always successful. doi.org/10.1177/1024...

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG)@mpifg.bsky.social · 3mo ago

In Deutschland ist Vermögen stark auf wenige Familien konzentriert. Diese Superreichen bleiben oft medial unsichtbar. Kein Zufall, zeigt @emmaischinsky.bsky.social: Unsichtbarkeit schützt vor Kritik.

There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China. But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves. New paper & thread 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤖 First publication alert 🤖 Germany Inc. is dead? Long live Industry 4.0 Inc.! Michael Schwan, Christine Trampusch and I uncover that overlapping M&A of German industry create a new coordination enabling structure: Industry 4.0 Inc. @compchange.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We are very happy to welcome political scientist Regine Paul to the MPIfG as of today! Paul joins the Institute as head of the new research group “Technology and Statehood,” which will explore competition statehood in global tech races and their social and political implications. s.gwdg.de/BWmRAN

Regine Paul Joins MPIfG

Regine Paul, a political scientist and professor at the University of Bergen, Norway, is joining the MPIfG in the middle of April to take up a position as head of a new research group. Technology and ...

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Our new article on the limits of green concertation with @lucacigna.bsky.social is out in New Political Economy (in open access - thanks to @mpifg.bsky.social🙏)

Just wrapping up the first day of the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy co-organized with fantastic colleagues at the @mpifg.bsky.social. Many great presentations and papers from diverse perspectives.

📢 Call: Lise Meitner Research Groups @maxplanck.de invites applications for the Lise Meitner Excellence Program, which recruits outstanding early-career researchers to lead independent research groups. The MPIfG welcomes applications aligned with its research program. Please share widely!

Max-Planck-Gesellschaft@maxplanck.de · 6mo ago

A position with prospects! We offer excellent researchers again the possibility to apply for a position as a Leader of a Lise Meitner Research Group in all areas of #science. Applications are possible between February 11th and April 15th, 2026. www.mpg.de/lise-meitner... #lisemeitnergroups

📣 Publication day! The first paper from my project on Europe’s EV battery roll-out is finally out I unpack how the EU’s EV battery boom is entangled with sacrifice zones—investment in Serbia & Hungary de-risked through autocracy. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

The next conference of the DVPW Section Political Economy takes place 24–25 Sept 2026 at Freie Universität Berlin. Contributions in English and German are welcome. Please send us your paper or panel proposal by next Friday, 27 Feb 2026. All info in our Call for Papers: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

Seminal contribution theorizing important firm-level developments in the digital economy

JS Tan@js-tan.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨New article w/ @kathleenthelen.bsky.social🚨 This paper examines how the cloud hyperscalers (Microsoft, Amazon, and Google) played a critical role in the transition from platform capitalism to the new AI economy. The cloud business model, we argue, also contributed to the new tech-maga politics.

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!

Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field. Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social Send them your abstracts!

Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG)@mpifg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 Call for Abstracts! Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne. 🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025. s.gwdg.de/U27NQb

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG)@mpifg.bsky.social · 8mo ago

📣 Call for Abstracts! Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne. 🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025. s.gwdg.de/U27NQb

📢 Job alert! Interesse an einer Promotion im Bereich Internationale und Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie? Lust auf Forschung und Lehre zu bspw. #Geoökonomie #Klimapolitik #Finanzmärkte #Industriepolitik #EuropäischeIntegration oder mehr? Weitere Infos: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

*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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#cfp: Happy to share that the next Doctoral Conference at the @mpifg.bsky.social will be taking place in March 2026. Particularly relevant for PhD students from political economy/economic sociology and neighbouring disciplines. 🤗 When: 19.-20.03.2026 More information: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...

Warum klingen Songs zunehmend gleich? Mit einem Mix aus Politischer Ökonomie und Kulturkritik der Frankfurter Schule sind Niklas Kullick @mpifg.bsky.social und @johannespetry.bsky.social dieser Frage nachgegangen. @oliverbweber.bsky.social dazu in der @faznet.bsky.social shorturl.at/QC3RO

🚨New Article Out! “The Scottish Road to Net Zero: Corporate Welfare and Assetization Cascades” The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.

In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition? @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest. Now out in SER! 🧵

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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The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to address the continued underrepresentation of women in political economy. Join us! 📅 Cologne, September 22–25, 2025 👩‍🎓 For current PhD students or recent PhD graduates – free of charge ⏳ Apply by April 25, 2025

Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy

The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to establish a network of women working in political economy and to contribute to ameliorating existing gendered inequalities in the fi...

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The christmas elf is hiding in the corner

Susanne Hilbring @susiebuch.bsky.social · 2y ago

@mpifg.bsky.social die neue #IMPRS Kohorte schmückt unser Institut - so oder so. 🎄🤶🧑‍🎄🎅🎄 The new IMPRS cohort enchants our institute, in any case

Back in the good old days of Twitter, the European Copyright Directive of 2019 (EUCD) was a hot topic. Some users thought it would stifle free speech, while others believed it would stop Big Tech from exploiting artists. How did platforms shape this debate and why were they (un)successful? 🧵

Here is a starter pack of MPIfG researchers and alumni. Hit follow for research on economic sociology and political economy! If you are a current or former MPIfG researcher and would like to be added, please let us know in the comments. #socsky go.bsky.app/P1fDXjf