🌍🌎🌏 Figuring Planetary Space: Abandoning Man's Measure is a PDF publication as part of the Agent of Change research support from the wonderful people at IABR (International Architecture Biennale Rotterdam). iabr.nl/en/projects/...
Manuel Scholz-Wäckerle
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senior lecturer @Socioeconomics WU Wien | evolutionary political economy | agent-based modelling | EPOG-JM C3 | EAEPE RA-[VW] sci-fi | jazz | hip-hop | electronic music @mschock@mastodon.social
Who pays for the commons? Generative AI was built on the open web, but little value has flowed back. @paul.eurosky.social’s latest at @botpopuli.bsky.social argues copyright can't fix this on its own — and makes the case for a levy on commercial AI deployment. Read it: botpopuli.net/who-pays-for...
Who Pays for the Commons?
Three and a half years after the emergence of generative AI as a new technology paradigm, there is broad agreement that AI companies have extracted enorm...
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Want to do a PhD to work on models of opinion dynamics and the inequalities of information flow, with an emphasis on climate change and climate policy? Apply by October 15 to work with Ago Merico and myself, based at @leibniz-zmt.de in Bremen, Germany. www.leibniz-zmt.de/en/vacancies...
Doctoral candidate (gn) - WG Systems Ecology
Das Leibniz-Zentrum für Marine Tropenforschung (ZMT) erforscht tropische und subtropische Küstenökosysteme und ihre Bedeutung für Natur und Menschen erforscht.
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GenAI replaces your creativity, your (critical) thinking. #GenAI augments the gap between tasks' conception & execution. US (& Chinese) #BigTech not only concentrates capital, they also steer tech change. They decided this is the tech that we get. www.versobooks.com/en-gb/produc... Pre-sale: 👇👇
NEW Working paper: "Theory for agency: For an analysis of structural change in too-late capitalism" proposes reviving the structuralist ambition within political economy to reinforce human agency in navigating the present conjuncture. archive-ouverte.unige.ch/unige:194466
#mustread #sciencefiction #Studies #criticism #speculativefiction A new anthology of essays edited by Anindita Banerjee, Sherryl Vint, David M. Higgins, and @jordanscarroll.bsky.social out by MIT. Excellent #review by John Rieder, especially the last paragraph. lareviewofbooks.org/article/reac...
Red-Pilling Speculation | Los Angeles Review of Books
From Ayn Rand to QAnon, a new anthology explores how reactionary world-building becomes reactionary world-making.
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THE FUTURE IS BACK. Fifty years ago, STARLOG went behind the scenes of alternate worlds for the first time. Now it's back, exploring the visionary sci-fi and cutting-edge science that inspire what comes next. The future will be wild. You'll be ready for it because you read STARLOG.
The STARLOG Podcast is alive, humans!! Find out more about the STARLOG team and what's coming in the print magazine this year! And be sure to sign up for the newsletter and subscriptions at starlog.com!
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Science fiction brings the future closer. We're here to help you see it coming. The Annual ships November 2026.
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STARLOG@starlogmedia.bsky.social · last mo.Want to hear episode 1 of The STARLOG Podcast? Host Jordan Hoffman @jhoffman.bsky.social welcomes Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social to discuss what's coming to print later this year and previews next week's conversation with DISCLOSURE DAY screenwriter David Koepp. youtu.be/KRgr3FRV6Xk
I'm excited to release part 3 of my series on beyond capitalism with @Autonomy_Inst. The big question people often asked about my recent work is—ok sure, but how do we get there? Please have a look at my first sketch of an answer to that question. autonomy.work/portfolio/be...
Beyond capitalism: from design to implementation
The third instalment of Aaron Benanav's 'Beyond capitalism' series turns to the question of transition to a multidimensional economy.
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The Political Theology of Maga: Christianity is transformed into a cult of harshness and ruthlessness and into a weapon. My Research for Social Europe: www.socialeurope.eu/maga-forges-...
MAGA Forges Christianity Into a Weapon of War
From Hegseth’s crusader tattoos to Thiel’s apocalyptic sermons, MAGA is fusing Christianity with raw political power.
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An attempt to illustrate the empirical role of #abm in interdisciplinarity. Book is free to read: www.sidestone.com/books/resour...
Resources in Premodern Societies @ Sidestone Press
This volume brings together innovative research to explore the profound impact of resources on the development of early societies. Divided into three major themes – lifeworlds in resource landscapes, ...
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Whoop, whoop! 11 Theses on Planning by @solveigdegen.bsky.social @rabeaber.bsky.social and @cominsitu.bsky.social ! Fantastic! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/intervent...
11 Theses On Planning - KTB
1. Planning for Future The prohibition on thinking concretely about the future has expired. An ecological and democratic concept of planning beyond capitalism is now necessary for planetary survival. ...
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My paper “Invisible Debts: A Feminist Ecological Economics Approach to Debts from Below” is now published (open access) in @feministeconomics.bsky.social: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Invisible Debts: A Feminist Ecological Economics Approach to Debts from Below
This article proposes a feminist ecological economics approach to debts, which, by means of making the hidden visible, critically (re-)assesses the question of who owes whom. It highlights the impo...
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Young Economists Conference 2026: call for papers is now online, keynotes confirmed! 📆 #yec2026 in Vienna on September 17 and 18, 2026 📣 Keynotes by @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @izaskunzuazu.bsky.social ✉️ Submit your work until May 10: wien.arbeiterkammer.at/yec2026
The Center for Political Economy at Columbia University will be holding a discussion on how to move beyond capitalism between @abenanav.bsky.social and Professor Katharina Pistor on Monday 23rd February from 6PM UTC-5 at Jerome Greene Hall. More info here: www.indep.network/event/discus...
Discussion About Moving Beyond Capitalism
The Center for Political Economy at Columbia University will be holding a discussion on how to move beyond capitalism. The discussion will be held in English. To participate, please register here.
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𝗗𝗼𝗲𝘀 𝗽𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁𝘆 𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗼𝗺, 𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘂𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗱𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? In this incisive new article, @cominsitu.bsky.social argues that liberal property rights don’t just allocate resources but that they prime societies - both owners and non-owners - with authoritarian desire 👉but there is a remedy
F&L Blog - Property Damages - International Karl Polanyi Society
Property Damages by Jacob Blumenfeld 13.02.2026 Does private property secure freedom, or train us for domination? In this article, philosopher Jacob Blumenfeld traces how liberal ownership rights shap...
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New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:
🚀Our research project launched its new website! check it out here: socializationproject.de
Socialization in Theory and Practice – Democratizing Access to Land and Energy
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Critical Theory in Berlin@ktbberlin.bsky.social · 7mo agoOur project 'Socialization in Theory and Practice: Democratizing Access to Land and Energy' now has its own website, including upcoming events, publications and resources on socialization and information about the project: socializationproject.de
Organizing this workshop with @solveigdegen.bsky.social and @cominsitu.bsky.social, in case you'd like to join via zoom: hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/6969547647... Meeting ID: 696 9547 6478 Passcode: 800441 registration here: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
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Critical Theory in Berlin@ktbberlin.bsky.social · 12mo agoRegistration now open for our mini-workshop on "Democratizing Finance" with Michael A. McCarthy (UC Santa Cruz), author of "The Master’s Tools: How Finance Wrecked Democracy (And a Radical Plan to Rebuild It)". criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/democr...
New review article out in @climate-policy.bsky.social @envleeds.bsky.social - with @ernestaigner.bsky.social (@leuphana.bsky.social), Nathan Barlow (@degrowthvienna.bsky.social) & Andreas Novy (@wuvienna.bsky.social, @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social) doi.org/10.1080/1469... Key messages below
Conceptualizing transformative climate action: insights from sufficiency research
This synthesis article conceptualizes transformative climate actions (TCAs) by reviewing social-science-based climate and transformation research, with a particular focus on (Western) sufficiency l...
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Europa & Deutschland müssen ihre Abhängigkeit von US-amerikanischen #Big-Tech-Unternehmen brechen, so lautet das Credo der Stunde. Doch #BuyEuropean & nationale Champions sind nicht die Lösung, schreiben @ceciliarikap.bsky.social & Aline Blankertz 👉 is.gd/TVEGyN
A new episode of Future Histories! This time I talk to @ceciliarikap.bsky.social (@iipp-ucl.bsky.social) about how today’s big tech hegemons build intellectual monopolies and use their power for corporate planning beyond ownership. Recorded at the @rosaluxstiftung.bsky.social! tinyurl.com/FH-Rikap
Were you unable to attend our expert workshop on democratic economic planning last November? No problem! The full recordings of all three public events are now online! ▶️View them here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #DEP #planning #transformation #WUVienna (1/3)
Democratic Economic Planning Workshop - YouTube
This expert workshop on "Democratic Economic Planning in Times of Planetary Crises", which took place at the Vienna University of Economics and Business from...
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The recordings of our expert workshop on democratic economic planning #DEP from last November are now online! If you missed it, check them out below👇
International Karl Polanyi Society@kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · last yr.Were you unable to attend our expert workshop on democratic economic planning last November? No problem! The full recordings of all three public events are now online! ▶️View them here: youtube.com/playlist?lis... #DEP #planning #transformation #WUVienna (1/3)
Europa hat ein neues progressives Netzwerk: SET-NET (Socio-Ecological Think Tank Network). Der Zusammenschluss europäischer Thinktanks fokussiert sich auf Klimapolitik & präsentiert eine neue Studie über den Verkehrssektor: Race2Paris – Shifting Gears for Climate Action. Ein 🧵 1/
Goodbye David Lynch and thanks for the beautiful weirdness 🖤🖤🖤🖤
It's here! The Competition & Change special issue ‘Rethinking Economic Planning’, edited by @christophsorg.bsky.social and me (Jan Groos), is officially out in full! Find it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ccha/29/1 Please share and spread the word! Thx!
Competition & Change - Volume 29, Number 1, Jan 01, 2025
Table of contents for Competition & Change, 29, 1, Jan 01, 2025
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