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Policy & Politics@policy-politics.bsky.social · 2y ago

✨New to our Policy & Politics blog! ‘Policy Goals versus Service Delivery in the Welfare State: Bridging the Gap’ Read now!⬇️ Thank you Janna Goijaerts, @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social, and Jet Bussemaker policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/04/09/p...

The Political Economy and Public Policy research programme at Leiden University - Institute of Public Administration is pleased to announce the next PE_PP talk! On April 14, David Doyle from Oxford University will be speaking on the political cost of tax reform. More details below!

Hear hear! What an inspiring start of our collaboration as part of the Global Futures Hub.

Sebastian Diessner@sebdiessner.bsky.social · 2y ago

Had a great time in Scotland for our pilot within the Leiden-Edinburgh "Global Futures Hub" with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @eawolff.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social Thanks for having us @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social Daniel Clegg Elke Heins!

New article out in @policy-politics.bsky.social, based on Janna Goijaerts' important PhD research on how welfare states shape health inequalities. More details 🔽

Policy & Politics@policy-politics.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌤️ New on Early View How do middle managers perceive and articulate the gap between service delivery goals and practice? A new study by Janna Goijaerts, @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social , & Jet Bussemaker explores this question through a vignette study. 🔗 doi.org/10.1332/03055736Y2025D000000066 🧵⬇️

Join us for the next PE_PP talk organized by the Political Economy and Public Policy group at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration! On March 21, @donatodc.bsky.social, @lucacigna.bsky.social and @jvtk.bsky.social will be presenting on the governance of inflation. Details 🔽

If you're in the UK neighborhood, do think about joining us for these important, and globe-spanning, conversations!

Natascha van der Zwan@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social · 2y ago

Much looking forward to being part of this fantastic event🤩! Many thanks for the invitation, @glgerstle.bsky.social and @maggor.bsky.social!

Much looking forward to being part of this fantastic event🤩! Many thanks for the invitation, @glgerstle.bsky.social and @maggor.bsky.social!

Noam Maggor@maggor.bsky.social · 2y ago

📢 Registration is now open! 📢 Check out our powerhouse lineup and sign up to attend: beyond-neoliberalism.org @glgerstle.bsky.social @maggor.bsky.social #BeyondNeoliberalism

Rejoining this platform after a hiatus and welcomed by these happy faces! Indeed, what a wonderful meeting on the political economy of the green transition @nigovernance.bsky.social. Many thanks to all and high fives to @jasperpsimons.bsky.social, @ferdideville.bsky.social, @fbulfone.bsky.social!

Jasper Simons@jasperpsimons.bsky.social · 2y ago

Last week political economy made its debut at the annual conference of @nigovernance.bsky.social. Many thanks to all participants and their great work and my awesome co-organisers @ferdideville.bsky.social, @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and @fbulfone.bsky.social!

Currently doing some research on Swiss finance capitalism and looking for some good reads. Any suggestions for must-read titles? Self-promotion encouraged!

My essay “Living together and taking care of each other: narrating the asset-manager society” is now published online in @jcultecon.bsky.social as part of a review symposium on Brett Christophers’ 🔥new book Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World (Verso, 2023). 1/3

Did you recently finish a path-breaking book in social science that will change the way we understand (and act in) the world? Or do you know someone who did? Send us your nominations for SASE's Alice Amsden Best Book Award! sase.org/events/award...

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Goede explainer van Jelmer Mommers over klimaatfinanciering en waarom de rekening van de klimaattransitie nog steeds open staat🌎🔥💸 decorrespondent.nl/15011/de-vra...

De vraag van 4 biljoen: hoe geld de toekomst van het klimaat bepaalt

Op de klimaattop in Dubai wordt onderhandeld over klimaatmiljarden. Klein bier. Want voor een duurzame toekomst zijn klimaatbiljoenen nodig. De hamvraag: wie gaat dat geld ophoesten? Een mega-explaine...

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The holidays came early for the DEEPEN team, as we are looking forward to our meeting in Dublin today! With @karendublin.bsky.social, @tobiaswiss.bsky.social, Juan Fernandez, Hayley James, @thomayer.bsky.social and Sara Gonzales.

polisky cpesky I have 2 open positions in my team Goethe Uni #Frankfurt: I am looking for - a PhD student - a student assistant. You should be interested in comparative politics, ideally with a focus in public policy, comparative political economy, welfare research, or education/social policy.

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

Impromptu visit to the street-level bureaucracy workshop @ #NIG2023, just in time for Janna Goijaerts' talk on the role of middle managers in welfare service delivery!

Looking forward to the NIG2023 conference bringing the 🌞 on this ⛈️ day. Roelien van der Wel and I will be presenting our paper on the contentious politics of fossil fuel divestment. See you soon @tudelft!

Today I give the keynote lecture during the “Financialization of Real Estate” workshop. My talk covers the historical traces of financialization in the built environment & the methodological undertakings needed to excavate the underlying political processes that led to this financialized landscape.

In lovely Linz to present my co-authored paper with Thomas Mayer, in which we explore the inclusion of new political groups in corporatist institutions through a comp-hist case study of pensioner representation in Austria and the Netherlands. Cold but sunny and beautiful views from trainride there 🤗

Today is the day! All is set for the workshop 'The Politics of Sustainable Finance: Puzzling, power, profiting' I am co-organizing with Daniel Mertens at Leiden University. Looking forward to two great panels today and more to come tomorrow! PS: Can someone get Daniel over to 🟦, please?

Found an error in an Eurostat dataset and feeling really smug about it. Is this how quants feel all the time? Might need to switch to the dark side then ;-)

Article alert from the NORFACE-funded DEEPEN project!!

Tobias Wiß@tobiaswiss.bsky.social · 3y ago

New article in Journal of European Public Policy by Juan J. Fernández, Karen M. Anderson and me on ‘What drives pension issue salience?’. Pension reforms of any type – retrenching or expanding – increase pension salience. Unpopular (retrenching) pension reforms do not!

Job: Professor or Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Environmental Policy, ETH Zurich ✨ polisky ✨ ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

New PhD: "From Housing Inequality to Sustainable, Inclusive and Affordable Housing Solutions" Part of a pan-EU consortium and based at KU Leuven in the REFCOM research group of Manuel Aalbers. As a past research group member, I can wholly endorse the team. www.kuleuven.be/personeel/jo...