Solveig Degen
@solveigdegen.bsky.social
PhD student in sociology at HU Berlin and the Centre for Social Critique | working on democratisation of energy and socialisation of finance | (she/her) https://socializationproject.de/
Wenn ihr euch genug über die Nebelkerzr Attestpflicht aufgeregt habt, könnt ihr auch mal darüber nachdenken: - Kettenbefristung bis zu 6x 4 Jahre - Abschaffung Informationsfreiheit - Verbot der Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungen - Förderungen für Autos und KI 😀
Leo G. Fischer 💯👏@leogfischer.eurosky.social · last mo.Ist das mit der Attestpflicht evtl. der eine Punkt, bei dem sie öffentlichkeitswirksam zurückrudern können, damit der ganze andere Scheiß in diesem dystopischen Papier durchkommt?
Unsere Kinder und Enkel werden uns bitter verfluchen. Die #Erderhitzung lässt sich auch durch Nullemissionen nicht zurückdrehen, nur die weitere Erhitzung stoppen. Denn CO2 bleibt Jahrtausende in der Luft. Kipppunkte kommen näher. Es wird kein Zurück geben.
Dass es so nicht weitergehen kann, ist vielen klar. Aber was ist die Alternative? Im September erscheint bei uns die dt. Erstveröffentlichung des viel beachteten Essays von Aaron Benanav »Jenseits des Kapitalismus« (in der Übers. von Raul Zelik)
Auch die Wissenschaft muss sich positionieren: gegen Tendenzen der Faschisierung und für vielfältigen und gewaltfreien Protest, der der extremen Rechten nicht den öffentlichen Raum überlässt: wissenschaft-gegen-faschismus.de/index.php/so... Unterschreibt!
July 9 @ Aquarium! Berlin criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/workin...
Matt Huber@matthuber.bsky.social · 2mo ago"Changing society's relation to nature more broadly remains a worthy project" (206). This by @ueberdruss.bsky.social is a brilliant Marxist analysis of energy history that deserves its place alongside Malm, Mitchell and other classics of the last couple decades.
"Changing society's relation to nature more broadly remains a worthy project" (206). This by @ueberdruss.bsky.social is a brilliant Marxist analysis of energy history that deserves its place alongside Malm, Mitchell and other classics of the last couple decades.
I'll present some work-in-progress on a synthesis between feminist critical political economy and the new planning debate.
INDEP@lndep.bsky.social · 2mo agoOur next online talk will be happening on Thursday 18th June from 3:30PM-5PM, where @christophsorg.bsky.social will discuss the relationship between democratic economic planning, social reproduction, communal care, reproductive work and gender relations. www.indep.network/event/indep-...
Tooze is the rare historian who thinks we can learn nothing from history, and that’s why I like it
Will Davies@will-davies.bsky.social · 2mo agoWithout wanting to reopen the Anderson fracas, what makes Tooze compelling - and perhaps partly so restless - is that he kind of wishes he was a sociologist. A historian who is obsessed with the unprecedented today. open.substack.com/pub/adamtooz...
"Neoconservatism produced a distinctive identity for the working and middle class – an identity that was devoid of the concept of class“ ⬇️📚Read our latest F&L piece for 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧’𝐬 explanation why so many people in the US embrace authoritarian politics today!
International Karl Polanyi Society@kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · 2mo ago𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐬𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐒 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 – 𝐨𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 – 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬? 📝 In our new F&L Blog article, political theorist 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧 argues that part of the answer lies in two powerful governing rationalities: neoliberalism and neoconservatism. Read: tinyurl.com/yxfypzed
And we begin with a packed auditorium: two days on Crisis and Transformation in times of fascisation
Critical Theory in Berlin@ktbberlin.bsky.social · 2mo ago🕖4. Juni 10-19 Uhr und 5. Juni 10-18 Uhr 📍Auditorium, Grimm-Zentrum Geschwister-Scholl-Str. 1–3, 10117 Berlin Check out our Homepage and Instagram for more information on the conference and to get introduced to our panels and speakers! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/crisis...
Crisis dream team @ktbberlin.bsky.social “crisis and transformation” criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/cri...
New article out in @socioeconreview.bsky.social with @danieldrisc.com: "The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda" doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda
Abstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o
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Save the date! Nov 12-14, HU Berlin, part of the Socialization research project at @ktbberlin.bsky.social socializationproject.de
Rosie Collington@rosiecollington.bsky.social · 2mo agoReally looking forward to this! Thanks to @solveigdegen.bsky.social @cominsitu.bsky.social @rabeaber.bsky.social & Clara Weinmann for organising 🤩🛢️💸
Really looking forward to this! Thanks to @solveigdegen.bsky.social @cominsitu.bsky.social @rabeaber.bsky.social & Clara Weinmann for organising 🤩🛢️💸
hell freezes over, the FT opens the door to nationalization
In two weeks!
robin celikates@robin-c.bsky.social · 3mo agomark your calendars: CRISIS AND TRANSFORMATION Berlin, June 4-5, 2026 w/ great speakers incl. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Maeve Cooke, Alex Demirović, Verónica Gago, Stephan Lessenich & Isabella Weber more info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/cri...
Die Dynamik der Faschisierung ist in der liberalen Demokratie, ihrer dysfunktionalen & gewaltsamen Deutung und Bearbeitung von Krisen angelegt & wird aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft heraus befeuert. Rahel Jaeggi & ich antworten hier auf Reemtsmas Kritik am F-Wort: www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...
Faschismusdebatte: Wie Demokratien zu menschenfeindlichen Regimen werden
Der Soziologe Jan Philipp Reemtsma mahnt an, nicht ständig vom Faschismus zu reden. Hat er den Ernst der Lage nicht erkannt?
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WORKING NATURE: A HISTORY OF THE ENERGY ECONOMY Book Presentation with @ueberdruss.bsky.social, comments by Liliana Doganova and Jacob Blumenfeld, moderated by Thomas Turnbull July 9, 2026, 19:00 Aquarium, Skalitzer Str. 6, Berlin socializationproject.de/event/workin...
Today, we’re launching our first paper from the Green Planning Commission — Economic Coordination and the Limits of Markets — as an analytical foundation for why the next progressive agenda must be built around public coordination. 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...
Economic Coordination and the Barriers Private Market Coordination Poses to Realizing a Progressive Agenda
Private market coordination cannot deliver decarbonization or affordable essential provisions. Instead, public coordination must be the organizing logic of the next progressive agenda and the premise ...
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Wrote a review of @ueberdruss.bsky.social excellent Working Nature. Go read it, it’s a book that should have been written decades ago, when the ecosocialist current was just starting to get going. Also one for all the Sohn-Rethel heads out there.
‘Working Nature: A History of the Energy Economy’ by Daniela Russ reviewed by Andrzej Frelek
The concept of energy is omnipresent in theoretical writing on the relationship between society and nature. Historically, for some time it even served as the primary means of approaching the problem i...
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Emerging from discussions at @ktbberlin.bsky.social's “The Grounds of Planning: Rationality, Pseudorationality and Critique“, a text formulating 11 theses on planning has been published by @cominsitu.bsky.social , @rabeaber.bsky.social and @solveigdegen.bsky.social. www.indep.network/11-theses-on...
11 Theses on Planning Published
Emerging from discussions at the “The Grounds of Planning: Rationality, Pseudorationality and Critique”, which was held in Berlin in December 2025, a text formulating 11 theses on planning has been…
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𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! Roland Atzmüller offers a rich and nuanced analysis of current (mis)interpretations of the far right and its entanglements with the neoliberal project - bringing a compelling Polanyian perspective. Read the entire article here: tinyurl.com/y83ewxen
11 Theses on Planning 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. More: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/intervention...
11 Thesen zur Planung - KTB
1. Planung für die Zukunft Das Verbot, konkret über die Zukunft nachzudenken, ist hinfällig geworden. Ein ökologisches und demokratisches Konzept der Planung jenseits des Kapitalismus ist jetzt für da...
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really looking forward to discussing the new manuscript by @katforrester.bsky.social on the contradictions of the welfare state! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/in-and...
couldn‘t help thinking that this is so much smaller than the space it occupied in my head. there’s a relief in the objectification of thought: however troubling or obsessive, every idea can take the form of a handy, well-folded paperback.
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communia@communiade.bsky.social · 4mo agoAm 29. April 2026 um 19:00 Uhr im aquarium am Kottbusser Tor (Skalitzer Str. 6, 10999 Berlin) präsentiert communia die neue Studie zur Geschichte der Energiewirtschaft von Prof. Daniela Russ und Solveig Degen, mit Beiträgen von Jakob Heyer und Ralf Hoffrogge. communia.de/einladung-ge...
Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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