🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social.
𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy
𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026
𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below.
We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!
Workshop Flyer: February 11, 2026, 13:00. Franziska Cooiman, Humboldt University Berlin: "Asset Politics. The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund"
Don’t miss next week’s session in our online series on Comparative Political Economy (MAX CPE):
@franziscool.bsky.social on “Asset Politics: The Making of a Green Venture Capital Fund”.
📅 February 11, 1–2pm CET
📍 online
📧 Sign up: maxcpe@mpifg.de
@humboldtuni.bsky.social
s.gwdg.de/zG70h8
Some exciting reviews have come in for my forthcoming book, Currency of Nihilism. Thank you to Joseph Vogl, Arthur Kroker, Noam Yuran, and William Davies @will-davies.bsky.social for their thoughtful engagement with the manuscript!
www.sup.org/books/politi...
Some of you will know that I recently got funding for a project on Nitrogen in society. I am here making my application accessible for others who are thinking about applying for funding—plus some background on the funding programme and a few tips.
wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/more-and-l...
Finance & Society is the gift that keeps on giving!
Just as we've gotten home from our fabulous conference in Copenhagen – huge thanks again to all of you and the organizers! – we're delighted to announce the publication of issue 11(2)! 🎁🎉
173 pages packed with the good stuff – do check it out!
Today with @itsmccarthy.bsky.social at Humboldt University main building, details on zoom in quoted post for Non-Berliners :)
Many thanks to Copenhagen Business School and all the people that came out to talk about class, finance, and democracy. Now off to Berlin. If you are in the city and this looks interesting, join us!
I dared to approach the thorny value question with a little essay on the ‚politics of value‘ in platform economies, i.e., power struggles over what is considered valuable - especially interesting in times of contested transformation(s). Curious for your thoughts on this exploration!
Do check out the whole collection of articles on ‚value from data?‘ in @platformsnsociety.bsky.social
I dared to approach the thorny value question with a little essay on the ‚politics of value‘ in platform economies, i.e., power struggles over what is considered valuable - especially interesting in times of contested transformation(s). Curious for your thoughts on this exploration!
The Center for the sociology of innovation learned with great sadness that Michel Callon has passed away.
A graduate of the École des Mines, Michel joined the center in the late 1960s and was its director from 1982 to 1994.
Still fresh after two months. 1/3
We have a great job opportunity for an economic analyst focused on fiscal in our Brussels office BUT so far hardly any women have applied. Pls help us changed that and spread the word! Job posting: dezernatzukunft-my.sharepoint.com/:b:/g/person...
What could a world after capitalism look like? This two-part article in the
@NewLeftReview
is the result of five years of research. I’ll be turning it into a book later this year, so I’d love to hear your comments and critiques. newleftreview.org/issues/ii153...
Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6