EVENT: "Labor of the US Military-Industrial Complex: From Mid-Century Strengths to a Dead-End Future", a talk by Taylor Barnes @tkbarnes.bsky.social with Feyzi Ismail (Goldsmiths) as a discussant, April 22, 2pm EST / 20:00 CET. @tulenetwork.bsky.social Sign up: torontomu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

EVENT: The History of Retailing Seminar, April 20, 10:00-12:30 (UK time). Dan Lockton "A visual exploration of the more marginal end of British petrol retailing", Alice Janssens "International Fashion Networks and the Interwar Berlin Fashion Industry". For a Zoom link: l.ugolini@wlv.ac.uk

Trump as Messiah by Ivan Light*  How can they still back him? During the Trump presidency, this question arose again and again when, despite a relentless succession of failures, lies, outrages, and scandals, h…

Since Trump posted a picture of Himself as Jesus, let us reread Prof. Ivan Light's insightful "Trump as Messiah" economicsociology.org/2021/01/14/t...

The best online talks in Economic Sociology and Political Economy As you probably know, we regularly share, exclusively through ES/PE’s social media channels, information about some of the most interesting and promising online talks and webinars in economic socio…

The best online talks in Economic Sociology and Political Economy economicsociology.org/2026/04/08/t...

The Price of Nationhood: Symbolic Capital in the Consumerist Marketplace Departing from this amusing yet entirely real vignette, it is worth considering several outstanding and insightful books that thoughtfully engage with various dimensions of this fascinating subject…

The Price of Nationhood: Symbolic Capital in the Consumerist Marketplace
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The Karl Polanyi Bibliographic Database of Scholarship and Digital Archive The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University has launched the Bibliographic Database of International Scholarship – a project dedicated to exploring Karl Polanyi’s …

📢NEW: The Karl #Polanyi Bibliographic Database of Scholarship and Digital Archive
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The Karl Polanyi Bibliographic Database of Scholarship and Digital Archive The Karl Polanyi Institute of Political Economy at Concordia University has launched the Bibliographic Database of International Scholarship – a project dedicated to exploring Karl Polanyi’s …

The Karl #Polanyi Bibliographic Database of Scholarship and Digital Archive economicsociology.org/2026/03/28/t...

Varieties of Impact Investing: Context, Institutions, and Translation by Noé Kabouche* Over the last few decades, initiatives involving ‘sustainable’, ‘ethical’ and ‘responsible’ finance have been thriving. Among this flourishing renewal of morality in the financial …

How does #ImpactInvesting take on different meanings and reinforces financial power? Varieties of Impact Investing: Creating and Translating a Label in Local Contexts, by Philip Balsiger, Daniel Burnier & @noekabouche.bsky.social. @brisunipress.bsky.social economicsociology.org/2026/03/26/v...

India, Modernity and the Great Divergence – Why the Industrial Revolution and Modern Economic Growth First Occurred in England by Kaveh Yazdani*  How come the world’s eight wealthiest men are as rich as half the planet’s population? Why do the vast bulk of the super-rich come from the West despite the rise of Chinese…

#India, Modernity and the Great Divergence – Why the Industrial Revolution and Modern Economic Growth First Occurred in England economicsociology.org/2017/06/28/i...

EVENT: "Detaching ‘ #Neoliberalism’ from ‘Free Markets’" workshop with @ianbruff.bsky.social (Manchester) on his recent article, and Aleksandra Piletić (King’s College London) and Matthew Watson (Warwick) as discussants, 26 March, 18:00 CET. @cpern.bsky.social . bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

BRICS: Actors, Trajectory, and Critical Assessment A lecture with Dr Ana Saggioro Garcia.

EVENT: "Political Economy of South–South Relations: #BRICS and Its Implications for the Global Order", a talk by Ana Saggioro Garcia (Federal Rural University of Rio de Janeiro), March 19, 16:00 (UK time). Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/brics-acto...

Current Program

EVENT: "Coalition Formation and the Sovereignty of Tax Havens: A Comparative Historical Analysis of the Bahamas and Bermuda", a talk by Lukas Hakelberg (Leuphana University of Lüneburg), March 18, 13:00 (CET). @mpifg.bsky.social Register to get a zoom link: www.mpifg.de/1030945/curr...

RC43 Webinar with Raquel Rolnik: "Housing Financialization 2.0. or 3.0.?" The right to shelter is heavily undermined by the assetization of housing, a tension this webinar will engage with critically.

EVENT: " #Housing #Financialization 2.0. or 3.0.?", a lecture by Raquel Rolnik (University of São Paulo; Director of Planning for the city of São Paulo and consultant for Latin American cities), March 11, 12:00-13:00 CET. Register:
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Great academic opportunities: 17 calls for papers, 9 postdocs, 9 summer schools, 2 PhD scholarships, 2 visiting posts, a job, an award Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 17 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and special issues…

Great academic opportunities: 17 calls for papers (some are fubded), 9 postdocs, 9 summer schools, 2 #PhD scholarships, 2 visiting posts, a job, an award in economic sociology, political economy, related fields. Share with vookegues and students. Good luck! economicsociology.org/2026/03/05/g...

EVENT: "A Just Transition in Education" @unrisd.org webinar about care work and just transition in the eyes of union representatives and academics, 2 March, 15:30 (CET). Register:
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Book Launch - Mareike Beck - Extroverted Financialisation Mareike Beck will present her new book Extroverted Financialisation: Banking on USD debt in this session of our CITYPERC lecture series

EVENT: "Extroverted #Financialisation: Banking on USD debt", Mareike Beck (University of Warwick) will present her new book, February 24, 16:30 (GMT). A Zoom link to join:
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Book Launch: Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis Critical Political Economy of the European Polycrisis - a public talk by Prof Andreas Bieler and Dr Vincenzo Maccarrone.

EVENT: "Critical #PoliticalEconomy of the European #Polycrisis" book launch with the editors Vincenzo Maccarrone & Andreas Bieler, and contributors Alan Cafruny, Rosalind Cavaghan, Nikolai Huke and Giuseppe Montalbano. 9 February, 8pm- 9:30pm (GMT+2). Register:
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Nietzsche on Danger in Wealth and Pretense Friedrich Nietzsche: “Danger in riches. — Only he who has spirit ought to have possessions: otherwise possessions are a public danger. For the possessor who does not know how to make us…

"For gilded vulgarity and histrionic self-inflation" -- #Nietzsche on Danger in #Wealth and Pretense economicsociology.org/2017/11/26/n...

How Performativity Works Across Disciplines: Toward an Integrated Theory by Koray Caliskan* Over the past few decades, the idea of performativity has quietly reshaped how many of us think about markets, identities, technologies, and institutions. The basic intuition is …

What does #Performativity really do, and when it occurs, what exactly is being changed? Koray Caliskan, Nur Unal, Simone Polillo & David MacKenzie propose a powerful framework whose significance will grow in the face of AI, #climatechange & socioeconomic shifts economicsociology.org/2026/01/30/h...

How Performativity Works Across Disciplines: Toward an Integrated Theory by Koray Caliskan* Over the past few decades, the idea of performativity has quietly reshaped how many of us think about markets, identities, technologies, and institutions. The basic intuition is …

What does #Performativity really do, and when it occurs, what exactly is being changed? Koray Caliskan, Nur Unal, Polillo, and MacKenzie propose an powerful framework whose significance will grow in the face of #AI, #climatechange & socioeconomic shifts.
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EVENT: "Economic Sociology of Platforms" with Vieira & Mendonça and Song & Liu on their respective SER articles on the impact of Spain’s Ley Rider (Rider Law) and on the platformization of the Chinese freight transportation sector, January 30, 17:00 (CET). Register: utexas.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

EVENT: "#Finance and the Far Right: Financial-nationalist Politics in an Asset-manager World", a talk by @ingarade.bsky.social Rademacher (City, London), with Owen Worth (Limerick) & Alen Toplisek (Derby) as discussants, 29 January, 17:00 (UK time). Register: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

EVENT: "Managers’ Views of Organisational Values and External Stakeholders Salience", a talk by Federica Rossi (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia), Monday 26 January (1pm-2pm UK Time). Register: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event...

Women and Class: Why Identity Politics Fails Women The Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) is delighted to welcome Prof Mary Davis for a critical talk on Women and Class

EVENT: "Women and Class: Why Identity Politics Fails Women", a talk by Prof. Mary Davis (Royal Holloway, University of London), 19 January, 18:00 (UK time). See here more details and register to receive a Zoom link:
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The Best Books in Economic Sociology and Political Economy for 2025 As the year comes to an end, this is a opportune moment to celebrate some of the most notable books in Economic Sociology and Political Economy. The following studies are distinguished by their emp…

🏆 The Best Books in Economic #Sociology and Political Economy for 2025
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The Best Books in Economic Sociology and Political Economy for 2025 As the year comes to an end, this is a opportune moment to celebrate some of the most notable books in Economic Sociology and Political Economy acknowledged by leading associations in our field. Th…

The Best Books in Economic Sociology and Political Economy for 2025 economicsociology.org/2025/12/31/t...

Let us all never to tire of distinguishing between the trails of truth and fairy tales. May the New Year be more positive, enlightening, fulfilling, peaceful, and transformative!
More about the “magic” of consumerist & capitalist #Christmas >>> economicsociology.org/2025/12/27/c...

EVENT: "Toward a Business History Approach to International Organizations: The International Labor Organization Case" workshop with Rolv Petter Amdam, Andrea Lluch, Carlos Dávila, more. December 15, 13:00 to 16:00 (CET). To get a link sign up: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

Great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 9 postdocs, 4 jobs, 3 PhD scholarships, a course, an award Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and special issues…

Benefit from these great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 9 postdocs, 4 jobs, 3 #PhD scholarships, a course, an award with deadlines till January 7. Share with your colleagues & students. Good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/12/06/g...

Great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 9 postdocs, 4 jobs, 3 PhD scholarships, a course, an award Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant list of great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and special issues…

Benefit from these great academic opportunities: 20 calls for papers, 9 postdocs, 4 jobs, 3 PhD scholarships, a course, an award with deadlines till January 6. Share and good luck! economicsociology.org/2025/12/06/g...