We have now entered the most catastrophic phase of the war in Sudan. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/o...

Today's crazy world, data point #473: My mom helps out in a food pantry in rural Germany. And they now got contacted by American soldiers and civil servants from a nearby US-army base, because people have not received salaries for months because of the government shutdown...

Julie Rose and Tom Parr are two fantastic commentators to have!!! Looking forward to the discussion (online, see registration link on the website)! visions-for-the-future.sites.uu.nl/events/speak...

For the fourth episode (and one of my favourites so far) I got to interview @lisamherzog.bsky.social. It was a pleasure to listen to her "slightly crazy" takes on political philosophy, going to the opera (which she suggests to all philosophy students) and anarchism. Watch/listen here or on Spotify!

Together with Tatiana Llaguno, I've returned to Hegel after a long time - connecting his thinking to the philosophy of work :) Available in open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Book presentation (Spanish translation of an earlier book) in Barcelona today, join us at the Goethe Institute: www.goethe.de/ins/es/es/ve...

A bit last minute, but lots of interesting webinars ahead at the Global Progress Week: 10401-3.events.de2.kaltura.com (yours truly is involved in a webinar on governing big tech on October 28).

A conversation with Jeff Church about The Democratic Marketplace: www.podomatic.com/podcasts/the...

“...when a strategy fails, those at the top ...blame it on implementation lower down: “If only you dumbbells appreciated the brilliance of the strategy we formulated…” Well, those dumbbells ...might well respond: “If you’re so smart, why didn’t you take into account the fact that we are dumbbells?”

Thanks, UKrant!!! ukrant.nl/magazine/wha...

Coming this Thursday: Webinar on the German translation of the Democratize Work book! See all info here: democratizingwork.org

Starting in 15 minutes: www.political-theory.org/13509612 (I'm only there digitally, but that at least spares one all headaches about US border policies...)

The nice thing about co-authoring is that you learn so much from your fellow authors - here is another case :) link.springer.com/article/10.1...

For German speakers: book launch for the German translation of the Democratize Work volume on 9 October: democratizingwork.org

Stel je een economie voor die streeft naar waardigheid en betrokkenheid van alle burgers. Morgenavond gaat WBGL-directeur @noortjethijssen.bsky.social in gesprek met @lisamherzog.bsky.social over haar nieuwe boek. 23 september 19.30 uur. Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam. Entree is gratis.

okay AI controversy aside, just talking as a nerd for a second: this is such a cool paper

Thanks to the warnings by my colleague Titus Stahl (who is really well-versed in these things), I've just deleted my academia.edu account. Their new terms and conditions are horrible in terms of data use. If you're on that platform, reconsider, or at least read the new conditions carefully...

Onze ongelijke economie vormt een groot gevaar voor de democratie. Komende dinsdag gaat WBGL-directeur @noortjethijssen.bsky.social in gesprek met @lisamherzog.bsky.social over haar pleidooi voor een economie die streeft naar waardigheid en betrokkenheid van alle burgers. 23-9, Pakhuis de Zwijger!

Come to discuss economic democracy in Amsterdam, September 23 - free event! dezwijger.nl/programma/de...

Dear all, we still need more participants of our survey on Global Science Equity. We have realized it's maybe a bit long - we tried to cover many dimensions - but still, it would be fantastic if you could fill it in, and circulate it to others. Thank you so much!!! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Online book event, thanks to Andrei Poama, on October 2: www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/events/20...

The German translation of the DW book is finally out, thanks to the fantastic efforts of Markus Pausch. Join us for the lunch, with a great set of speakers from Germany and Austria! democratizingwork.org/demokratisie...

Just heard about this initative: enoughgenug.org. I've never dared to dream of a women's strike in Germany, and now there are ambitions for one, and not only there, but globally. There is so much to stand up against!!! Please help spread the word! (of course, men are also invited!)

(6/6) Of course, all feedback is very welcome, and I’m happy to engage with questions and criticisms!

(5/6)I have tried to keep up an optimistic tone, arguing that change is possible - and I’m still trying to keep up this hope, even though I’m reading the news every day. We owe it to the next generations not to give up!

(4/6) ... that working conditions are deteriorating dramatically in many jobs, that the blind focus on economic growth makes our planet uninhabitable, and that the more citizens are exploited and need to work long hours, the less time they have for being citizens.

(3/6) When I was planning and writing the book, I had no idea how much further on this erosion would have gotten by the time it would be published… You don’t have to be a radical (though of course you can be) to see that economic inequality is undermining political equality...

(2/6) It’s a (kind of desperate) attempt to explain what is wrong with our economic system starting from minimal premises that can, hopefully, speak to a broader readership. My main line is that the economic system we currently have erodes the foundations of our democracies.

(1/6) www.hup.harvard.edu/books/978067.... Self-promotion is not my thing, and yet today I’ll engage in it a bit - because The Democratic Marketplace is officially out today, at least in the US (the Dutch version will come out later this month).

Very happy for David, and proud to have been on the team: politicalsciencenow.com/david-guerre...

Dear all, if you work in academia, please consider filling in this survey on Global Science Equity (and sharing it with others). We need data to help make this case to international science organizations: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

That moment when the box arrives :)

human-machine-interaction in more and more absurd loops... asia.nikkei.com/Business/Tec...

Isn‘t this beautiful? Something to look forward to a& put to use later this year. @uni-hamburg.de @politikuhh.bsky.social @cenunihh.bsky.social @hugheshall.bsky.social @lauterpachtcentre.bsky.social

Wetenschap Werkt | #Werkgevers staan te springen om personeel, #statushouders staan te popelen om te werken. Aan kennis en kunde geen gebrek 💪🧠 Onderzoekers van @rug-gmw.bsky.social ontwikkelden een evidence-based training en toolbox om beide groepen te koppelen 👇 www.rug.nl/about-ug/lat...

this makes me so happy, and a little bit proud (the Barker one, that is). Many many congratulations, David!!! www.psa.ac.uk/psa/news/con...

"Medewerkers en studenten van de Rijksuniversiteit Groningen en de Hanzehogeschool houden dinsdagmiddag om 12.00 uur een actie bij het Hoofdstation in Stad." www.rtvnoord.nl/onderwijs/13...

Don't read if your mood is already low, this is depressing... and yet so important! www.ituc-csi.org/global-right...

Oh Poland.... it's not that it is worse than the last time, I know, but the hopeful accounts of how a country can get out of right-wing populism again haven't worked out either, in this case www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...

Musing on some of the evils of the Trump government (the ones political epistemologists would focus on): crookedtimber.org/2025/05/19/h...

This is a fantastic lecture, putting it's finger on so many things in academic philosophy that need to change - but also making me grateful about what this generation of women did for us. Let's pay forward! blog.apaonline.org/2025/05/13/2...