🗣️Laut und arrogant: Mit diesem Auftreten versuchten die Anwälte der Banken, Anne Brorhilker während der CumEx-Ermittlungen einzuschüchtern. Davon erzählt Anne im Interview mit @tilojung.bsky.social bei Jung & Naiv ✊⚖️

Very excited to have this commentary article out in @ripejournal.bsky.social – Open Access! . . . a short 🧵: www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Changing asset manager mandates is one of the few downstream options available to pension funds looking to drive sustainability under conditions of asymmetric autonomy. Its decarbonization impact is limited but it may trigger market dynamics. More in our paper w/ @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social

New article! "Tokenization of everything? Exploring the limits of blockchain technologies in the governance of financial markets and assets" led by Anetta Proskurovska If you want to learn about #tokenization in #finance & #financialmarkets then check it out www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Our very own EIC Amin Samman featured in Just Money today!

📱Ganz schön viel los in der Welt - eine Schlagzeile über wachsende Ungleichheit jagt die nächste. Auch im Büro der Bürgerbewegung Finanzwende ist viel los, wir wachsen weiter. 📢 Mit Kevin Kühnert gewinnen wir einen erfahrenen politischen Kopf als Bereichsleitung.

In the 1980s, a monster was assembled in the pharmaceutical world that pitted patients' interests against those of pharmaceutical investors: the neoliberal pharma model. In PEAK PHARMA w/ @susigeiger.bsky.social, out today @academic.oup.com, we show that this monster is entering a crucial phase...

Political polarization on confidence in the scientific community accelerated in the 2024 General Social Survey, with moderates now showing a significant downturn. (Apologies if I missed this updated with 2024 data already) /1

Just realized we've already sent out 131 reviewer requests for our SER special issue with @vapunkt.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social. Have to admit I totally underestimated the time and effort it takes just to secure reviewers. So a big thanks to everyone who agreed to our request!

“This is, quite straightforwardly, a program for regime change in Europe, aimed at turning it into an illiberal polity. Accomplishing this transformation would involve undermining existing liberal governments in cahoots with Europe’s own far right”

Ah that satisfying feeling when you re-read a book after some years and get something entirely different out of it than when you read it earlier. I wonder if it ever stops?

If you're still thinking about what to read over the holiday season – worry not, we've just made your choice even harder! 🎄 Our December issue is out 🎄 Our festive intellectual treats, from the meta-theory of performativity, decarbonization, green finance to the theory of money – check it out!

Katherina Reiche und Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: Bundeswirtschaftsministerium fördert Firma mit Guttenberg-Beteiligung: Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium hat ein Unternehmen mit einer sechsstelligen Summe gefördert. Unter den Gesellschaftern: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Lebensgefährte von Ministerin…

One more postdoc mental health program will fix it

Alright alright alright post-Thanksgiving full November #polisky eJobs update (11/1-11/30): November 2024: 99 total positions (50 open to assistant TT) November 2025: 69 total positions (22 open to assistant TT)

The AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po in Paris invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher who hold a PhD in one of the following areas: Economic Sociology, Political Economy, Economic History, or related fields. Apply by Jan 5th docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Tis the season to ... submit to Economy and Society’s Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Competition closes 15th December 2025. The winner will receive a £1,000 award

What does adding 100,000 fixed term jobs but only 500 permanent ones do to an academic system, you ask? Forging misery, stress and hopelessness for all involved. This was free social investment for foreign countries back when they still offered jobs, but now it’s just a highway headed into a wall.

Can we pls cancel separating discussion and conclusion sections? And while we’re at it: endnotes, too!

Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field. Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social Send them your abstracts!

Call for Papers: European Legacies of Socio-Economic Transformation #cfp #soziologie

📣 Call for Abstracts! Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne. 🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025. s.gwdg.de/U27NQb

Thrilled to see our latest paper published in @iojournal.bsky.social! 🥳 "Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂 doi.org/10.1017/S002...

Tuilp bulb producer shrugs off "tulip bubble" anxiety with bumper flower bulb demand

1/14 Im Wissenschaftssystem entstehen durch Befristungen, Unterbesetzungen, strukturelle Prekarität keine Vakuumsituationen, sondern informelle Verschiebungen von Arbeit, Verantwortung, Macht. Diese Diffusion stabilisiert das System auf Kosten derer, die am wenigsten abgesichert sind. #IchBinHanna

Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively? Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7 cup.org/4hZNlcX

Besucht uns heute bis 16 Uhr am Stand des MPIfG auf dem "Basar der Wissenschaften" im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (Neumarkt) - und entdeckt dort auch die Forschung aller Kölner Hochschulen und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen! 📊🔬🤗

🚨You always wondered about how to make sense of the many accounts on Green Finance? We got you covered: @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @danmertens.bsky.social ky.social Julius Kob and I critically review existing accounts and argue for an integrated analytical approach👇 doi.org/10.1017/fas....

Just realized the Blairite instructions on our office water fountain are gone. Times have changed, friends.

Job Alert! Professur (Open Rank: W2 oder W1 mit Tenure Track auf W2) ,,Digitale Transformation in Arbeit und Gesellschaft". Gemeinsame Berufung von @tu-dortmund.de und @cais-research.bsky.social nach Jülicher Modell. Ausschreibung unter: service.tu-dortmund.de/documents/18...

The central argument in this excellent paper & thread is that the open-access turn has neglected profit; indeed, it turbo-charged publishers’ margins. As political economists who know a thing or two about profit and power we should speak up a lot more. As it says below: What we’re doing is crazy.

🚨 I am delighted to announce that Tom Turnbull’s and my volume with @stanfordpress.bsky.social is out today, featuring Jennifer Eaglin, Victor Seow, Shellen Wu, Antoine Missemer, Giuliano Garavini, Michael Dobson, Laura A. Twagira, Damilola Adebayo, Troy Vettese, Liz Chatterjee, and Rebecca Wright

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation? Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed. Here are the key take-aways 🧵 arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

Says everything about academic working condition when your out-of-office triggers an out-of-office response from your colleague.

***Call for Papers*** Dissertant:innen-Tagung Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte 2026 @univie.ac.at #envhist

#cfp: Happy to share that the next Doctoral Conference at the @mpifg.bsky.social will be taking place in March 2026. Particularly relevant for PhD students from political economy/economic sociology and neighbouring disciplines. 🤗 When: 19.-20.03.2026 More information: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...

The @mpifg.bsky.social MPIfG's Discussion Paper Series is part of this excellent open access repository, as are all articles in 'Economic Sociology'. This great service is appreciated by @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social #OAweek #OAweek2025 🎈 #OpenAcess

The absolute bloody vandalism of austerity in one chart. Good analysis of the overall picture here.

📣 Submit your abstract for the British Journal of Sociology Conference by Monday 20 October. There is no predetermined theme, and we invite scholars of all ranks and affiliations to submit abstracts on any aspect of sociology. Submit your abstract ➡️ www.lse.ac.uk/sociology/br...

🚨New Article Out! “The Scottish Road to Net Zero: Corporate Welfare and Assetization Cascades” The article focuses on the evolution of the land-based natural capital market in Scotland in light of the country's net zero efforts.

Großer Sieg für die Klimabewegung beim Hamburger Zukunftsentscheid: Große Zustimmung findet das „Gesetz für besseren Klimaschutz“ vor allem in zentrumsnahen Gegenden und Stadtteilen mit einer jüngeren Bevölkerung. Deutlich niedriger ist die Zustimmung in Gegenden mit höherem Eigentümeranteil. (1/2)

Während Politikwissenschaftler*innen unter Höchstanstrengung den Wählerwillen zum Thema Vermögensbesteuerung vermessen, Evidenz zur undemokratischen Willensbildung:

NEU: Die Wirtschaftsministerin persönlich hat der Stiftung Familienunternehmen Lobby-Tipps gegeben. Ihr Ministerium könne das Vorhaben dann "flankieren". Und ihr Staatssekretär hat die Milliardärslobby gebeten, Druck auf die SPD auszuüben. @fragdenstaat.de: fragdenstaat.de/artikel/exkl...

Remember when dense networks of strategic cross-shareholdings among firms, native to coordinated market economies, went the way of the dodo? The Rhenish model, Germany, Inc. undone by Anglo institutional investors? Well, the dodo is back. Say hello to USA, Inc. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

The department of Economic History at LSE is hiring! Assistant Prof. (all fields and period). Deadline for application 4 November 2025! @lseechist.bsky.social For more info ➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

📣 New call for postdoctoral researchers! We are seeking candidates with a doctorate in the social sciences for our research areas Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro) and Economic Sociology (Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert). Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/ySJx5p

In case you missed this in the summer haze, our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026 is now open. Deadline: 15th December 2025. Publication plus £1,000 for the Prize winner!

Some personal news to share www.mpg.de/25487784/aus...

Ahem, the meek European derisking state