Ruben Kremers
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political economist | global finance, digital capitalism, fintech | brussels, mainz
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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
18 days ago
💼 New in Socio-Economic Review: VC funding isn’t equal — and looks different in Africa. This review by Ben Mkalama and Stefan Ouma
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unpacks how socio-spatial inequalities shape venture capital, comparing African, Asian and North American contexts. 🔗
doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
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Making sense of funding inequalities in the venture capital space: a state of the art review paper with views from Africa
Abstract. Between 2015 and 2022, venture capital (VC) investments in Africa have increased significantly. However, a closer look reveals that these investm
https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwaf007
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PoWiMZ
17 days ago
Heute besucht uns Sarah de Lange (Universität Leiden, NL) in der
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(16 Uhr, P5). Wir freuen uns auf einen spannenden Vortrag zu einem aktuellen Thema: "Threats, intimidation, and harassment that political scientists experience in Europe". Alle sind herzlich willkommen.
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Dan Cohen
19 days ago
Announcing a workshop on financial geographies in an era of asset management and corporate concentration. Held at Queen's Toronto classrooms in mid-July, the focus will be on learning from each other's methods with a mix of academics and practitioners. See CFP here:
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New methodologies in financial geography: Tracing corporate power and capital flows
METHODOLOGY WORKSHOP New methodologies in financial geography: Tracing corporate power and capital flows Toronto, Ontario (at SmithToronto, 200 Front St. W) July 13-14, 2026 Organizers: Amanda Kass (...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/19m3RXDpQqazp8iRg2qg41rNYqPFs6E7qQ0AIYwHElUQ/edit?usp=sharing
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Finance and Society
24 days ago
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!
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Latest issue | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
Finance and Society
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/finance-and-society/latest-issue
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For German speakers: A post about our collaborative BA seminar 'Studying Frankfurt's Financial District' 🏦🏦🏦 I'm currently teaching its second rendition. 🧑🏫 Here's the blog to the seminar:
finanzplatz-frankfurt.blog
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Louise Amoore
3 months ago
Our article on the politics of AI prompts is out now
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Politics of the prompt: Government in the age of generative AI
This paper addresses the politics of the technique of prompting in machine learning, at a time when bureaucratic and democratic government is undergoing transformation. Drawing on the case of the U...
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/03085147.2025.2560177?src=exp-la
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Kölner Dom
3 months ago
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finfluencers!!!
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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outstanding interview! and an amazing resource - comprehensive overview of critical macro finance & the wall street consensus...
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IPE workshop in Brussels!!!
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Kölner Dom
3 months ago
DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG DONG
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this is fun - uses coffee as an everyday entry point to explore the colonial contexts of Hegel's thought! ☕
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Hegel’s “Brown Rivulet of Coffee”: Colonies, Commodities, and Context
by Marie Louise Krogh This think piece is part of the forum “The Return of Political Economy in Intellectual History”
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fantastic piece and exciting method for studying app location data!
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Fantastic resource, this!
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6 months ago
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This is ace - on the repo backbone of market based finance!
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8 months ago
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PoWiMZ
9 months ago
Willkommen zurück, liebe Studis!
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Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen
9 months ago
First definitive proof that AI has a gender: "[A] common trend among these AI models: rather than declining to respond when they lacked reliable information, the models frequently provided confabulations—plausible-sounding incorrect or speculative answers."
arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/a...
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AI search engines cite incorrect sources at an alarming 60% rate, study says
CJR study shows AI search services misinform users and ignore publisher exclusion requests.
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/03/ai-search-engines-give-incorrect-answers-at-an-alarming-60-rate-study-says/
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my big blue book project...
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this is about our experience of teaching IPE collectively across three continents via Zoom...
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Teaching the International Political Economy (IPE) of everyday life through global groupwork
This article explores new pedagogical avenues in teaching International Political Economy (IPE) through a focus on the everyday. The everyday serves as a fruitful starting point to devise pedagogic...
https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2025.2476077
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Nils Redeker
10 months ago
A happy ending to the negotiation thriller of the past days: €100bn of the €500bn infrastructure package will go to climate spending and the legal text will include language on additionality. Balanced outcome—and a big win for both Germany and Europe.
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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸
11 months ago
Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this. 🎈In a new working paper,
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politics of industry events - edtech edition 👇
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doi.org/10.1080/1356...
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11 months ago
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IPE reunion in Mainz!!!
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11 months ago
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We’re organising a conference!
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about 1 year ago
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Annina Kaltenbrunner
about 1 year ago
I have published a short piece in German summarising recent work on International Financial Subordination. Mainly for my parents so that they know what I do:)
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For German speakers. About the business feminism of the German fintech sector…
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This is fantastic - about the role and significance of chatbots!
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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James Vincent · Horny Robot Baby Voice: On AI Chatbots
Some of the pessimism surrounding AI chatbots stems from a belief that humans, like computers, can be hacked: that our...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n19/james-vincent/horny-robot-baby-voice
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Paul Langley
about 1 year ago
Any sign of a Fintech starter pack? Asking for a friend
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@philippasigl.bsky.social
dissecting the Schuldenbremse on my very home turf at Mainz University. What a treat!
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How power is curated in fintech & Islamic finance... with
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Curated Power: The Performative Politics of (Industry) Events
Abstract. Since the turn of the millennium, there has been an increased interest in the social performance of power in international political sociology. A
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The financial system as a babylonian tower of waterpipes - stunning!
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The Waterworks of Money (Part 1/2) English
YouTube video by Carlijn Kingma
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IszXpzIo_ZQ
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This is brilliant - about the monetisation of Candy Crush!
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Donald MacKenzie · Hey Big Spender: What Your Smartphone Knows About You
Tensions haunt our attitudes to the digital economy. We want privacy, but we also want free information and...
https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/n16/donald-mackenzie/hey-big-spender
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