A very interesting CFP for an edited book on "Ludwik Fleck and the Historiography of Science: The Theory of Thought Styles and Thought Collectives at the Centennial" periodicos.ufmg.br/index.php/tr...

Nice one!

Wahnsinn

🚨 The “Twin Transition” isn't what it claims to be. My new paper reveals Europe's strategy for simultaneous digitalization and decarbonization sounds like progress – but it's a negotiation process full of contradictions. Now Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.sf...

i don't think there's a particularly strong correlation between having regimented daily writing time and being a productive writer, but i do think there's a very strong correlation between having regimented daily writing time and producing guides to productive writing

books aren't written and published, they grow infinitely slowly into the world, one word, page, book proposal, grey strand of hair, sleepless night and website at a time

Herausragender Wissenschaftler, bewunderter Autor, befreundeter Kollege, kluger Ratgeber: Claus Offe ist gestorben!

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in 2003, the electric power council of the commonwealth of independent states (forming the ips/ups system) asked the union for the co-ordination of transmission of electricity (the continental european system) whether the two systems could be synchronized, and a feasibility study was conducted

an amazing Habronattus jumping spider known only from a single spring in the bottom of an impossibly isolated and lonely desert valley

CfP: The Digital Euro – Which Ways Forward?, zevedi.de/wp-content/u...

„Der andere Ökonom“ nun auch bei mir angekommen🤩 Ich verlose ein Exemplar. Gewohntes Muster: Retweet = Teilnahme. Auslosung am 3. Oktober. #MaxWeber #Finanzsoziologie #Fiskalpolitologie

Save the Date! Ich bin diesen Donnerstag, den 02.10., im wunderbaren Buchladen Sputnik in Potsdam und stelle dort mein Buch „Totalität. Marx, Adorno und das Problem kritischer Gesellschaftstheorie“ @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social vor. Kommt gern vorbei!

Immensely helpful post by @toteraltermann.bsky.social for anyone who is looking into submitting an application with the German DFG.

I will be writing about my research on Chicago once a week at this new Substack: Seeing like Chicago Do subscribe, for a weekly note! seeinglikechicago.substack.com

🔔 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀 Konferenz 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤 – 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙? 📅 18.–19. März 2026 📍 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt 🗣️ Keynotes halten Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger ( @uni-wuerzburg.de) und Dr. @c-westermeier.bsky.social ( @mpifg.bsky.social).

Heute!

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...

I'm giving a talk on "After Patent Republic?" on 22 October, 3pm GMT, online, in which I'll think about the role of patent law in non-democratic and authoritarian polities. It's part of @ishtip.bsky.social's 2025-6 Seminar Series. Everyone welcome. Abstract and registration:

With the cover ready, proofs submitted and index made, I am very happy that my next book “An Introduction to Contemporary Italian Thought” is now ready for release on 22 January 2026. Co-authored with my friends Stijn De Cauwer and Joost de Bloois 🥳 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/introduct...

My 0/ is that I wouldn't go to a British university these days but if you insist, this reads like good advice

A new episode of Future Histories! I talk to Kai Heron (@kaiheron.bsky.social), Keir Milburn (@kmilb.bsky.social) and Bertie Russell (@bertrussell.bsky.socia) about their new book ‘Radical Abundance.’ (@abundance-org.bsky.social @plutopress.bsky.social) www.futurehistories.today/episoden-blo...

Jetzt ergänzt um einen Beitrag von Leon Wolff @wolffle.bsky.social: www.soziopolis.de/duisburger-s...

Fundamentally I think everyone should just treat theoretical work as what it is: internal communication within a field that helps shape the questions it asks and directions it develops. There's no reason for anyone to be reading theoretical work in a field they aren't familiar with

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...

Zahllose #dgs2025 Highlights diese Woche in Duisburg, aber der Nachkonferenzkaffee mit @pedokomparator.bsky.social in Köln überragt noch einmal alles

The tiny fraction that remains is valued by a few thousand people only, communicated to a few thousand more, and popularized for the benefit of a few million brave souls who hardly understand it at all. For billions of others all these networks are *invisible*.

This article is great! It offers a contribution to conceptualisations of "real abstraction" by asking how music helps us come to *feel* exchange value. MORE IMPORTANTLY it genuinely provides an answer to this age-old question:

Und bald erscheint im "Jahrbuch der HPG" mein Beitrag: "Ein kleines Buch mit vielen Enden. Plessners 'Grenzen der Gemeinschaft'. Rezeptionslinien – Jugend und Fortschritt"

Spezielle Soziologien, die einen Begriff ihres Gegenstandes haben: Agrarsoziologie Arbeitssoziologie Geschlechterforschung Organisationssoziologie Sozialstrukturanalyse Stadtsoziologie Wissenssoziologie

Vielleicht war Kultursoziologie ein Fehler

Obgleich ich etwas befangen bin: Niemand kann bezweifeln, welch Erfolg @soziopolis.bsky.social ist, wieviel Arbeit die Kolleg:innen investieren und welche Bedeutung eine solche Plattform für die Soziologie in Deutschland noch haben könnte. Hoffentlich geht es nach 2028 weiter. Glückwunsch!

Splitter, Splitter, Splitter: Die ersten Berichte vom Donnerstag auf dem Kongress der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social sind da. Autorinnen sind Mechthild Bereswill und Stephanie Kappacher. Weitere Texte folgen! #dgs2025 www.soziopolis.de/duisburger-s...

Ein argumentativ schlüssiger und formal raffinierter Wurf mit blinden Flecken: Leo Schwarz rezensiert „Totalität. Marx, Adorno und das Problem kritischer Gesellschaftstheorie“ von @alexstruwe.bsky.social. www.soziopolis.de/tautologien-... @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social

Check out my blog for a recap of the #Arctic Security Conference 2025, which convened in Oslo for the second time last week. Takeaway: The work of Arctic conferences, as niche as they are, should be to reject rather than reproduce megalomaniacal discourses. www.cryopolitics.com/2025/09/22/a...

🚨New article!🚨 Katherina Kinzel and I critically assess Alfred Sohn-Rethel's notion of real abstraction. Although we appreciate his materialist impulse, we argue that he ultimately ends up Kantianizing Marx rather than Marxianizing Kant. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Are you a social sciences researcher with something to say? We’re inviting contributions to the Transforming Society blog. Share your insights, start conversations, and amplify your voice. #AcademicVoices #WriteForUs 🖋️

"Totalität" von @alexstruwe.bsky.social und @verbrecherverlag.bsky.social ist ein wirklich gutes Buch. Sicher eines der besten, über die sich die deutsche Soziologie dieses Jahr freuen kann.

Several (yes, 6!) of our team members will be present at the #dgskongress2025 @dgsoziologie.bsky.social next week and present in an Ad-Hoc group on Friday (AdH 105) and in the Sektionsveranstaltung @wisstechdgs.bsky.social (Sek 62) on Thursday afternoon! Looking forward to the discussions! :)

Yes! here it is philpapers.org/rec/BLUWWS

this is part of a larger research project which will touch on more contemporary challenges. this article here is more a preliminary historical ground clearing. For more on my socialization research, check out my articles on Korsch, Weil, Marx and nature.

Japan has a wrestling camp for kids where at the end they have a show match in front of their parents to show off what they learned. Thought you'd enjoy this.

As it’s written in German, I hope to share a sneak peek in English soon. For now, here’s a little glimpse: a cartographic visualization of what I have termed a "climatological differentiation theory" (1918).

the baltic ring: forgotten futures of european power integration

Wrote about the spectre haunting British politics: The Nonce. www.economist.com/britain/2025...

Mit Lukas Ondreka habe ich über Land, Boden und Recht gesprochen. podcast.dissenspodcast.de/314-degrowth

Kürzlich gabs hier die Debatte. Ich finde, wir schreiben zu viele Mega-Threads hier auf #Bluesky und sollten wieder mehr echt Bloggen. Aber solange nicht einseht, dass ich recht hab, hab ich was anderes getan. Ich hab mir und für alle, die es wollen, ein Firefox-Plugin programmiert.