Congratulations Alex!

Two weeks ago, I defended my PhD dissertation on the making and unmaking of stringent climate policies in the housing sector! What a day to finish these four years at the @eui-sps.bsky.social!

Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers. This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder. Auschwitz took time.

A vacancy for a professorship in economic sociology at the @eui-eu.bsky.social’s School of Transnational Governance. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...

Call for participants 🔥 The 4th Doctoral Conference @mpifg.bsky.social is happening and if you’re pursuing your PhD you really should be part of it. It’s a relaxed, super inspiring atmosphere and you‘ll build a great network of peers 🌍 Submission is open for 4 more days ✨

📣 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

🤔 Wondering what a PhD at the EUI entails? Let's talk about the details in our Prep Talks! 📅 Join us from 17 November to 3 December at our online PhD Prep Talks for EU and targeted EUI Widening Programme countries. Find your session and register now! 👉 https://loom.ly/EFqlYAw #EUIPhD

🚨 Applications Now Open for the EUI PhD Programmes 2026-2027! 📊 Economics |⚖️ Law |📘 History | 🏛 Political and Social Sciences Join the EUI's 50th PhD cohort! Apply by 15 January 2026 (14:00 CET) for the academic journey of a lifetime! 👉: eui.eu/phd #EUIPhD #PhDOpportunity

📣 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

*Call for Applications* We’re excited to announce the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy! Abstract Deadline: December 1, 2025 Link to the conference website: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026... Please share widely! @mpifg.bsky.social

I'm very happy to have started my postdoctoral position at @mpifg.bsky.social, after submitting my PhD at @eui-eu.bsky.social! I'll be continuing to research the political economy of climate change, with a focus on the building sector. Feel free to reach out if you are in Cologne!

Radical-right parties are often linked to the “left-behind”. But supporting them when stigma is strong is costly. So who is willing to pay that cost early on, before it’s normalized? In my new WP, I argue that breaking political norms is socially stratified. 🧵👇

It’s striking how much these patterns are similar across many European counties (both the center left one and the radical right one). And yet there’s much work to be done in shifting the discourse from competing narratives that have little empirical backing.

“.. democracy often erodes slowly at first .. But with each concession, autocrats become bolder.. and reversal becomes harder. Responses that, early on, can feel pragmatic—waiting it out, remaining silent, cutting a deal—only embolden ..” @dziblatt.bsky.social www.foreignaffairs.com/germany/hitl...

Publication du rapport d’évaluation d’impact des ateliers 2tonnes dans l’enseignement supérieur ! Le rapport publié ici: rens-chazottes.com/publication/... Un wébinaire pour discuter des résultats! Mardi 23 juillet 2025, de 15h00 à 17h00 Inscription : events.teams.microsoft.com/event/606171...

Une pétition pour demander l’abrogation de la loi Duplomb bat des records sur le site de l’Assemblée nationale

Join our webinar on the impact of climate education workshops in France on Wednesday July 23 at 3 PM (in French)! @renschazottes.bsky.social, @susannagarside.bsky.social, @maxbradley.bsky.social, and I will share findings from our study of over 2000 students across 10 higher education institutions.

Excellent entretien avec @magalireghezza.bsky.social sur l'adaptation au réchauffement climatique et les défis qui sont là maintenant - par @audreygarric.bsky.social

If you’re a political scientist please consider joining @epssnet.bsky.social as a member to help support this new (not for profit!) organization and the next European Political Science Conference in 2026 in Belfast 👇 If that’s not in the budget: spreading the word is just as important 😊

Et c'est justement la semaine prochaine que devraient être publiées les premières estimations pour les émissions de GES nationales du 1er trimestre qui devraient être très mauvaises. On compte sur les politiques pour enfin réagir (et sur les journalistes pour les interroger sur le sujet).

On est juste à +1.3º. Ce n’est rien comparé à ce qui nous attend. Que signifient compétitivité, croissance, souveraineté, innovation, sécurité, travail, retraites ou démocratie à +2º? Plus le mercure grimpe, plus on recule sur la transition. Que faut-il faire pour que nos décideurs comprennent?

🚨 working paper (w. @morganlcj.bsky.social @markuswagner.bsky.social): Protesters are not judged equally - even if tactics of groups are similar. We ran an experiment in 🇩🇪 testing how people react to farmers vs. climate activists blocking roads. What we find is disturbing: osf.io/preprints/os...

There’s so much happening right now, I thought I’d put together a running thread on the dismantling of #climate and research and knowledge infrastructure in the United States 🧵

We just finalized the program for our PDW for our SER special issue on the Socio-Economics of Loss and Decline in the Climate Crisis. Super excited that this is actually happening very soon, together with @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social and this amazing crowd of scholars!

🎓 EUI Virtual Open Week - 𝘖𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱 𝘯𝘦𝘸 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘴! 📅 12-15 May ✔️Explore PhDs, Executive Education, Fellowships & Master’s in 4 days of interactive online sessions. 👉Register🔗 loom.ly/HlCjW74 #EUIopenWeek #EUIPhD #EUImasters #EUIexeced #EUIfellowships @eui-stg.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social

« D’Éric Ciotti à Jean-Luc Mélenchon, en passant par le chef du gouvernement, François Bayrou, un cartel de l’impunité s’ébroue pour dire qu’un tribunal qui applique… la loi causerait un trouble à l’ordre démocratique. On en est là et il faut vraiment se frotter les yeux pour le croire. »

To all female scholars, working in the broad field of political economy: Apply for the Max Planck Summer School for women in political economy! Two years ago we had a blast! www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025....

The distance between a legal resident who's not a citizen being deported without due process and a citizen being deported without due process is a hell of a lot shorter than many folks seem to believe, and when it does happen to a citizen, just remember it started here and who was quiet in response.

The universities should form a common front to articulate the corrupt and authoritarian threat, and they should do it while they still can…. If you’re going to get hammered either way, at least stand for you values…you might be the spark that saves the country. But solidarity in numbers is key…

We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share! 🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne 🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025 www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

Check out this fascinating new research by the brilliant @juliettes.bsky.social ! And highly relevant in this political context!

Lots of great positions at @mpifg.bsky.social, pls share! - 2yr postdoc in wealth research - 2yr postdoc in technology & sovereignty - 3+3yr senior researcher in political economy - 3+3yr senior researcher in economic sociology - tenure/director-track group leader digitalization & society

The list of words the Trump administration has banned from research grants is even longer than the lists I’ve seen online. Here are screenshots of the words confirmed by the NYTimes and listed in this article www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Very excited to present my doctoral research in April at the University of Lucern! I will also be teaching a MA seminar on the Politics of Climate Policy. Thank you very much to @canalejoalvaro.bsky.social and @uniluzern.bsky.social for this great opportunity!

« - Il y a une submersion migratoire. - les faits : c’est faux. - oui, mais les Français ont un sentiment de submersion migratoire. - les faits : c’est faux. - oui, mais il y a un sentiment que les Français ont un sentiment de  submersion migratoire. » Les scientifiques : 🤯🤯🤯.

I was just told that I have to remove “climate” from the title of an ongoing grant if I want to keep it. And publications from that grant cannot include “climate” and other forbidden words. I can’t believe I’m writing this from the United States of America. #AcademicSky

On this note, here is a thread with recent research on what normalization is and how it happens. It includes links to references, from my work and that of others. I tried to tag the authors whenever they are on here, in case you are interested in following their work. 1/8

Having published a book recently, I found it sometimes hard to understand how the process worked (and luckily, had very kind mentors who helped). I have uploaded a short document detailing how my experience went, in case others find it helpful: www.vicentevalentim.com/_files/ugd/a...

Trump White House's first trans executive order is out. I'll be reading over it here and going through line by line to help you make sense of it. You can find it here: www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

A l’ouest d’Anvers, se trouve l’un des pires « hot spots » de pollution aux PFAS. La zone fait aujourd’hui figure de laboratoire de décontamination pour le reste de l’Europe, au prix de travaux pharaoniques et de lourds sacrifices pour la population. Super reportage www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeur...

“1.5C was never the difference between safety + ruin, between hope + despair. It was negotiated by govts trying to answer a big q: What’s the highest global temp increase — and associated level of dangers — societies should strive to avoid?” Well said @zhonggg.bsky.social & @bradplumer.bsky.social

LA's fires are whirling around the telescopes where we discovered the expanding universe. We've never needed human intelligence and curiosity more billmckibben.substack.com/publish/post...

And another round of an online info session for female MA students on PhD programmes in political science, 15 Jan 10am CET - this time with Kristine Eck and @annalenahoenig.bsky.social. See tinyurl.com/y2a8e96s for more info + registration details. #polisky

THREE DAYS LEFT (deadline Jan 6th) to submit your abstracts to the section "Managing transitions: political economy and welfare state change in a turbulent era", at the ECPR conference (Thessaloniki, 26-29 Aug 2025) •Political economy, welfare, green transition •More here 👉 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

The CfA for the Section “Managing transitions: political economy and welfare state change in a turbulent era" at the 2025 ECPR General Conference is out! Consider applying and join us in Thessalonniki! Deadline: 6 January 2025 ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

Hi there 👋, this is the blue sky over Florence, seen from the European University Institute! We’ve just landed here 🚀 and can’t wait to connect with all of you. Follow us to get the latest on research, events, and EUI campus life! 📲 @eui-eu.bsky.social

Happy to share my first publication based on some reflections from my PhD research. In this forum contribution for International Politics, I hold that #far-right parties hold various visions and are spoilers, agnostics, or architects of #EuropeanSecurity. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

WORKING PAPER: Short-Term Mobility and Changes in Political Norms with @valentimvicente.bsky.social 🌐Link: osf.io/preprints/os... Our interconnected world fosters unprecedented flows of people, goods, and ideas. Can this also reshape perceptions of what is politically acceptable? 🧵

Update: this list has now 100 (!) women political economists to follow! 🤩 Thanks so much for the (self-)recommendations, I'm thrilled to connect and reconnect with you all here & so looking forward to learning more about your work! Still 50 spots open! 🙋 go.bsky.app/QFrdfh3

Made a starter pack for those working on #SustainableWelfare, #JustTransition, and #EcoSocial Feel free to recommend (or self-recommend!) people to add. Let’s grow this network 🌱 @karabadjieva.bsky.social @tiagomramalho.bsky.social go.bsky.app/PzBGzR1