Have you followed our Starter Pack yet? It’s an easy way to follow MPIfG researchers and alumni and find excellent research in economic sociology and political economy. We have updated the pack with this semester’s newcomers— let us know if we’ve missed you out! s.gwdg.de/BN3cSa

ICYMI: The recording of Cornelia Woll’s lecture on “Economic Statecraft and Negotiated Justice in Global Markets” is now available on our website: s.gwdg.de/Pqlu4C @corneliawoll.bsky.social @hertieschool.bsky.social

✈️ On my way to NYC for the @columbiasipa.bsky.social New Thinking on Industrial Policy conference — excited to present my work on Europe’s battery industrial rollout alongside this thrilling lineup of cutting-edge research! 📄 Papers & livestream👇 cdep.sipa.columbia.edu/content/new-...

Trying this again😅: Our online seminar with Natascha van der Zwan @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social is on the 19th of November; and eventbrite tickets are now available again; sign up here: lnkd.in/eAEJD8QY

So excited to present my work on high-road & low-road strategies in Europe's battery industrial rollout at Uni Vienna, organized by the wonderful @vvukov.bsky.social & @dorobohle.bsky.social Next Wednesday @16.45, come say hi if you're around! 🔋🚗 politikwissenschaft.univie.ac.at/en/details/n...

Anreize für Mehrarbeit: Notwendig oder ungerecht? – Beitrag von @zarahwestrich.bsky.social in der spw: www.spw.de/anreize-fuer...

#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...

*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

Warum klingen Songs zunehmend gleich? Mit einem Mix aus Politischer Ökonomie und Kulturkritik der Frankfurter Schule sind Niklas Kullick @mpifg.bsky.social und @johannespetry.bsky.social dieser Frage nachgegangen. @oliverbweber.bsky.social dazu in der @faznet.bsky.social shorturl.at/QC3RO

Looking for a post-doc opportunity? Consider applying for this years's Kohli Fellowship and work at the vibrant WZB in Berlin - Deadline November 16:

New blog post by Adriana Cassis: From Data Points to Faces 👥 What happens when research stops being about data and becomes about people — and how that changed Adriana’s perspective as a researcher. 👉 Read it on our blog: https://www.politik-wissenschaft.org/2025/10/20/data-points-to-faces/

🚨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.

Looking fwd to welcoming a great bunch of colleagues to Bologna on 9-10 October for the workshop "Beyond the energy crisis. The politics and political economy of inflation in uncertain times". Program here - write me if you're in Bologna and wanna attend some of it! 👉 dsps.unibo.it/it/eventi/be...

We are gearing up for the #ISIWealthConference2025. It starts tomorrow and you can find the full program here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... Thanks to this marvelous team 👇, we are ready to host a wonderful set of wealth inequality scholars from across the globe. Watch the hashtag for updates!

Yesterday we welcomed our most recent newcomers as well as this year’s new IMPRS cohort to the Institute. We wish you all a great start at the MPIfG! 🤗 @bryanboyle.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social @jonasfischer.bsky.social @ninalopezuroz.bsky.social @joseuf.bsky.social

📣 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

Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!

Attending the #dgskongress2025 at @unidue.bsky.social? Stop by our booth (University Library, Building LK) to explore our latest research and learn more about career paths at the MPIfG!

Unsere (@antonellafa.bsky.social) Studie zu „Zugangshürden zu Betreuung im Kita- und Grundschulalter trotz Rechtsanspruch“ ist soeben als @difis.bsky.social-Studie erschienen! www.difis.org/publikatione...

Packed room for the opening lecture by corneliawoll.bsky.social on "Economic Statecraft and Negotiated Justice in Global Markets." Part of our Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy. Thanks to the fantastic speaker and organizers! @palmapolyak.bsky.social @dustinvoss.bsky.social

📣 We're welcoming applications for our Visiting Researchers Program (summer semester 2026). If your work focuses on political economy or economic sociology, apply for a research stay (2-12 months). Open to researchers at all career levels! Apply by October 31, 2025: career.mpifg.de/jobposting/1...

⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent 🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social

It’s out! Do check it out if you’re interested in #impactinvesting and it’s surprisingly large variety!

CITYPERC is organising a workshop on the Economic Project of the Far Right on October 6 at City, University of London. To join us in person or via Teams sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-w...

Globale Asset-Management-Firmen verwalten riesige Summen – #Blackrock derzeit 12,5 Billionen USD. Politisch agieren sie oft im Verborgenen. @dustinvoss.bsky.social hat anhand eines seltenen öffentlichen Falls untersucht, wie Vermögensverwalter versuchen in Deutschland strukturelle Macht auszuüben. 👇

Thrilled that my first article is out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social ☺️ It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades... It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350... Short 🧵 ...

🚨Job offer🚨 I‘m recruiting a student research assistant to support me in my research project at the @mpifg.bsky.social ➡️ Apply online: career.mpifg.de/jobposting/c... ➡️ Closing date: September 30, 2025 Please share widely! 🙏🏻

Are you enjoying the last day of #ecprgc25? Make sure to drop by panel 433 "Shaping the Green Transformation: The Role of Private Actors in Environmental Politics" at 13:30, with the fantastic @annahehenberger.bsky.social, @hadoose.bsky.social, @mkemmerling.bsky.social , @dominikgeh.bsky.social 🔥

Welcome to #ecprgc25! Visit us at the MPIfG information booth (law building, ground floor) and find out about the latest work of our researchers and career opportunities at our Institute! #ecpr2025 @ecpr.bsky.social

🌿Die Klimaziele sind klar, Lösungen liegen am Tisch – trotzdem scheinen wir stehen zu bleiben. Auf dem diesjährigen Vienna Humanities Festival analysiert Soziologe Jens Beckert (@mpifg.bsky.social) die Kluft zwischen Erkenntnis und Handlung in der Klimapolitik. ➡️ humanitiesfestival.at/beckert

Very pleased to announce the full programme for this year's Finance and Society conference, which will take place on 11-12 September at Copenhagen Business School. Registration now open to the public. Come join us! @finandsoc.bsky.social financeandsocietynetwork.org/prog-finands...

Neu im #DVPWblog: 25 Jahre nach Scharpf bleibt die Frage: Hat die EU die Asymmetrie von Integration überwunden? Martin Höpner, Susanne K. Schmidt und Daniel Seikel bezweifeln das –wirtschaftl. & soziale Integration zeigen weiter Brüche. 👉 www.dvpw.de/blog/ist-die... #PoWi #EU #Integration

The slumbering giant: towards a political economy of financialised insurance, by Vanessa Endrejat, @fbulfone.bsky.social, and Arjen van der Heide

I am looking for a PhD student in Comparative Politics @powimz.bsky.social. My research focuses on political (in-)equality, representation, and responsiveness. I would be grateful if you could help to spread the word. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/49637

In our new article, Jens Beckert and I ask how "Capital and the Family" interconnect in contemporary capitalism. We argue that they come together in owning relations - and are crucial to today's economy. Read more in @bjsociology.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📈 In a new MPIfG Discussion Paper, Michael Schedelik and Andreas Nölke argue for integrating Comparative and International Political Economy by showing how peripheral growth models are shaped by — and shape — global economic shifts. s.gwdg.de/mU3XpE @goetheuni.bsky.social

So happy to see this special issue of Interdisciplinary Political Studies on Steps Forward and Backward on Abortion Rights in Advanced Democracies published today, coedited with @gmripamonti.bsky.social and @paytongannon.bsky.social! gendersky reprosky polisky

📢 Neues MPIfG Discussion Paper zur Kitaversorgung in Deutschland: Ärmere Stadtteile in Deutschland sind oft schlechter mit Kindertagesstätten versorgt. Das liegt vor allem daran, dass freie Träger ihre Angebote überwiegend in wohlhabenderen Gegenden ausbauen. s.gwdg.de/RFW6n8 @iwkoeln.bsky.social

Mit dem österreichischen Fernsehen ORF1 habe ich über den Zusammenhang von Geopolitik und Zahlungsinfrastrukturen gesprochen und die Abhängigkeiten der Europäer*innen & UK thematisiert, die im Zusammenhang mit dem Austritt der USA aus dem Iran Deal 2018 deutlich wurden. on.orf.at/video/142838...

We are delighted that our Special Issue on "The Politics of Growth, Stagnation and Upgrading in Peripheral Economies" coedited w/ @fbulfone.bsky.social & Aldo Madariaga is now out in Competition & Change @compchange.bsky.social, Vol. 29(3–4). 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1024...

🎓 Yesterday, at the graduation ceremony of the International Max Planck Research School on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy (IMPRS-SPCE), we had the great pleasure of honoring ‪@tobiasarbogast.bsky.social, @cerencevik.bsky.social, @hadoose.bsky.social, ‬... 🧵 1/2

Jahrzehntelang basierte das deutsche Wachstumsmodell darauf, die Binnennachfrage zu bremsen und der Exportindustrie Handelsvorteile zu verschaffen. Damit könnte nun Schluss sein. Neuer Blogbeitrag von @m-stratenwerth.bsky.social in @politoekonomie.bsky.social s.gwdg.de/gEQDau

Just one more week!

Starting tomorrow! 🤩🤩 If you are at #SASE2025, do join us!

Kann die Trump-Politik den Status des US-Dollars als Weltleitwährung gefährden? Lucio Baccaro beantwortet im Interview fünf Fragen dazu, warum weder Euro noch Yuan als Nachfolger taugen – und weshalb ein multipolares Währungssystem die Zukunft sein könnte. s.gwdg.de/TeVdzU @maxplanck.de

Is Fritz W. Scharpf's theory of an institutional asymmetry between negative and positive integration in the EU still relevant? Martin Höpner, Susanne K. Schmidt and Daniel Seikel find that the asymmetry persists, albeit in a nuanced way ➡️ @jeppjournal.bsky.social doi.org/10.1080/1350...

New paper on social dialogue in Europe is finally out in an issue in the British Journal of Industrial Relations @bjireditor.bsky.social . When and why do governments actually talk to unions and employers to make policy? We provide a quantitative assessment: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

I wrote this piece with my friend and colleague @vanessa endrejat on the conflict between Germany and EU fiscal rules. Check it out!

Very much looking forward to kick off our @sasemeeting.bsky.social Mini-Conference on asset stranding co-organized with @vapunkt.bsky.social & @trgn.bsky.social with this fabulous online panel. All SASE participants are very welcome to join us on Zoom today at 4PM! Let me know if you have any Qs!

Having read “economic sociology” throughout my PhD, constantly wowed, it was such a treat to be invited to write an essay for it. Drawing on my work on cities, bond markets, and infrastructure, I discuss how the subfield can take up climate adaptation and inequality.