New online workshop: Cracks in Left Strategy Join us on 30 April at 6pm CET to discuss Neal Harris and Robin Jervis's article about 'Interstitial revolution in E. O. Wright and John Holloway' With discussant @anabloch.bsky.social Register at: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Don't forget to join our workshop this Thursday! ⬇️

New workshop: Detaching ‘neoliberalism’ from ‘free markets’. Monopolistic corporations as neoliberalism’s ideal market form When: 26 March, 6pm CET Where: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... With Author @ianbruff.bsky.social and discussants @apiletic.bsky.social and Matthew Watson See you there!

Important for critical political economy to tackle theoretical blindspots of past critical European integration research @corporateeurope.org @tninstitute.bsky.social @cpern.bsky.social Patriarchal and racist forms of oppression have been key to neo-liberal restructuring in Europe!

New online workshop: Towards a radical highway geography - Berlin and the remaking of city logistics in global capitalism When: 26 February, 6pm CEST Where: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... With author @soederberg1.bsky.social and discussants Darragh Golden and Laura Stegemann See you there!

On the 22nd of January (incidentally, the date of Gramsci's birthday) my article came out in @gpejournal.bsky.social bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...

Remember to submit your abstracts for our track (RN06) at the European Sociological Conference! ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Deadline this Friday!

New CPERN online workshop: Finance and the Far Right (29 Jan) Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social On zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

The CfP for the European Sociological Association conference (25-28 August in Warsaw) is available: bit.ly/48E3ylb Our stream (RN06) focuses on 'Solidarity, action, revolution? Questioning systemic unsustainability' Submit your abstracts by 30 January: www.conftool.com/esa2026 See you in Warsaw!

Remember to join our online workshop this Thursday!

Reminder: Join us on 27 November to discuss 'Coloniality dressed in green'! With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social who will explain how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule With discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happy to have been part of this collective endeavour to understand what's happening in the EU's political economy - check out our chapter: "A lasting legacy? A critical political economy perspective on Berlusconism and its afterlives"

New CPERN online workshop: Coloniality dressed in green Join us on 27 November to discuss how climate finance risks becoming a new tool for colonial rule With author @stefanzylinski.bsky.social and discussants Johannes Jaeger and Ewa Dziwok Register on zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Happening this Thursday! Join us to discuss the relation between capitalism and the global water crisis 🌊

We have a new online workshop coming! Join us on 30 October to discuss the book 'Thirst: the global quest to solve the water crisis' With author @filippomenga.bsky.social and discussants @gemmagasseau.bsky.social and Alexander Dunlap Register at bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Remember to join us tomorrow to discuss Sarah Uhlmann's excellent work on 'Urban social movements as extended class actors'! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Online workshop: Urban social movements as extended class actors Join us on 25 September to discuss Sarah Uhlmann's article about struggles over social reproduction! With discussants @miria-gam.bsky.social and @bonfert.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

What's changing and what's not in European Economic Governance in the current conjuncture? With @bigmacca.bsky.social we address the question in this short piece just published journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... DM if interested but don't have access!

#CPERN Mid-term Workshop @University of Helsinki Glad to be part of a community where politics and knowledge are openly claimed as inseparable and where the myth of neutrality is exposed for what it is: a convenient alibi for the machinery of power. #research #CriticalPoliticalEconomy #PRESILIENT

Our Midterm Workshop 'Critical Political Economy at the Time of Monsters' has come to a close Many thanks to all our amazing participants for the great time together! And a special thanks to @teivo.bsky.social and Silke Trommer for welcoming us in beautiful Helsinki! See you all again next year!

Thrilled to have presented my paper "Interregnum, #Polycrisis, and Liquid Modernity" at the Critical Political Conference in Helsinki! #Helsinki was absolutely stunning, a blend of Nordic serenity, and the magical late-summer light reflecting off the Baltic Sea. The perfect atmosphere for dialoge

Join or online workshop tomorrow (26 June, 6pm CEST) about Marco Guglielmo's new book 'The Left and Digital Politics'! With discussants Bradley Ward, Maria Francesca De Tullio and @gameoftech.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Join us on 26 June!

The Left and Digital Politics! Join or online workshop to discuss Marco Guglielmo's book on political parties (from platform neoliberalism to platform socialism) With discussants Bradley Ward, Maria Francesca De Tullio and @gameoftech.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Global solidarities against water grabbing! Join our online workshop this Thursday, 29 May at 6pm CEST to discuss Caitlin Schroering's book about movements against water privatization! Discussants: Filippo Menga & Lydia Karazarifi Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Online workshop: Global solidarities against water grabbing Join us on 29 May at 6pm CEST to hear Caitlin Schroering present her recent book about movements against water privatization! Discussants: Filippo Menga & Lydia Karazarifi Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Had a great discussion w/ @bonfert.bsky.social and @abieler.bsky.social on my book 'Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector', published by @brisunipress.bsky.social in 2024. It was hosted by @cpern.bsky.social. Check out the vid. www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvUv...

Just published! This is a great book which provides an overview of Politics in the Rio Grande Valley. I'm happy to have contributed a chapter on Social Movements in the RGV, co-authored with Mireya Garcia. The book is available here: rowman.com/ISBN/9781666...

New deadline! CPERN Midterm Workshop 2025 (Helsinki, 30 Juli - 01 Aug) Critical political economy and the time of monsters: Understanding the present, imagining the future Submit your abstract by 21 March to [email protected] Call: criticalpoliticaleconomy.net/2025/01/14/c... See you there!

Join our Online Workshop on 27 March to discuss the book 'Exiting the Factory: Strikes and Class Formation beyond the Industrial Sector' With author @alexandergallas.bsky.social and discussant @abieler.bsky.social On zoom, register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Join our Critical Political Economy Early Career Scholar Writing Workshop! What: Receive detailed feedback from experienced scholars to help you with your first publication When: Right before our Mid-term workshop (30 July 2025, Helsinki) How: See here criticalpoliticaleconomy.net/2025/02/05/c...

Reminder: Join our CPERN Midterm Workshop 2025 (Helsinki, 30 Jul - 01 Aug) Critical political economy and the time of monsters: Understanding the present, imagining the future Submit your abstract to [email protected] (DL 14.03) Call: criticalpoliticaleconomy.net/2025/01/14/c... See you there!

Reminder: Join our Online Workshop on 27 February to discuss 'Regional pathologies of late-stage neoliberalization: The case of Japan in East Asia' With authors Saori Shibata & David Bailey Discussants: @ndeiana.bsky.social & Max Nagel Link: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Join our CPERN Online Workshop on 27 February to discuss 'Regional pathologies of late-stage neoliberalization: The case of Japan in East Asia' With authors Saori Shibata & David Bailey Discussants: @ndeiana.bsky.social & Max Nagel Register: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

Online Workshop: Challenging SpaceX on the US–Mexico border - Value struggles against racial authoritarian neoliberalism This Thursday at 6pm CET With author @monicaclua.bsky.social and discussants @rosamaryon.bsky.social and Ian Bruff Link: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi... See you there!

During my PhD I often had to explain how I am a 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐭 and at the same time researching 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫, so I ended up writing a piece about it! Reviewing five excellent books, I trace the (porous) contours of an IPE of water, and argue that it should be feminist, critical and relational.

Call for Papers! CPERN Midterm Workshop 2025 (Helsinki, 30 Juli - 01 Aug) Critical political economy and the time of monsters: Understanding the present, imagining the future Submit your abstract to [email protected] To the call: criticalpoliticaleconomy.net/2025/01/14/c... See you there!

Online Workshop: Challenging SpaceX on the US–Mexico border Join us on 30 January at 6pm CET to discuss @monicaclua.bsky.social's article about struggles against racial authoritarian capitalism in the US! With discussant @rosamaryon.bsky.social Register here: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...