Stellenausschreibung! 75%-Stelle an meiner Professur an der @unimarburg.bsky.social Offen für Promovierende wie Promovierte. Fragen gerne an mich. Gerne teilen! stellenangebote.uni-marburg.de/jobposting/1...

Second paper from our #assetstruggles SI now online: @hadoose.bsky.social makes the crucial point that asset struggles over climate governance not only include climate vulnerable & climate forcing assets – but that climate policy itself often takes an asset form, reconfiguring power. Check it out!

🚘 Why is the German EV transition so slow? One reason: The industry tries to squeeze maximum profits out of old technology. 🔎 I show that incumbents use their business power to push for policies allowing for such profit squeezes. It, however, is not always successful. doi.org/10.1177/1024...

🚘 Why is the German EV transition so slow? One reason: The industry tries to squeeze maximum profits out of old technology. 🔎 I show that incumbents use their business power to push for policies allowing for such profit squeezes. It, however, is not always successful. doi.org/10.1177/1024...

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There's a global race to secure EV battery gigafactories & reduce reliance on China. But not all clean-tech projects are created equal. Some generate good jobs & domestic capacities, others produce ecological harm & low value-added enclaves. New paper & thread 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🤖 First publication alert 🤖 Germany Inc. is dead? Long live Industry 4.0 Inc.! Michael Schwan, Christine Trampusch and I uncover that overlapping M&A of German industry create a new coordination enabling structure: Industry 4.0 Inc. @compchange.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

We are very happy to welcome political scientist Regine Paul to the MPIfG as of today! Paul joins the Institute as head of the new research group “Technology and Statehood,” which will explore competition statehood in global tech races and their social and political implications. s.gwdg.de/BWmRAN

Our new article on the limits of green concertation with @lucacigna.bsky.social is out in New Political Economy (in open access - thanks to @mpifg.bsky.social🙏)

Just wrapping up the first day of the Fourth Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy co-organized with fantastic colleagues at the @mpifg.bsky.social. Many great presentations and papers from diverse perspectives.

📢 Call: Lise Meitner Research Groups @maxplanck.de invites applications for the Lise Meitner Excellence Program, which recruits outstanding early-career researchers to lead independent research groups. The MPIfG welcomes applications aligned with its research program. Please share widely!

📣 Publication day! The first paper from my project on Europe’s EV battery roll-out is finally out I unpack how the EU’s EV battery boom is entangled with sacrifice zones—investment in Serbia & Hungary de-risked through autocracy. www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandg...

The next conference of the DVPW Section Political Economy takes place 24–25 Sept 2026 at Freie Universität Berlin. Contributions in English and German are welcome. Please send us your paper or panel proposal by next Friday, 27 Feb 2026. All info in our Call for Papers: www.dvpw.de/fileadmin/us...

Seminal contribution theorizing important firm-level developments in the digital economy

Friendly reminder: Only 4 days left to submit your abstracts for the 4th Doctoral Conference of the IMPRS-SPCE at @mpifg.bsky.social more information can be found here: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026... We look forward to receive your submissions!

Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field. Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social Send them your abstracts!

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📢 Job alert! Interesse an einer Promotion im Bereich Internationale und Vergleichende Politische Ökonomie? Lust auf Forschung und Lehre zu bspw. #Geoökonomie #Klimapolitik #Finanzmärkte #Industriepolitik #EuropäischeIntegration oder mehr? Weitere Infos: www.uni-osnabrueck.de/universitaet...

*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

#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...

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

🚨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.

In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition? @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest. Now out in SER! 🧵

My first paper of my dissertation 'Patrimonial Relations. Kinship, capital and conflict in super-rich Families' is out now on open access! Here I discuss how super-rich families use relational work on affective family ties as an economic resource. @bupjournals.bsky.social

The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to address the continued underrepresentation of women in political economy. Join us! 📅 Cologne, September 22–25, 2025 👩‍🎓 For current PhD students or recent PhD graduates – free of charge ⏳ Apply by April 25, 2025

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Back in the good old days of Twitter, the European Copyright Directive of 2019 (EUCD) was a hot topic. Some users thought it would stifle free speech, while others believed it would stop Big Tech from exploiting artists. How did platforms shape this debate and why were they (un)successful? 🧵

Here is a starter pack of MPIfG researchers and alumni. Hit follow for research on economic sociology and political economy! If you are a current or former MPIfG researcher and would like to be added, please let us know in the comments. #socsky go.bsky.app/P1fDXjf