Is decolonising economics an impossible task? Decolonizing Economics by @devikadutt.bsky.social @ingridhk.bsky.social @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social @cacrisalves.bsky.social @iipp-ucl.bsky.social & @surbhikesar.bsky.social @soasdevelopment.bsky.social reviewed on @lsereviewofbooks.bsky.social

📣 We're hiring! Looking for a PostDoc? Join our team in Berlin! Work with @heikekluever.bsky.social, @macartan.bsky.social and Johannes Giesecke at Humboldt University, @scripts-berlin.eu and @humboldt-govlab.bsky.social Great people, great project, great city! 🗓️ Deadline: 15 August 2026

Hear me out. Journal word count limits should be higher when new data are used vs. reanalysis of secondary data due to the need to explain sampling, coding and measurement issues that are just blown off in secondary analysis reports. #AcademicSky 🧪

📢 Job Ad: I am looking for one doctoral researcher (75%) in my newly funded DFG project on misperceptions and factual information on immigration from 1.10. or soon after! 📌 Location: MZES, University of Mannheim 💢 Application Deadline: 21st of July

Elon Musk is now the world's first dollar trillionaire. He is now wealthier than the poorest 3.8 billion people on earth combined. If he were a country, the one-person Republic of Musk would be the world's 20th-largest economy.

Traditional estimates put the gender pay gap at around 8%. But if you factor in unpaid domestic work, this rises to 43% – @marie-andreescu.bsky.social, Valentina Gabrielli, Romaine Loubes & Anne-Sophie Robilliard in our latest blog post #LSEInequalitiesBlog @wid.world

1/6 📰🧐 Research Digest May 2026 - Regional Human Capital Database - Female Politicians’ Experiences Working with Bureacracy in 🇮🇳 - Methodological issues in the estimation of unequal responsiveness - Deservingness and Ideology - Inequality type and fairness in 🇿🇦, 🇮🇳 & 🇺🇸

We are happy to release Version 4 of WhoGov, which expands WhoGov to 2025. It now contains data on cabinet members from 1966-2025. The update is supported by UiO:Democracy and can be downloaded through GETGOV's page or through Nuffield College: politicscentre.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/whogov-datas.... 1/2

As billionaire wealth reaches new heights, so do questions about fairness & economic justice. This bulletin explores @thomaspiketty.bsky.social's proposal for tackling extreme inequality through progressive wealth taxes. Read the bulletin: www.equals.ink/p/pikettys-p... @wid.world @pse.bsky.social

Why has the US federal minimum wage stagnated since 2009? We argue the answer lies in institutions. Vesting wage-setting authority in Congress rather than the executive multiplies veto points and diffuses electoral accountability for wage stagnation. @poppublicsphere.bsky.social

📢 Call for Abstracts! Boğaziçi University SDL invites scholars to our conference: "Turkish Values, Attitudes, and Behaviours" 🗓️ July 17, 2026 📍 Ibrahim Bodur Auditorium ⏰ Abstract Deadline: May 15, 2026 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/kSqeCqn9pb8J... ℹ️ Details: sdl.bogazici.edu.tr

We joined #PerspectivesWealth2026 symposium in Hannover - organized by @volkswagenstiftung.de. We presented early results on our research intersecting politicians, policies & wealth reproduction. Two great days of ideas shared with researchers across disciplines! wealthpolicies.eu/activities

Highly recommended read!

New research alert! 📢 In the European Journal of Industrial Relations, @ibrahimoker.bsky.social, @fuatkina.bsky.social, and I explore global unionization dynamics, identifying the key factors that facilitate and/or hinder union membership. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Postdoctoral Researcher #ECPRMemberJobs 🎓 Master Degree or equivalent in Anthropology, Geography, Cultural studies, Sociology, or Political sciences 🏫 @ub.edu ⌛ Mon 30 March buff.ly/m9ndxvq #PolSciJobs #PoliSky #AcademicSky

(1/8) New Open Access paper out today in the @ejprjournal.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1017/S147... "The effects of government propaganda in electoral authoritarian regimes: Evidence from Turkey" with @draege.bsky.social & @chknutsen.bsky.social #polisky #socsky #commsky #dictatorsky #OA

🌀 🔍 Ministers’ backgrounds shape welfare policy 👥 @dalexiadou.bsky.social shows that who’s in charge matters for how governments design welfare — not just the party in power. ⚖️📈

New research alert! 📢 In the European Journal of Industrial Relations, @ibrahimoker.bsky.social, @fuatkina.bsky.social, and I explore global unionization dynamics, identifying the key factors that facilitate and/or hinder union membership. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

March 1 deadline! Apply for our APSA MENA Research Development Group to workshop a paper toward journal submission, create mentorship networks, and build a cohort. PhD students and other early career scholars of MENA politics (including Turkey!) are welcome to apply. apsa.wufoo.com/forms/zsyzjz...

📣 @ecpr-ead.bsky.social invites applications for it's Summer School on Extremism and Democracy! 🗓️ 6 – 10 July, University of Bologna 🎓️ Present your research and receive feedback from leading scholars in the field ✅️ Open to all students enrolled in a PhD programme ⌛ Deadline: 25 February

#OpenAccess from @iojournal.bsky.social#OpenAccess- Geography of Grievance: Industrial Hubs Magnify Political Discontent - https://cup.org/4rHZIxY - Sung Eun Kim & Krzysztof Pelc #FirstView

Trump is uniting Europe... in disliking the US

Applications are now open for the 2026 APSA MENA Research Development Group! Who: Early career scholars of MENA in polisci/similar field When: Sept 2 Where: APSA conference in Boston Why: Feedback + mentorship from senior scholars, engage with a great cohort Apply: web.apsanet.org/mena/wp-cont...

In the third episode of podcast series, Benjamin Ashworth and Stephen Ramsay (University of Strathclyde) discuss politicians' occupational backgrounds in Latin America and Europe, exploring which professions they come from and how career paths differ across regions. wealthpolicies.eu/podcast-no-3...

Last week we welcomed @heikekluever.bsky.social to talk about "Who Becomes a Lobbyist?" — a comparative look at career pathways, networks, and the role of institutional differences that shape political influence in Germany & the U.S. Thanks to everyone for the lively Q&A! inq-dp.eu/index.php/ev...

Dr Kuran reviewed *The Triumph of Injustice* (Saez & Zucman, 2019) for the PoWER blog. The book presents an excellent empirical analysis of tax inequality in the USA. wealthpolicies.eu/book-review-...

In our new blogpost, Prof Vimal Ranchhod and Dr @arindamjana.bsky.social (University of Cape Town) explain why wealth inequality is much more persistent and harder to measure compared to income inequalitity: wealthpolicies.eu/blog-4-the-g...

Do politicians' backgrounds shape policy? Prof Pimenta & Dr Lima underline lawmakers come from privileged backgrounds and this bias influence which policies get passed. In their PoWER research, they explore how policy-makers' career influence income concentration wealthpolicies.eu/how-politici...

Politicians' financial interests shape policy but transparency varies wildly. Our blog post compares disclosure rules & lobbying regulations in DE, UK, BR & SA. Who's hiding what - where's democratic accountability? 🔍 wealthpolicies.eu/money-power-...

Join us on Monday, Oct 20 (18:30–20:00) with @leaelsaesser.bsky.social for “Wer sitzt (nicht) im Parlament? Wahlen und ungleiche Repräsentation im Bundestag?” opening our Money & Politics public series in Marburg. Venue: Historischer Rathaussaal. Talks in German. More: inq-dp.eu/index.php/ev...

Thanks to Mayor Dr. Thomas Spies for hosting, to Prof. Dr. Susanne Buckley-Zistel & Prof. @mqpellicer.bsky.social fro the @zfk-mr.bsky.social for opening remarks, and Stéphane Voell / @st3phm4rb.bsky.social for the great pictures.

Kickoff done! “Marburger Stadtgespräch” & Future of Democracy (Mon, 20 Oct). @leaelsaesser.bsky.social on working-class political careers, the role of trade unions, and contrasts with uni graduates. Thanks also to our engaged audience for a great discussion! More: tinyurl.com/e3pyhstd