A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...

Really excited to be recruiting to this role at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk. We're looking for someone to help broaden our connections between the school and the worlds of academia and policymaking. Sound interesting? Details below. www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...

LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome! Please reach out if you would like any more details.

TLDR if you don't wanna read the paper thread: A climate motivated energy transition requires a lot of money from investors. Ofc interventionist policymakers gotta provide markets with high levels of info over time. But our paper indicates that windows of opportunity can discipline investors in SR.

We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed). The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions. Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)

NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine. Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... ) 1/2

This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond): www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...

Great to see this out from Saila Stausholm, @richardjmurphy.bsky.social & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social, a continuation of the broader work from our group on the Big Four. Read if you want to understand how these firms manage conflicting market demands across jurisidctions: doi.org/10.1111/1911...

Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...

***New article announcement!*** Prosperity and inequality in mature knowledge economies Barely a week goes by without new reports of generative AI displacing high-skilled knowledge work. But this is part of a trend stretching back more than 20 years. [1/5]

The US’ Polycentric Innovation State @thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood doi.org/10.1093/cjre... 📣 Open Access

This is a good point, but sadly, LinkedIn seems to be the place where I get the strongest engagement with my research posts (150 responses from 950 connections vs 7 responses with 2.3k connections on @bsky.app)

Study inequality? Apply! Inequality is broadly defined (interdisciplinary and topic-wise) to include education, labor markets, gender, health, minority rights, social stratification, climate change, etc. This is a great conference for early-career researchers with generous funding available!

📣 We are hiring! 👇 This PhD position is part of a research project that examines how growing income inequality can reshape the way democracy functions by influencing both political discourse and public opinion. More info here: www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3542...

Now this looks like the start of the end of Neoliberalism to me www.ft.com/content/0cae...

🎓 PhD scholarships at Univ. Duisburg-Essen: up to 8 funded positions in Political Economy of Socio-Ecological Transformation Start: June 2026 Funding: €1,750/month + allowances Deadline: Sept 10, 2025 Details: sase.org/career-oppor...

In a recent article, @jfmorin.bsky.social and I argued that the rise of private space organizations like SpaceX was not primarily driven by ingenious tech entrepreneurs. At its heart, their rise was made possible by the support of public organizations like NASA 👩‍🚀 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Drawing on the likes of Leah Downey, Arjun Jayadev, Leon Wansleben & @geoffmann.bsky.social, I have a new piece in @nybooks.com on money, power, and central banking.

In “Financial dominance: why the ‘market maker of last resort’ is a bad idea and what to do about it” (CJE 2025) I argue that bank regulators failure to understand what it is that banks do, why they are important, and how they help stabilize financial markets doi.org/10.1093/cje/... 1/18

Very excited to have received the proofs of my forthcoming book "States of Innovation" to be published with @brisunipress.bsky.social towards the end of the year! The book examines the innovation policies of the US federal government, Maine, Michigan, California, and Texas after the 2008 GFC.

How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

‘Here, then, is the simplest solution of all to the paradox: people just despise inflation.’ If you enjoy people watching in malls this is a piece you might like by @robarmstrong.bsky.social on.ft.com/4h5HqlT

Just an honest labor statistician collecting the data, crunching the numbers, and reporting them fairly, and definitely not an extremist ideologue with an axe to grind, unshackled from respect for the law or political norms.

central planning 2.0 is pretty wild. Let's just skip to the Five-Year Plans and be done with it

Job posting: 2 Assistant Professor positions in the LSE's International Relations department. One in International Political Economy, preferably with a focus on climate/environment or global business. Deadline is 7 September. Please distribute in your networks. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOD919/a...

How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine academic.oup.com/cjres/advanc...

This paper illustrates why it matters much more if Robert Jenrick says something intolerant than if Nigel Farage says the same thing - centre right politicians have much more influence on social norms policing tolerant behaviour than radical right politicians

The Economy and Society Early Career Paper Prize 2026 is now live. £1000 prize. Submission deadline: 15/12/25 Details here and in the News and CfP section of our website files.taylorandfrancis.com/economy-and-...

a portrait of the worst and stupidest people alive today. you are welcome: on.ft.com/4mtItOd

'Housing affordability and availability may end up being the biggest political issue of our lifetime'

And we have an incredible list of section co-chairs for Belfast 2026, from 18 countries and every part of Europe. We are really grateful to these dedicated colleagues for taking on this role and helping us shape the future of political science in our continent. epssnet.org/belfast-2026...

PhD position (closing soon): employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

RIPE Editor @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social reflects on the history of IPEG at @mybisa.bsky.social - which was often entwined with the growth and development of our journal.

Others have noted that this means foreign-born people are LESS likely than UK-born people to be in prison. What I want to note is that The Times is now referring to foreign-born UK citizens as ‘foreigners’. This includes Boris Johnson, Sir Mo Farah, Emma Watson, Rory Stewart and little old me.

The call for papers is out! Look at this leadership dream team 👇. Spread the world: 2026 is the year of EPSS! Expect a human scale conference with great feedback and networking. [background info provided below]. (1/3) epssnet.org/belfast-2026/

This is really excellent on our understandings of - and the reality of - intergenerational inequality.

#Brexit’s drama starved #UK #SMEs of #credit, especially in the periphery. @cemsoner.bsky.social‬, Alsakka & Mantovan reveal in the Journal of Rural Studies how uncertainty choked SME lending, leaving #rural #Britain especially exposed and deepening regional divides. doi.org/10.1016/j.jr...

My department at Leuphana University offers 6 fully funded PhD scholarships (incl. research funding) for three years. If you are interested in studying democratic resilience (particularly party competition and elections 🤓) and you have a strong methodolgical background: Apply! shorturl.at/kcTbG

I'm hiring another postdoc (research-focused, for almost 5 years) for my @erc.europa.eu project on the educational cleavage! I'm looking for someone with strong quantitative text-analysis skills (e.g. #NLP, #LLM, etc.) to study the role of political actors in cleavage formation.

Steel mills, markets and war: mapping gendered circuits of violence, by @danielalai.bsky.social

NEW - The Electoral Appeal of Symbolic Class Signalling Through Cultural Consumption - cup.org/44rcdVW - @dweisstanner.bsky.social & @saengler.bsky.social #OpenAccess

📢 University of Warwick is hiring two Assistant Professors (apply by 17 July 2025): •International Relations (Conflict & Security): www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR672/a... •International Organisations: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNR770/a... #PoliSciJobs #PolScijobs

The latest issue of @cjres.bsky.social has published online: The Symbolic Value of Megaprojects in Urban and Regional Development academic.oup.com/cjres/issue/... Edited by @roberthassink.bsky.social @dfkogler.bsky.social Davide Ponzini and Xuefei Ren

The problem with this is that private housing is a necessary vehicle for asset-based welfare to privately fund the other 4 pillars in many advanced economies

I am delighted to share that I've been promoted to Associate Teaching Professor @campolis.bsky.social - I'm incredibly grateful to all the colleagues who have supported me in my career. Being an academic is the best job anyone could have, and it's an honour to teach such fantastic students.

I am excited to see my ARPS article reviewing the return of industrial policy with @dbreznitz.bsky.social is now published! www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

Just in case you thought Tump was joking about running for a third term, he is selling Trump 2028 merch on his online store www.trumpstore.com/product/trum...