Addressing the democratic deficit – or just addressing itself? Our PhD candidate Paul A. Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social has published a new article which argues that the Commission’s new European Citizens' Panel simulates reform to bolster its own self-legitimation Discover it below👇

Our Assistant Professor in Political Economy @donatodc.bsky.social has contributed a chapter co-authored with Anke Hassel to a new book: "Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope with Economic Transitions" (Oxford University Press). Discover it below 👇

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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! 🧵

Hello! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 has joined Bsky. We'll be sharing new articles and other journal-related updates. To start, excellent news: Our 2024 impact factor is up four points: 3.4. This reflects the high-quality work of our authors, reviewers, and editors—thank you, and keep them coming! 🙏

Excited to share this paper because it does something new: We're testing the implicit coordination hypothesis proposed by Weber & Wasner. Analyzing earnings calls, we find that large, economy-wide costs shocks make executives feel very good indeed. Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌍 Applications now open for the LSE Summer School 2025! 📘 MG203 – Industrial Policy: Leading the Green and Digital Transitions 📅 23 June – 11 July 🏛️ Convened by the @lse-ei.bsky.social Apply at 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

We had a great time at Villa Vigoni discussing geoeconomics with a brilliant group of scholars. Many thanks to @dfg.de and everyone who contributed!

Very grateful for two days of collective thinking on the EU’s geoeconomic challenges Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social! German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf Please share

This term, we were delighted to welcome Dr Donato Di Carlo @donatodc.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in Political Economy to the LSE European Institute. Join us in giving Donato a warm welcome to the EI! 👏 🔗 Learn more: lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

Hello, Bluesky! We're excited to be here! Follow us for the latest news and research from our faculty, upcoming public events, and more! You can also catch us on👇 💼 www.linkedin.com/company/1041... 🫂 www.instagram.com/lseeuropeani... 🎬 www.youtube.com/c/LSEEuropea... Help us spread the word! 🦋

At last, this paper found a (nice!) home in Stato&Mercato. With Francesco Bagnardi, we offer an explanation for the deep variation in Italian governments' policy approaches towards informal employment - shifting between enforcement efforts & blatant forbearance. www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1425/...

Your final reminder that Mark Blyth is talking at LSE tonight about climate change and American power. No seats left but you can join online www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

New paper out with @jonasnahm.com! We argue that the recent rise—and limits—of green industrial policies and higher carbon prices reflect a powerful political strategy: Making countries' dominant economic interests and growth models central to climate policy. www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3QN3F...

The EU's defence sector needs urgent transformation to address geo-economic challenges, including the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's return to the White House. New LUHNIP WP “Toward a New European Military-Industrial Regime” by Samuel B. H. Faure 👉 t.co/WuGDDkez8K

The EU's defence sector needs urgent transformation to address geo-economic challenges, including the war in Ukraine and Donald Trump's return to the White House. New LUHNIP WP “Toward a New European Military-Industrial Regime” by Samuel B. H. Faure 👉 t.co/WuGDDkez8K

The MPIfG is seeking a research group leader (tenure track) with a focus on the socioeconomic and political impacts of technological change to set up a new research group at the intersection of #economy, #society, and #technology. 📢Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/SULoAf

Back from @weareceu.bsky.social after a wonderful workshop on recent works by @ankehassel.bsky.social in the context of her Karl Polanyi Visiting Professorship, incl. •the much-anticipated 2nd volume of Growth & Welfare with @bpalier.bsky.social •joint work with @donatodc.bsky.social & Martin Höpner

Just out 🍃 first research output of a new agenda on the political economy of, and capitalist varieties in, the green transition 🏭👩‍🏭 Born from a joint effort with @donatodc.bsky.social and @ndurazzi.bsky.social 🚀 leap.luiss.it/wp-content/u...

The recent Council discussions underscore the urgent need to strengthen the European Health Union. However, critical challenges threatening the EU’s pharma resilience remain. 📖 Learn more in the latest LUHNIP Brief on EU Industrial Policy: lnkd.in/gbZPUYCv

Italy secures €430M for an AI supercomputer & updates startup rules with the Scale Up Act. A renewed role in European innovation? 👉 More in LUHNIP's Monthly Brief: bit.ly/3WlAPek

Great public lecture coming up at LSE European Institute with the ever-entertaining and insightful Mark Blyth on 6 February! Details below www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

When states are not good at industrial policy it is municipalities that can develop that muscle. And not just city states, but cities of 500k as well if they have what it takes. New article in Competition and Change with @Medve-Balint and @Clara Volintiru journals.sagepub.com/eprint/T56CA...

Looks super interesting, congras @ankehassel.bsky.social, @donatodc.bsky.social; and Martin Höpner!

Just published, open access, another paper with @donatodc.bsky.social and Martin Höpner @mpifg.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🎙️ Villa Vigoni Conference 2025 – Call for Early Career Researchers! Are you a PhD student or post-doc researching Europe’s geoeconomic future? Apply now for the Villa Vigoni conference: Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge 🗓️ 22–24 April 2025 🌟 Travel/accommodation funding available

The EU’s defence industrial policy is at a crucial juncture. How do differing opinions on third-country participation impact EU defence policy decisions? 👉 Key insights on this and more in this month’s #LUHNIP Brief: bit.ly/3P1CB09

Unicredit’s €10B bid for Banco BPM highlights tensions between building EU financial champions and national politics. On the NRRP front, can Italy achieve its growth ambitions with the current speed of public investments deployment? 📖Read more: bit.ly/3ZBeTN7 #LUHNIP

My postmortem on the Ampel🚦goverment — toppled by the debt brake, the German economy’s suicide pact Have a read👇 tinyurl.com/mr4b7n9h @revdem2020.bsky.social

with dear friends and brilliant co-authors @sebdiessner.bsky.social and David Hope, we have a new paper soon out in @comppol.bsky.social

How widely (or not) the benefits of new technologies like AI are distributed is a crucial political-economy question. This paper finds evidence that collective wage bargaining helps ensure that the gains are not captured primarily by capital owners and high-skill workers. @wzwysen.bsky.social

💡 What shapes industrial policies in the US & Europe? Join the Jean Monnet Seminar on Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and Europe with Manuela Moschella and top discussants. 🔗 Register: bit.ly/3ZOsIcu

Reading recent Der Spiegel revelations on how Lindner blew up the coalition, and how he has, since then, cranked up his libertarian shtick (i.e. wanting GER to learn from Milei and Musk), was reminded of this article, in particular the fact that FDP's constituency is not those working in exports

📢 "Together We Trade, Divided We Aid" New Joint Paper by @delorsinstitute.bsky.social & LUHNIP. The growing use of state aid by EU Member States risks Single Market fragmentation. We analyze its evolution across: 1️⃣ GBER 2️⃣ IPCEIs 3️⃣ Temporary Frameworks Read: institutdelors.eu/en/publicati... 🧵

#Economy National state aid creates fragmentation risks within the #SingleMarket Addressing this requires: ▶️ Mapping of the flexibilisation of the EU state aid regime ▶️ Providing policy solutions for a more European approach By @andreaseisl.bsky.social, Donato Di Carlo & Dimitri Zurstrassen 👇

Thanks, @jonasnahm.com, for the excellent thread and thoughtful summary of our paper! 👇

this is an important thread on what seems to be an important paper. It is good news for #Bluesky that it is becoming the go-to place for translations of relevant academic, scientific, and practical knowledge into ordinary language. Twitter used to be that, a long time ago.

1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society! 🔗 doi.org/10.1177/0032...

This paper analyses the current framework of EU policies for skills development and proposes recommendations to improve it, including: ➡️Place-based skill formation ➡️Strengthening VET for green jobs ➡️STEM expansion for green technologies @donatodc.bsky.social @marcosimoni.bsky.social

🚨 The EU's research & innovation policy is at a crossroads. Weak performance in breakthrough innovation & focus on low R&D sectors are critical issues. Reports by Draghi & Letta make it clear: new approaches are essential. Here's why ➡️

📢 New LUHNIP Working Paper: Sebastian Diessner and Christy Ann Petit explore how stronger European Parliament oversight can improve democratic accountability in EU industrial policy 📖 Read more: bit.ly/3Z6CJRK

I've updated the Industrial Policy Starter Pack with all suggestions I've received. Please don't come at me with complaints about gender balance or other diversity -- I'm including everyone who works on this and reaches out. Critics also welcome. Let's have a good conversation. go.bsky.app/Ej9XsNu

A lot of fun to read, this from @bhgreeley.bsky.social (if you're not an economist). www.ft.com/content/1e25...

The ECJ's Illumina/Grail ruling has impacted EU merger control, increasing national authorities’ role. In LUHNIP’s last Brief we cover this, Draghi's report on EU competitiveness, VDL II Commission’s priorities in EU industrial policy and more 👉 Download: bit.ly/3Yb0J4J

The #climate crisis leads to unprecedented losses & damages to real and financial #assets. But the dynamics and consequences of asset stranding are only poorly understood. If you want to change this, please join @trgn.bsky.social, @vapunkt.bsky.social & me for our #SASE2025 Mini-Conference (1/2)

New LUHNIP Policy Brief, authored by Umberto Marengo, explores the UK’s £7.3B National Wealth Fund and insights for Italy's Fondo Nazionale del Made in Italy. 👉Download the Brief: bit.ly/3zH59rN #GreenTransition #IndustrialPolicy #Sustainability #MadeInItaly

📅 Sept 19-20, 2024: International Conference European Industrial Policy in the New Global Context By Luiss Hub for New Industrial Policy (LUHNIP) & University of Sapienza 👉 Registration and programme: bit.ly/46VyHhu

Our latest LUHNIP Monthly Brief on EU Industrial Policy Brief is out! Featuring insights on EU investigations into the Chinese BEV and the acquisition of PPF Group by e&, the last European Council meeting & the financing of EU start/scale-ups. 👉🏻 Download: bit.ly/3zCm522

LUHNIP's June Monthly Brief is out! Focus on the EU's Excessive Deficit Procedure against Italy, the new Space Economy Law, and a look at regional economic disparities in Italy and Germany. 👉 Download: https: bit.ly/462FFRs