Luuk Schmitz
@luukschmitz.bsky.social
Senior researcher @mpifg.bsky.social (previously @eui-eu.bsky.social). Studying geoeconomics, multinational corporations, industrial policy, and EU strategic autonomy.
https://luukschmitz.com/
https://luukschmitz.com/
Speaking from experience, this is a great opportunity for feedback and exposure for PhD researchers!
📣 Call for Abstracts!
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.
🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.
s.gwdg.de/U27NQb
November 25, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Speaking from experience, this is a great opportunity for feedback and exposure for PhD researchers!
Dutch exit poll: This is about three standard deviations away from insane
October 29, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Dutch exit poll: This is about three standard deviations away from insane
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🚨 Introducing CommonsCorpus: a comprehensive, annotated and machine-readable database of UK House of Commons' speeches, containing speakers' party-political ID and socio-demographic information. Joint work w/ ➡️ @irenegermani.bsky.social Available here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
dataverse.harvard.edu
September 23, 2025 at 2:19 PM
🚨 Introducing CommonsCorpus: a comprehensive, annotated and machine-readable database of UK House of Commons' speeches, containing speakers' party-political ID and socio-demographic information. Joint work w/ ➡️ @irenegermani.bsky.social Available here: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
The emerging cross-shareholding and concentration in the U.S. chipmaking/AI stack is a big open question in polecon. Today's announcement comes on top of Nvidia's $5bn investment in Intel. www.ft.com/content/d3ca...
Nvidia to invest up to $100bn in OpenAI
Partnership will support huge build-out of data centres for artificial intelligence
www.ft.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:33 PM
The emerging cross-shareholding and concentration in the U.S. chipmaking/AI stack is a big open question in polecon. Today's announcement comes on top of Nvidia's $5bn investment in Intel. www.ft.com/content/d3ca...
In H1 2025, AI CapEx added more to US GDP growth than consumer spending (the job market meanwhile is slowing down). At what point should we label this as overaccumulation? sherwood.news/markets/the-...
The AI spending boom is eating the US economy
AI-linked spending has fueled more growth in the first half of 2025 on average than US consumer spending....
sherwood.news
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 PM
In H1 2025, AI CapEx added more to US GDP growth than consumer spending (the job market meanwhile is slowing down). At what point should we label this as overaccumulation? sherwood.news/markets/the-...
I'm not normally one for doomposting, but today's politics feel like the 1890s (robber barons), 1930s (rising fascism, appeasing autocrats), and 1970s (stagflation, new general purpose technologies) are merging into one ugly timelime.
July 28, 2025 at 1:52 PM
I'm not normally one for doomposting, but today's politics feel like the 1890s (robber barons), 1930s (rising fascism, appeasing autocrats), and 1970s (stagflation, new general purpose technologies) are merging into one ugly timelime.
Very thrilled and more than a little humbled with this! Thank you to the jury and the editors, and to my co-author☺️
🥁 And the JEPP Best Paper Prize 2024 goes to... 🥁
@timoseidl.bsky.social and @luukschmitz.bsky.social for their paper 'Moving on to not fall behind? Technological sovereignty and the ‘geo-dirigiste’ turn in EU industrial policy' 🎉
Read the jury statement 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@timoseidl.bsky.social and @luukschmitz.bsky.social for their paper 'Moving on to not fall behind? Technological sovereignty and the ‘geo-dirigiste’ turn in EU industrial policy' 🎉
Read the jury statement 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
May 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Very thrilled and more than a little humbled with this! Thank you to the jury and the editors, and to my co-author☺️
The really important fine print in today's tariff announcement: if companies can prove that the material origin of their goods
is within the value chain definitions of the USMCA, their trade is exempt from tariffs. Make Mexico and Canada great again?
is within the value chain definitions of the USMCA, their trade is exempt from tariffs. Make Mexico and Canada great again?
April 2, 2025 at 11:32 PM
The really important fine print in today's tariff announcement: if companies can prove that the material origin of their goods
is within the value chain definitions of the USMCA, their trade is exempt from tariffs. Make Mexico and Canada great again?
is within the value chain definitions of the USMCA, their trade is exempt from tariffs. Make Mexico and Canada great again?
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Happy to introduce ItaParlCorpus: a large, annotated, machine-readable dataset of Italian parliamentary speeches 🇮🇹📊. Covering 1948-2022, it includes 2.4M speeches, 470M words from 5830 speakers across 77 parties.
Ideal for studying political discourse, party rhetoric and parliamentary behavior! 🔍📖
Ideal for studying political discourse, party rhetoric and parliamentary behavior! 🔍📖
www.cambridge.org
March 14, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Happy to introduce ItaParlCorpus: a large, annotated, machine-readable dataset of Italian parliamentary speeches 🇮🇹📊. Covering 1948-2022, it includes 2.4M speeches, 470M words from 5830 speakers across 77 parties.
Ideal for studying political discourse, party rhetoric and parliamentary behavior! 🔍📖
Ideal for studying political discourse, party rhetoric and parliamentary behavior! 🔍📖
Planning the green transition is not only about creating new industries, but also about phasing-out old ones.
If you want to know how political backlash against impending economic decline and regional inequalities led to new policies and institutions for transition planning in the EU, have a look👇
If you want to know how political backlash against impending economic decline and regional inequalities led to new policies and institutions for transition planning in the EU, have a look👇
#Earlyview #Openaccess
'Picking Losers: Climate Change and Managed Decline in the European Union'
by @trgn.bsky.social & @luukschmitz.bsky.social
#Climatechange #industrialpolicy #RegGov #EU
Abstract below 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
'Picking Losers: Climate Change and Managed Decline in the European Union'
by @trgn.bsky.social & @luukschmitz.bsky.social
#Climatechange #industrialpolicy #RegGov #EU
Abstract below 👇
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
March 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Planning the green transition is not only about creating new industries, but also about phasing-out old ones.
If you want to know how political backlash against impending economic decline and regional inequalities led to new policies and institutions for transition planning in the EU, have a look👇
If you want to know how political backlash against impending economic decline and regional inequalities led to new policies and institutions for transition planning in the EU, have a look👇
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Terrific & much needed deep empirical analysis of new EU industrial policy state aid tool by @timoseidl.bsky.social & @luukschmitz.bsky.social. The key goldilocks punch line? Critical policy goals best achieved with ‘just the right’ amount of EU conditionality rules.
IPCEIs have recently emerged as a key tool in the EU's fast-growing industrial policy toolbox.
In a new paper in Competition & Change, @luukschmitz.bsky.social, @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social and I take a closer look at how this instrument works on the ground.
A short thread (link to the paper below)👇
In a new paper in Competition & Change, @luukschmitz.bsky.social, @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social and I take a closer look at how this instrument works on the ground.
A short thread (link to the paper below)👇
February 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Terrific & much needed deep empirical analysis of new EU industrial policy state aid tool by @timoseidl.bsky.social & @luukschmitz.bsky.social. The key goldilocks punch line? Critical policy goals best achieved with ‘just the right’ amount of EU conditionality rules.
If you want to understand how EU industrial policy works on the ground, have a look at this thread and the new paper it links to.
IPCEIs have recently emerged as a key tool in the EU's fast-growing industrial policy toolbox.
In a new paper in Competition & Change, @luukschmitz.bsky.social, @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social and I take a closer look at how this instrument works on the ground.
A short thread (link to the paper below)👇
In a new paper in Competition & Change, @luukschmitz.bsky.social, @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social and I take a closer look at how this instrument works on the ground.
A short thread (link to the paper below)👇
February 27, 2025 at 12:41 PM
If you want to understand how EU industrial policy works on the ground, have a look at this thread and the new paper it links to.
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Do you want to explore what’s happening?
I am recruitung doctoral researchers for my Lise Meitner Research Group on Technology and Sovereignty @mpifg.bsky.social
Find more information in the link below
Apply by February 28, 2025
Starting date is October 1, 2025
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
I am recruitung doctoral researchers for my Lise Meitner Research Group on Technology and Sovereignty @mpifg.bsky.social
Find more information in the link below
Apply by February 28, 2025
Starting date is October 1, 2025
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
February 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Do you want to explore what’s happening?
I am recruitung doctoral researchers for my Lise Meitner Research Group on Technology and Sovereignty @mpifg.bsky.social
Find more information in the link below
Apply by February 28, 2025
Starting date is October 1, 2025
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
I am recruitung doctoral researchers for my Lise Meitner Research Group on Technology and Sovereignty @mpifg.bsky.social
Find more information in the link below
Apply by February 28, 2025
Starting date is October 1, 2025
career.mpifg.de/jobposting/e...
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What a week ahead! ✨
The one & only @katemcnamara.bsky.social visits us in Cologne to talk about EU Economic Statecraft in the Age of Geopolitics
Then @luukschmitz.bsky.social & I are hosting this stellar lineup of scholars for our Geoeconomic Turn in IPE workshop 🌍
@mpifg.bsky.social
The one & only @katemcnamara.bsky.social visits us in Cologne to talk about EU Economic Statecraft in the Age of Geopolitics
Then @luukschmitz.bsky.social & I are hosting this stellar lineup of scholars for our Geoeconomic Turn in IPE workshop 🌍
@mpifg.bsky.social
January 27, 2025 at 10:37 AM
What a week ahead! ✨
The one & only @katemcnamara.bsky.social visits us in Cologne to talk about EU Economic Statecraft in the Age of Geopolitics
Then @luukschmitz.bsky.social & I are hosting this stellar lineup of scholars for our Geoeconomic Turn in IPE workshop 🌍
@mpifg.bsky.social
The one & only @katemcnamara.bsky.social visits us in Cologne to talk about EU Economic Statecraft in the Age of Geopolitics
Then @luukschmitz.bsky.social & I are hosting this stellar lineup of scholars for our Geoeconomic Turn in IPE workshop 🌍
@mpifg.bsky.social
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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
📢Please share widely!
s.gwdg.de/SULoAf
January 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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
📢Please share widely!
s.gwdg.de/SULoAf
Are you curious about using Large Language Model as a research tool for text annotation but don't know where to start? @joshcova.bsky.social and I have you covered with this primer that guides readers with a hands-on example written in accessible language.
📃 Here: osf.io/preprints/os...
📃 Here: osf.io/preprints/os...
December 20, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Are you curious about using Large Language Model as a research tool for text annotation but don't know where to start? @joshcova.bsky.social and I have you covered with this primer that guides readers with a hands-on example written in accessible language.
📃 Here: osf.io/preprints/os...
📃 Here: osf.io/preprints/os...
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Do you work on European integration and want to live in one of the most livable cities in 🇪🇺?
We have an opening for 3-year postdoc position at our research group, which is part of the #polsci department @univie.ac.at.
Application Deadline: Jan 9, 2025.
More info: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
We have an opening for 3-year postdoc position at our research group, which is part of the #polsci department @univie.ac.at.
Application Deadline: Jan 9, 2025.
More info: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
University Assistant post doc EIF 1 Political Science Vienna
University Assistant post doc EIF 1 Political Science Vienna
jobs.univie.ac.at
December 16, 2024 at 7:05 PM
Do you work on European integration and want to live in one of the most livable cities in 🇪🇺?
We have an opening for 3-year postdoc position at our research group, which is part of the #polsci department @univie.ac.at.
Application Deadline: Jan 9, 2025.
More info: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
We have an opening for 3-year postdoc position at our research group, which is part of the #polsci department @univie.ac.at.
Application Deadline: Jan 9, 2025.
More info: jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Universi...
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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
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
November 22, 2024 at 7:52 AM
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
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
Good to know we are outdoing the potatoes!
November 21, 2024 at 7:44 PM
Good to know we are outdoing the potatoes!
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Given the spike in activity on here (finally!), it might be a good moment to repost two recent working papers on the governance and history of the 'poster child' of the EU's new industrial policy: the Important Projects of Common European Interest or IPCEIs.
Links 👇
Links 👇
November 11, 2024 at 7:17 AM
Given the spike in activity on here (finally!), it might be a good moment to repost two recent working papers on the governance and history of the 'poster child' of the EU's new industrial policy: the Important Projects of Common European Interest or IPCEIs.
Links 👇
Links 👇
The Economist is taking no prisoners this week.
October 25, 2024 at 2:04 PM
The Economist is taking no prisoners this week.
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🚨New LUHNIP Policy Brief with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & T. Wuttke in which we summarize key findings from our recent paper on the 'Costs of Conditionality' and elaborate & expand on our policy suggestions.
🔗https://leap.luiss.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/LUHNIP-PB2.24-Costs_of_conditionality.pdf
🔗https://leap.luiss.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/LUHNIP-PB2.24-Costs_of_conditionality.pdf
🚨 New working paper with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & Tobias Wuttke.
To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.
Questions and comments welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.
Questions and comments welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
October 2, 2024 at 10:56 AM
🚨New LUHNIP Policy Brief with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & T. Wuttke in which we summarize key findings from our recent paper on the 'Costs of Conditionality' and elaborate & expand on our policy suggestions.
🔗https://leap.luiss.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/LUHNIP-PB2.24-Costs_of_conditionality.pdf
🔗https://leap.luiss.it/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/LUHNIP-PB2.24-Costs_of_conditionality.pdf
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🚨 New working paper with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & Tobias Wuttke.
To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.
Questions and comments welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.
Questions and comments welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
August 5, 2024 at 10:39 AM
🚨 New working paper with @luukschmitz.bsky.social & Tobias Wuttke.
To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.
Questions and comments welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
To better understand how EU industrial policy actually works, we take an in-depth look at the governance of Important Projects of Common European Interest.
Questions and comments welcome!
🔗 osf.io/preprints/os...
Every once in a while, I read a piece where I can't decide whether it's whacky or brilliant. This is one of them: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
LEVIATHAN AND KRAKEN: STATES, CORPORATIONS, AND POLITICAL ECONOMY
In our politico-philosophical bestiary, no monster has historically been more prominent than the Leviathan, the whale of the Book of Job, transformed by Hobbes, which has long been ubiquitous as a me....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 23, 2023 at 4:31 PM
Every once in a while, I read a piece where I can't decide whether it's whacky or brilliant. This is one of them: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Brookfield shows us what geopolitical rent-seeking looks like:
"We are really excited about what is ahead of us in the next two to three years because of the trends of decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation to come”
www.ft.com/content/5fde...
"We are really excited about what is ahead of us in the next two to three years because of the trends of decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation to come”
www.ft.com/content/5fde...
December 15, 2023 at 11:20 AM
Brookfield shows us what geopolitical rent-seeking looks like:
"We are really excited about what is ahead of us in the next two to three years because of the trends of decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation to come”
www.ft.com/content/5fde...
"We are really excited about what is ahead of us in the next two to three years because of the trends of decarbonisation, digitisation and deglobalisation to come”
www.ft.com/content/5fde...