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Paolo Gerbaudo

@paologerbaudo.bsky.social

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Senior researcher in Social Science, Universidad Complutense, Madrid. Interested in social movements, populism, political organisation, technology.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · 9d

Thanks Osmond, I think that the initial tweet captures well the contradiction of conflict around the state that we are now witnessing

Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

eheh

Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

I have missed this

Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

The article is part of a special issue on 'The Political Economy of Green-Digital Transition', guest edited by Edelmilson Paraná on Globalizations. We also want to thank the anonymous reviewers for the useful comments on our article.

Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

This shortcoming is becoming even more apparent as the world faces the return of (new) great power politics, and the EU finds itself under heavy pressure from the Trump's administration to renounce to any pretence of political autonomy and technological sovereignty.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

Further we underline (2) the emphasis on technology adoption, rather than the expansion of productive capacities (basically the EU continues to adopt much of the tech it adopts). This leads to the paradox that NGEU may further entrench EU tech dependency on the US and China.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

We highlight: (1) a tension between two competing narratives, short-term economic recovery ('recovery narrative'), and long-term technological transformation ('modernisation narrative'), with the NGEU ending up focusing more on the former.

Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

We critically examine the strategic contradictions of NGEU, both in its overarching conception narratives and the details of its concrete policy content, to assess the degree to which the plan has fulfilled its promise of future-proofing the political economy of the EU.

Reposted by Rune Møller Stahl

Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Sep 3

Very glad to see our new article "Transition without transformation? The strategic limits of NextGenerationEU green-digital transition plans" co-authored with Walter Haeusl, out in Globalizations! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Transition without transformation? The strategic limits of NextGenerationEU green-digital transition plans

This article critically examines the strategic vision underpinning NextGenerationEU (NGEU) and its ambition of promoting a green-digital transition. Through a discourse and policy analysis of EU-le...

www.tandfonline.com

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Francesco Bailo @francescobailo.bsky.social · Aug 28

We have a 🚨 new open access paper 🚨 with @polcommjournal.bsky.social We show how platforms can simultaneously concentrate and fragment political power. We analysed Italy's Five Star Movement across 5 platforms to understand multi-platform dynamics in political organisations. doi.org/10.1080/1058...

Affording Fragmented Audiences: Multi-Platform Deliberation within the Five Star Movement

We examine how multi-platform digital environments influence intra-party dynamics within political organizations, focusing on the Italian Five Star Movement (M5S) as a paradigmatic case of extreme ...

doi.org

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Instituto Meridiano @institutomeridiano.org · Jun 24

Y muchas gracias a @luisaguado.bsky.social, Cristina de Benito y @paologerbaudo.bsky.social.

Las discusiones en profundidad sobre la sociología del cambio climático, los conflictos en el despliegue de renovables y la reindustrialización verde es lo que necesitamos ahora mismo.

Este es el camino.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Jun 13

Varieties of Religious Experience: Tech Conference Variety.

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Doug Henwood @doughenwood.bsky.social · Jun 12

fresh audio product:

• Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social on the Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD’s rise
• Andrew Hartman, author of Karl Marx in America, on the bearded one’s reception in the US

www.leftbusinessobserver.com/Radio.html#S...

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Jun 3

Another exhibit of the prominence of the security frame in post-global discourse; but where the notion of security is geared exclusively towards defence. Many who find themselves in a difficult economic situation in reading this will ask: “Secure at home? Really?”

Reposted by Michael Nelson, Paolo Gerbaudo

Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · Jun 2

This fascinating new research overturns longstanding assumptions. It finds that lower-income groups are more concerned about the environment and prefer environmental protection over economic growth, compared to higher-income groups. Data from the USA.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · Jun 2

Protection and security have indeed become "master frames" of contemporary politics. Unfortunately less and less in the sense of social security and social protection; more and more in the sense of national defence and rearmament.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 2

Prime Minister Keir Starmer of Britain on Monday promised to bring his country to "war-fighting readiness" as he announced plans to build up to 12 new attack submarines and invest in nuclear and other weaponry as part of a new military strategy aimed at deterring an increasingly hostile Russia.

U.K. to Build Up to 12 Submarines as Part of Shift to ‘War-Fighting Readiness’

www.nytimes.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jun 2

U.K. to Build Up to 12 Submarines as Part of Shift to ‘War-Fighting Readiness’

www.nytimes.com

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Ariel Jerez @arieljerez.bsky.social · Jun 2

Colonialismo digital. Poder y geopolítica en la era de las plataformas

Viernes 6jn 10am

Un encuentro
con investigadores europexs de primera línea en @CCPPySOCUCM, para pensar la autonomía estratégica y cognitiva en una coyuntura decisiva.

Con @pbustinduy.bsky.social y @paologerbaudo.bsky.social.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · May 29

Won't be there but I dig this so much.

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Rune Møller Stahl @runestahl.bsky.social · May 29

On my way to the Beyond Neoliberalism conference. Anyone from in here going?

beyond-neoliberalism.org

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Pablo Bustinduy @pbustinduy.bsky.social · May 29

Consumo se une a una iniciativa internacional para luchar contra el ecopostureo de las aerolíneas.

Vía @publico.es

Consumo se une a una iniciativa internacional para luchar contra el ecopostureo de las aerolíneas

El departamento se une a 16 autoridades internacionales de protección de consumidores que representan a 35 países.

www.publico.es

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · May 29

We are witnessing live how an hegemonic power shoots itself in the feet. US universities have always been a key instrument of US international projection and scientific power. This administration is seriously harming them. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/28/u...

U.S. Will ‘Aggressively’ Revoke Visas of Chinese Students, Rubio Says

www.nytimes.com

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · May 29

Guess who’s in Las Vegas today for a Bitcoin Conference?

Yep, Nigel Farage.

Fresh from France, he’s hopped the pond:

www.nasdaq.com/articles/nig...

#AnywhereButClacton

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James Medlock @jdcmedlock.bsky.social · May 28

Trump is going to destroy the global economy again to prove he isn't a wuss

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Alameda Institute @alameda.institute · May 28

Day II of the Alameda Convergence Workshop on sovereignty, crisis, order & transition.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · May 27

Two days of insightful discussions on sovereignty, its dispersion and mobilisation, in times of global disorder with amazing colleagues. Really glad to be part of the @alameda.institute community!

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · May 27

Chinese University invites Harvard int’l students. As the US squanders its hegemonic power and sees its scientific advantage eroding China is putting itself forward as the alternative.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · May 22

Trump's Golden Dome and Stargate (not to speak of Musk's deranged Mars ambitions) alongside China's mega-infrastructure projects (high speed rail etc) are proof that we are not just in a time of MAGA, but also of MEGA. Megalomania, a typical trait of "high modernism", is coming back BIG time.

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Paolo Gerbaudo @paologerbaudo.bsky.social · May 22

Trump appears to have no qualms about undermining the foundations of US cultural and scientific leadership. If this continues, it is not far-fetched to imagine a future where China’s top unis particularly those in the C9 League - become more appealing to int'l students than Ivy League institutions.

The New York Times @nytimes.com · May 22

Breaking News: The Trump administration halted Harvard’s ability to enroll international students, a major escalation in its battle with the school.

Trump Administration Halts Harvard’s Ability to Enroll International Students

www.nytimes.com

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