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Carla Ibled

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Career Development Fellow in international political economy at University of Durham, working on neoliberalism and psychoanalysis

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Apr 10

Very happy to say that my article on Musk and Thiel's political theory of the founder (drawing on Lacan on the way) is out with @jcultecon.bsky.social! Strange to see it out there with all what happened in the last year, but it will hopefully make it a good read

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‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur

Silicon Valley’s tech moguls have increasing political ambitions, as spectacularly illustrated by Peter Thiel’s and Elon Musk’s involvements in the US 2022 midterm elections and 2024 presidential e...

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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · 6d

Our latest issue just out and, we think we can say this, it is a banger. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rjce20/c... feat. @philiproscoe.bsky.social @ulissess.bsky.social @cibled.bsky.social @maijutanninen.bsky.social @busedoyu.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social @theobourgeron.bsky.social &&

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Ulises Navarro Aguiar @ulissess.bsky.social · 6d

It is in terrific company next to brilliant work by @philiproscoe.bsky.social, @theobourgeron.bsky.social, @cibled.bsky.social, @imaginaries.bsky.social, @busedoyu.bsky.social, @zephoria.bsky.social, @maijutanninen.bsky.social, among others :)

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Journal of Cultural Economy

Volume 18, Issue 5 of Journal of Cultural Economy

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Aug 27

Thanks Ian!

Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Aug 7

Thanks Pasko! Very happy it can be useful. Please don't hesitate to get in touch if you need people to read your piece before submission

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David Wearing @davidwearing.bsky.social · Aug 5

You will not see a more tangible encapsulation of the genocide. A war of utter annihilation waged as a joint enterprise between the Israeli state on the ground and its allies in consistent support. The debt of reparations that the West owes to the Palestinian people at this point is incalculable.

News Eye @newseye.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen.

By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza

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ProfAFinlayson @profafinlayson.bsky.social · Jul 7

An interesting project in Denmark is looking for a PhD & a post-doc in rhetoric: "Talking Empire: Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain (1960-2025)”. PhD link in the reply. Postdoc here: fa-eosd-saasfaprod1.fa.ocs.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...

PhD position for research project: Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain

PhD position for research project: Talking Empire – Prime Ministerial Rhetoric and the Search for a Usable Past in Post-Imperial Britain The Department of Language and Culture at the University of Sou...

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Jul 4

Just reposting in case of interest. Applications close next week. Come to work with @harveymurenow.bsky.social, Jack Copley, Eugenia Giraudo and me!

Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Jun 18

A Career Development Fellowship has opened in the International Political Economy research group at Durham. Come and work with our lovely crew!

Career Development Fellow in International Political Economy

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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Théo Bourgeron @theobourgeron.bsky.social · Jun 24

Pourquoi des franges croissantes du patronat français soutiennent-elles l'extrême-droite? Pour changer la réglementation à leur profit, certes, mais aussi pour provoquer un changement de régime... J'explore ces questions dans un entretien pour L'Huma de ce jour 👇👇

Derrière la bataille idéologique, l’enjeu économique : Théo Bourgeron décrypte les visées de Pierre-Édouard Stérin et de la « finance autoritaire » - L'Humanité

Co-auteur de la Finance autoritaire, précieuse étude sur la mobilisation décisive des fonds d’investissement lors de la victoire du Brexit au Royaume-Uni, le sociologue Théo Bourgeron...

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Jessica Whyte @jessicawhyte.bsky.social · Apr 18

I wrote about how Israel mobilises a highly permissive interpretation of the international humanitarian law prohibition of starving civilians to portray its starvation campaign as a ‘tragic humanitarian crisis’’ and give legal cover to its genocide. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A “Tragic Humanitarian Crisis”: Israel’s Weaponization of Starvation and the Question of Intent

Published in Journal of Genocide Research (Ahead of Print, 2024)

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Politics Theory Other @poltheoryother.bsky.social · Jun 19

📢📢 NEW EPISODE 📢📢 Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi on how Israel's goals in Iran are not confined to destroying the Iranian nuclear programme, but are also aimed at the de-development of Iranian society and the balkanisation of the country:

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Israel's war on Iranian society w/ Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi

Podcast Episode · Politics Theory Other · 06/19/2025 · 42m

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Jun 18

A Career Development Fellowship has opened in the International Political Economy research group at Durham. Come and work with our lovely crew!

Career Development Fellow in International Political Economy

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

durham.taleo.net

Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Jun 18

Eskandar Sadeghi-Boroujerdi, Culmination — Sidecar

Israel attacks Iran.

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Jun 10

‘These are traps set for the people’: the story of a mother shot dead searching for food in Gaza

A family is reeling from the killing of a woman who walked for hours to an Israeli-backed distribution point with her son and daughter

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Tim Onion @bencollins.bsky.social · Jun 6

Elon threatening to just leave people on the ISS is making a pretty good case for why you nationalize your space program!

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Sahil Dutta @sahildutta.bsky.social · Jun 4

Great new paper on the political economy of austerity by @ilovering.bsky.social. Uncovers history of austerity as an expansive programme of state planning and centralisation of power, rather than a macroeconomic policy driven by bond holders, state slashers etc www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Austerity governance and the performance anxieties of the tax state

Austerity might not have reduced the net spend of the state, but it has certainly transformed it into something more centralised, coercive, and managerial. The austerity literature often explains t...

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Nick Taylor @ntaylor.bsky.social · Jun 2

This Wednesday at QMUL - @aargatsbmatqmul.bsky.social hosts 'Transforming Central Banking in the Ecological Crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting'.

Register and share:

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Select tickets – Transforming central banking in the ecological crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting – Queen Mary University of London, iQ East (Scape) 0.14

This event brings together scholars to discuss political economy and accounting perspectives on the challenges for transforming...

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Political Economy Research Centre @goldperc.bsky.social · May 30

As part of PERC's Silicon Valley Ideology series, @alirizataskale.bsky.social reviews The Technological Republic, by Palantir's CEO Alex Karp and Nicholas Zamiska. The books is an unapologetic blueprint for a militarised tech oligarchy that threatens democracy and needs to be resisted.

Palantir’s Technological Republic: The Militarised Tech Oligarchy is Here - Political Economy Research Centre

In his farewell address this January, then US President Joe Biden delivered a striking warning: a “tech oligarchy”, he said, now threatens American democracy. Echoing Eisenhower’s warning about the mi...

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Nick Taylor @ntaylor.bsky.social · May 30

The (Not So) Hidden Bias in the UK Pension System by Ariane Agunsoye for @goldperc.bsky.social. Those with interrupted & varied work trajectories suffer in an unequal system, built for the "ideal" full-time, well-paid worker.

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The (Not So) Hidden Bias in the UK Pension System - Political Economy Research Centre

Retirement planning can be daunting – especially in the UK, where a weakened welfare state has led to one of the lowest pension provisions among OECD countries. Rising living costs, job insecurity, an...

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Nick Taylor @ntaylor.bsky.social · May 12

🗣️ Join us at Queen Mary on 4th June for an event on transforming central banking in the ecological crisis. The event brings together political economists, accountants, policy experts & more to explore the challenges. All welcome! Register free:

www.tickettailor.com/events/queen...

Select tickets – Transforming central banking in the ecological crisis: intersecting perspectives from political economy and accounting – Queen Mary University of London, iQ East (Scape) 0.14

This event brings together scholars to discuss political economy and accounting perspectives on the challenges for transforming...

www.tickettailor.com

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Ali Rıza Taşkale @alirizataskale.bsky.social · May 8

The 3rd piece in the Distinktion special issue I’m commissioning is out. It maps a neoliberal Great Replacement theory, where socialist elites, not capital, are blamed for migration + welfare expansion. From Hayek to Musk, market logic meets far-right paranoia. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Journal of Cultural Economy @jcultecon.bsky.social · May 7

📢🔔 ICYMI - this at 1989 views in less than a month is By FAR our fastest moving article ‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur - @cibled.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

‘Founder as Victim, Founder as God’: Peter Thiel, Elon Musk and the two bodies of the entrepreneur

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Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · May 6

Durham IPE group is hosting @ceciliarikap.bsky.social and @abenanav.bsky.social tomorrow. Come along if you are in the North East.

Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Apr 28

Amazing - I need to read this!

Carla Ibled @cibled.bsky.social · Apr 28

Very excited to be in the Guardian today!

Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · Apr 28

“Common Wealth ... warns that a powerful coalition – composed of private corporations, billionaires ... and “neoliberal” thinktanks – is working to extend earthly ownership structures to space.”

Our new report with @cibled.bsky.social in @theguardian.com 🔗👇

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The Guardian view on owning the heavens: the perils of letting capitalism colonise the cosmos | Editorial

Editorial: Donald Trump ignited a scramble that is transforming space from shared frontier to private asset – raising questions about law, equity and ethics

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Nick Taylor @ntaylor.bsky.social · Apr 28

📣 28-29 May at QMUL @clasp-qmul.bsky.social End of Year Event on 'The Materialities of AI', feat. @katecrawford.bsky.social @anavaldi.bsky.social @jamesmuldoon.bsky.social @milamiceli.bsky.social @dataworkersinquiry.bsky.social

Register free: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

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