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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 8d

On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n

British Politics' Midlife Crisis

Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters

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Edd Mair @edwardmair.bsky.social · 16d

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...

Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge

Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Owen Garling @ojgarling.bsky.social · 23d

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...

Research Assistant/Associate - Bennett School of Public Policy

Department/Location: Department of Public Policy (Bennett School of Public Policy)Salary: £33,002-£46,049Reference: JB47263Category: ResearchDate published: 12 September 2025Closing date: 10 October 2...

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Dan de Kadt @dandekadt.bsky.social · 23d

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.

Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science

Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science, , LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university <p styl...

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 23d

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.

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 23d

🚨 @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and I have a paper entitled “Energy Transition, Financial Markets and EU Interventionism: Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis” cond. accepted at @psrm.bsky.social.

Text: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Ba...

Gist of the paper in this 🧵 :

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"Energy Transition, Financial Markets and EU Interventionism:
Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis" by Patrick Bayer, Lorenzo Crippa and Federica Genovese

A successful energy transition requires the reallocation of private capital away from fossil fuel assets to greener alternatives. This transition is typically hindered by investors’ focus on today’s returns. In times of crisis, however, credible and unambiguous political signals about the future profitability of green industries can steer investments towards low-carbon assets. Drawing on European Union interventions during the onset of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, we present an event study of daily stock market returns following the most salient policy announcements by the European Commission in 2022. Our analysis shows that markets for shares of EU-based energy firms were initially prepared to move capital to cleaner companies, suggesting support for the clean energy transition. However, the short-lived distributional effects materialized only for announcements that could unmistakably be understood as unwavering commitments to the EU’s green renewal, while more ambiguous announcements did not have the same distributional implications. Our findings emphasize that repeated and unambiguous political signals during crisis episodes can create favorable market conditions, at least in the short-term, to support capital reallocation towards greener stocks.

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Daniel Rowe @danrowe.bsky.social · 26d

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.)

Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford

Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · Sep 4

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.

Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · Sep 3

New article with @james7jackson.bsky.social out in Competition & Change: The green versus environmental state: Reviewing two decades of conceptualizing state-led approaches

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Sep 1

Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.

Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )

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A graph comparing COVID incidence after the Pfizer vaccine compared to placebo

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Rebecca Brennan @rebeccabrennan.bsky.social · Sep 2

This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond):

www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...

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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · Sep 2

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...

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Giovanni Mantilla @giofabman.bsky.social · Sep 2

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-...

Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship | Christs College Cambridge

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Nick O'Donovan @nickod.bsky.social · Sep 1

***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]

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Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society @cjres.bsky.social · Sep 1

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

Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 28

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)

Rose 🌹 @rose.bsky.team · Aug 28

Millions of followers ≠ engagement. @theguardian.com has 1.4m followers on Threads with almost no engagement. On Bluesky, links can get 3–4x more clicks than likes.

The real question isn’t “how many followers do you have?” but “what kind of engagement do you get?”

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Lotem Halevy @lotemhalevy.bsky.social · Aug 27

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!

The Politics of Inequality @excinequality.bsky.social · Aug 8

📣 Call for Papers is open!
In_equality Conference 2026 | 15–17 April | Konstanz
We invite papers on the political causes & consequences of #inequality

Submit Aug 8–Oct 5 ➡️ inequality-conference.de
@uni-konstanz.de

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Luana Russo @luanarusso.bsky.social · Aug 27

📣 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...

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

Donald Trump says he is firing Federal Reserve governor Lisa Cook ‘effective immediately’

Policymaker says she ‘will not resign’ and vows to fight president’s attack on central bank

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SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics @sasemeeting.bsky.social · Aug 21

🎓 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...

PhD Scholarships in Political Economy of Socio-Ecological Transformation | Opportunities for SASE Members

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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · Aug 20

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...

The organizational ecology of the global space industry

The global space industry is booming. While governmental agencies used to dominate outer space activities, private space organizations (PSOs) now launch rockets, operate strategic satellites, and e...

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Brett Christophers @brettchristophers.bsky.social · Aug 17

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.

Whose Fed? | Brett Christophers

For the past twenty years, central banks have rarely been out of the news. Called upon to stabilize the global financial system when it appeared at risk

www.nybooks.com

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Carolyn Sissoko @csissoko.bsky.social · Aug 14

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

Financial dominance: why the ‘market maker of last resort’ is a bad idea and what to do about it

Abstract. Financial regulation, influenced by mainstream models of banks as sources of liquidity risk, rather than post-Keynesian models of banks as liquid

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 19

Thanks Malte!

James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 19

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.

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James Wood @thinkwoodist.bsky.social · Aug 12

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...

The US’ Polycentric Innovation State

Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · Oct 19

‘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
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Four economic truths that explain the US’s bizarre election

A trip to America’s number 3 shopping mall offers answers to what’s really going on

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