Eleni Tsingou

Important new work by my colleague Søren Lund Frandsen on green industrial policy and its organisational
microfoundations.

ournal Article The asymmetrical negotiation of legal certainty: neutral places in taxation law in France Corentin Durand , Jérôme Pélisse Socio-Economic Review, mwaf036, https://doi.org/10.1093/ser/mwaf036 Published: 24 June 2025 pdfPDF Split View Cite Permissions Icon Permissions Share Icon Share Abstract This article argues that face-to-face professional events where regulators and regulated parties engage in civil and scholarly conversations about the law, such as conferences, seminars, and training sessions, are central to how regulations are interpreted and applied—an understudied aspect of regulatory capture. Critically revisiting Bourdieu and Boltanski’s notion of neutral place, we reconceptualize these events as places where dominant agents of a particular field come together to agree on unifying rules of competition—in the case of tax law that of legal certainty. Using data from semi-structured interviews, as well as statistical analysis and event observations in the field of tax law in France, we show how the structure of these events and the interactions among experts, in a contested move, shift the burden of predictability onto tax regulators, by expecting them to stabilize rule interpretation to leave room for private actors’ strategic uses of the law.

Very happy to share that our article, with Jérôme Pélisse, is out in Socio-Economic Review

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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!

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Investment narratives in women's health: Insights on ‘tech for good’ from a new market - Eleni Tsingou, 2025 Femtech, the corporate term that describes a marketplace for women's health populated by start-up companies and venture capital investors, is receiving att...

What happens when venture capital discovers women’s health. Some observations on the investment narratives getting this market moving in @bigdatasoc.bsky.social. Thanks to SI editors @maharafiatal.bsky.social, @brandaid-world.bsky.social & Sofie Elbæk Henriksen.
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A fantastic team of editors and a very useful volume. All open access. My contribution with @mnance.bsky.social on bank power and owning financial infrastructures.

So sorry, Jeff.

Startup Raises $1M to Launch World’s First Competitive Sperm Racing Event in Los Angeles | Femtech Insider A new startup called Sperm Racing has raised $1 million led by Karatage, with participation from Figment Capital and Karman to launch what they describe as the world's first live sperm racing competit...

Turning male fertility into a competitive sport. The start-up is also setting up a betting market. femtechinsider.com/startup-rais...

The very disturbing kind

Loud and clear

A great and important read! Thank you

Come to Copenhagen!

Denmark and Other Nations Under Pressure Seek Lobbyists With Trump Ties The president’s confrontational foreign policy has created opportunity for his allies on K Street who are willing to take on clients he has targeted.

What’s left in the toolbox?

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Varieties of capitalism and patient capital in developing and emerging economies: evidence from Kenya Abstract. Patient capital (PC) has gained traction in discussions about how finance can better serve society. While PC is a central concept in comparative

New paper out with Socio-Economic Review 🎉 Varieties of capitalism and patient capital in developing and emerging economies: evidence from Kenya
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At long last I have my own copy of one of the books of the year - by the awesome @manuelamoschella.bsky.social

SER call for papers for a special issue on offshore finance.

📢 Proud to share a collective effort to better understand what post-growth International Relations may look like. I had the privilege of guest-editing this Editors Forum on "Towards post-growth IR" in @risjnl.bsky.social together with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social! 🧵 /1
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💥My @ejir.bsky.social article "Beyond Authority" now has an issue! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

💡I argue that international organizations govern global challenges not only through norms, standards and numbers but also through practice in the field.

Short thread below!

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Call for Papers: The socio-economics of loss and decline in the climate crisis Special issue for Socio-Economic Review Guest Editors: Valentina Ausserladscheider, University of Vienna, (valentina.ausserladscheider@univie.ac.at), Timur Er

The climate crisis leads to unprecedented losses and damages.

Help us understand how they affect contemporary societies & political economies. Join @vapunkt.bsky.social, @trgn.bsky.social & me at:

- SASE Mini Conference
- Paper Workshop @mpifg.bsky.social
- Special issue at Socio-Economic Review

2. But in Denmark, there is also a lot of discussion on the effects of environmental changes on fertility. So more focus on those who want children early but don’t conceive. A lot of research on male fertility especially. Both public health people and demographers see this as a factor too.

1. For Denmark, housing is a big deal. Copenhagen municipality had a campaign a few years back on raising fertility awareness that was widely mocked mostly for that reason.

Congratulations, Brooke! In Greek, the wish for a new book is ‘καλοτάξιδο’, roughly translating to ‘may your book have a good journey’. Looks like this one is well on its way.

A great paper - and so very useful!