Jonas Horn

Between X and Y: how process tracing contributes to opening the black box of causality This article maps the methodological debate on process tracing and discusses the diverse variants of process tracing in order to highlight the commonalities beyond diversity and disagreements. Toda...

Maybe this is an interesting read for the process tracing session?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

08.07.2025 20:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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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26.06.2025 09:51 — 👍 67    🔁 33    💬 1    📌 3

Family feelings: affective ties and the reproduction of wealth in super-rich families Rising wealth inequalities, concentrated in the hands of a few super-rich families, have recently sparked sociological interest in how these families sustain and legitimise their wealth across generat...

My first paper of my dissertation 'Patrimonial Relations. Kinship, capital and conflict in super-rich Families' is out now on open access!

Here I discuss how super-rich families use relational work on affective family ties as an economic resource.

@bupjournals.bsky.social

28.04.2025 13:36 — 👍 54    🔁 19    💬 3    📌 3

Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to establish a network of women working in political economy and to contribute to ameliorating existing gendered inequalities in the fi...

The Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy aims to address the continued underrepresentation of women in political economy. Join us!

📅 Cologne, September 22–25, 2025
👩‍🎓 For current PhD students or recent PhD graduates – free of charge
⏳ Apply by April 25, 2025

26.03.2025 13:13 — 👍 46    🔁 43    💬 0    📌 1

The christmas elf is hiding in the corner

03.12.2024 17:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Screenshot of the title page of a scientific articel titled "Saving the internet? The limits of platform power amid the techlash". Full text available here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/business-and-politics/article/saving-the-internet-the-limits-of-platform-power-amid-the-techlash/F5CE70373C8C971BE4F2B4E7B73ADE98

Back in the good old days of Twitter, the European Copyright Directive of 2019 (EUCD) was a hot topic. Some users thought it would stifle free speech, while others believed it would stop Big Tech from exploiting artists. How did platforms shape this debate and why were they (un)successful? 🧵

18.11.2024 15:04 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0

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

22.11.2024 07:52 — 👍 43    🔁 20    💬 11    📌 1