Finance has shaped our world. Now it must help build the one we need.
Today we launch the Global Consortium for Rethinking Capitalism: a new international alliance of universities & practitioners reimagining what finance can make possible for public value.
Learn more+watch the trailer: gcrc.online
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The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is launching two exciting new collaborations this month β with CONICET (Buenos Aires) and the Architectural Association (London). Details below, with more news on our global research platform coming soon.
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Logistics and Power in Illegitimate Markets
UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is delighted to welcome Susan Zieger to give this seminar. With respondent Professor Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou.
Logistics & Power in Illegitimate Markets
29 Oct 5pm, UCL, London
Illegal logistics reveal social & cultural consequences of two centuries of laissez-faire economics. @ucl-ccs.bsky.social welcomes Susan Zieger to give this seminar. With Prof @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
28.10.2025 13:44 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Logistics and Power in Illegitimate Markets
UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is delighted to welcome Susan Zieger to give this seminar. With respondent Professor Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou.
Our first event of the academic year is the UK book launch of @susanzieger.bsky.social's LOGISTICS AND POWER.
ποΈ29 October 2025, 5pmβ7pm
πIAS Common Ground G11 ground floor, South Wing
UCL Gower St, London
Followed by a reception
Free and open to all--register here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
06.10.2025 14:31 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Looking forward to joining the UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies as a Visiting Fellow next year!
11.08.2025 07:44 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Iβm thrilled to be joining the UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies as a Visiting Fellow next academic year!
31.07.2025 09:13 β π 10 π 1 π¬ 1 π 0
Visiting Research Fellows 2025-26
We are delighted to announce the incoming cohort of Visiting Fellows at the UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies for 2025/26. A very warm welcome to: @jeromeroos.bsky.social, @sarahkunz.bsky.social, Maya Adereth, Simidele Dosekun, and Rachel O'Neill!
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
24.07.2025 12:14 β π 6 π 0 π¬ 0 π 2
Collapse Finance - e-flux Education
The New Institute's Futures of Capitalism Program, led by Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, convenes Collapse Finance, the inaugural workshop of the Global Consortium for Re-thinking Capitalism (GCRC).
Extremely proud to bring COLLAPSE FINANCE to the world β with an unbelievable set of participants.
Full announcement via e-Flux, Inc.
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June 10-11. Hosted by The New Institute and organised together with @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social and Till Wittwer.
www.e-flux.com/announcement...
29.05.2025 08:24 β π 10 π 4 π¬ 2 π 2
This was quite a thought-provoking event / book launch yesterday on Noam Yuranβs The Sexual Economy of Capitalism, with @aminsamman.bsky.social and Anat Rosenberg, hosted by @finandsoc.bsky.social and @ucl-ccs.bsky.social A lesson in how to think things otherwise.
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Always great to hear from @maxread.info whoβs been one of the most insightful voices engaging with my work. Here he draws on my analysis of speculative politics to make a compelling case about the logic behind Trumpβs tariff chaos.
21.04.2025 12:08 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
Kohei Saito and Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
UK launch for @koheisaito.bsky.social's Slow Down, hosted by @ariskomporozos.bsky.social & @ucl-ccs.bsky.social!
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
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If in London today, join us for this amazing discussion with @koheisaito.bsky.social about his book βSlow Down: Slow Down: How Degrowth Communism Can Save the Earthβ
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TODAY // 18:00 // 20 BEDFORD WAY // UCL
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This will be great! Head over if youβre in London
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TOMORROW!
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Check out our amazing line-up of upcoming events with
@koheisaito.bsky.social, @ariskomporozos.bsky.social, Ana Valdivia, @aminsamman.bsky.social, Noam Yuran, Caroline Hossein, Anat Rosenberg and others!
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10.04.2025 10:31 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 1 π 1
SLOW DOWN - the UK launch
The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies presents Kohei Saito in conversation with Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
On April 15, we're hosting the much-anticipated UK launch of @koheisaito.bsky.social's SLOW DOWN
Kohei Saito will be in conversation with our Centre Director Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
6pm, Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
04.04.2025 08:48 β π 16 π 7 π¬ 0 π 4
If times feel uncertain, itβs because they are
No doubt on doubt
Some compelling FT charts on the recent explosion of uncertainty readings in economic and geopolitical indices -- even higher than market measures of uncertainty used in options pricing, the VIX etc....
www.ft.com/content/8c12...
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Come and join us!
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We are delighted to be hosting this event on Monday with @aminsamman.bsky.social and @will-davies.bsky.social
21.03.2025 10:02 β π 3 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0
YouTube video by THE NEW INSTITUTE
How does finance shape our world today? - Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
How does finance shape our world today?
One idea // 60 seconds with UCL CCS Director @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/tF1p4...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
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Opportunities to work with us
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
Work with us!
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
Info on current opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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03.03.2025 16:17 β π 5 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
SLOW DOWN - the UK launch
The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies presents Kohei Saito in conversation with Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies presents:
***SLOW DOWN - the UK launch***
Kohei Saito in conversation with Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou.
ποΈ 6-7pm April 15th 2025
π Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way
Open to all
@koheisaito.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
28.02.2025 13:21 β π 12 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
A very happy Winter Term from all of us here @ucl-ccs.bsky.social ! ππππ www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
17.01.2025 10:50 β π 3 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
How ultra-liberalism and precariousness created the βcryptobrosβ
Speculation has become central to our lives, argues Dr Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou (IOE, UCLβs Faculty of Education & Society), adding: "Speculation is not a choice but an imposition: we speculate to s...
Donald and Melania Trump launched their 'memecoin' cryptocurrencies $Trump and $Melania in the last few days, and their valuations have soared. In August, @ariskomporozos.bsky.social argued that ultra-liberalism and precariousness have created the 'cryptobros'.
www.ucl.ac.uk/news/headlin...
20.01.2025 11:14 β π 3 π 2 π¬ 0 π 0
Call for Participants: The Truth? In this Economy?
An Unconventional London Symposium on Financialisation and Truth-bending.
π½πCall for Participants: The Truth? In this Economy?ππ½
An Unconventional London Symposium on Financialisation and Truth-bending
πUCL Centre for Capitalism Studies
ποΈApril 10 2025
Organised by @maxhaiven.bsky.social and @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
APPLY by 03.03.25
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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A very happy Winter Term from all of us here @ucl-ccs.bsky.social ! ππππ www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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