Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute

Why does labour governance fail the very workers it should protect?

Dr Natalie Langford joins Dr Remi Edwards to explore racialisation, colonialism and globalisation through the lens of the Indian tea industry.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/why-l...

#LabourRights #GlobalEconomy

Chris also recently co-hosted Crisis Point with @dillonwamsley.bsky.social, a 12-part series on the historical and contemporary role of crisis in capitalism

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Does China's party-state capitalist model mean it can fully decarbonise its economy?

Our exec producer Chris Saltmarsh joins Remi to discuss his @ripejournal.bsky.social article on the development of the Chinese political economy and implications for tackling the climate crisis

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India’s farming sector is facing deep crisis. Falling productivity, debt and mass protests have drawn global attention.

Dr Shreya Sinha joins Dr Remi Edwards to discuss who gains, who loses and how women are affected most.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/how-d...

🏭 What are the impacts of the Indonesian state's Green Industrial Policy, in terms of growth, extractivism and environmental (in)justice?

Muhammad Firman Eko Putra on state capitalism in Indonesia's nickel industry, based on his MA dissertation

📖 Read here: shorturl.at/ROdIA

@paulinafloresmtz.bsky.social @tony-heron.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

"Ending deforestation in Brazil requires not a change of rhetoric, but an entire rethink of the country’s ‘neo-extractivist’ development model and the system of political patronage that underpins it"

Paulina Flores-Martinez and coauthors for SPERI Blog: shorturl.at/8Z6hA

SPERI Doctoral Researchers' Network host annual conference Doctoral researchers from across the UK and beyond came to SPERI on 8 September to share their research around the conference theme 'This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?'.

This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?

Our Doctoral Researchers' Network hosted their annual conference, featuring presentations from almost 40 early-career political economists from across the UK and beyond.

More here: shorturl.at/X6rqX

How do we define crisis in today’s world?

In the final Crisis Point episode, Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley reflect on financial and climate crises, theory, and action.

Listen on The Player: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/theor...

#PoliticalEconomy

The climate crisis threatens life itself, yet emissions continue to rise.

In SPERI Presents... Crisis Point, Prof Jeremy Green joins Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley to ask why, and what history tells us about the chance of change.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/clima...

Is populism a threat to democracy, or part of how it has always worked?

Professor Michael Bray joins Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley in Crisis Point to explore democracy, capitalism and crisis.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/popul...

#Populism #Democracy #CrisisPoint

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🫖 What are the limits of civil society activism in protecting workers who become excluded from systems of production?

✍️ Dr Natalie Langford discusses her new paper with @remiedwards.bsky.social, published this year in @ripejournal.bsky.social

🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/9Cqjj

💭 What's the relationship between organised violence and the capitalist economy?

Vicki Reif-Breitwieser talks about her research on corporate harm to communities through lithium extraction

🎧 Full episode here: shorturl.at/RnWdU

Is the rising cost of living a crisis in capitalism or a normal part of the system?

In Crisis Point: Cost of Living, Professor Martijn Konings explains inflation, its effects, and what it means for the future.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/cost-...

#CostOfLiving #Inflation

Why does austerity keep coming back?

In Crisis Point, Clara Mattei joins us to explain how austerity has shaped capitalist societies for over a century.

Listen now on The Player: bit.ly/45zUEU8

#Austerity #CrisisPoint #PoliticalEconomy

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Examining how military technologies are produced and how post-industrial UK regions are drawn into global war supply chains, our podcast of the week interrogates the political economy of organized violence.

With @frankmaracchione.bsky.social et al. at @sperishefuni.bsky.social

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Labubu dolls are having a moment online - but what can this tell us about what consumers are seeking in the digital age?

Erhan Kilincarslan and Jiafan Li of @huddersfielduni.bsky.social on the emotional economics of Labubu

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Is organised violence central to capitalism?

Our live episode recorded at @mybisa.bsky.social is @the-syllabus.bsky.social's podcast of the week

Listen here: shorturl.at/RnWdU

Prof Matthew Watson joins @sperishefuni.bsky.social's podcast to ask: was the Long Depression truly a crisis?

From falling profits to class conflict, this period changed how we think about capitalism.

Listen now: bit.ly/3H4K4Lw
#EconomicHistory #PoliticalEconomy #ThePlayerSheffield

Live: Is organised violence central to capitalism? @ BISA 2025 SPERI Presents... · Episode

@sperishefuni.bsky.social Presents:

Live: Is organised violence central to capitalism? @ BISA2025 w/ Joanna Tidy, Elena Simon, Vick Reif-Breitwieser Beryl Pong @frankmaracchione.bsky.social & @remiedwards.bsky.social 🎉

Recorded @ipegbisa.bsky.social roundtable #BISA2025 🌟

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What caused the 2008 financial crash? Why does it still matter today?

Dr Scott Lavery joins SPERI in Crisis Point to talk about how the crisis reshaped politics, the economy, and our everyday lives - and what might come next.

🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3UiPw0a

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Vicki Reif-Breitwieser, Dr Frank Maracchione, Dr Joanna Tidy, Dr Elena Simon and Dr Beryl Pong join host Dr Remi Edwards to discuss:

- the production of military technologies
- defence spending
- extractive industries
- the war in Ukraine
- methods / narratives
- resistance to violence

🎙️ SPERI Presents... LIVE! 🎙️

📡 What is the relationship between the capitalist economy and organised violence by, within and between states?

⏺️ We recorded a roundtable discussion at @mybisa.bsky.social Conference in Belfast

Listen now: shorturl.at/GF3re

What can the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis tell us about capitalism and global crashes?

Jomo Kwame Sundaram speaks to Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley about the role of the IMF, how it hit Asia, and how it connects to 2008.

Listen now on The Player: bit.ly/3TACefp

YouTube video by Y-PERN Kersten England and the importance of Y-PERN's research work

How do we collaborate to tackle challenges?

In a video from #YPERN2025, Engagement Director Kersten discusses how Y-PERN is driving inclusive growth in the region and the huge opportunities that #Devolution presents to get academics & policymakers working together.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjN5...

Think you know what happened in the 1970s?

Professor Colin Hay joins @sperishefuni.bsky.social's Crisis Point podcast to rethink stagflation, trade unions, and Thatcherism. What was really going on - and what does it mean for us now?

🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3Tth6ri

#Stagflation #EconomicHistory

🌏 Research Climate Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities workshop

💭 Our Doctoral Researchers Network hosted a one-day workshop for PGRs and ECRs working on the political economy of the climate crisis and activism

Info, including how to get involved in future events, here: shorturl.at/LXXsC