Finance and Society

New in @finandsoc.bsky.social: ‘The non-death of Adam Neumann’, unpacking the return of WeWork’s disgraced founder. It’s about Silicon Valley’s ambivalence to failure & fraud, and how venture capital rewards already-powerful, ruthless and deceptive serial founders. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Why is WeWork’s disgraced founder still so investable?

Read @timwhite100.bsky.social's paper 'The non-death of Adam Neumann: Alt-exiting, serial-founding, and failing up in Silicon Valley venture capital' in @finandsoc.bsky.social ⤵️

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation

Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures".

Open panel submissions portal is open! ls!

Deadline: 2nd February 2026

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Check out my essay "Welcome to the age of Longevity Capitalism" now open access in @finandsoc.bsky.social

Thank you @aminsamman.bsky.social for endorsing the project, and to @jvtk.bsky.social for our great conversation on these ideas.

Picture credit to Harald Bergauer visual interpretation

Our very own EIC Amin Samman featured in Just Money today!

If you're still thinking about what to read over the holiday season – worry not, we've just made your choice even harder!

🎄 Our December issue is out 🎄

Our festive intellectual treats, from the meta-theory of performativity, decarbonization, green finance to the theory of money – check it out!

📣 Call for Abstracts!

Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne.

🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025.

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🚨You always wondered about how to make sense of the many accounts on Green Finance? We got you covered:
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @danmertens.bsky.social ky.social Julius Kob and I critically review existing accounts and argue for an integrated analytical approach👇
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Important. Integrating macro & micro approaches in researching green finance by @vapunkt.bsky.social, Julius Kob, @danmertens.bsky.social & @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social

in @finandsoc.bsky.social journal @universitypress.cambridge.org

From FaS to FAZ!

The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎

Check out the paper here 👇

Co-authored with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for a forthcoming special issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social, this essay takes Elon Musk's planned FinTech makeover of X as a provocation for a critical analysis of so-called 'embedded finance' and the evolution of FinTech
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Reviving Adorno's critique of the standardization of music, our article of the week reads streaming as a turn from Fordist production to financialized platforms where music is assetized and homogenized.

By Paul N. Kullick & @johannespetry.bsky.social in @finandsoc.bsky.social

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From art form to asset: our study found popular songs are becoming more generic It’s largely down to the demands of streaming services.

Based on our recent article in @finandsoc.bsky.social, we wrote a piece for @theconversation.com titled 'from art to assets' on how music does indeed sound all the same nowadays - and the role of streaming platforms in this process 😎

Check it out!
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Application Deadline: December 15, 2025

📣 New call for postdoctoral researchers!

We are seeking candidates with a doctorate in the social sciences for our research areas Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro) and Economic Sociology (Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert).

Please share widely!

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This will produce an extraordinary amount of waste, duplication and lack of transparency. To understand why it is crucial to understand what VC dynamics are and what their aims are. See my @finandsoc.bsky.social article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The attempt to financialize psychedelics has collided with the unruliness of these substances both as therapeutic assets and as vectors of cultural resistance. Our article of the week traces the rise and fall of commercial psychedelics.

By Sandy B. Hager in @finandsoc.bsky.social

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*new article*

We bring the Frankfurt School into the Spotify age — and it was a fun one to write! 😎

'From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century' in @finandsoc.bsky.social

Check it out here:
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New issue of Finance and Society hot off the press - and an electrified annual conference!

See Vol 11, No 2 ⏭️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

And pending works by F&S heavyweights ⏭️ financeandsocietynetwork.org/wp-content/u...

Big thx @finandsoc.bsky.social for supporting means of production.

Finance & Society is the gift that keeps on giving!

Just as we've gotten home from our fabulous conference in Copenhagen – huge thanks again to all of you and the organizers! – we're delighted to announce the publication of issue 11(2)! 🎁🎉

173 pages packed with the good stuff – do check it out!

Content of the special section on Central Bank Scientization: Special section: Central bank scientization Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan From technical to academic central banking: The scientization of the Banque de France Maxence Dutilleul Scientization of central bank governance: A global study of governors’ biographies, 2000–2020 Aykiz Dogan, Frédéric Lebaron Scientization: A self-critical afterthought Martin Marcussen

The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2.

Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.

"There is no longer any depth, no longer any subtext either. The entire history of economic life is pushed up to the surface, leaving nothing behind for it to hide. It is this profound superficiality that now rules."

What is the relation between obscenity and the financial? I take up this question in my new piece, inspired by Noam Yuran's recently published book on The Sexual Economy of Capitalism. Both should make for a titillating read!

Highlight - finally seeing @provokedeconomy.bsky.social talk about paranoid finance at this years brilliant @finandsoc.bsky.social conference 🥳

Once again a cery interesting, thought provoking and inspiring Finance and Society conference @finandsoc.bsky.social - looking forward to next year (whereever it's going to be)!
Thanks to numerous colleagues for intense discussions and critical questions!

This was indeed a very full and productive 2 days @finandsoc.bsky.social

Looking great!
Really excited for the panel I’m organising on biodiversity finance, featuring great papers by Klaudia Prodani @kprodani.bsky.social , Maud Borie, Roelien van der Wel, and co-authors like Natascha van der Zwan @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social

Looking much forward to this!

This looks unbearably good – what a stellar line-up and mix of exciting topics. Can't wait!

Omg what a treat... @finandsoc.bsky.social this year just really rocking it!

So, this will be fun