Philipp Golka

Ah that satisfying feeling when you re-read a book after some years and get something entirely different out of it than when you read it earlier. I wonder if it ever stops?

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!

Katherina Reiche und Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: Bundeswirtschaftsministerium fördert Firma mit Guttenberg-Beteiligung Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium hat ein Unternehmen mit einer sechsstelligen Summe gefördert. Unter den Gesellschaftern: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Lebensgefährte von Ministerin Katherina Reiche.

Katherina Reiche und Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg: Bundeswirtschaftsministerium fördert Firma mit Guttenberg-Beteiligung: Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium hat ein Unternehmen mit einer sechsstelligen Summe gefördert. Unter den Gesellschaftern: Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg, Lebensgefährte von Ministerin…

(Obviously not against these programs: they are great and important. But they are not a solution to a deep structural crisis.)

One more postdoc mental health program will fix it

Alright alright alright post-Thanksgiving full November #polisky eJobs update (11/1-11/30):

November 2024: 99 total positions (50 open to assistant TT)

November 2025: 69 total positions (22 open to assistant TT)

The AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po in Paris invites applications for a postdoctoral researcher who hold a PhD in one of the following areas: Economic Sociology, Political Economy, Economic History, or related fields.

Apply by Jan 5th
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Tis the season to ... submit to Economy and Society’s Early-Career Paper Prize 2026.
Competition closes 15th December 2025. The winner will receive a £1,000 award

What does adding 100,000 fixed term jobs but only 500 permanent ones do to an academic system, you ask?

Forging misery, stress and hopelessness for all involved. This was free social investment for foreign countries back when they still offered jobs, but now it’s just a highway headed into a wall.

Can we pls cancel separating discussion and conclusion sections?

And while we’re at it: endnotes, too!

Fantastic opportunity for PhD students working in the fields of political economy and economic sociology to receive valuable feedback and connect to other researchers in their field.

Organized by the wonderful PhD students of the @mpifg.bsky.social

Send them your abstracts!

Call for Papers: European Legacies of Socio-Economic Transformation #cfp #soziologie

📣 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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(Obviously this is not to say tulips and AI are the same thing – they are not – but to say that accelerating demand is a key element of bubbles, and to express my surprise that the FT seems not to take this into account, at least not in the title.)

Thrilled to see our latest paper published in @iojournal.bsky.social! 🥳
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂

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Tuilp bulb producer shrugs off "tulip bubble" anxiety with bumper flower bulb demand

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Im Wissenschaftssystem entstehen durch Befristungen, Unterbesetzungen, strukturelle Prekarität keine Vakuumsituationen, sondern informelle Verschiebungen von Arbeit, Verantwortung, Macht.
Diese Diffusion stabilisiert das System auf Kosten derer, die am wenigsten abgesichert sind.
#IchBinHanna

Why do global environmental institutions multiply and persist even when they seem unable to address biodiversity loss and environmental governance failures effectively?

Our new OA article with @jacquelinebest.bsky.social in @risjnl.bsky.social tries to answer this question. 1/7

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Besucht uns heute bis 16 Uhr am Stand des MPIfG auf dem "Basar der Wissenschaften" im Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum (Neumarkt) - und entdeckt dort auch die Forschung aller Kölner Hochschulen und wissenschaftlichen Einrichtungen!
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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👇
doi.org/10.1017/fas....

Just realized the Blairite instructions on our office water fountain are gone. Times have changed, friends.

Job Alert! Professur (Open Rank: W2 oder W1 mit Tenure Track auf W2) ,,Digitale Transformation in Arbeit und Gesellschaft". Gemeinsame Berufung von @tu-dortmund.de und @cais-research.bsky.social nach Jülicher Modell.
Ausschreibung unter:
service.tu-dortmund.de/documents/18...

And as political economists we know the only answer to this will be: 38% profit margin you say? Let’s get pension funds to invest into academic publishing!

The central argument in this excellent paper & thread is that the open-access turn has neglected profit; indeed, it turbo-charged publishers’ margins. As political economists who know a thing or two about profit and power we should speak up a lot more. As it says below: What we’re doing is crazy.

🚨 I am delighted to announce that Tom Turnbull’s and my volume with @stanfordpress.bsky.social is out today, featuring Jennifer Eaglin, Victor Seow, Shellen Wu, Antoine Missemer, Giuliano Garavini, Michael Dobson, Laura A. Twagira, Damilola Adebayo, Troy Vettese, Liz Chatterjee, and Rebecca Wright

Is social media dying? How much has Twitter changed as it became X? Which party now dominates the conversation?

Using nationally representative ANES data from 2020 & 2024, I map how the U.S. social media landscape has transformed.

Here are the key take-aways 🧵

arxiv.org/abs/2510.25417

Says everything about academic working condition when your out-of-office triggers an out-of-office response from your colleague.

***Call for Papers***
Dissertant:innen-Tagung Wirtschafts-, Sozial- und Umweltgeschichte 2026 @univie.ac.at

#envhist

Call for abstracts for the Fourth Doctoral Cpnference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy

#cfp: Happy to share that the next Doctoral Conference at the @mpifg.bsky.social will be taking place in March 2026.

Particularly relevant for PhD students from political economy/economic sociology and neighbouring disciplines. 🤗

When: 19.-20.03.2026

More information: www.mpifg.de/1432364/2026...

The @mpifg.bsky.social MPIfG's Discussion Paper Series is part of this excellent open access repository, as are all articles in 'Economic Sociology'.
This great service is appreciated by @zbw-leibniz.bsky.social
#OAweek #OAweek2025 🎈 #OpenAcess