Clara Heinrich

I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). | Sebastian Kohl I am looking for a PhD student in #sociology or neighboring social sciences at Freie University Berlin (published soon), starting this October (4 years, 65%). Any research projects in political econom...

I am starting to look for a PhD student in (comparative) political economy, historical or computational sociology starting in October (4 years, 65%) at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social. Check out the announcement here: www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...

The article has come a long way. It is originally based on my MA thesis written during my time at the LSE, and I am thankful for all the guidance and feedback received from colleagues, mentors, supervisor and discussants at several conferences throughout the last two years. 9/9

Overall, the article emphasizes the political nature of corporate public relations, and I hope that the conceptual endeavour and its empirical illustration contribute to a deeper understanding of corporate power and its multifaceted role in shaping politics in capitalist democracies.
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Doing so, I also illustrate the power of finance capital has changed and how today’s finance capital can use epistemic channels with regard to fundamental questions about the role of state capacity and private enterprise in capitalist democracies.
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In empirical terms, I rely on quantitative and qualitative content as well as reception analyses, ownership data and interviews, in order to present a case study of how the world’s largest asset manager BlackRock wield epistemic power in Germany and beyond.
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I theoretically develop the concept of epistemic business power, explore its scope condition and highlight how material aspects, corporate communication and issue salience dynamics interact.
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Accordingly, the concept of epistemic business power helps to understand how firms can intermediate the anticipatory dynamics of structural forms of business power and shape issue salience as well as the definition and recognition of topics as political problems.
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Epistemic business power refers to the strategic communication of firms to influence the perceptions and beliefs of policymakers, experts, media, and the public regarding which issues, goals, norms, methods, and instruments to be politically considered.
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In the article, I engage with and extend existing debates on business power by pointing beyond the formal politics of decision making and policy implementation, eventually introducing “epistemic business power” as a distinct facet of corporate influence. 2/x

I am happy to share that my first article was published in Business & Politics earlier this year!
It’s availabe as a open access article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

I summarise some key insights form the paper below👇
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We’re beyond thrilled to launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy

If you’re a fellow political economist annoyed by all-male rooms & gendered comments— join us & share!

🗓️ 22-25 Sept, 2025 in Cologne
🚨 Apply by 25 Apr, 2025

www.mpifg.de/1343511/2025...

I can only recommend to apply!

Welcome to next Tuesday's lecture at @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social' JFK Institute, with Alex Kentikelenis presenting his forthcoming book (w/Sarah Babb) on "The Making of the Washington Consensus". Join us at 16:15! @socfub.bsky.social @jfki-econ.bsky.social 👇

Berlin friends: next Tuesday at 4pm I am presenting findings from my new book project at the Freie Universität.

Join us!

Come by on Thursday for Cathie Jo Martin‘s book presentation on education development! Starting 6.15pm at the JFKI, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

Come by on Thursday for Cathie Jo Martin‘s book presentation on education development! Starting 6.15pm at the JFKI, @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social

📢 Join us tonight for a talk by Marc Schneiberg and Michael Schwan on "Business as usual? Conventional Politics, Path Dependency, and the Distribution of Paycheck
Protection Program Loans Across Congressional Districts" at the John-F-Kennedy Institute in Dahlem.

11 days left to submit your abstract! 👇

Super excited to talk about my current work on Wednesday at #MaxCPE 👇

Want to understand inflation in Eastern Europe? Join our upcoming talk on Dec 12th by Marcin Serafin (Polish Academy) based on 120 "inflation diaries" and media analysis of creeping inflation in Poland

Anyone interested in studying state capacity from a economic sociology/ political economy perspective- this is for you!

Submit your abstracts here (until January 15th)👇

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Coming up tomorrow!

Next Tuesday we welcome Brett Christophers to our research colloquium
@freieuniversitaet.bsky.social . He will present his new book "Our Lives in Their Portfolios: Why Asset Managers Own the World". Margit Mayer will kick off the discussion. Come and join us!

📢 Come by for the first session of our social sciences research colloquium at JFKI, FU Berlin! Next Tuesday, 6pm, Tod van Gunten will talk about Consensus and Ideology in Economics Expert Communities.
No registration needed, everyone is welcome! See below for more information 👇🏼