Donato Di Carlo

1/ 📢 How Manufacturing Interests Dominated the German Response to the Energy Crisis

Check out our new article with Anke Hassel and Martin Höpner, now open access in Politics and Society!

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The decision to finance arms for Ukraine through collective EU debt is taboo-breaking--but also part of a larger security turn in Europe. Ophelia Bentley & I have a new piece out that shows how the EU has geopoliticized markets in an unexpected arena: competition policy. doi.org/10.1017/elo.... 1/

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Regulatory means for interventionist ends: GBER and the transformation of the EU state aid regime Despite its new-found penchant for market interventionism, the European Union (EU) is often portrayed as lacking the fiscal and administrative capacity to conduct industrial policy. The EU can…

In new research, Dr @donatodc.bsky.social and co-authors challenge the notion that regulation and industrial policy are inherently antithetical; instead the Commission uses its regulatory authority over state aid to indirectly steer member states' industrial policies👇

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What's in a polity? Political institutions and varieties of economic interventionism in the USA and EU Our Assistant Professor in Political Economy Dr Donato Di Carlo has co-authored a new article in Governance with Lorenzo Moretti and Manuela Moschella, which examines the political foundations of…

🇪🇺🇺🇸 Our Assistant Professor in Political Economy @donatodc.bsky.social has co-authored a new article with Lorenzo Moretti and Manuela Moschella, which examines the political foundations of industrial policy amid the return of state economic interventionism👇

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The comparative political economy of the green transition: economic specialisations and skills regimes in Europe

♻️ Our Assistant Professor @donatodc.bsky.social has co-authored a new article which investigates how European models of capitalism perform and specialise across the green value chain and how national skill formation systems underpin these specialisations.

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How do political institutions shape today’s wave of economic interventionism? 🇺🇸 vs 🇪🇺

Find out in our new article just out in @govjournal.bsky.social
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New original article: What's in a Polity? Political Institutions and Varieties of Economic Interventionism in the United States and the European Union

From: @donatodc.bsky.social, Lorenzo Moretti, and @manuelamoschella.bsky.social

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Happy first day of the Autumn Term! 🍂

This academic year is an extra special one as we are celebrating LSE’s 130th anniversary 🎂

The theme is centred around LSE’s impact, past and present. Look out for celebratory events, freebies, exciting announcements, and much more from October onwards! 🎉

Simulating democratic reform in the EU: self-legitimation through participatory innovation

Addressing the democratic deficit – or just addressing itself?

Our PhD candidate Paul A. Kindermann @paulkindermann.bsky.social has published a new article which argues that the Commission’s new European Citizens' Panel simulates reform to bolster its own self-legitimation

Discover it below👇

What are the institutional foundations of Germany's export-oriented growth regime?

Our Assistant Professor in Political Economy @donatodc.bsky.social has contributed a chapter co-authored with Anke Hassel to a new book: "Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope with Economic Transitions" (Oxford University Press).

Discover it below 👇

I’m very excited to share that my paper “Cleavage theory meets civil society: A framework and research agenda” with @eborbath.bsky.social & Swen Hutter has now been published online in ‪@wepsocial.bsky.social‬ (w/ open access funding thanks to @wzb.bsky.social‬!)

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In the age of asset manager capitalism, do asset owners still matter? And what does this mean for the green transition?

@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social and I investigate this through an in-depth study of how some of the most important asset owners - pension funds - invest.

Now out in SER!

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Hello! 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 & 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞 has joined Bsky. We'll be sharing new articles and other journal-related updates.

To start, excellent news: Our 2024 impact factor is up four points: 3.4.

This reflects the high-quality work of our authors, reviewers, and editors—thank you, and keep them coming! 🙏

Excited to share this paper because it does something new: We're testing the implicit coordination hypothesis proposed by Weber & Wasner. Analyzing earnings calls, we find that large, economy-wide costs shocks make executives feel very good indeed. Open access:
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Short course: Industrial Policy: Leading the Green and Digital Transitions This course examines novel industrial policy initiatives in Europe and beyond, in response to the green and digital transitions and the supply chain disruptions since the Covid lockdowns.

Please share with students & colleagues who might be interested!

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#LSE #EUStudies #IndustrialPolicy #GreenTransition #DigitalSovereignty #PublicPolicy #PoliticalEconomy #StrategicAutonomy

🔑 Key topics include:

• Market regulation & state intervention
• EU production systems & disruptions
• Classic vs modern industrial policy
• EU policies for innovation & growth
• Green & digital transitions
• Strategic autonomy & global competition

🎯 Who should apply?

This course is ideal for:
🎓 Students in political economy, EU studies, IR, law, public policy
🏛️ Young professionals in gov’t, IOs, think tanks, industry
📈 Anyone eager to understand how Europe governs markets

🧠 Taught by Prof. Vassilis Monastiriotis & Dr Donato Di Carlo, the course blends:

🔹 Cutting-edge theory
🔹 Real-world EU case studies
🔹 Interactive policy simulations
🔹 Practice-oriented insights

Why does industrial policy matter today?

As Europe faces climate urgency, digital disruption & geopolitical rivalry, the state is stepping back in—to govern markets & steer transitions.

This course unpacks how & why.

Short course: Industrial Policy: Leading the Green and Digital Transitions This course examines novel industrial policy initiatives in Europe and beyond, in response to the green and digital transitions and the supply chain disruptions since the Covid lockdowns.

🌍 Applications now open for the LSE Summer School 2025!

📘 MG203 – Industrial Policy: Leading the Green and Digital Transitions

📅 23 June – 11 July
🏛️ Convened by the @lse-ei.bsky.social

Apply at 🔗 www.lse.ac.uk/study-at-lse...

We had a great time at Villa Vigoni discussing geoeconomics with a brilliant group of scholars. Many thanks to @dfg.de and everyone who contributed!

Very grateful for two days of collective thinking on the EU’s geoeconomic challenges

Huge thanks to my fab co-organizers @ankehassel.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @trgn.bsky.social + to the brilliant scholars who shared their insights about the challenges ahead

I AM HIRING 2 postdocs (5 years) in my @erc.europa.eu project "The Politics of the Latent Educational Cleavage" at @goetheuni.bsky.social @infer-frankfurt.bsky.social!

German call: www.fb03.uni-frankfurt.de/170856927.pdf
English call: www.goethe-university-frankfurt.de/170858269.pdf

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This term, we were delighted to welcome Dr Donato Di Carlo
@donatodc.bsky.social as Assistant Professor in Political Economy to the LSE European Institute.

Join us in giving Donato a warm welcome to the EI! 👏

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At last, this paper found a (nice!) home in Stato&Mercato. With Francesco Bagnardi, we offer an explanation for the deep variation in Italian governments' policy approaches towards informal employment - shifting between enforcement efforts & blatant forbearance. www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1425/...