FSN 2025: Final call for papers

Finance and society conference 2025. Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September. The call for papers for this year’s conference will close on 1 May 2025. All signals indicate that the global economy is entering a period of heightened conflict. Big Tech and the US state are on the rampage to further …

Just published: F&S vol. 11 no. 1

Finance and Society, vol. 11 no. 1 (2025).   The editors of Finance and Society are pleased to announce the publication of volume 11, number 1. The issue includes articles on precarious young investors, Tesla stock price dynamics, channels of influence in sustainable finance, and much more, plus a review article by …

Workshop CFP: Valuation, space, and power, June 2025

Valuation, space, and power ECR workshop. University of Sheffield, 23-24 June 2025. Colleagues are organising a workshop for early career researchers at University of Sheffield in June this year. Today, many socio-economic struggles centre not on the organisation of production but on the recognition of, and claims over, asset values. …

Book launch: Finance aesthetics

Book launch: Finance aesthetics – A critical glossary. Goldsmiths University of London, 8 April 2025, 17.00–19.00 UK time. Goldsmiths Press is hosting a launch event for their new book, Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary.   Join us for the launch of Finance Aesthetics: A Critical Glossary, a new title from …

New book: Birth of the financial thriller

The Birth of the Financial Thriller: Making a Killing in the 1970s. Mikkel Krause Frantzen, Edinburgh University Press 2025. Discover the untold story of the financial thriller, a genre pioneered by Canadian banker-turned-author Paul Erdman from a Swiss prison cell. Starting with the publication of The Billion Dollar Sure Thing …

News: F&S announce expanded editorial team

The editors of Finance and Society have announced an expanded editorial team: As the journal moves into its second decade, we are proud to announce that another five new editors are joining our team: Mareike Beck, Kristian Bondo Hansen, Juvaria Jafri, Jing Wang, and Philipp Golka. These scholars represent the …

FSN 2025: Keynote speakers confirmed

Finance and society conference 2025. Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September. We are delighted to confirm the keynote speakers for this year’s conference in Copenhagen. Beyond embeddedness: New directions for the sociology of finance Christian Borch, University of Copenhagen Paranoid finance, magic technology, fascist imagination Fabian Muniesa, Mines Paris – PSL …

Conference CFP: Money talks, May 2025

Money talks: Futures for the economic humanities. University of Edinburgh, 28-29 May 2025. Paul Crosthwaite and Rachel Muers are organising a landmark conference for the economic and financial humanities in Edinburgh this summer. Over the past decade, growing numbers of researchers in the arts and humanities have turned their attention …

Public seminar: Financial nihilism today

Financial nihilism today. Institute of Advanced Studies, London, 24 March 2025, 17.30–19.30. The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is hosting a talk on financial nihilism by Amin Samman (City) with commentary from William Davies (Goldsmiths).   Nihilism has a long history in philosophy, literature, and politics.   In his lecture, …

FSN 2025: Call for papers open

Finance and society conference 2025. Copenhagen Business School, 11-12 September. The call for papers is now open for this year’s conference in Copenhagen. We are delighted to announce the following keynote speakers: Beyond embeddedness: New directions for the sociology of finance Christian Borch, University of Copenhagen Paranoid finance, magic technology, …