PhD opportunity at Glasgow: Alternative finance for deep tech

Colleagues at the University of Glasgow are recruiting a PhD student to work on a funded research project (Exploring Alternative Finance for Impact-Driven Deep Tech Ventures). This project investigates whether alternative and social models of finance (such as impact investing, venture philanthropy, and blended finance) can be adapted to support …

CFP: Law, political economy, and the legal geography of money, June 2026

Law, political economy, and the legal geography of money. Sciences Po Paris, 25-26 June 2026. Pieter-Augustijn Van Malleghem is organising an event at Sciences Po this June on the legal geography of money. In recent years, scholars have shown renewed interest in the geography of money and finance. While economic geography …

CFP: New mergers of feminism and finance, May 2026

New mergers of feminism and finance. London School of Economics and Political Science, 8 May 2026. Rachel O’Neill and Simidele Dosekun are organising an event on feminism and finance. Looking across the contemporary media and cultural landscape, new ‘mergers’ of feminism and finance appear to be afoot. Across a variety of …

Online launch and seminar: Redistributive imaginaries

Redistributive imaginaries: Report launch and seminar. Online event, 18 March 2026, 12:00-13:30 CET. The University of Zurich is hosting an online launch and seminar for a new report on redistributive imaginaries: In Europe’s mixed economies of welfare, redistribution practices are dispersed through civil society. Voluntary organisations involved in the delivery …

Call for abstracts: Politics of payments, 7-9 Sep 2026

Politics of payments: Theorizing the transformation of monetary orders. Hamburg Institute for Social Research, Germany, 7-9 September 2026. Carolin Müller and Aaron Sahr are inviting submissions for a workshop in Hamburg on the politics of payments. They are also seeking applications for a related 4-week fellowship. Money is not merely …

Postdoc positions in Civic Finance at Glasgow

Javier Solana at the University of Glasgow is recruiting two 3-year postdocs for a research project on Civic Finance. The overarching objective of Civic Finance is to develop a complexity-informed theory of law and finance that can underpin the foundations of a civic financial system; in particular, a financial system that …

Finance and democracy summer school, 4-5 June 2026

Finance and democracy summer school. London School of Economics and Political Science, 4-5 June 2026. The LSE is hosting a summer school this June on finance and democracy, organised jointly by the Berkeley Program on Finance & Democracy, the Rhodes Center at Brown, and the European Institute and Huth Initiative …

Call for abstracts: Goffmanian political economy

Goffmanian political economy. Social Science History Association (SSHA) in Atlanta, Georgia, 19-22 November 2026. Pierre-Christian Fink and Stephanie Mudge are looking to organise a series of panels at the SSHA this year on the theme of Goffmanian political economy. Submissions related to finance are encouraged. There are signs of a Goffmanian turn in …

Professorships in blockchain at Lucerne

The University of Lucerne is inviting applications for two professor positions at its new Zug Institute for Blockchain research (ZIBR). Political Economy and Blockchain: https://www.unilu.ch/en/university/personnel/human-resources-department/vacancies/professor-of-political-economy-and-blockchain-100-open-rank-2141707/ Political Science and Blockchain: https://www.unilu.ch/en/university/personnel/human-resources-department/vacancies/professor-of-political-science-and-blockchain-100-open-rank-2141706/ These are both full-time and open rank positions with an anticipated start date of September 2026. The deadline is 1 …

Forthcoming book: Currency of nihilism

Currency of Nihilism. Amin Samman, Stanford University Press 2026. What happens to economic life when meaning and value come apart? Drawing on Friedrich Nietzsche, E.M. Cioran, and Jean Baudrillard, this book shows how the latest trends in digital finance restage the dilemmas of nihilism in new ways. From cryptocurrencies and …