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 …