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 wide spread of cross-disciplinary expertise the journal is known for, but all promise to bring novel perspectives and new directions to the journal’s publishing agenda. Over the coming years, we expect to see some of our new editors’ interests crystallise into special issues and forums, as well as an expanded output of articles, essays, policy focus pieces, review articles, and book reviews. Read about their reflections on the journal and their editorial plans below.
Amin Samman, Editor-in-Chief
Mareike Beck
Associate editor, Finance and Society
Finance and Society has been an intellectual home for me from the start. I look forward to working with colleagues to encourage and expand its unique, inclusive, and creative scholarship on all things finance. I am especially interested in interdisciplinary and historical research on banks and global financial agents, power and the US dollar, as well as everyday finance, gender, and social reproduction.
Kristian Bondo Hansen
Associate editor, Finance and Society
Since its inception, Finance and Society has done a tremendous job establishing dialogue between different strands of critical finance scholarship. Striking a fine balance between nitty-gritty empirical studies at the level of financial practitioners and broader macro-perspectives on finance’s role in economy and society, the journal has filled a void in the landscape of interdisciplinary social science publishing. As Associate Editor, I look forward to contributing to the continued growth of the journal and to the vibrant research community that has blossomed around it. I hope and expect to be involved in strengthening the journal’s already established position as an outlet for critical research on financial technology and the many touch-points between Big Tech and high and low finance.
Juvaria Jafri
Associate editor, Finance and Society
When I began writing on financial access and political economy, I saw myself as a scholar mainly of the global South, with a background in development studies and economics. Finance and Society has provided me – and so many other scholars – with a platform to grapple with finance in its broader social and political contexts. I look forward to supporting researchers from different backgrounds to become part of a project that asks us – taking inspiration from C.L.R. James – “What do they know of finance who only finance know?”
Jing Wang
Associate editor, Finance and Society
My industry experience first exposed me to the transformative power of finance, sparking my curiosity about its evolving practices. This encounter, combined with my academic training in the political economy of information technologies, led me to explore how tech-enabled financial innovations reshape economic governance, power structures, and everyday life. As Associate Editor, I welcome papers that critically engage with the intersection of finance and society, shedding light on understudied topics, challenging disciplinary boundaries, and broadening perspectives in a global landscape. I look forward to fostering interdisciplinary conversations that push the field in new and thought-provoking directions.
Philipp Golka
Reviews and communications editor, Finance and Society
As a scholar interested in finance and working at the intersection of economic sociology and political economy, Finance and Society has long been an academic home, both as a reader and as a writer. As a reader, I have learned a great deal from the journal and its determination to take finance seriously and to develop novel conceptual insights. As a writer, the journal has had an even bigger impact. Writing a review article to bring together distinct strands of an emerging literature on assets not only led to many stimulating conversations and new acquaintances; it also led me to pose new questions and see connections that continue to shape my scholarship today. This would not have been possible without such strong editorial support from Finance and Society. I am therefore honored to now have the chance to help others have similar experiences as the journal’s new Reviews and Communications Editor. In addition to strengthening the journal’s reviews section, I also hope to support the journal’s communication at a time when academic communication is as much needed as it is threatened.