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When Jukka Savolainen wrote about it in the Wall Street Journal I couldn't quite believe it, so I had to go look. Indeed, on the website of the American Sociological Association describing its 2024 annual meeting we have the official "theme" of the meeting"..sociology as a form of liberatory praxis: an effort to not only understand structural inequities, but to intervene in socio-political struggles.""To intervene." "Political struggles." American Sociological Association. My emphasis.For a long time, people have made fun of the "social sciences" including economics as pretend sciences. We have "physics envy," they said, but will never really measure up. Well, a lot of social sciences are not pretending to be sciences anymore!There is a lot of attention to the political conformity and censorship going on on campuses, but not enough I think to the similar problems of professional societies and journals.  Professor Savolainen for example doesn't feel particularly "included" these days. Hopefully, the explosion into public consciousness over the last few weeks of just how rotten and politicized academia has become will make this sort of thing look pretty embarrassing by springtime.  

Call for Applications of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Deadline: February 15, 2024

Call for Applications of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne. Deadline: October 31, 2023

Terence C. Halliday (American Bar Foundation) has posted Judges Under Stress: Legal Complexes and a Sociology of Hope on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Interdisciplinary sociolegal scholarship over the past thirty years has demonstrated that the epochal struggle for political...

The selection committee for the Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize is pleased to announce the shortlist for the 2023 prize, as voted on by AIPEN members.
The prize will be awarded to the best article published in 2022 (online early or in print) in international political economy (IPE) by an Australia-based scholar.
The prize defines IPE in a pluralist sense to include the political economy of security, geography, literature, sociology, anthropology, post-coloniality, gender, finance, trade, regional studies, development and economic theory, in ways that can span concerns for in/security, poverty, inequality, sustainability, exploitation, deprivation and discrimination.
The overall prize winner will be decided from the shortlist by the selection committee, which this year consists of Maria Tanyag (ANU), Elizabeth Thurbon (UNSW), Kanishka Jayasuriya (Murdoch) and Tom Chodor (Monash). The winner will be announced by December 2023.
The 2023 shortlist for The Australian International Political Economy Network (AIPEN) Richard Higgott Journal Article Prize is as follows:
Sirma Altun, Christian Caiconte, Madelaine Moore, Adam David Morton, Matthew Ryan, Riki Scanlan, and Austin Hayden Smidt, "The life-nerve of the dialectic: György Lukács and the metabolism of space and nature," Review of International Political Economy, 30:2 (2023): 584-607 [Published online: 7 April 2022].
Ainsley Elbra, John Mikler & Hannah Murphy-Gregory, "The Big Four and corporate tax governance: From global dis-harmony to national regulatory incrementalism," Global Policy 14:1 (2023): 72– 83 [First published: 10 October 2022].
Elliot Dolan-Evans, "Making war safe for capitalism: The World Bank and its evolving interventions in conflict," Security Dialogue 53:6 (2022): 531–549.
Jessica Whyte, "Economic Coercion and Financial War," Journal of Australian Political Economy, 90 (2022): 5-25.
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Welcome to another episode of Fully Automated!



Today, we're bringing you an interview with Dr. Vanessa Bilancetti, Lecturer in Political Sociology at UniNettuno University, in Rome. Vanessa is one of those rare scholars who can bring together Foucault and Marx, and apply them both to the interesting empirical questions of our time. In this episode, she'll be talking with us about how we can approach their scholarship as a toolbox for analyzing European Governmentality in the context of post-financial crisis political economy.



Vanessa's research interests include the European Union, financialisation, feminist political economy and critical European studies. I had the good fortune of meeting Vanessa at an online conference this summer, held by the Critical Political Economy Research Network. Vanessa was presenting a paper, called 'How to study the commodification of social services following a gender perspective.' Between sessions, we got talking about Foucault and how he is used in political economy, and I found Vanessa's take on the inherent compatibilities between Foucault and Marx to be really interesting. She later sent me some of her research, which I read, and .. well, that's when I decided I had to have her on for an interview!



Vanessa is an advocate of allowing the methods of Foucault with that of what she calls, "an anti-essentialist Marxism and a critical feminist political economy approach." So, in this interview you're going to hear me ask her to elaborate on that. We're also going to talk about the case studies she presents in her published work, on the European Fiscal Compact. I'm very grateful to Vanessa for coming on the show, and I hope you enjoy the conversation.



Before I sign off here, just wanted to thank everyone who shared and commented on last week's "special commentary episode" on the prominence of the K-Hive, in academia. Hope to do more of those "essay"-style pods, in the future.



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Political economists often place the state at the centre of explanations of change in capitalism. The emergence of a 'welfare' or 'nation building' state during the twentieth century reflects the advance of democratic movements and Keynesian inspired macroeconomic management. More recently neoliberalism is associated with fiscal austerity enforced through the rise of corporate and financial power. Shifts in state finances, and how states finances are accounted for, were central to these broader political-economic shifts.
In a recent open access article published in the journal Critical Perspectives on Accounting, as part of a forthcoming special issue on 'the future of the state', we bring state theory into conversation with critical accounting literature to explore the relationship between fiscal accounting and capitalist change. Drawing on Joseph Schumpeter's fiscal sociology and his concept of the 'tax state', we connect changes in fiscal practice to turning points in the reorganisation of the state's role within capitalism [...]
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|Peter Boettke| As we get ready for the fall 2022 semester I am preparing to teach PhD courses in the Austrian Theory of the Market Process I and Economic Sociology and Political Economy I. A common link between these courses...

Terence C. Halliday (American Bar Foundation) has posted Judges Under Stress: Legal Complexes and a Sociology of Hope on SSRN. Here is the abstract: Interdisciplinary sociolegal scholarship over the past thirty years has demonstrated that the epochal struggle for political...

There is a growing interest in the growth and impact of digital repression on protest and civic engagement globally. Yet this interest has been diffused across Communication, Political Science, Media Studies, Science and Technology Studies, and Sociology creating challenges for … Continue reading →

The last but not least in our commentaries on Katharine Millar's Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community (with a reply by Katharine to follow tomorrow). Ellen Martin is a PhD candidate in the School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies (SPAIS) at the University of Bristol. Her research is critiquing … Continue reading Refusing to Support the Troops

The first commentary in our symposium on Katharine Millar’s Support the Troops: Military Obligation, Gender, and the Making of Political Community (Oxford, 2022). After the author’s introduction yesterday, we turn to Dr Mirko Palestrino. Mirko is Lecturer in Sociology in the School of Politics and International Relations at Queen Mary, University of London. He researches the … Continue reading Yellow Ribbons, Stickers, and Poppies. Is It Time To Support the Troops?

In April, the School of Social and Political Sciences, in collaboration with the Justice and Inequality research priority of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will be hosting Mike Savage, Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He has a longstanding interest in the social and historical sources of inequality, within and across nations. From 2015 to 2020 Mike was Director of the LSE's International Inequalities Institute, and his most recent book is The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past (Harvard University Press, 2021), praised by Thomas Piketty as a "major sociological contribution to the ongoing global debate on inequality and the return of social class".

During Mike's visit, we will be holding two public events: a forum on ‘The Eternal Return of the Rentier? How Our Past Weighs on Our Future’ and a public lecture on ‘The Racial Wealth Divide’ (details below). In addition, we will be holding two closed workshops: one on the hold of finance on public policy (and how to loosen or break it) (April 4-5) and another on the methodological and theoretical challenges facing inequality researchers at a time of escalating inequality (April 16). These events are invitation-only, but spaces are available – please contact martijn.konings@sydney.edu.au for further information.
Public lecture: The Racial Wealth Divide
10 April, 5:30-7 pmLecture Theatre 208, Veterinary Science Conference Centre, The University of SydneyPlease register to attendOver the past decade, escalating wealth inequalities have become apparent across the globe. It is increasingly evident that this is driven not by anonymous forces like "globalization" or "capital", but by elites who enjoy disproportionate power and influence. This lecture addresses the intellectual and political challenges posed by this trend. Most fundamentally, how should we define, measure, and track this wealth, given that its growth stems at least in part from elites' ability to stay under public, scholarly, and regulatory radars? How does wealth inequality reinforce racial, gender and other divides, and how does it shape social mobility and life chances across numerous domains? And what strategies could effectively advance the growing public interest in taxing wealth as a means to address entrenched wealth inequalities? This lecture discusses how wealth accumulation is underwritten by legal devices such as the 'non-domicile' tax regime; shows the roots of this in British imperial history, and considers the prospects for tax justice.
 
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The newly established Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at Work at the University of Sydney is recruiting a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow to join and to help lead our growing team. The Centre builds on a significant body of research at the University which has investigated the nature of gender inequality at work, its causes, and potential pathways to better practice and outcomes. This research will be scaled in 2024 under the leadership of Centre Director Professor Rae Cooper and Deputy Director Professor Elizabeth Hill. As a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, you will play a critical role at this exciting time as the Centre establishes and grows.
Projects you undertake as part of the Centre's research program will contribute to driving positive change in workplaces and labour markets. The Centre aims to generate new data-informed knowledge able to inform and improve gender equality at work. The Centre's research is organized around four key themes:
designing gender equality into the future of work;
addressing gender disparities and segregations to build equal and sustainable careers;
build alignment in work and care regimes that work for people and organisations;
motivate respectful, inclusive work cultures where all people thrive.
Your key responsibilities will be to:
lead the research program in one of the research themes
undertake data collection, analysis and co-authoring academic papers with senior researchers at the Centre
lead the preparation and submission of applications for competitive research grants/fellowships
work with research assistants to develop ethics submissions and satisfy reporting requirements
further the vision and objectives of the Australian Centre for Gender Equality and Inclusion at work
About you
Holds a PhD or nearing completion (submitted thesis) in one of the following fields: Employment relations, Economics/ Political economy, Sociology of work/ professions, Management). Other fields may be considered where relevance can be demonstrated to the Centre's work
research experience working on issues related to gender in/equality in work, occupations, the labour market
high level skill in either/both quantitative or qualitative methods
skills and capacity to design, manage and disseminate findings from research projects including experience in working on mixed method teams
demonstrated capacity to write grant applications and research proposals
demonstrated capacity to lead the writing of academic articles for publication in leading journals, as both single author and co-author
interest in working with stakeholders on research in organisations and industries to build positive change for gender equality
interest in working in a high performing multi-disciplinary research team employing mixed methods approaches.
Most members of our Centre work on a hybrid basis and we are comfortable with this way of working, noting that 'in person' working is required on a regular weekly basis as agreed within the team.
Full information about the role and how to apply is available on the University of Sydney careers website.
 
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In April, the School of Social and Political Sciences, in collaboration with the Justice and Inequality research priority of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, will be hosting Mike Savage, Martin White Professor of Sociology at the London School of Economics. He has a longstanding interest in the social and historical sources of inequality, within and across nations. From 2015 to 2020 Mike was Director of the LSE's International Inequalities Institute, and his most recent book is The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past (Harvard University Press, 2021), praised by Thomas Piketty as a "major sociological contribution to the ongoing global debate on inequality and the return of social class".

During Mike's visit, we will be holding two public events: a public lecture on ‘The Racial Wealth Divide’ and a forum on ‘The Eternal Return of the Rentier? How Our Past Weighs on Our Future’ (details below). In addition, we will be holding two closed workshops: one on the hold of finance on public policy (and how to loosen or break it) (April 4-5) and another on the methodological and theoretical challenges facing inequality researchers at a time of escalating inequality (April 16). These events are invitation-only, but spaces are available – please contact martijn.konings@sydney.edu.au for further information.
Forum: The Eternal Return of the Rentier? How Our Past Weighs on Our Future
Wednesday 3 April, 3:30-5 pm
A02 Social Sciences Building, Room 650, The University of Sydney
Please register to attend
Over the past decade, a certain strain of intellectual pessimism has migrated from social theory to popular culture. Our ability to make better futures, it advises, is hamstrung by the sheer weight of the past, resulting in economic stagnation, escalating inequality, generational rifts, and political instability. In political economy, that weight of the past has often been identified with the figure of the rentier, and Piketty's work has documented the return of this morally questionable character, living off the return on property. But today's rentiers are no longer top-hatted financiers, and whether owning a second home represents moral turpitude or a middle-class survival strategy is actively debated in the op-ed pages of Australian newspapers. Nor is it clear that we can account for the full extent of inequity in contemporary society by continuing to rely on existing definitions of wealth. As suggested by the current popularity of concepts such as "technofeudalism", the production of speculative claims on imagined futures shape what appear to be anachronistically exploitative forms of work.
The disorienting ways in which old and new combine to produce unfamiliar forms of inequality demands that we open up our concepts and reconsider our methods. One of the most ambitious and compelling attempts to do so has been advanced by Mike Savage in his recent book The Return of Inequality: Social Change and the Weight of the Past (Harvard University Press, 2021). Professor Savage will be visiting the University of Sydney in April, and, taking its cue from the subtitle of his book, this panel invites leading scholars to reflect on how the past weighs on [...]
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