Dear ES/PE community members, find below an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 23 calls for papers for conferences (some are fully or partly funded) and special issues, 12 summer schools, 12 job openings, 5 PhD scholarships, 4 postdoctoral positions, and 3 visiting fellowships in economic sociology, political economy, work, and related fields, with deadlines from April 20 till May 24. Share this post with your colleagues and students. Good luck!

Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: “The Rise of Authoritarian Neoliberalism: Ten Years On” workshop, King’s College London (UK), 18 June 2024. PhD students and early-career / independent / unemployed researches will be prioritised in the allocation of a travel and accommodation bursary. DL: April 20

— CfP: “Narratives and the Social Sciences. Interdisciplinary Perspectives” international conference, with one the themes “The economy and its narratives. Telling economic models and/or new representations of well-being and wealth“, University of Palermo (Italy), 26-28th June, 2024. Registration is free of cost. DL: April 20

— CfP: “Globalisation and the Future of Work” doctoral conference for postgraduate researchers, organized by the University of Leeds Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change and to be held in a hybrid mode on May 20, 2024. DL: April 22

— CfP: “Political Economy vs Economics in a Turbulent Multipolar World“, the 17th World Association for Political Economy conference, Panteion University (Athens, Greece), 2-4 August 2024. DL: April 29

— CfP: “Work on the Brink. Better Work for a Just and Sustainable Future“, the Interuniversity Research Centre on Globalizaion and Work conference, Montreal (Canada), 24-26 October 2024. DL: April 29

— CfP: “Class Conflict and Institutional Change” conference at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne, Germany), November 13–15, 2024. Confirmed speakers: Zoe Adams, Ruth Dukes, Richard Hyman, Agustín José Menéndez, Brishen Rogers, William Scheuerman, Wolfgang Streeck, Rebecca Zahn. No participation fee. DL: April 30

— CfP: The 54th annual meeting of the History of Economic Thought Society, the Centre of Political Economy, Governance, Finance and Accountability, at the University of Greenwich (UK), 4-6 of September 2024. The Society will make available several stipends to cover part of the costs for young scholars. DL: April 30

— CfP: “Social Economics: Exploring our Heterodoxy“, the Association for Social Economics meeting, San Francisco (CA, USA), 3-5 January 2025. DL: April 30

— CfP: “Sustainability, Conventions, and Compromise“, the 13th Sociology of Conventions Workshop, University Paderborn (Germany), September 26-27, 2024. Keynoter: Gaël Plumecocq “Is monetary valuation of biodiversity a «bad» convention?”. Catering during the workshop will be provided. DL: April 30

— CfP: “The Legacy of Margaret Archer“, the BSA Theory Study Group symposium, University of Warwick (UK) and online, 3 August 2024. DL: April 30

— CfP: Finance and Society Network conference, University of Sheffield (UK), 12-13 September, 2024. DL: May 1

— CfP: “Class and Its Dis/Contents“, the 9th annual conference of the  Danish  Society  for  Marxist  Studies, University of Copenhagen (Denmark), 4-5 October 2024. Attendance is free. DL: May 1

— CfP: “Drivers for Change: Labour migrants from the Middle East, North Africa, and Turkey and social transformation in Western Europe” workshop, KU Leuven (Belgium), 26-27 September 2024. DL: May 1

— CfP: The 20th SCANCOR PhD Workshop on Institutional Analysis, the University of Hamburg (Germany), August 26-30, 2024. In the morning lectures, leading organizational and economic sociology scholars (Patricia Bromley, Bruce Carruthers, Gili Drori, Renate Meyer, Woody Powell, Sarah Soule) as well as local faculty present and discuss recent research within the field of institutional theory. The afternoon workshop sessions with these scholars are devoted to the participants. A welcome reception, lunches, and a graduation dinner are provided. Very recommended! DL: May 5

— CfP: “How can ‘Platform Capitalism’ Change the Modern World?”, International sessions of the 72nd Conference of the Japan Society of Political Economy, Rikkyo University (Tokyo, Japan), September 14 -15, 2024. DL: May 7

— CfP: “Institutional Resilience & Recovery: Overcoming Adversity and Division“, the 9th WINIR Conference, University of Pittsburgh (USA), 19-21 September 2024. Keynoters: Jennifer Lackey, Ashutosh Varshney. DL: May 10

— CfP: “Wealth Inequality, Intergenerational Mobility, and Equality of Opportunity” workshop, Research Institute Economics of Inequality, Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), November 21 – 22, 2024. Keynoters: Susan Dynarski, Fabian Pfeffer. Accommodation will be provided; a limited financial assistance for travel may be offered; no participation fee. DL: May 15

— To attend the most interesting and promising online talks on various topics in economic sociology and political economy from all over the world follow the ES/PE’s Facebook, Twitter, and Linkedin pages, Whatsapp and Telegram channels to have information about these events that are publicized only on our social media a week before they take place. On our social media you will also find the newest, excellent posts and articles from other media outlets.

— CfP: “Businesses, Banks and the Making of Europe’s Economic and Monetary Union” workshop, European University Institute (Florence, Italy), 10-11 October 2024.  There are limited funds to support accommodation and travel expenses. DL: May 15

— CfP: “Why Socialism Matters? Approaches to Research of the Political Idea and the Historical Period“, the 10th Doctoral workshop, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula (Croatia), August 28-31, 2024. Accommodation and a meal per day will be provided. DL: May 15

— CfP: “Countering the Plague: Forces of Reaction and War and How to Fight Them“, the 21st Annual Historical Materialism London Conference, SOAS University of London (UK), 7-10 November 2024. DL: May 17

— CfP: The 5th German Network for Pluralism in Economics Workshop for Masters, doctoral students and PostDocs from economics, sociology, political science, history to discuss economic phenomena, economic methods and methodology, University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), August 6-8, 2024. The working language is English; there will be an option for hybrid participation; the workshop will be free of charge and a number of participants will be provided with a stipend to cover travel expenditures. DL: May 19

Calls for papers — Journals:

— CfP: “Politics back in business? State-owned enterprises in recent history“, Scandinavian Economic History Review‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: April 30

— CfP: “Tackling Debt Traps: Rethinking International Debt Architecture & Debt Sustainability Assessments”, Development journal’s special issue. DL for proposals: April 30 (updated)

Summer Schools:

— CfA: “Organizational Foundations of Inequality”, PhD course, University of Oslo (Norway), June 10–13, 2024. Lecturers: Roberto Fernandez (MIT), Trond Petersen (UC Berkeley), and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (UMass). DL: April 21

— CfA: “Economics and Institutions in Europe“, the Summer Module on for master, doctoral and post-doctoral researchers, Trento (Italy), 1-5 July 2024. Participants will be hosted free of charge, inclusive of accommodation and three meals per day. DL: April 21

— CfA: “The Political Economy of the European Peripheries” summer school for PhD students and early researchers, organised by the Portuguese Association for Political Economy, Évora (Portugal), July 7-11, 2024. Accommodation and meals will be provided free of charge. DL: April 22

— CfA: “The Political Economy of Green-Digital Transition” international workshop (June 4-6) & summer school (June 10-14), the Department of Social Sciences, LUT University (Finland). No registration fee. DL: April 28

— CfA: “Network Studies and Societal Challenges” Summer Workshop, the Network Organization, Innovation, and Strategy research center at the Venice School of Management, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Italy), July 8-10, 2024. DL: April 30

— CfA: “Gender, AI and Inclusive Work“, PhD summer school organized by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation’s “Future of Work” project, the Weizenbaum Institute (Berlin), 23-26 September, 2024. All selected participants will be provided with 3 nights accommodation and meals. DL: May 1

— CfA: The 10th edition of Capri Summer School for doctoral students and early-stage researchers interested in qualitative studies of accounting, management, finance and organization, Villa Orland, the Island of Capri (Italy), 9 – 13 September 2024. Faculty: Hugh Willmott, Staffan Furusten, Marie-Laure Salles, Afshin Mehrpouya, Gazi Islam. DL: May 5

— CfA: “Life after Growth“, an international summer school for PhD students, Kalentzi (North Tzoumerka, Greece), 1-4 September, 2024. No fee. DL: May 5

— CfA: “Informality in the Global South and beyond: qualitative and quantitative research of informal economies” summer school, University of Split (Croatia), 1-5 July 2024. DL: May 15

— CfA: “Business History, Debates, Challenges and Opportunities“, the 12th European Business History Association Doctoral Summer School, Institute for Mediterranean Studies, Rethymno, Crete (Greece), September 3-7, 2024. The organisers will cover accommodation and food. DL: May 15

— CfA: “Economic Policies for an Equal and Just Green Transition“, the 17th European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy Summer School, University Roma Tre (Italy), 1-4 July, 2024. No fee. DL: May 24

— CfA: “Confronting Digital Capitalism“, the Lake Como Summer School in Critical Theory of Society, Lake Como (Italy), 4—7 September 2024. Keynoters: Gavin Mueller, Rachel O’Dwyer, Tiziano Bonini, Emiliano Treré. The fee includes access to all summer school activities, lunch boxes, dinners, and coffee. DL: May 24

PhD Scholarships:

— A fully-funded PhD position in Strategy & Organization to study the social context of organizational and market transformation for sustainability, the Business School of the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). DL: April 20

— PhD fellowship in Informality in the non-Western world: unorthodox political economy approaches, the School of Law and Government at Dublin City University (Ireland). DL: April 24

— PhD Candidate in Political Science to join a project “Do developmental coalitions transform governance? A subnational approach“, the Institute of Political Science at Leiden University (The Netherlands). DL: April 26

— PhD Position in Sociology on “Contested Epistemologies of Sustainability”, the Department of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (The Netherlands). DL: May 12

— Five fully funded doctoral fellowships in the program Analysis of Social and Economic Processes, the Department of Sociology and Social Research at the University of Milan-Bicocca (Italy). DL: May 14

Job openings:

— Senior Lecturer / Reader in Employment Relations, King’s College London Business School. DL: April 24

— 2 Lecturers and 1 Senior Lecturer in Sociology, specializing in Social Network Analysis, the Department of Sociology, University of Manchester (UK). DL: April 29

— One or more tenure-track Assistant Professorships in Sociology, The Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (Denmark). DL: April 29

— Professor in Sociology with a focus on Science and Technology Studies, the Department of Sociology and Work Science, the University of Gothenburg (Sweden). DL: April 30

— Executive Director for the Law and Political Economy Collective. This is a full-time remote position. DL: May 1

— Tenure track or full professor in Consumption Culture as Social Practices, the Centre for Consumer Society Research, the University of Helsinki (Finalnd). DL: May 8

— One or more professors in Sociology, the Department of Sociology, University of Copenhagen (Denmark). DL: May 8

— Tenure-track position in Economic Political Geography, The Gran Sasso Science Institute (l’Aquila, Italy). DL: May 9

— Professor in International Political Economy & Transnational Governance, the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). DL: May 14

— Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Development: Poverty and Inequality, The University of Manchester (UK). DL: May 15

Postdoctoral positions:

— The Azrieli International Postdoctoral Fellowship in Humanities and Social Sciences for Research at Israeli Universities. DL: May 9

—  Post-Doctoral Research position to work on energy poverty and vulnerability in the UK and internationally, the Anthropology Department, Durham University (UK). DL: May 10

— Postdoc position in the sociology of law and regulation to join the project on ‘Global Value Chain Law: Constituting Connectivity, Contracts and Corporations’, the Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). DL: May 11

— Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Business and Climate Change Policy for a social scientist with a background in Organization Studies, Sociology or Politics, The University of Queensland (Australia). DL: May 16

Visiting positions:

— Visiting Researchers in economic sociology and comparative and international political economy, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies in Cologne (Germany). DL: April 30

— Visiting Fellowships for scholars working on the social, political, media-related or cultural effects of digitalization at the Center for Advanced Internet Studies (Bochum, Germany). DL: April 30

— Visiting scholars working on socio-economic polarization regarding markets, social cohesion and equality, AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization, Sciences Po, Paris, (France). DL: May 15

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