Great academic opportunities: 32 calls for papers, 11 postdocs, 3 PhD scholarships, 2 jobs, a summer school, a visiting grant

Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 32 (!) calls for papers for conferences (some are partly or even fully funded) and special issues, 11 postdoc positions, 3 PhD scholarships, 2 job openings, a summer school, a visiting grant in economic sociology, political economy, and broadly related fields, with deadlines from January 10 till February 3. Share this post with your colleagues and students. Good luck!

Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: “Speculating the Future: Fictional Worlds and Financial Realities” workshop, Roskilde University (Denmark), May 22-23, 2025. Keynoter: Sherryl Vint. Participants will receive one night of accommodation; financial assistance for travel is optional. The workshop may result in a special issue. DL: January 10

— CfP: “Reconceiving Business Corporations in Times of Political Contestation” conference, Utrecht University (The Netherlands), 22-24 May 2025. Keynoters: Lisa Herzog, Leo E. Strine, Jr., Blanche Segrestin. No conference fees; all lunches and diners are paid. DL: January 10

— CfP: “Europe and the Geoeconomic Challenge” conference, Loveno di Menaggio (Italy), 22-24 April 2025. The conference will address the re-evaluation of neoliberal orthodoxy that defined global policies till early 2000s. Limited funding for travel expenses is available and accommodation will be covered. DL: January 10

— CfP: Workshop on Monetary and Financial History, Federal Reserve Board, Washington, DC (USA), May 12-13, 2025. Travel funding may be available for academic presenters & discussants. DL: January 10

— CfP: “How Currencies Emerge: Between Practice and Theory” workshop, Sciences Po Lyon (France), 13-14 March 2025. DL: January 12

— CfP: “Capitalist Transformations in Eastern and Central Europe” conference, Babeș-Bolyai University (Romania), 19-23 May, 2025. No fee. DL: January 15

— CfP: “Business History: An Approach to Understanding Sustainability Challenges“, the European Business History Association meeting, Université Libre de Bruxelles (Belgium), 26 – 28 June, 2025. Keynoter: Cyrus Mody. DL: January 15

— CfP: “The Socio-economics of Loss and Decline in the Climate Crisis“, a paper development workshop towards Socio-Economic Review‘s special issue, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne, Germany), May 7-9, 2025. A limited funding available to cover travel expenses. DL: January 15

— CfP: “Democracy and Capitalism”, the Democracy & Transparency research project conference, KU Leuven (Belgium), March 13-14, 2025. Keynoters: Annelies Roggeman, Javier Garcia-Bernado. DL: January 15

— CfP: “The Law & Political Economy of Social Reproduction” workshop (before the Law and Society Association’s meeting), University of Chicago (USA), May 21, 2025. DL: January 15

— CfP: “The Social and Solidarity Economy’s Role in the Socio-ecological Transition“,the 10th International Research Conference on Social Economy, Sciences Po Bordeaux (France), 27 to 29 October 2025. DL: January 15

— CfP: “Trade Associations in the Economy of Pre-industrial Europe” workshop, Fondazione Istituto Internazionale di Storia Economica, Prato (Italy), 10-14 May, 2026. Travel bursaries and hospitality will be provided. DL: January 15

— CfP: “Strengthening Labour Institutions and Worker Voice to Deliver Decent Employment“, the 9th Regulating for Decent Work Conference by International Labour Organization (Geneva, Switzerland), 2-4 July 2025. DL for abstract and fellowship submissions: January 20; DL for abstract only: February 10

— CfP: “Business History Applied“, the Association of Business Historians conference, Queen’s University Belfast (UK), 19-21 June 2025. DL: January 24

— CfP: “Navigating Crisis: Dangers and Opportunities in Development“, the Development Studies Association conference, University of Bath (UK) and in a hybrid format, 25–27 June 2025. DL: January 28

— CfP: “Facing North-South Reconfigurations: Capitalisms, Economic Knowledge and Imaginaries“, the 14th Conference of the French Association for Political Economy, Sciences Po Bordeaux (France), 17-20 June 2025. Communications in English are welcome. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Beyond Boundaries: Workers’ Struggles and Strategies Across Space and Time“, the Canadian Association for Work and Labour Studies annual conference, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario (Canada), May 28-30, 2025. Keynoter: Veena Dubal. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Forging New Frontiers”, the 50th Economic & Business History Society conference, Birmingham, Alabama (USA), May 29-31, 2025. Keynoter: Robert Fleck. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Origins of Socioeconomic Inequalities” workshop, University of Luxembourg, May 15-16, 2025. Keynoters: Stephanie von Hinke, Erik Plug, Jan Stuhler. No registration fees; accommodation will be provided. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Exploring the Dark Sides of Markets“, the 8th Interdisciplinary Market Studies workshop, Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden), June 16-18, 2025. Keynoters: Linsey McGoey, Alf Hornborg. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Workers and Worldmaking: Labor in the Era of Decolonization“, the 60th International Conference of Labour and Social History conference, Linz (Austria), 25–27 September 2025. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Cooperative Identity – Who we are as a Movement, a Form of Organization and as Cooperators?“, the International Cooperative Alliance Committee on Cooperative Research Europe conference, Helsinki (Finland) 12-13 June. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Global Encounters: Bodies, Commodities, and Technologies on the Move” symposium, University of Hong Kong. Accommodation for a limited number of non-local participants will be sponsored. DL: January 31

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— CfP: “Carceral Political Economy in the Era of Late Mass Incarceration” conference, the Robert Heilbroner Center for Capitalism Studies at the New School for Social Research, New York (USA), March 21-22, 2025. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Regenerative Critical Management Studies”, the 14th International Critical Management Studies conference, Manchester Metropolitan University (UK), 18-20 June 2025. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Common Prosperity and Inequality in China” workshop, the Australian Centre on China in the World, The Australian National University (Canberra), 19–21 August 2025. Papers will be considered for a special issue. Participants can apply for travel and accommodation subsidies. DL: January 31

— CfP: “Immigration: Crisis of the World Capitalist System, Crisis for the World Capitalist System“, the 15th International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy Political Economy conference, Middle East Technical University (Ankara, Turkey), September 17-20, 2025. DL: February 1

— CfP: The 2nd Welfare & Policy Conference by the Society for research on Welfare and Policy, Bordeaux School of Economics (France), May 5-6 2025. Keynoters: Andrea Weber, Matthew Sutton. DL: February 1

Calls for papers — Journals and Collections:

— CfP: “Silicon Valley, Imaginative Speculations, and Financialization“, Distinktion‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: contact the editor

— CfP: “Global Degrowth: (Inter)dependencies, Power, and Justice“, New Global Studies‘ special issue. DL for abstracts: January 19

— CfP: “The Informal Economy and Digital Labour Platforms: Opportunities, Risks, and Challenges for Workers“, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy‘s special issue. DL for manuscripts: January 30

— CfP: “Methodological Frontiers for Intersectional Theorizing: Advancing Qualitative Approaches for Research in Labour and Organizations“, Qualitative Research in Organizations and Management‘s special issue. A paper development workshop is planned in March 2025, but submissions are still welcome from those who are unable to attend it. DL for abstracts: February 1

Visiting positions and grants:

— Up to ten Visiting Research Fellows for the Business in Global Society Fellowship on Structuring Business Ownership, a non-residential program with three on-campus workshops, Harvard Business School. Proposals may focus on Political Economy of Ownership, Worker Cooperatives, more. DL: January 19

Job openings:

— Assistant Professor in the field of Urban Sociology (cities and social change, urbanisation in the global south), Department of Sociology, London School of Economics and Political Science. DL: January 19

— 2-4 Associate Professors in Political Science (International Political Economy), the University of Oslo (Norway). DL: February 3

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Summer School:

— CfA: “Mobilization and Political Economy“, an 8-week NSF-sponsored summer program for undergraduates students, University of Pittsburgh (PA, USA), mid-June through early August, 2025. The program covers participants’ travel, lodging, and living expenses, and pays $4800 stipend. DL: January 15

PhD Fellowships:

— PhD position to study how major energy companies with potentially ‘dominant’ or ‘gatekeeper’ market positions navigate European anti-trust regulation, as part of the research project “Green Market Making: Sustainable Energy and the Single Market in Europe”, Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University in Copenhagen (Denmark). DL: January 15

— Doctoral Scholarship in Development and International Political Economy, the School of Politics and International Relations, University College Dublin (Ireland). DL: January 31

— Doctoral Position/Scholarship in Business Administration with specialization in Economic and Business History, Stockholm School of Economics (Sweden). DL: February 1

Postdoctoral positions:

— Postdoctoral Researcher to study using a political economy lens the environmental, health, and socio-economic risks associated with the handling of waste, the Anti-Corruption Research Centre, Dublin City University (Ireland). DL: January 13

— Postdoctoral Fellowship in Economic Sociology or Political Economy (priority will be given to applications from from Palestine and Lebanon), Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne, Germany). DL: January 15

— Two postdoctoral positions at the Program on Ethics, Politics, and Economics (particularly political economy problems), Yale University. DL: January 15

— Postdoc to join the project on the intergenerational persistence of homeownership, the Socio-Economic Panel, German Institute for Economic Research (Berlin). DL: January 15

— The Ronald Reagan Institute’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (Washington, DC). DL: January 15

— Post-doctoral researcher in Social Inequality / Wealth Inequality, Department of Social Sciences, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Munich, Germany). DL: January 15

— Postdoctoral Fellow in History of Capitalism, the History of Capitalism Project at Harvard Business School, Harvard University (USA). DL: January 18

— Research Associate (post doc) in Economic Sociology at the Department of Economic Sociology, University of Vienna (Austria). DL: January 29

— Assistant Professor in Political Economy (3-year position), the Institute of Social and Political Sciences, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary). DL: January 31

— Postdoctoral Scholar in Wealth Inequality, the Stone Center for Research on Wealth Inequality and Mobility at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago (USA). DL: January 31

— Postdoctoral Fellowship on the political, economic, and societal conditions under which democracy and autocracy either emerge and endure or fail, the Center for Emerging Democracies, University of Michigan. DL: January 31

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