Dear ES/PE community members, find below and benefit from an abundant and excellent list of great academic opportunities: 29 (!) calls for papers for conferences (some are partly or even fully funded) and special issues, 9 postdoc positions, 7 summer schools, 6 PhD scholarships, 5 job openings, 2 visiting positions, and a research grant in economic sociology, political economy, and broadly related fields, with deadlines from April 22 till May 23. Share this post with your colleagues and students. Good luck!
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Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: The Union for Radical Political Economics sessions at the ASSA meetings, Philadelphia (PA, USA) January 3-5, 2026. DL: April 25

— CfP: “The Past of the Futures: Inquiries Taking the Lens of Economic Philosophy“, the annual meeting of the Working Group on Economic Philosophy, University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), September 18–20, 2025 and an online Symposium on the Economists’ Philosophy on November 20, 2025. DL: April 25

— CfP: “Contesting Digital Labor: Resistance, Counter-uses, and New Directions for Research“, the 8th International Digital Labor Network annual conference, University of Bologna (Italy), September 10-12, 2025. DL: April 27

— CfP: The International Conference on Wealth Inequality, the Munich International Stone Center for Inequality Research (Germany), 9 – 11 October 2025. Keynoters: Annette Lareau, Lane Kenworthy. There is no conference fee and all meals will be provided. DL: April 28

— CfP: “Facing Inequalities – Strategies for Change” conference, University of Graz (Austria), November 6-7, 2025. Financial support to a limited number of participants is offered. DL: April 30

— CfP: The Association for Social Economics conference, Philadelphia (PA, USA), January 3-5, 2026 (at the 2026 ASSA Meetings). DL: April 30

— CfP: “Economic Shifts and New Ideologies in Green Transitions in Europe and Beyond“, the European Association of Social Anthropology’s Anthropology of Economy section workshop, the Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology (Halle, Germany), 17-19 September 2025. Keynoters: Jaume Franquesa, Asta Vonderau. There is limited funding available for precarious scholars and PhD students. DL: April 30

— CfP: The 55th History of Economic Thought Society annual meeting, the University of Warwick (Coventry, UK), 3-5 September 2025. The conference fee covers meals and accommodation; a limited number of stipends will be provided to PhD students and early career researchers. DL: April 30

— CfP: “The Untold Stories Behind Financial Crises (1825-2025): Plurality of Causes and Multidimensional Consequences” workshop, Université Lumière Lyon 2 (France), December 11-12, 2025.  Several travel and accommodation stipends are available; the possibility of remote participation is possible. DL: April 30

— CfP: “The Role of the State in the History of Economic Thought: Controversies surrounding an Interdisciplinary Challenge“, the 10th Latin American Conference on the History of Economic Thought, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (Mexico City), 26-28 November 2025. A selection of presented papers will be published as a special issue. DL: April 30

— CfP: “Exploring Solutions to the Challenges of Our Time: A Positive Turn in Economic Sociology?“, the ESA Economic Sociology network mid-term conference, Weizenbaum Institute, Berlin (Germany), 3-5 September 2025. Keynoters: Jens Beckert, Mark Davis, Andrea Maurer. No participation fee. DL: May 1

— CfP: The Finance and Society Network annual conference, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), 11-12 September 2025. Keynoters: Christian Borch, Fabian Muniesa, Vanessa Ogle. DL: May 1

— CfP: “Institutions, Entrepreneurship & Shared Prosperity“, the 10th WINIR conference, Prague University of Economics and Business (Czechia), 10-12 September 2025. Keynoters: Maria Minniti, Magnus Henrekson. DL: May 1

— CfP: “Out of Order? Critical Reflections on Big Tech, Inequalities and Digital Futures” symposium, University of Sheffield (UK), June 27, 2025. Keynoter: Devika Narayan. No fee. DL: May 10

— CfP: The 17th History of Recent Economics Conference, Radboud University (Nijmegen, The Netherlands), 23 – 24 October 2025. DL: May 15

— CfP: “Resurgent Reaction: Marxist Strategies at the End of the Liberal Order“, the 22th Annual Historical Materialism Conference, SOAS University of London (UK), 6-9 November 2025. DL: May 15

— CfP: The 3rd Socio-Economic Research Networking Day, ocio-Economic Research Centre, Roskilde University (Denmark), May 28, 2025. DL: May 15

— CfP: The 6th German Network for Pluralism in Economics scientific workshop (Pluralumn), the University of Hamburg (Germany), August 27-29, 2025. Contributions by (economic) sociologists and political scientists are welcome. The workshop is free of charge; travel expenditures might be covered for some participants; an edited volume is planned. DL: May 15

— CfP:  “Law and the Critique of Political Economy: 60th Anniversary of Reading Capital“, the 4th Centre for International Research on Law, Culture and Power conference, Masaryk University (Brno, Czechia, 6-7 June 2025. The conference will be held in a hybrid format. DL: May 16

— CfP: The History of Economics Society sessions at the ASSA meetings, Philadelphia (PA, USA) January 3-5, 2026. DL: May 16

Calls for papers — Journals and Collections:

— CfP: “Subjectivities in the Digital Economy”, Istanbul University Journal of Sociology‘s special issue edited by M. Fatih Karakaya and Hairou Jin. DL: April 22

— CfP: “Politics, the State, and American Capitalism in the Civil War Era“, a special issue of the Journal of the Civil War Era edited by Ariel Ron, Nicolas Barreyre, Noam Maggor, Sofia Valeonti. DL for abstracts: April 25

— CfP: “Overcoming (in)visible Barriers: Gender, Work and Discrimination“, Frontiers in Sociology‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: April 27

— CfP: “Labour Geographies of Global Production Networks“, Work in the Global Economy‘s special issue edited by Oliver Pye. DL for abstracts: April 30

— CfP: “Revisiting State-business Boundaries for the Possibility of Democracy“, a special issue of Organization, edited by Amon Barros, Peter Fleming, Tanusree Jain, Daniel Nyberg, Onna van den Broek. DL for proposals: May 1

— CfP: “Offshore Finance: The Socio-Economics of a Global System“, Socio-Economic Review‘s special issue edited by Brooke Harrington, Kimberly Kay Hoang, Vanessa Ogle. DL for full papers: May 15

— CfP: “Social Policies and Regulation of Work in the Platform Economy”, Journal of Policy Research‘s special issue, edited by Fabian Beckmann and Fabian Hoose. DL for proposals: May 15

— CfP: “Critical and Normative Perspectives on Work”, Philosophy and Public Issues‘s special issue edited by Eleonora Piromalli. DL for papers: May 15

— CfP: “Workplace Geopolitics: Industrial Relations and International Relations“, Journal of Industrial Relations‘ special issue edited by Frederick Harry Pitts and Huw Thomas. There will be a paper development workshop. DL for abstracts: May 23

Visiting positions:

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

— Visiting Fellow Research Stays at the AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization Sciences Po, Paris (France). The program offers desk space and a stipend to help offset the short-term cost of living in Paris. DL: May 19

Summer Schools:

— CfA: The 21st SCANCOR PhD Course in Institutional Analysis, the University of Bergen (Norway), 25-29 August, 2025. International teaching faculty: Bruce Carruthers, Gili Drori, Renate Meyer, Woody Powell, Patricia Bromley. There is no course fee; participants are provided a welcome reception, lunches, and a graduation dinner. Highly recommended event! DL: April 21

— CfA: Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy, the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies (Cologne, Germany), September 22–25, 2025. Participation is free of charge. For participants who do not have their own funding, travel costs and accommodation will be covered. Meals will be provided free of charge to all participants. DL: April 25

— CfP: A Training school on Intersectional Feminist Approaches to Platform Labour, Erasmus University Roterdam (The Netherlands), 2-4 June, 2025. Travel and accommodation costs will be covered for a few participants from outside the Netherlands. DL: April 25

— CfA:  “Valuation, Space and Power“, an early career researcher focused ‘masterclass’ workshop, University of Sheffield (UK), 23-24 June 2025. Faculty: Sarah Hall, Adam Leaver, Valbona Muzaka, Mary Robertson, Leonard Seabrooke & Duncan Wigan. The workshop is free to attend and there is a small budget to support a limited number of presenters. DL: April 30

— CfA: “The Political Economy of Immigration“, School of Economics, University of Barcelona (Spain). Faculty: Andreas Steinmayr, Tanya Surovtseva. Five scholarships are available. DL: April 30

— CfA: “Life after Growth” summer school, Kalentzi, the Municipality of North Tzoumerka (Greece), 21-24 September, 2025. No participation fee. DL: May 5

— CfA: The 3d summer workshop on Public Sector Organizational Effectiveness, the University of Notre Dame (IN, USA), July 21- 23, 2025. Fellowships will be awarded to cover event costs, room and board; some assistance to defy travel cost may also be possible. DL: May 15

Job openings:

— Director of Research Programmes, the Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations (Amsterdam, the Netherlands). DL: April 22

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— Lecturer/Senior Lecturer in Global Political Economy (permanent), the Department of Politics, The University of Manchester. Applications from critical political economists are encouraged. DL: April 23

—  Associate Professor in Labor Market studies, the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Den Haag, The Netherlands). DL: April 28

— Assistant Professor in Inequalities studies, the Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences (Den Haag, The Netherlands). DL: April 28

— Assistant Professor in Business History, the Department of Business Humanities and Law, Copenhagen Business School. DL: May 8

PhD Fellowships:

— PhD scholarship in political economy to study the relationships between business interests and political processes and the societal implications of these, the Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School. DL: May 1

— PhD student for a research project on the effects of the “AI revolution” on workers in the finance and media sectors, the Department of Media & Social Sciences, University of Stavanger (Norway). DL: May 4

—  Funded PhD positions in Social networks / Economic sociology and labor market / Welfare policy / Organizational and workplace studies, the Department of Sociology and Social Research, University of Trento (Italy). DL: May 15

— Doctoral studies in various areas of inequality, the Department of Economic History, Lund University (Sweden). DL: May 15

— Doctoral position (university assistant without doctorate) in the fields of Economic Sociology / Sociology of Money, University of Graz (Austria). DL: May 21

— Doctoral scholarship to join the “Remote Work and Social Change: An Anthropological Approach” research project, University of Antwerp (Belgium). DL: May 22

Postdoctoral positions:

— Departmental Lecturer in Economic and Social History, Faculty of History, the University of Oxford (UK). DL: April 23

— Postdoctoral position in life course studies / social inequality /economic sociology, the University of Lausanne (Switzerland). DL: April 27

— Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Sociology to join the ‘Future-proofing Australia’s Care Economy: A Relational Mobilities Approach’ project, University of Sidney. DL: April 27

— Postdoctoral Research Associate with interests in the sociology/economics of science (especially technology transfer and commercialization), the School of Sociology at the University of Arizona. DL: April 30

— A postdoctoral position in Political Economy (with a focus on Ukraine), he Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School. DL: May 1

— Fellow in Gender, Policy and Inequalities, Department of Gender Studies, London School of Economics and Political Science. DL: May 5

— Postdoctoral researcher to study changes in living standards during transitions and rapid shifts in social-economic organisation of societies, Utrecht University’s economic and social history group. DL: May 5

— Postdoctoral Research Fellowship to develop the research “Evictions and forced displacements: new urban dynamics from the mobilization of “risk” as a territorial restructuring device”, the Laboratory for Public Space and the Right to the City, the University of São Paulo (Brazil). DL: May 8

— Research Associate (PostDoc) with interest in social inequality within organizational, work and/or economic sociology, Institute of Sociology, Technische Universität Berlin (Germany). DL: May 9

Grants:

— Research grants on the Anthropology of Work, the Society for the Anthropology of Work. DL: May 15

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