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Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: “Capitalism Moving Beyond Neoliberalism: Crises, Changes, and What Comes Next“, the 16th International Initiative for Promoting Political Economy conference, University Institute of Lisbon and ICS – Lisbon University (Portugal),  9- 12 September, 2026. DL: March 8

— CfP: “Degrowth: Bridging Green & Just in Central and Eastern Europe” conference, Jagiellonian University Krakow (Poland), 16-19 June, 2026. DL: March 8

— CfP: “Social Boundaries of Work: The Meanings of Work in Organizational Contexts”,  the ISA RC44 “Labor Movement” and the Critical Labor Studies Network conference, Department of Sociology of Organization and Management, University of Lodz (Poland), October 21-23, 2026. DL: March 9

— CfP: “Private and Public Institutions for Good Governance”, the WINIR annual conference, Sapienza University of Rome (Italy), 22-24 July 2026. Keynoters: Paul Dragos Aligica, Julia Black. DL: March 14

— CfP: “Global Transformations of Labour”, the EAEPE annual conference, Université de Lausanne (Switzerland), September 9 -11, 2026. Keynoters: Vili Lehdonvirta, Sara Lafuente. DL: March 15

— CfP: The 16th International German Socio-Economic Panel User Conference, Quadriga Campus, Berlin (Germany), July 8-9, 2026. Keynoters: Wiebke Bleidorn, Thomas Dohmen. DL: March 15

— CfP:“Labor Rights in the 21st Century” international conference, Montevideo City Hall and the Vivian Trías Foundation (Uruguay) or online, 20 November 2026. Three nights of hotel accommodation will be covered. DL: March 15

— CfP: “The Wealth of Nations in the Multipolar Age”, the19th Annual Forum of the World Association for Political Economy (WAPE), University of Greenwich, London (UK), August 5-7, 2026. DL: March 15

— CfP: “Low-income Housing Supply and Housing Affordability” international conference, Corvinus University of Budapest (Hungary), June 8-9, 2026. The conference will cover up to two nights of lodging. DL: March 15

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— CfP: “Causes and Consequences of Deindustrialisation. Structural change, globalisation, and labour productivity“, the 23rd Italian Association for the History of Political Economy Conference, Università di Napoli Federico II (Italy), 25-27 June 2026. DL: March 16

— CfP: “Work and Employment in the Great Reshuffle: Navigating the Polycrisis“, the BSA Work, Employment and Society annual conference, University of Bath (UK), 9-11 September 2026. Keynoters: Mohammad Amir Anwar and Valeria Pulignano, Patrizia Zanoni and Gabriela Alberti. DL: March 20

— CfP: “Politics of Payments: Theorizing the Transformation of Monetary Orders“, the Historical Sociological Research Hub ‘Fault Lines of Democracy’ International Workshop, Hamburg Institute for Social Research (Germany), September 7-9, 2026. Keynoter: Marieke de Goede. Interested parties have the opportunity to apply for an extension of their stay at the institute by 1-4 weeks as part of a fellowship (free accommodation and an expense allowance). DL: March 22

— CfP: The 19th Annual Meeting of the African Economic History Network, University of Gothenburg (Sweden), 23-24 October, 2026. DL: March 30

— CfP: “Higher Education and the Labour Market”, the 7th forum of the Institute for Employment Research and the German Centre for Higher Education Research and Science Studies, Nuremberg (Germany), 23-24 June, 2026. Keynoters: Susan Dynarski, Moris Triventi. DL: March 31

— CfP: “Entrepreneurship and Inequality” workshop, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark), June 11, 2026. One night of accommodation will be covered; Lunch, coffee breaks, and dinner will be provided. DL: April 10

— CfP: “Work and Employment in an Era of Global Reordering“, The Centre for Employment Relations, Innovation and Change Doctoral Conference,  University of Leeds (UK) or online, May 15, 2026. Several prizes will be awarded. DL: April 10

Calls for papers — Journals and Collections:

— CfP: “Driving Socio-Economic Change through AI and Digitalization: Entrepreneurial Opportunities and Risks“, Review of Evolutionary Political Economy‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: March 30

PhD Fellowships:

— PhD Student on Social Inequalities and in Time Poverty, The Institute of Social Sciences, University of Lausanne (Switzerland). DL: March 18

— PhD Studentship “National Security and the “New” Industrial Policy: A Comparative Political Economy of Quantum Technology Strategies”, University of Glasgow (UK). The project explores how state capacity, government-industry coordination and policy networks shape technological outcomes. DL: March 24

Postdoctoral positions:

— Postdoctoral Fellowship in American Jewish Economic History, Tulane University (LA, USA). DL: March 5

— Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Policy (from Political Science/Sociology; areas of specialization are open), the Department of Government at Colby College (ME, USA). DL: March 15

— Postdoc researcher to study, using qualitative social science methods, the rise of involuntary part-time employment across Europe, the Labour Geography Unit at the Department of Geography of the University of Zurich (Switzerland). DL: March 16

— Postdoctoral Positions at “The Rule of Law at Work: Employment Law Compliance and Enforcement” project, University of Glasgow (UK). DL: March 24

— Postdoctoral researcher to study how ports and port-related firms organize, govern, and innovate in the context of sustainability transitions and multi-use spatial concepts, the Department of Strategy and Innovation, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). DL: March 30

— Postdoctoral researcher to join the project “How do firms create unequal careers, and how is this linked to workers’ health?“, the Department of Sociology, University of Amsterdam. DL: March 30

— Postdoctoral Researcher to study Older Never-Married Adults (social networks), the Center for Research on Inequality and Health (CRIH) and the Social Networks and Inequalities Lab (SNAIL) at Vanderbilt University (TN, USA). DL: March 31

— Postdoctoral Visitor to join “Between Economy and Democracy: Reorganizing Research Evaluation through Metadata in the Digital Era” research project, York University, Toronto or remote in Ontario (Canada). DL: March 31

—  A full-time post-doctoral researcher to work on a project aimed at understanding which factors are shaping the length of working life, The Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (Germany). DL: April 8

Summer Schools and Institutes:

— CfA: The Summer Institute on the History of Economics, the Center for the History of Political Economy, Duke University (NC, USA),  June 2-11, 2026. No fee; participants will be provided with complimentary bed, meals, and a reimbursement for travel expenses. DL: March 9

— CfA: The Summer Institute on Longitudinal Data Analysis, Purdue University (IN, USA). July 12–17, 2026. Scholarships are available to cover the full cost of tuition, travel, housing, and food. DL: March 15

— CfA: “Transitions and Variety of Business Organizations in European Capitalism”, the 13the European Business History Association Doctoral Summer School, Salins-les-Bains (Jura, France), 6-11 September 2026. The organizers will cover accommodation (shared twin rooms) and meals. DL: March 16

— CfA: “The Political Economy of Artificial Intelligence: Labour, Power and Capital Accumulation” summer school, King’s College London (UK), 16–19 June 2026. No attendance fee. DL: March 17

— CfA: The 5th Summer School in Social Science History (especially economic and social history projects),  University of Jyväskylä (Finland), 7-9 June, 2026. DL: March 20

— CfA: The Global Scholars Intensive by Harvard Law School Institute for Global Law & Policy, The Sciences Po Law School (Paris, France), June 11 – 13, 2026. The GSI is open by application to junior scholars working to understand the levers of political, economic, and legal authority in the world. No registration fee; admitted out-of-town participants will receive lodging, along with a travel scholarship; most meals will be covered. DL: March 23

— CfA: “Alternative Economic and Monetary Systems“, the AEMS Summer University on the dynamic connections between economy, society, and the environment, BOKU University, Vienna (Austria), 13-31 July 2026. DL: March 28

— CfA: Summer School on the Political Economy of Conflict and Redistribution, Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance, Berlin (Germany), September 7–9, 2026. No participation fee. DL: March 31

— CfA: “Thickening the World: Modes of Inquiry, Experimentation, and Arts of Noticing”, the 1st Swiss–Belgian STS Summer School (PhD students and postdocs), University of Lausanne (Switzerland, 25-27 August 2026. Registration fee covers three days of lunch and coffee breaks, as well as the social event; for those who do not benefit from institutional support, the organizing committee will assist in exploring funding options. DL: April 1

Visiting Positions:

— The AxPo Observatory of Market Society Polarization at Sciences Po (Paris, France) is welcoming applications from academics with focus on socio-economic and socio-political polarization for research stays of approximately 1-2 months. The visiting scholars program offers desk space and a stipend. DL: March 16

— EXTRACTIVISM, the project examining natural resource extraction worldwide within the broader context of the climate crisis and its intersection with geopolitical shifts, rising inequalities, and energy regime transitions, is accepting applications for short-term fellowships, funded for up to two months, at the University of Kassel and/or the Philipps University of Marburg in 2026. DL: March 31

Awards:

—  The Jörg-Huffschmid-Prize will be awarded to outstanding work in critical political economy at master / PhD levels. DL: April 1

Job openings:

— Assistant Professor in Department of Global & Sociocultural Studies (primary specialization in the study of migration, focusing on poverty, social stratification, and/or transnational and global processes), the Department of Global and Sociocultural Studies, Florida International University (USA). DL: March 9

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