Dear ES/PE community members, as a new academic year begins in many countries, dive into and benefit from an abundant list of valuable academic opportunities: 27 calls for papers for conferences (some are partly and fully funded) and special issues, 13 job openings, 12 postdoc positions, 4 PhD scholarships, and an award in economic sociology, political economy, economic history, and broadly related fields — with deadlines from September 14 through October 16. This time, the list is particularly interesting and rich! Share this post with your colleagues and students. Good luck!
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Calls for Papers — Conferences and Workshops:

— CfP: CEPR Political Economy Symposium, University of Venice (Italy), 19-20 March 2027. Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered. DL: September 14

— CfP: “Narrating Eventness: Economy, Ecology, and the Critical Power of Imagining” conference, Humboldt University Berlin (Germany), May 11-13, 2027. Travel and accommodation expenses will be covered. DL: September 15

— CfP: “The Economic and Societal Impacts of AI” workshop, the Munich Center for Transformative Technologies and Societal Change (Germany), 3-4 December 2026. Keynoter: Joshua Gans. Accommodation and travel costs will be covered. DL: September 15

— CfP: The 3rd Comparative Economic Inequality Conference, the International Inequalities Institute, London School of Economics (UK),  11-12 February 2027. Keynoter: Paula England. DL: September 15

— CfP: The 10th International Conference on the Political Economy of Democracy and Dictatorship, University of Münster (Germany), February 18-20, 2027. Keynoters: Sara Lowes, Andrea Prat, Gerard Padró i Miquel. DL: September 15

— CfP: The 9th Economics and Politics Workshop, the University of Lille (France), 16-17 December 2026. No conference fee; lunches will be provided; young scholars can apply for a scholarship. DL: September 15

— CfP: “The Soviet Legacy: Political Economy, Conflict, and Environmental Change” workshop, UCLouvain (Belgium), 18-19 January 2027. Keynoters: Vola Charnysh and Maria Petrova. Accommodation and meals will be covered. DL: September 15

— CfP: The African Economic Development Conference by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy, CEPR, and the World Bank Group Institute for Economic Development, Rome (Italy), 28-29 January 2027. Keynoters: Arkebe Oqubay, Douglas Gollin. DL: September 15

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— CfP: “Reimagining Justice: Democracy, Inequality and Sustainable Futures“, the 2nd International Conference of Inequalities, Social Justice & Democracy, Universitas Brawijaya, Malang (Indonesia) & online, 21 November 2026. Keynoters: Geraldine K.L. Chan, Kheira Arrouche, Ali Maksum, Sari Hanafi. DL: September 15

— CfP: The 19th Annual Conference on the Political Economy of International Organization, University of Texas at Austin (USA), January 7-9, 2027. There is no conference fee. DL: September 20

— CfP: The 20th Workshop on Political Economy, the Center of Public and International Economics at TU Dresden (Germany). Keynoters: Tommaso Nannicini, Raphaël Franck. DL: September 27

— CfP: The 21st International Labour and Employment Relations Association World Congress, Sydney (Australia), 31 Aug – 3 Sep 2027. DL: September 28

— CfP: The 7th Organization Theory Winter Workshop, IÉSEG School of Management and ESSEC Business School, Paris (France), January 26-28, 2027. DL: October 1

— CfP: “The Golden Age of Rural-Urban Migrations? Grassroots Perspective on Global Phenomenon 1930s – 1980s” workshop, Jagiellonian University Kraków (Poland), 18–20 February 2027. Keynoter: Ewald Fire. Accommodation and board will be provided; there will be no participation fee. DL: October 1

— CfP: “Infrastructural Actors and Activism in Contemporary History” conference, Leibniz-Centre for Contemporary History, Potsdam (Germany), June 9-11, 2027. Travel and accommodation costs are intended to be covered. DL: October 9

— CfP: “What is Economic Planning? Historical and Contemporary Perspectives” workshop, Science Po Paris (France), 10-11 December 2026. Limited funds are available to support accommodation and travel. DL: October 12

— CfP: “Everyday Labour, Scientific Practices and the Making of Knowledge” workshop, the Käte Hamburger Research Centre, Munich (Germany), 25-26 February 2027. DL: October 15

— CfP: “Democracy Under Pressure: Conditions of the Authoritarian Turn Yesterday and Today” conference by the International Karl Polanyi Society, WU Vienna (Austria), 24-26 May 2027. This conference is free of charge. DL: October 15

— CfP: “Educational Inequalities: Causes, Consequences and Policies” international conference, Ascona, Lago Maggiore (Switzerland), 12–16 July 2027. Invited speakers and discussants: Rolf Becker, Ben Jann, Solvejg Jobst, Lindsey Macmillan, Erna Nairz-Wirth, Emer Smyth, Heike Solga, Auli Toom, Susana Vázquez Cupeiro, Felix Weiss. There will be grants for doctoral candidates covering accommodation and meals. DL: October 15

— CfP: “Workers and Technological Change” conference, the Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities, University of Oxford (UK), 10-11 December 2026. There are no conference fees; travel and accommodation support can potentially be provided. DL: 16 October 2026

— CfP: “Business History and Political Economy“, the Business History Conference, Mexico City (Mexico), March 18-20, 2027. DL: October 16

Calls for Papers — Journals and Collections:

— CfP: “Geoeconomic Restructuring: Public and Private Challenges in Industrial Development, Strategy, and Governance“, Politics and Governance‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: September 15

— CfP: “Repoliticising Monetary Policy? The Comparative Political Economy of Independent Central Banking”, Politics and Governance‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: September 15

— CfP: “The Cultural Labor of Internationalism: Reorienting Solidarities in Times of Struggle“, Verge: Studies in Global Asias‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: September 30

— CfP: “Internet Studies: A Multidisciplinary Approach“. This collection will provide a timely synthesis of Internet Studies amid rapid technological and societal transformations, with a strong focus on the convergence of platforms and artificial intelligence. Among the book parts are: “Platforms, Data, and Economic Transformations”, “Governance, Regulation, Ethics, and Rights”, “Society, Culture, Identities, and Inequalities”. DL for abstracts: September 30

— CfP: “The Contested Governance of Data Centres“, European Journal of Risk Regulation‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: October 1

— CfP: “Classes and Categories of Classification in Contemporary Social Inequality Research“, The German Sociological Review‘s special issue. DL for abstracts: October 1

PhD Fellowships:

— PhD research scholarships in several socio-economic topics, the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies of the University of Coimbra (Portugal). DL: September 18

— PhD position in Competition Law Enforcement in Mixed Markets, Utrecht University School of Law (The Netherlands). DL: October 1

— Worried your next application might be rejected, and not sure you’ve done everything right? Applying to positions or programs in an academic system you weren’t trained in? The unwritten rules of academic applications are rarely taught, and figuring them out alone costs rejections. The Global Academic Studio provides one-to-one coaching for graduate students and early career scholars navigating applications, supervisors, and career decisions, with someone in your corner who has done it: a sociologist (PhD, Stony Brook) who has worked across academic systems in the US, UK, Israel, and Romania. Book a free 30-minute discovery call here.

— PhD Researcher position to join the “From Human Capital to Intelligence Management: Data-driven Economy and Brain-Computer Interfaces” project (on the political economy of neurotechnology and brain-computer interface), the UCD School of Sociology (Ireland). DL: October 7

— PhD scholarship (having an background in the social sciences)  to study scaling high-technology ventures in an era of geopolitical rivalry, the Department of International Economics, Government and Business, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). DL: October 15

Postdoctoral positions:

— Postdoctoral Fellowship Program with the focus on International Policy (sustainability and climate change, global migration, state-building, the political economy of development, great power competition, global governance), the Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, the University of Michigan (MI, USA). DL: September 13

— Postdoc Position in Sociology within the working group of “Sociology – Social Movements” as part of the Cluster of Excellence “The Politics of Inequality”, The University of Konstanz (Germany). DL: September 13

— Fulbright Postdoctoral Fellowship at Ben-Gurion University, Hebrew University, University of Haifa, and Bar-Ilan University (Israel), each of which has economic sociology and political economy faculty members. DL: September 15

— Postdoc in Polit­ic­al Eco­nomy to join the project “The Business of Corruption”, Department of International Economics, Government & Business, Copen­ha­gen Busi­ness School. DL: September 18

— Postdoctoral Researcher to join the Technology & Statehood research group, The Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Koln (Germany). DL: September 18

— Digital Humanism Postdoc Fellowship to pursue research on digitalization’s intersection with societal, economic, and geopolitical dimensions, the Institute for Human Sciences, Vienne (Austria). DL: September 21

— Junior Research Fellow in Development Studies, Queens’ College, the University of Cambridge (UK). DL: September 25\

— Postdoctoral researcher in sociology to join the “Globalization, Work and Production” research group, the Berlin Social Science Center (Germany). DL: September 30

— Postdoctoral Research Fellow to study the Relationship between Family Diversity and Inequalities in Children’s Education and Health at the WZB Berlin Social Science Center. DL: October 4

— Postdoctoral Fellowships to join the Clusters of Excellence “Politics of Inequality“, the University of Konstanz (Germany). DL: October 12

— Worried your next application might be rejected, and not sure you’ve done everything right? Applying to positions or programs in an academic system you weren’t trained in? The unwritten rules of academic applications are rarely taught, and figuring them out alone costs rejections. The Global Academic Studio provides one-to-one coaching for graduate students and early career scholars navigating applications, supervisors, and career decisions, with someone in your corner who has done it: a sociologist (PhD, Stony Brook) who has worked across academic systems in the US, UK, Israel, and Romania. Book a free 30-minute discovery call here.

— Post-doctoral Fellow in the Sociology of Work, Labor and  Employment, and Organizations, the Department of Sociology at Tulane University, New Orleans (LA, USA). DL: October 15

— Postdoctoral Research Associate in international and comparative political economy, The Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (NJ, USA). DL: October 15

Job openings:

— Pro­fess­or­ship in In­ter­na­tion­al Polit­ic­al Eco­nomy and Mar­ket Or­gan­iz­a­tion, Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). DL: September 14

— Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics (focusing in Political Economy), the Department of Government at Dartmouth College (NH, USA). DL: September 14

— Tenure-track faculty position in Global Production and Trade Governance (political economy), the Department of International Studies at Indiana University (USA). DL: September 15

— Tenure-track faculty member in in Organizational Behavior (with expertise in organizations, work, economic sociology),  the School of Industrial and Labor Relations,  Cornell University (NY, USA). DL: September 15

— Open Rank Faculty Position in Economic Sociology / Organization Theory (or closely related subfields), the Strategy and Business Policy Department at HEC Paris (France). DL: September 15

— Tenure-Track Assistant Professor of Public Policy (development, innovation, and trade; comparative and international political economy; cultural, labor, and social policies), University of California Los Angeles (USA). DL: September 18

— Ten­ure Track As­sist­ant Pro­fess­or­ship in Busi­ness and Gov­ern­ment (Business-Government relations / Firms in Politics / Money in Politics / International Business and Politics / Political Economy), Department of International Economics, Government & Business, Copenhagen Business School (Denmark). DL: September 18

— Associate Professor or Professor of Social Stratification and Inequality, the Department of Sociology, the Ohio State University (OH, USA). DL: September 25

— Assistant Professor of Technology and Social Change (digital platforms and social media; technology, work, and organizations; science and technology studies; and technology and globalization), the Department of Sociology, the Ohio State University (OH, USA). DL: September 25

— Tenure-track position in Economic Sociology / Stratification, The Department of Sociology, McGill University (Montreal, Canada). DL: October 10

— Since you find value in the content and resources shared by the ES/PE community, please consider making a contribution to help sustain our work. Your support is vital to maintaining our independence and carrying forward our mission. Intellectual and civic solidarity matters now more than ever. You can donate securely now via this PayPal link. Every contribution makes a meaningful difference and helps ensure the continuation of accessible scholarship and useful information. Thank you for being part of this community!

— Faculty position in Political Economy / Labour / Economic Sociology, Azim Premji University, Bengaluru (India). DL: October 10

— Assistant Professor position in the Social Sciences (with emphasis on institutional, community and/or historical orientations), the Energy and Resources Group at the University of California, Berkeley (CA, USA). DL: October 12

— Open Rank Faculty Position in Data Science and Society, Georgetown University in Qatar. DL: October 15

Awards:

— The Eric R. Wolf Prize for graduate student research that integrates political economy and political action into the analysis of social life, the Society for the Anthropology of Work. DL: October 15