Political Economy Starter Pack
A smorgasbord of Political Economists from various perspectives and levels of analysis.
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@thinkwoodist.bsky.social
@sebdiessner.bsky.social
Assistant Prof at Leiden University & Visiting Fellow at LSE European Institute. Political economy, EU governance, crises, central banks & the twin transition.
@hozic.bsky.social
IR/IPE,aesthetics,feminism, Balkan,ephemera. Co-Lead Editor @ripejournal.bsky.social & Ed Team of International Political Sociology.
@mkonings.bsky.social
Political economist at University of Sydney. Most recent book The Bailout State: Why Governments Rescue Banks, Not People (Polity, 2025). Now working on property and democracy.
@nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social
Political Economist at Institute of Public Administration, Leiden University | Sustainable Finance | Financialization | Politics of Investment | Pensions | http://nataschavanderzwan.com
@benrosamond1.bsky.social
Professor and Head of Politics and International Relations, University of Edinburgh. Anglo-Swede, would-be leg spinner, new elite (if only). Political economy and assorted other obsessions.
@bengtssonz.bsky.social
Economic historian living in Malmö, Sweden. I do research about economic inequality and historical political economy. I post about stuff I read and some current events. https://sites.google.com/view/bengtsson
@drtomdog.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science, UCL. Studying political economy, welfare reforms, public opinion, European and British politics. He/him 🏳️🌈
@ccavaille.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Ford School (U-M). If you are looking for a book titled "Fair Enough?" here it is 👇 https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009366038 https://a.co/d/b6yL5d3
@gscheiring.bsky.social
Asst Prof of Comparative Politics Georgetown Qatar • Economic shocks, inequality, authoritarianism, class relations, populism, health • Political economy of development • FirstGen • former Fellow @ Harvard CES & Cambridge Sociology • gaborscheiring.com
@pgolka.bsky.social
Senior researcher @mpifg.bsky.social, studying private wealth, finance & the state in the climate crisis. #privatewealth | #impinv | #greenfinance | #strandedassets
@kaikodden.bsky.social
Political economist and attempts at internationalism l Prof @Bard College Berlin. Between Cologne and Berlin.
@phdskat.org
Political economist @ Copenhagen Business School | International tax, global governance, professionals 🌐 phdskat.org
@marentoft.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology, uni Oslo. Relational sociology, class analysis, urban inequality, elite studies, 🍉
@aslicansunar.bsky.social
Prof of political science @UW | inequality, taxation, public services, Ottoman Empire & Turkey | http://aslicansunar.com | http://istanbultelephonedirectories.com
@bpetrova.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at Texas Tech. Inequality, redistribution, and political economy.
@runestahl.bsky.social
Assistant professor in political economy at Copenhagen Business School
@bjoernbremer.bsky.social
Political economist @CEU and CES Harvard | the politics of macroeconomic policies, economic crises & party politics | cycling enthusiast and wannabe sports commentator | www.bjoern-bremer.com
@lukaslehner.bsky.social
Assistant Prof @EdinburghUni | Econ & social policy: labor, (un)employment, inequality | http://supertracker.spi.ox.ac.uk | https://lukaslehner.github.io/
@jonathanhopkin.bsky.social
Professor of the Political Economy of Europe at LSE. Interested in democratic representation and inequality in the rich democracies (and the US). Author of Anti-System Politics (OUP, 2020). Also random thoughts on football, cycling, the weather etc
@iliasalami.bsky.social
Assistant prof political economy University of Cambridge Books: Money Power in Emerging Markets (2020); The Spectre of State Capitalism (now out and free to download!) Editor Economy and Society Member Second Cold War Observatory
@ariannagiovannini.bsky.social
Professor of Political Sociology @uniurb. Former director and now Associate Fellow, @ipprnorth.bsky.social. Devolution/Territorial Politics/Regions/Local Government
@drmkuisma.bsky.social
Political scientist, Program Lead and Lecturer in Public Policy, University of Tübingen. Welfare states and social citizenship || ideas and institutions || populism || social democracy || Nordic / British / European politics || Baggies
@katemcnamara.bsky.social
Money, markets, politics & culture; industrial policy; EU stuff. Prof at Georgetown University. Writings @kathleenrmcnamara.wordpress.com
@cacrisalves.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Economics, IIPP-UCL. Book: Labour, Value and Capitalism: A study of the Poverty of Philosophy (1847) by Karl Marx, 2024. Editora Dialética Profile: https://profiles.ucl.ac.uk/91802-carolina-alves/about
@jvtk.bsky.social
Political Economy, the ESG anthropocene, technocracy, legitimacy and more | “Non-profit finfluencer” | @UvA_AISSR @Politics_UvA
@fgenovese.bsky.social
Political scientist at University of Oxford • Leverhulme Trust awardee • cross-national policy, political economy, politics of climate and crises • mom of 2 • she/her https://www.federica-genovese.com/
@benbraun.bsky.social
Political economist @ LSE | Finance, central banking & more | benjaminbraun.org
@jacobhacker.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science; co-director, Ludwig Program on Public Leadership, Yale Law School; co-leader, Consortium on American Political Economy (CAPE); director, Yale American Political Economy eXchange (APEX); jacobhacker.com
@mariaabreu.bsky.social
Prof. of Economic Geography and Fellow of Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. My work is on labour markets, migration, planning, and regional policy. I also love photography and baking, and have a crazy cocker spaniel called Fonzie.
@benansell.bsky.social
Professor of Comparative Democratic Institutions, Nuffield & University of Oxford, FBA. http://benansell.substack.com. Why Politics Fails. BBC Reith Lecturer 2023. Host of What’s Wrong With Democracy? and BBC Radio 4’s Rethink
@quinnslobodian.com
Historian of bad ideas. Out now: HAYEK'S BASTARDS: https://bookshop.org/p/books/hayek-s-bastards-race-gold-iq-and-the-capitalism-of-the-far-right-quinn-slobodian/21814849?ean=9781890951917 quinnslobodian.com
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social
Political Economist @campolis.bsky.social | Staff Fellow in Politics @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social | Associate Editor @cjres.bsky.social | Researching innovation policy, housing, & crisis construction in the US, UK & EU | www.jamesdgwood.com