Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
Professor of Economy and Society @ucl-ccs.bsky.social
Founder & Director UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies
Author of SPECULATIVE COMMUNITIES @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Next book REAL FAKE @mitpress.bsky.social
we finally meet in Buenos Aires
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 AM
we finally meet in Buenos Aires
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Our first event of the academic year is the UK book launch of @susanzieger.bsky.social's LOGISTICS AND POWER.
🗓️29 October 2025, 5pm–7pm
📍IAS Common Ground G11 ground floor, South Wing
UCL Gower St, London
Followed by a reception
Free and open to all--register here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
🗓️29 October 2025, 5pm–7pm
📍IAS Common Ground G11 ground floor, South Wing
UCL Gower St, London
Followed by a reception
Free and open to all--register here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Logistics and Power in Illegitimate Markets
UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies is delighted to welcome Susan Zieger to give this seminar. With respondent Professor Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou.
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 6, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Our first event of the academic year is the UK book launch of @susanzieger.bsky.social's LOGISTICS AND POWER.
🗓️29 October 2025, 5pm–7pm
📍IAS Common Ground G11 ground floor, South Wing
UCL Gower St, London
Followed by a reception
Free and open to all--register here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
🗓️29 October 2025, 5pm–7pm
📍IAS Common Ground G11 ground floor, South Wing
UCL Gower St, London
Followed by a reception
Free and open to all--register here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Global volatility at record highs. Geopolitical disorder, climate crisis, tech behemoths at trillion-plus valuations; gold soaring, indicators sinking, US government shutdown.
Market response? Number go up! 📈📈📈
Market response? Number go up! 📈📈📈
October 2, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Global volatility at record highs. Geopolitical disorder, climate crisis, tech behemoths at trillion-plus valuations; gold soaring, indicators sinking, US government shutdown.
Market response? Number go up! 📈📈📈
Market response? Number go up! 📈📈📈
This Friday afternoon feels special: after many twists & turns I've just submitted the manuscript of my next book to my editor @mitpress.bsky.social There were times I thought this moment may not come but it did. I am thinking of my mum who was still here when this started & I can see her smiling.
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
This Friday afternoon feels special: after many twists & turns I've just submitted the manuscript of my next book to my editor @mitpress.bsky.social There were times I thought this moment may not come but it did. I am thinking of my mum who was still here when this started & I can see her smiling.
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@ariskomporozos.bsky.social thank you for the concept of speculative communities, which I quote in this piece
September 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social thank you for the concept of speculative communities, which I quote in this piece
Some important personal news: I am delighted to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Economy and Society at @ucl.ac.uk!
June 25, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Some important personal news: I am delighted to share that I have been promoted to Professor of Economy and Society at @ucl.ac.uk!
Extremely proud to bring COLLAPSE FINANCE to the world — with an unbelievable set of participants.
Full announcement via e-Flux, Inc.
lnkd.in/eHBWTbsx
June 10-11. Hosted by The New Institute and organised together with @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social and Till Wittwer.
www.e-flux.com/announcement...
Full announcement via e-Flux, Inc.
lnkd.in/eHBWTbsx
June 10-11. Hosted by The New Institute and organised together with @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social and Till Wittwer.
www.e-flux.com/announcement...
Collapse Finance - e-flux Education
The New Institute's Futures of Capitalism Program, led by Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, convenes Collapse Finance, the inaugural workshop of the Global Consortium for Re-thinking Capitalism (GCRC).
www.e-flux.com
May 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
Extremely proud to bring COLLAPSE FINANCE to the world — with an unbelievable set of participants.
Full announcement via e-Flux, Inc.
lnkd.in/eHBWTbsx
June 10-11. Hosted by The New Institute and organised together with @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social and Till Wittwer.
www.e-flux.com/announcement...
Full announcement via e-Flux, Inc.
lnkd.in/eHBWTbsx
June 10-11. Hosted by The New Institute and organised together with @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social and Till Wittwer.
www.e-flux.com/announcement...
“Economists say” inflation is inevitable… but “populists may have a point,” says today’s @nytimes.com. One for you @isabellamweber.bsky.social !
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/b...
May 21, 2025 at 6:01 AM
“Economists say” inflation is inevitable… but “populists may have a point,” says today’s @nytimes.com. One for you @isabellamweber.bsky.social !
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/b...
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Warum Friedrich Merz' Zeit bei BlackRock wichtig ist - und wie diese Finanzriesen wesentliche Teile unseres Lebens & Alltags kontrollieren. Jetzt drängen sie gerade darauf, länger zu arbeiten.
Wichtiger Essay von @georgdiez.bsky.social und @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Wichtiger Essay von @georgdiez.bsky.social und @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Asset-Management: Der neue BlackRock-Kapitalismus
Friedrich Merz arbeitete vier Jahre lang für BlackRock, den mächtigsten Vermögensverwalter der Welt. Diese Branche verändert gerade nachhaltig die westlichen Demokratien.
www.zeit.de
May 20, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Warum Friedrich Merz' Zeit bei BlackRock wichtig ist - und wie diese Finanzriesen wesentliche Teile unseres Lebens & Alltags kontrollieren. Jetzt drängen sie gerade darauf, länger zu arbeiten.
Wichtiger Essay von @georgdiez.bsky.social und @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Wichtiger Essay von @georgdiez.bsky.social und @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Top of today’s DIE ZEIT: our essay on how Friedrich Merz is reshaping German conservatism through the asset management playbook. With @georgdiez.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
Asset-Management: Der neue BlackRock-Kapitalismus
Friedrich Merz arbeitete vier Jahre lang für BlackRock, den mächtigsten Vermögensverwalter der Welt. Diese Branche verändert gerade nachhaltig die westlichen Demokratien.
www.zeit.de
May 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Top of today’s DIE ZEIT: our essay on how Friedrich Merz is reshaping German conservatism through the asset management playbook. With @georgdiez.bsky.social
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
www.zeit.de/kultur/2025-...
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Looking forward to welcoming Melinda Cooper to LSE on June 3rd, for a talk on "BlackRock vs. BlackStone: Factions of Asset-Based Capitalism"
Join us! The event is free and open to all, registration details below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackrock-...
Join us! The event is free and open to all, registration details below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackrock-...
BlackRock vs Blackstone? Factions of Asset-Based Capitalism
Join us for a public talk with Melinda Cooper, Professor in the School of Sociology at the Australian National University.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
May 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Looking forward to welcoming Melinda Cooper to LSE on June 3rd, for a talk on "BlackRock vs. BlackStone: Factions of Asset-Based Capitalism"
Join us! The event is free and open to all, registration details below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackrock-...
Join us! The event is free and open to all, registration details below
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/blackrock-...
I have spent the past few years following the strange seams of financial alchemy. This morning, I woke to news that physicists have done it for real: lead into gold, if only for a moment! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Physicists turn lead into gold — for a fraction of a second
Colliding beams of lead create fast-moving, short-lived gold ions. Understanding the process could help to refine particle-accelerator experiments.
www.nature.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:48 AM
I have spent the past few years following the strange seams of financial alchemy. This morning, I woke to news that physicists have done it for real: lead into gold, if only for a moment! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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We are delighted to be hosting the launch of Noam Yuran's THE SEXUAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALISM tonight -- details below!
@aminsamman.bsky.social
@finandsoc.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@aminsamman.bsky.social
@finandsoc.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Book launch: The sexual economy of capitalism
The Centre for Capitalism Studies, in collaboration with the Finance and Society Network, is pleased to welcome Noam Yuran (Bar Ilan), Anat Rosenberg (IALS), and Amin Samman (City) to launch Yuran’s n...
www.ucl.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
We are delighted to be hosting the launch of Noam Yuran's THE SEXUAL ECONOMY OF CAPITALISM tonight -- details below!
@aminsamman.bsky.social
@finandsoc.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@aminsamman.bsky.social
@finandsoc.bsky.social
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Excellent op-ed by @abenanav.bsky.social. The Trumpist mess isn’t just a crisis, but also a prime opportunity to push for bold redistributive policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Opinion | There’s a Reason the World Is a Mess, and It’s Not Trump (Gift Article)
Global economic stagnation underlies today’s disarray.
www.nytimes.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Excellent op-ed by @abenanav.bsky.social. The Trumpist mess isn’t just a crisis, but also a prime opportunity to push for bold redistributive policy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...
Always great to hear from @maxread.info who’s been one of the most insightful voices engaging with my work. Here he draws on my analysis of speculative politics to make a compelling case about the logic behind Trump’s tariff chaos.
what if Donald trumps secret strategy is neither secret nor a strategy open.substack.com/pub/maxread/...
Donald Trump loves mess
The strategy behind Liberation Day
open.substack.com
April 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Always great to hear from @maxread.info who’s been one of the most insightful voices engaging with my work. Here he draws on my analysis of speculative politics to make a compelling case about the logic behind Trump’s tariff chaos.
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UK launch for @koheisaito.bsky.social's Slow Down, hosted by @ariskomporozos.bsky.social & @ucl-ccs.bsky.social!
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
April 15, 2025 at 9:41 PM
UK launch for @koheisaito.bsky.social's Slow Down, hosted by @ariskomporozos.bsky.social & @ucl-ccs.bsky.social!
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
A wide ranging conversation spanning the commons, planning, revolutionary reformism, and why you should collectively own forest with your mates.
Look out for @susanzieger.bsky.social's brilliant new book LOGISTICS AND POWER coming out soon with @ucpress.bsky.social. I was lucky enough to review it before publication and cannot recommend it enough!
www.ucpress.edu/books/logist...
www.ucpress.edu/books/logist...
Logistics and Power by Susan Zieger - Hardcover
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
www.ucpress.edu
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Look out for @susanzieger.bsky.social's brilliant new book LOGISTICS AND POWER coming out soon with @ucpress.bsky.social. I was lucky enough to review it before publication and cannot recommend it enough!
www.ucpress.edu/books/logist...
www.ucpress.edu/books/logist...
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On April 15, we're hosting the much-anticipated UK launch of @koheisaito.bsky.social's SLOW DOWN
Kohei Saito will be in conversation with our Centre Director Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
6pm, Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Kohei Saito will be in conversation with our Centre Director Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
6pm, Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
SLOW DOWN - the UK launch
The UCL Centre for Capitalism Studies presents Kohei Saito in conversation with Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
www.ucl.ac.uk
April 4, 2025 at 8:48 AM
On April 15, we're hosting the much-anticipated UK launch of @koheisaito.bsky.social's SLOW DOWN
Kohei Saito will be in conversation with our Centre Director Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
6pm, Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Kohei Saito will be in conversation with our Centre Director Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
6pm, Logan Hall, 20 Bedford Way
@ariskomporozos.bsky.social
@sriucl.bsky.social
www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Some compelling FT charts on the recent explosion of uncertainty readings in economic and geopolitical indices -- even higher than market measures of uncertainty used in options pricing, the VIX etc....
www.ft.com/content/8c12...
www.ft.com/content/8c12...
If times feel uncertain, it’s because they are
No doubt on doubt
www.ft.com
April 3, 2025 at 5:56 AM
Some compelling FT charts on the recent explosion of uncertainty readings in economic and geopolitical indices -- even higher than market measures of uncertainty used in options pricing, the VIX etc....
www.ft.com/content/8c12...
www.ft.com/content/8c12...
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Looking forward to discussing financial nihilism with @aminsamman.bsky.social at @ucl-ccs.bsky.social on Monday - www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
Financial Nihilism Today
The Centre for Capitalism Studies is pleased to present a talk on financial nihilism by Amin Samman (City) with commentary from William Davies (Goldsmiths).
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 20, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Looking forward to discussing financial nihilism with @aminsamman.bsky.social at @ucl-ccs.bsky.social on Monday - www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
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How does finance shape our world today?
One idea // 60 seconds with UCL CCS Director @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/tF1p4...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
One idea // 60 seconds with UCL CCS Director @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/tF1p4...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
How does finance shape our world today? - Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou
YouTube video by THE NEW INSTITUTE
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March 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
How does finance shape our world today?
One idea // 60 seconds with UCL CCS Director @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/tF1p4...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
One idea // 60 seconds with UCL CCS Director @ariskomporozos.bsky.social
www.youtube.com/shorts/tF1p4...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
@ucl-ias.bsky.social
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Hear the sirens.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
March 5, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Hear the sirens.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
If the warfare state replaces the welfare state, this will further fuel the extreme right. More countries falling in the hands of extreme right nationalists would weaken Europe in an existential way.
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We've extended the deadline to apply until March 10!
"The truth? In this economy?"
Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.
Join @ariskomporozos.bsky.social and me on April 10 at London's @ucl-ccs.bsky.social for an unconventional gathering of worried thinkers trying to understand WTF happens to the world when the economy is lies all the way down.
March 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We've extended the deadline to apply until March 10!
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We are delighted to announce an expanded editorial team for 2025 onward. Please join us in welcoming our new recruits Mareike Beck, Kristian Bondo Hansen, Juvaria Jafri, Jing Wang, and Philipp Golka. Read more here: financeandsocietynetwork.org/finsoc-new-e...
News: F&S announce expanded editorial team – Finance and Society Network
financeandsocietynetwork.org
March 4, 2025 at 11:37 AM
We are delighted to announce an expanded editorial team for 2025 onward. Please join us in welcoming our new recruits Mareike Beck, Kristian Bondo Hansen, Juvaria Jafri, Jing Wang, and Philipp Golka. Read more here: financeandsocietynetwork.org/finsoc-new-e...
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Work with us!
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
Info on current opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
Info on current opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
Opportunities to work with us
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
www.ucl.ac.uk
March 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Work with us!
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
Info on current opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk
We invite scholars, policymakers, and practitioners worldwide to collaborate on urgent research into how financial systems can be reimagined to address global challenges.
Info on current opportunities: www.ucl.ac.uk/institute-of...
@sriucl.bsky.social
@ioe.bsky.social
@ucl.ac.uk