Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
sperishefuni.bsky.social
Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute
@sperishefuni.bsky.social
SPERI develops and promotes new analysis and understanding of the major economic and political challenges arising from contemporary capitalism.

Blog: https://speri-blog.sites.sheffield.ac.uk

Podcast: https://sheffield.ac.uk/speri/podcast
🚢How do global supply chains drive labour exploitation, nature destruction and geopolitical tension?

📚Ben Selwyn discusses his new co-authored book Capitalist Value Chains on the latest episode of New Thinking in Political Economy

🎧Listen now: shorturl.at/NyFNT
October 23, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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Why does labour governance fail the very workers it should protect?

Dr Natalie Langford joins Dr Remi Edwards to explore racialisation, colonialism and globalisation through the lens of the Indian tea industry.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/why-l...

#LabourRights #GlobalEconomy
October 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Does China's party-state capitalist model mean it can fully decarbonise its economy?

Our exec producer Chris Saltmarsh joins Remi to discuss his @ripejournal.bsky.social article on the development of the Chinese political economy and implications for tackling the climate crisis

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September 24, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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India’s farming sector is facing deep crisis. Falling productivity, debt and mass protests have drawn global attention.

Dr Shreya Sinha joins Dr Remi Edwards to discuss who gains, who loses and how women are affected most.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/how-d...
September 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
🏭 What are the impacts of the Indonesian state's Green Industrial Policy, in terms of growth, extractivism and environmental (in)justice?

Muhammad Firman Eko Putra on state capitalism in Indonesia's nickel industry, based on his MA dissertation

📖 Read here: shorturl.at/ROdIA
September 17, 2025 at 10:16 AM
"Ending deforestation in Brazil requires not a change of rhetoric, but an entire rethink of the country’s ‘neo-extractivist’ development model and the system of political patronage that underpins it"

Paulina Flores-Martinez and coauthors for SPERI Blog: shorturl.at/8Z6hA
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?

Our Doctoral Researchers' Network hosted their annual conference, featuring presentations from almost 40 early-career political economists from across the UK and beyond.

More here: shorturl.at/X6rqX
SPERI Doctoral Researchers' Network host annual conference
Doctoral researchers from across the UK and beyond came to SPERI on 8 September to share their research around the conference theme 'This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?'.
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September 12, 2025 at 11:29 AM
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How do we define crisis in today’s world?

In the final Crisis Point episode, Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley reflect on financial and climate crises, theory, and action.

Listen on The Player: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/theor...

#PoliticalEconomy
September 8, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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The climate crisis threatens life itself, yet emissions continue to rise.

In SPERI Presents... Crisis Point, Prof Jeremy Green joins Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley to ask why, and what history tells us about the chance of change.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/clima...
September 1, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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Is populism a threat to democracy, or part of how it has always worked?

Professor Michael Bray joins Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley in Crisis Point to explore democracy, capitalism and crisis.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/popul...

#Populism #Democracy #CrisisPoint
August 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
🫖 What are the limits of civil society activism in protecting workers who become excluded from systems of production?

✍️ Dr Natalie Langford discusses her new paper with @remiedwards.bsky.social, published this year in @ripejournal.bsky.social

🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/9Cqjj
August 26, 2025 at 9:10 AM
💭 What's the relationship between organised violence and the capitalist economy?

Vicki Reif-Breitwieser talks about her research on corporate harm to communities through lithium extraction

🎧 Full episode here: shorturl.at/RnWdU
August 21, 2025 at 11:37 AM
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Is the rising cost of living a crisis in capitalism or a normal part of the system?

In Crisis Point: Cost of Living, Professor Martijn Konings explains inflation, its effects, and what it means for the future.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/cost-...

#CostOfLiving #Inflation
August 18, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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Why does austerity keep coming back?

In Crisis Point, Clara Mattei joins us to explain how austerity has shaped capitalist societies for over a century.

Listen now on The Player: bit.ly/45zUEU8

#Austerity #CrisisPoint #PoliticalEconomy
August 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Examining how military technologies are produced and how post-industrial UK regions are drawn into global war supply chains, our podcast of the week interrogates the political economy of organized violence.

With @frankmaracchione.bsky.social et al. at @sperishefuni.bsky.social

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July 31, 2025 at 11:01 AM
✍️NEW BLOG✍️

Labubu dolls are having a moment online - but what can this tell us about what consumers are seeking in the digital age?

Erhan Kilincarslan and Jiafan Li of @huddersfielduni.bsky.social on the emotional economics of Labubu

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July 31, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Is organised violence central to capitalism?

Our live episode recorded at @mybisa.bsky.social is @the-syllabus.bsky.social's podcast of the week

Listen here: shorturl.at/RnWdU
July 31, 2025 at 8:30 AM
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Prof Matthew Watson joins @sperishefuni.bsky.social's podcast to ask: was the Long Depression truly a crisis?

From falling profits to class conflict, this period changed how we think about capitalism.

Listen now: bit.ly/3H4K4Lw
#EconomicHistory #PoliticalEconomy #ThePlayerSheffield
July 29, 2025 at 11:49 AM
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@sperishefuni.bsky.social Presents:

Live: Is organised violence central to capitalism? @ BISA2025 w/ Joanna Tidy, Elena Simon, Vick Reif-Breitwieser Beryl Pong @frankmaracchione.bsky.social & @remiedwards.bsky.social 🎉

Recorded @ipegbisa.bsky.social roundtable #BISA2025 🌟

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Live: Is organised violence central to capitalism? @ BISA 2025
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July 23, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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What caused the 2008 financial crash? Why does it still matter today?

Dr Scott Lavery joins SPERI in Crisis Point to talk about how the crisis reshaped politics, the economy, and our everyday lives - and what might come next.

🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3UiPw0a
July 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
🎙️ SPERI Presents... LIVE! 🎙️

📡 What is the relationship between the capitalist economy and organised violence by, within and between states?

⏺️ We recorded a roundtable discussion at @mybisa.bsky.social Conference in Belfast

Listen now: shorturl.at/GF3re
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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What can the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis tell us about capitalism and global crashes?

Jomo Kwame Sundaram speaks to Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley about the role of the IMF, how it hit Asia, and how it connects to 2008.

Listen now on The Player: bit.ly/3TACefp
July 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
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How do we collaborate to tackle challenges?

In a video from #YPERN2025, Engagement Director Kersten discusses how Y-PERN is driving inclusive growth in the region and the huge opportunities that #Devolution presents to get academics & policymakers working together.

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Kersten England and the importance of Y-PERN's research work
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July 14, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Think you know what happened in the 1970s?

Professor Colin Hay joins @sperishefuni.bsky.social's Crisis Point podcast to rethink stagflation, trade unions, and Thatcherism. What was really going on - and what does it mean for us now?

🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3Tth6ri

#Stagflation #EconomicHistory
July 8, 2025 at 1:27 PM
🌏 Research Climate Crisis: Challenges and Opportunities workshop

💭 Our Doctoral Researchers Network hosted a one-day workshop for PGRs and ECRs working on the political economy of the climate crisis and activism

Info, including how to get involved in future events, here: shorturl.at/LXXsC
July 2, 2025 at 9:23 AM