Alice Pearson
alice-pearson.bsky.social
Alice Pearson
@alice-pearson.bsky.social
Anthropologist & historian of economics
Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, Cambridge
https://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/about/people/alice-pearson/
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I'm hiring two Post-Doctoral Fellows in International Political Economy/Economic Sociology as part of the ADD project funded by the Velux Foundation. The posts are linked to an AI Sustainability package led by Christina Lioma at KU and me at CBS, drawing insights from comp sci & political economy.
September 6, 2025 at 10:12 AM
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🚨 New paper accepted in @JCMS_journal! 🚨

"Central bankers as migrating birds: How inflation shapes the rhetorical strategies of doves and hawks"
With Bart Stellinga and Matthias Thiemann

Paper: doi.org/10.1111/jcms...
Blog: lnkd.in/eNAm9NzA
Central Bankers as Migrating Birds: How Inflation Shapes the Rhetorical Strategies of Doves and Hawks
The Eurosystem is built on a compelling promise: shielded from national politics, ECB Governing Council members would be better positioned to deploy their science-based expertise. Far from embodying ...
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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NEW: UK taxpayers are losing £22 billion every year from losses at the Bank of England - the same as the entire Home Office annual budget. This is the result of a flawed implementation of the BoE's quantitative easing programme. We propose two steps to fix this leak. (1/4)
August 29, 2025 at 6:59 AM
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📣 Open for applications
CIRN Intesa Sanpaolo Visiting Fellowship

The fellowship invites an an outstanding early career postdoctoral scholar whose research focuses on Italy to spend a period of time at Cambridge in Spring 2026

Apply by 16 Sept 2025 buff.ly/avKFQEe
@cirn-cambridge.bsky.social
CIRN Intesa Sanpaolo Visiting Fellowship - CRASSH
The Fellowship is offered to an outstanding early career scholar whose research focuses on Italy.
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August 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Jack’s dissertation was on the effects of prestige and hierarchy in mainstream economics and how this affects knowledge production.
Pluralism and social epistemology in economics
Economics plays a significant role in decision-making in contemporary western societies, but its role is increasingly questioned. A recurring topic among the challenges raised by critics is that econo...
www.repository.cam.ac.uk
July 24, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.

Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.

We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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-> @alice-pearson.bsky.social 's research background looks particularly interesting. "As a Leverhulme Early Career Fellow, her current research project reveals an unlikely history of how economics has reformatted the legibility and legitimacy of claims on welfare since the 1970’s."
👋🏼 WHO'S HERE? Welcome to our new fellows in Easter Term

Pietro Agnoletto (Milano-Bicocca)
Gaia Bruno (Venice)
Alice Pearson (Cambridge)
Max Skjönsberg (Hamilton School of Classical and Civic Education)

Read more about them bit.ly/4k7zB0d
WHO’S HERE? Introducing CRASSH Fellows in Easter Term 2025 - CRASSH
A brief introduction to new fellows joining CRASSH this EasterTerm.
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May 22, 2025 at 12:13 PM
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JOB:

Assistant Professor in South Asian Political/ Intellectual History (3-year post) @Cambridge_Uni

www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50694/
Assistant Professor in South Asian Political/ Intellectual History (Temporary Cover) - Job Opportunities - University of Cambridge
Assistant Professor in South Asian Political/ Intellectual History (Temporary Cover) in the Faculty of History at the University of Cambridge.
www.jobs.cam.ac.uk
April 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM