Carola Westermeier
c-westermeier.bsky.social
Carola Westermeier
@c-westermeier.bsky.social
Research Group Leader @mpifg.bsky.social with a focus on the intersections of Technology and Sovereignty // carolawestermeier.org
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Thrilled to share that the Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure, co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Barbara Brandl, has been published!

You can find all chapters open access: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
doi.org
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"Europe faces an existential choice: build genuine technological sovereignty now, or accept governance by platforms whose architects view democracy as an obsolete operating system."
The Authoritarian Stack: how tech billionaires are building a post-democratic America and why Europe is next.

My new project is an interactive investigation and open data platform to expose tech authoritarianism and mobilize collective power for democratic alternatives.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
The Authoritarian Stack
How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic America — And Why Europe Is Next
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Sehr aufschlussreiche und zugleich kurzweilige Lektüre zu @katharinapistor.bsky.socials Adorno Vorlesungen mit vielen hilfreich Referenzen und einem Hauch Frankfurter Atmosphäre als Mix aus IfS & (Zentral-)Banken. Danke insb. für den Absatz zum Potential des digitalen Euro @floschmittou.bsky.social
Zwischen juristischer Begutachtung, sozialwissenschaftlicher Problematisierung und politischer Intervention: Bei den Adorno-Lectures @ifsfrankfurt.bsky.social sprach @katharinapistor.bsky.social zur „Neuordnung des Geldes“. Der Bericht von @floschmidt.bsky.social:

www.soziopolis.de/frankfurt-sc...
November 3, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Das ist spannend und ein deutliches Zeichen: Der internationale Gerichtshof schmeißt Microsoft raus und setzt auf deutsche Open-Source-Lösung - aus Angst vor Trump!

Da gab es bereits einen gefährlichen Präzedenzfall.

www.handelsblatt.com/technik/it-i...
Handelsblatt
www.handelsblatt.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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We're hiring an outstanding Assistant Professor whose core research is in the field of cultural sociology with demonstrable expertise in the sociology of #culture and #technology.

📅 Applications close Sunday 30 November 2025.

➡️ jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
October 24, 2025 at 3:34 PM
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Mit Beiträgen von @andreabinder.bsky.social @steffenmurau.bsky.social @martynalinartas.bsky.social @carolinmueller.bsky.social @larsdoepking.bsky.social @c-westermeier.bsky.social Patrick Samtlebe, Philip Manow, Janosch Prinz, Jenny Stupka, Jürgen Unger-Sirsch, Christian Neuhäuser und mehr!
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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Da ist der endlich: Der neue Leviathan-Sonderband "Politische Theorien öffentlicher Finanzen - Zur (De-)Politisierung von Geld, Eigentum und Steuern" ist ausgepackt! @nomosverlag.bsky.social www.nomos-shop.de/de/p/politis...
October 24, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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From FaS to FAZ!

The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎

Check out the paper here 👇
October 22, 2025 at 7:33 AM
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Spotify ruiniert die Musikkultur. Wer es nutzt, weil er der Meinung ist, Kreative bräuchten ja kein Geld, sollte nicht rumjammern, dass inzwischen alles gleich klingt – denn das ist die logische Folge von algorithmisch gesteuerter Ausspielung. www.faz.net/aktuell/feui...
Studie: Popmusik auf Spotify klingt immer ähnlicher
Die rhythmische und melodische Vielfalt von gestreamter Popmusik hat stark abgenommen, so das Ergebnis einer neuen Studie. Dahinter steckt der Trend zur „Bingeability“ – doch schuld sind die Streaming...
www.faz.net
October 22, 2025 at 7:05 AM
Warum klingen Songs zunehmend gleich?
Mit einem Mix aus Politischer Ökonomie und Kulturkritik der Frankfurter Schule sind Niklas Kullick @mpifg.bsky.social und @johannespetry.bsky.social dieser Frage nachgegangen.

@oliverbweber.bsky.social dazu in der @faznet.bsky.social

shorturl.at/QC3RO
October 22, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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Ein neuer Leviathan-Sonderband befasst sich mit „Politischen Theorien öffentlicher Finanzen“. Welche Fragen und Themen verhandelt der Forschungszweig? Wir haben bei den Herausgeber:innen @aaronsahr.bsky.social, Eva Weiler und @huhnholz.bsky.social nachgefragt.

www.soziopolis.de/nachgefragt-...
October 21, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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If you enjoyed @kateconger.com and @rmac.bsky.social's
Character Limit, and wondered about Musk’s ambitions to turn X into a fintech behemoth, then you might be interested in a new Open Access paper by @paullangley.bsky.social
and me on fintech's 'disappearance'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance
www.cambridge.org
October 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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Am 28. Oktober stellen @martynalinartas.bsky.social, @davidhengsbach.bsky.social, Eva Weiler, @aaronsahr.bsky.social und ich am @his-hamburg.bsky.social den LEVIATHAN-Sonderband

POLITISCHE THEORIEN ÖFFENTLICHER FINANZEN

vor @nomosverlag.bsky.social.

Kommt alle in den Mittelweg 36 um 19 Uhr!
October 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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🚨Job Alert 🚨
4 year pre-/post-doc position available at Erfurt, German required - IR/int. security (different specializations possible: intelligence, surveillance, migration, West Asia, North Africa, humanitarianism): jobs.uni-erfurt.de/jobposting/0...
Wissenschaftliche*r Mitarbeiter*in (w/m/d)
An der Staatswissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Universität Erfurt, Professur für Internationale Politik und Konfliktforschung ist zum nächstmöglichen Zeitpunkt folgende Stelle im Umfang von 30 Wochenstu...
jobs.uni-erfurt.de
September 30, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wunderbare Splitter und Zusammenfassungen für diejenigen, die nicht vor Ort sein konnten.

Danke @soziopolis.bsky.social Die Auszeichnung der @dgsoziologie.bsky.social wurde alle Ehre gemacht!
September 29, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Immensely helpful post by @toteraltermann.bsky.social for anyone who is looking into submitting an application with the German DFG.
Some of you will know that I recently got funding for a project on Nitrogen in society. I am here making my application accessible for others who are thinking about applying for funding—plus some background on the funding programme and a few tips.

wondrousmachine.substack.com/p/more-and-l...
More and Less: Mutable Economies of Nitrogen I
An open-access grant application in German and English
wondrousmachine.substack.com
September 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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🔔 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁𝘀
Konferenz 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙀𝙪𝙧𝙤 – 𝙒𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙒𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙁𝙤𝙧𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙?
📅 18.–19. März 2026
📍 Goethe-Universität Frankfurt

🗣️ Keynotes halten Prof. Dr. Peter Bofinger ( @uni-wuerzburg.de) und Dr. @c-westermeier.bsky.social ( @mpifg.bsky.social).
September 29, 2025 at 7:02 AM
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Obgleich ich etwas befangen bin: Niemand kann bezweifeln, welch Erfolg @soziopolis.bsky.social ist, wieviel Arbeit die Kolleg:innen investieren und welche Bedeutung eine solche Plattform für die Soziologie in Deutschland noch haben könnte. Hoffentlich geht es nach 2028 weiter. Glückwunsch!
Applaus für @soziopolis.bsky.social .
Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum Öffentlichkeitspreis der DGS! #dgs2025
September 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
It was a real pleasure to be part of this event and to chair a session on geoeconomics.
It's truly one of the great privileges of my job to discuss current affairs with such a talented and thoughtful group of you women.
Thank you to the organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social & @dustinvoss.bsky.social
Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!
September 26, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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*new article*

We bring the Frankfurt School into the Spotify age — and it was a fun one to write! 😎

'From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century' in @finandsoc.bsky.social

Check it out here:
doi.org/10.1017/fas....
September 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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Attending the #dgskongress2025 at @unidue.bsky.social? Stop by our booth (University Library, Building LK) to explore our latest research and learn more about career paths at the MPIfG!
September 24, 2025 at 7:12 AM
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⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent

🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Really excited to be part of this summer school and to meet the participants next week.

Thank you so much @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social for bringing this together
⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent

🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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This is a super helpful resource if you're trying to figure out public finance, geoeconomics, and international financial institutions. Open access and well assembled by @bsrbarab.bsky.social @c-westermeier.bsky.social and Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
www.cambridge.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Thank you @felixanderl.bsky.social! We hope that this collection is a helpful resource beyond scholars of finance in a world in which economics, politics and social politics are closely linked.
This is a super helpful resource if you're trying to figure out public finance, geoeconomics, and international financial institutions. Open access and well assembled by @bsrbarab.bsky.social @c-westermeier.bsky.social and Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn.
www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...
The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
Cambridge Core - Finance and Accountancy - The Cambridge Global Handbook of Financial Infrastructure
www.cambridge.org
September 17, 2025 at 6:57 AM