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Sarah Lenz
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Paderborn University
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sarlen.bsky.social
🚨 The “Twin Transition” isn't what it claims to be.
My new paper reveals Europe's strategy for simultaneous digitalization and decarbonization sounds like progress – but it's a negotiation process full of contradictions.

Now Open: doi.org/10.1016/j.sf...
October 3, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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tillhilmar.bsky.social
📣 In a new open access article in @environmentalpol.bsky.social, I examine how appeals to "economic realism" – like the claim that we "can’t afford climate policy" – have long structured far-right #climateskepticism @cidape.bsky.social @ifswien.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Cassandra from the far right: how the German and Austrian populist radical right links climate skepticism with economic issues
This article asks how two populist radical right parties, the German AfD and the Austrian FPÖ, communicate about climate on Twitter/X. Analyzing a corpus of 6,254 tweets, it pays special attention ...
www.tandfonline.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:01 AM
sarlen.bsky.social
Wir freuen uns schon sehr auf Sighards Vortrag zum "Zerfall demokratischer Ordnungen"! @unipaderborn.bsky.social @fos-uhh.bsky.social 1. Juli, 9-11 Uhr
June 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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fos-uhh.bsky.social
Ulrich Brand, Sarah Lenz, Kohei Saito und Frank Adloff diskutieren über den „Kapitalismus am Limit“. Dieser gerät an seine Grenzen, unter Druck gesetzt von sozialen und ökologischen Krisen.

www.oekom.de/buch/kapital...

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@koheisaito.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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fos-uhh.bsky.social
Herzliche Einladung!

Buchpräsentation „Kapitalismus am Limit“ mit Ulrich Brand, 04.06.2025, 16:00 – 18:00. Kommentare: Sarah Lenz und Kohei Saito; Moderation: Frank Adloff.

Keine Anmeldung erforderlich!

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@koheisaito.bsky.social

bit.ly/kapitalismus...
May 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
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fuchschristian.bsky.social
New book forthcoming in summer 2025... published by @uniwestpress.bsky.social
services.publishing.umich.edu/Books/W/Worl...
April 29, 2025 at 3:20 PM
sarlen.bsky.social
@toteraltermann.bsky.social , ich freu mich schon, dich zu sehen und zu hören! "Über die alte Autorität der neuen Natur"
April 25, 2025 at 11:11 AM
sarlen.bsky.social
rebeccaschmidt.bsky.social Rebecca Schmidt @rebeccaschmidt.bsky.social · Apr 16
Bei uns an der Uni Paderborn ist eine Dauerstelle mit quantitativem Fokus ausgeschrieben

www.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin/zv...

Gerne Teilen!!

#UniPaderborn #Soziologie #Stellenanzeige
www.uni-paderborn.de
April 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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rebeccaschmidt.bsky.social
Bei uns an der Uni Paderborn ist eine Dauerstelle mit quantitativem Fokus ausgeschrieben

www.uni-paderborn.de/fileadmin/zv...

Gerne Teilen!!

#UniPaderborn #Soziologie #Stellenanzeige
www.uni-paderborn.de
April 16, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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amreibahr.bsky.social
Was mir am Gerede über „Spitzenforscher“ auch auf den Zeiger geht ist der Geniekult, der da durchscheint. Einzelne geniale Forscher (alles Männer, klar!) tun Bahnbrechendes & können sich dabei ruhig danebenbenehmen, solange das Ergebnis stimmt. Wissenschaft ist 1 Gemeinschaftsprojekt, remember?
April 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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lwestheuser.bsky.social
*CALL FOR PAPERS*

Welche gesellschaftlichen Veränderungen überfordern Menschen und warum? Welche Klassen und Gruppen erleben Veränderung als Zumutung, welche als Chance?

Derlei Fragen diskutieren wir bei unserer DGS Ad-hoc-Gruppe zur Veränderungserschöpfung.

Schickt uns Abstracts bis zum 30.04.!
April 2, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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lwestheuser.bsky.social
The deadline has now been extended to *14 April*.
I am also extremely happy that there will be keynotes by two of my sociological heroes, Patrick Sachweh and Michael Vester.
lwestheuser.bsky.social Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · Mar 17
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢

"Moral Economies of the Polycrisis. Conflict, Critique, and Legitimation in Critical Times"

Workshop, June 16-17
University of Hamburg

Deadline for abstracts: 07/04
Supported by the Economic Sociology section of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social

linuswestheuser.com/cfp-moral-ec...
Moral Economies of the Polycrisis Conflict, Critique and Legitimation in Critical Times International Workshop. 16-17 June 2025. University of Hamburg. Organizers: Laura Lüth (University of Hamburg), Till Hilmar (University of Vienna), and Linus Westheuser (Humboldt University Berlin). By disrupting what is taken for granted, moments of economic, political, and ecological crisis reveal the implicit modus operandi of a society. As routines get derailed and settled arrangements come under strain, institutions are forced to explicate the “implicit social contract” (Barrington Moore) underpinning power, domination, and inequality. Who deserves protection when times get rough? Whose suffering matters and whose claims are made to count? Who is blamed? And what even counts as a crisis and what is shrugged off and fades into a ‘new normal’? These questions touch on a tacit structure of social expectations commonly discussed under the heading of moral economy. Drawing on thinkers like E.P. Thompson, James C. Scott, or Marion Fourcade, the moral economy perspective examines expectations of unequal reciprocity and distributive claims in economic relations; ideas of systemic legitimacy resting on mutual obligations between dominant and dominated groups; or political priorities tied to assumptions about the (un)deservingness and moral worth of social groups. Moral economy approaches focalize the ideational and institutional architecture of capitalist societies by parsing how legitimacy and hegemony are embedded in everyday moral reasoning. In addition these approaches also often look at social practices, struggles, and forms of critique centered around the violation of moral claims. At our workshop, we want to discuss work in the moral economy paradigm that sheds light on the current “polycrisis” composed of geopolitical turmoil, economic shocks, ecological breakdown, as well as crises of care and political legitimacy. What can the moral economy perspective teach us about the way capitalist societies navigate these crises? To what extent do crises open up a space in which dominated groups can critique inequality and demand a renegotiation of the implicit social contract? How do demands and political responses informed by existing moral economies deepen inequality and domination? How do institutions like the welfare state or social and eco-social policies seek to mend rifts in the moral economy? What are moral background assumptions that make some developments (such as migration) but not others (such as poverty and extreme wealth) appear as crises? And what is the explanatory status of moral economy as a concept? For instance, are popular moral sentiments and subjective aspirations a driver of political and economic action, or are they merely a symptom of existing power relations? Is moral economy about agency or structure? And if both, how exactly? These are some of the questions we want to discuss with a group of international scholars. We invite papers taking a moral economy perspective to empirically research or theorize the current conjuncture. Papers can be at all stages of development, the event is meant to collaboratively discuss work in progress. We especially welcome submissions from doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. Limited funds are available to assist with travel and accommodation for those lacking institutional support. Please send an abstract of max. 500 words to: laura.lueth@uni-hamburg.de, till.hilmar@univie.ac.at and linus.westheuser@hu-berlin.de Deadline for abstract submissions: 7 April, 2025 The workshop is supported by the Economic Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS), the Research Unit Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg, and the Research Unit Macrosociology at Humboldt University Berlin.
April 2, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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dgswisoz.bsky.social
Hello world! 🐣

This is the economic sociology section of the German Sociological Association @dgsoziologie.bsky.social

We would like to build an econ soc community here, and for this we'll need your help.

So pls follow & repost - and link us with relevant infos.

Thank you 🫶

#EconSoc #WiSoz
March 21, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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dgswisoz.bsky.social
Wir haben soeben einen neuen Newsletter mit vielen spannenden Calls, Einladungen und Stellenausschreibungen versendet.

Newsletter nicht bekommen? Dann werde schnell und unkompliziert Sektionsmitglied! Weitere Infos 👇

(DGS Mitgliedschaft nicht erforderlich aber natürlich sehr empfehlenswert!)
DGS - Deutsche Gesellschaft für Soziologie: Mitgliedschaft
soziologie.de
March 28, 2025 at 4:23 PM
sarlen.bsky.social
Zum wiederholten Male findet die Ringvorlesung "10 Minuten Soziologie" in Passau statt (auch online). Diesmal zum Thema "Konsum" und mit einem Vortrag von mir zu "Wasser und Wasserinfrastrukturen". Ich freu mich!
March 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
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pgolka.bsky.social
Freue mich sehr, in den Vorstand der DGS Sektion Wirtschaftssoziologie gewählt worden zu sein und bedanke mich sehr herzlich für das Vertrauen!

Als neuer Vorstand ist es uns eine große Freude, diese spannenden Veranstaltungen beim DGS Kongress zu organisieren. DL 18.4.

tinyurl.com/dev272yh
March 20, 2025 at 8:35 AM
sarlen.bsky.social
Das wird eine hervorragende Tagung!!
lwestheuser.bsky.social Linus Westheuser @lwestheuser.bsky.social · Mar 17
📢 CALL FOR PAPERS 📢

"Moral Economies of the Polycrisis. Conflict, Critique, and Legitimation in Critical Times"

Workshop, June 16-17
University of Hamburg

Deadline for abstracts: 07/04
Supported by the Economic Sociology section of @dgsoziologie.bsky.social

linuswestheuser.com/cfp-moral-ec...
Moral Economies of the Polycrisis Conflict, Critique and Legitimation in Critical Times International Workshop. 16-17 June 2025. University of Hamburg. Organizers: Laura Lüth (University of Hamburg), Till Hilmar (University of Vienna), and Linus Westheuser (Humboldt University Berlin). By disrupting what is taken for granted, moments of economic, political, and ecological crisis reveal the implicit modus operandi of a society. As routines get derailed and settled arrangements come under strain, institutions are forced to explicate the “implicit social contract” (Barrington Moore) underpinning power, domination, and inequality. Who deserves protection when times get rough? Whose suffering matters and whose claims are made to count? Who is blamed? And what even counts as a crisis and what is shrugged off and fades into a ‘new normal’? These questions touch on a tacit structure of social expectations commonly discussed under the heading of moral economy. Drawing on thinkers like E.P. Thompson, James C. Scott, or Marion Fourcade, the moral economy perspective examines expectations of unequal reciprocity and distributive claims in economic relations; ideas of systemic legitimacy resting on mutual obligations between dominant and dominated groups; or political priorities tied to assumptions about the (un)deservingness and moral worth of social groups. Moral economy approaches focalize the ideational and institutional architecture of capitalist societies by parsing how legitimacy and hegemony are embedded in everyday moral reasoning. In addition these approaches also often look at social practices, struggles, and forms of critique centered around the violation of moral claims. At our workshop, we want to discuss work in the moral economy paradigm that sheds light on the current “polycrisis” composed of geopolitical turmoil, economic shocks, ecological breakdown, as well as crises of care and political legitimacy. What can the moral economy perspective teach us about the way capitalist societies navigate these crises? To what extent do crises open up a space in which dominated groups can critique inequality and demand a renegotiation of the implicit social contract? How do demands and political responses informed by existing moral economies deepen inequality and domination? How do institutions like the welfare state or social and eco-social policies seek to mend rifts in the moral economy? What are moral background assumptions that make some developments (such as migration) but not others (such as poverty and extreme wealth) appear as crises? And what is the explanatory status of moral economy as a concept? For instance, are popular moral sentiments and subjective aspirations a driver of political and economic action, or are they merely a symptom of existing power relations? Is moral economy about agency or structure? And if both, how exactly? These are some of the questions we want to discuss with a group of international scholars. We invite papers taking a moral economy perspective to empirically research or theorize the current conjuncture. Papers can be at all stages of development, the event is meant to collaboratively discuss work in progress. We especially welcome submissions from doctoral and post-doctoral researchers. Limited funds are available to assist with travel and accommodation for those lacking institutional support. Please send an abstract of max. 500 words to: laura.lueth@uni-hamburg.de, till.hilmar@univie.ac.at and linus.westheuser@hu-berlin.de Deadline for abstract submissions: 7 April, 2025 The workshop is supported by the Economic Sociology Section of the German Sociological Association (DGS), the Research Unit Economic Sociology at the University of Hamburg, and the Research Unit Macrosociology at Humboldt University Berlin.
March 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
sarlen.bsky.social
Wer will mit tollen Kolleg:innen zu den "Zukünften der Nachhaltigkeit" arbeiten? :)
fos-uhh.bsky.social Futures of Sustainability @fos-uhh.bsky.social · Mar 19
Join us 🙌 - our Centre offers one postdoctoral position!

All details are available on the job portal of University of Hamburg:

Job posting in English:
www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...

Job posting in German:
www.uni-hamburg.de/stellenangeb...

We are looking forward to your application!
Job advertisement
www.uni-hamburg.de
March 20, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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theoryculturesociety.org
ICYMI: Simon Susen, 'Towards an Ontology of Contemporary Reality?' - provides a critical overview of the key contributions made by Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre in 'Qu’est-ce que l’actualité politique? Événements et opinions aux XXIe siècle'. (Open Access) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Towards an Ontology of Contemporary Reality? - Simon Susen, 2023
The main purpose of this paper is to provide a critical overview of the key contributions made by Luc Boltanski and Arnaud Esquerre in Qu’est-ce que l’actualité...
journals.sagepub.com
March 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
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tillhilmar.bsky.social
#Durkheim has the first and the last word: How was #solidarity differently expressed in public discourse in 🇮🇹 and 🇩🇪 during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic? Our new article asks how the notion was framed on Twitter/X in both countries #sociology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
March 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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toteraltermann.bsky.social
And related: Ute Tellmann (TU Darmstadt) is looking for a postdoc (full) and a PhD student (65 %) to work on the financialisation of waterbody protection in the EU. Profile: Sociology, cultural economy, environmental humanities; German & English skills.

Deadline 10 March 2025
PhD position (unfortunately no English version available) https://www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/HPv3.Jobs/TU-Darmstadt/stellenangebot/45429/55749 Postdoc position (unfortunately no English version available) https://www.career.tu-darmstadt.de/HPv3.Jobs/TU-Darmstadt/stellenangebot/45535
February 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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fos-uhh.bsky.social
Delighted to share our Call for Abstracts for a Special Issue at Soziale Welt: “Sociology in Times of Socio-Ecological Crises, Transformations and Dislocations. In Search for a New Vocabulary”.
Deadline: 14 April 2025.
Info: bit.ly/SozialeWelt

@chrhentschel.bsky.social
@stefanaykut.bsky.social
March 5, 2025 at 2:24 PM
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fos-uhh.bsky.social
"Triggerpunkt Klimaschutz?", 29.01., 18-20h. Linus Westheuser diskutiert mit Katharina Zimmermann, Anna Fünfgeld und Stefan Aykut das Buch „Triggerpunkte“. Was folgt daraus für die politischen/gesellschaftlichen Debatten angesichts der Klimakrise?

bit.ly/Triggerpunkt...

@lwestheuser.bsky.social
January 9, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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lwestheuser.bsky.social
“We can have democracy in this country or we can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of the few. We can’t have both.”
December 12, 2024 at 9:46 AM
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fos-uhh.bsky.social
Call for Participation for our Young Scholars’ Conference: “Time & Justice. Temporal Interrogations into Social-Ecological Justice”, 8–10 October 2025, at our Centre, Hamburg.

Deadline: 15 February 2025

More information here:
bit.ly/time-justice

@sarlen.bsky.social

@ecojustice.bsky.social
December 9, 2024 at 1:50 PM