Sıla Demirörs
@sila-demirors.bsky.social
Working on financialisation, rent theory, housing, land, and critical political economy / Assistant Professor at AYBU / Research Associate at LISER.
Socialist municipalities allied with grassroots urban movements remain vital counterforces in an age of resurgent authoritarianism.
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Zohran Mamdani Is Part of Municipal Socialism’s Long History
If he wins the New York City mayoral election, Zohran Mamdani will not be in totally uncharted territory. A long line of municipal-level socialists in the United States and around the world have been ...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Socialist municipalities allied with grassroots urban movements remain vital counterforces in an age of resurgent authoritarianism.
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Dear Colleagues,
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
October 27, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Dear Colleagues,
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).
sase.org/events/2026-...
Deadline: December 16th
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We’re excited to announce the launch of our new website and the opening of the Call for Papers for Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026! Please visit our website here: www.hmistanbul.org
Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026
From Catastrophe to Struggle: Rethinking Capitalism amid Wars and Disasters
hmistanbul.org
October 25, 2025 at 2:11 PM
We’re excited to announce the launch of our new website and the opening of the Call for Papers for Historical Materialism Istanbul 2026! Please visit our website here: www.hmistanbul.org
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📢 Upcoming Seminar at LISER
Join us on 16 October 2025 for an engaging seminar with Prof. Dr. Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley).
📍 Location: LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval
🗓️ Date & Time: 16 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30
🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...
Join us on 16 October 2025 for an engaging seminar with Prof. Dr. Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley).
📍 Location: LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval
🗓️ Date & Time: 16 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30
🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...
September 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
📢 Upcoming Seminar at LISER
Join us on 16 October 2025 for an engaging seminar with Prof. Dr. Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley).
📍 Location: LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval
🗓️ Date & Time: 16 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30
🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...
Join us on 16 October 2025 for an engaging seminar with Prof. Dr. Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley).
📍 Location: LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval
🗓️ Date & Time: 16 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30
🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...
We likely wouldn't be collectively very well off, as some of this extra surplus value is captured not only as rent by property-owners, but also by industries trading in interest-bearing capital. Still, the global housing crisis reflects this surplus transfer to rentier classes.
Between 1980 and 2024 the basket of 50 basic commodities become cheaper and more abundant. To be precise 70 per cent cheaper and 238 per cent more abundant. If we hadn’t messed up housing costs we’d be collectively very well off. Source: buff.ly/U8lZZkc
July 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
We likely wouldn't be collectively very well off, as some of this extra surplus value is captured not only as rent by property-owners, but also by industries trading in interest-bearing capital. Still, the global housing crisis reflects this surplus transfer to rentier classes.
"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." Joan Robinson
July 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"The purpose of studying economics is not to acquire a set of ready-made answers to economic questions, but to learn how to avoid being deceived by economists." Joan Robinson
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"The world stands with Francesca Albanese — and against the corporations, governments, and institutions supporting Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza."
The 24th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 24th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
PI Briefing | No. 24 | The Economy of Genocide, Exposed
UN Expert Francesca Albanese names corporate profiteers — and calls the world to Bogotá to stop them.
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July 8, 2025 at 4:56 PM
"The world stands with Francesca Albanese — and against the corporations, governments, and institutions supporting Israel’s genocide of the Palestinians in Gaza."
The 24th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
The 24th PI Briefing of 2025 is online now.
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way" Victor E. FRANKL
July 6, 2025 at 10:00 AM
"Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms-to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way" Victor E. FRANKL
'As with all concepts picked up by many traditions, there is a risk that it loses some of its original meaning in the process of transmission. There is also a risk that the link between theory&politics can be weakened or even torn apart.'
Let me first say that as with all concepts picked up by many traditions, there is a risk that it loses some of its original meaning in the process of transmission. There is also a risk that the link between theory & politics that originally constituted the concept can be weakened or even torn apart.
June 30, 2025 at 5:41 AM
'As with all concepts picked up by many traditions, there is a risk that it loses some of its original meaning in the process of transmission. There is also a risk that the link between theory&politics can be weakened or even torn apart.'
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Beautiful with attitude, humour & great lyrics & music. A fantastic set from #BobVylan. And standing with Palestine & #Kneecap. #Glastonbury #GlastonburyFestival
June 28, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Beautiful with attitude, humour & great lyrics & music. A fantastic set from #BobVylan. And standing with Palestine & #Kneecap. #Glastonbury #GlastonburyFestival
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In the UK, we're beginning to understand what happens when private equity owns water companies and public infrastructures, supermarkets, chemists and care homes, but check out what happens when they own and partner with insurance companies.
on.ft.com/4kd077o via @FT
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Inside the private equity-insurance nexus
When the world’s dullest industry gets very exciting
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June 27, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In the UK, we're beginning to understand what happens when private equity owns water companies and public infrastructures, supermarkets, chemists and care homes, but check out what happens when they own and partner with insurance companies.
on.ft.com/4kd077o via @FT
on.ft.com/4kd077o via @FT
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📣 BOOK "The Political Economy of Housing: The Case of Turkey" authored by LISER researcher @sila-demirors.bsky.social
ℹ️ Prof. Demirörs explores the analytical & historical process of how #housing, becomes an instrument of speculative finance to feed itself.
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ℹ️ Prof. Demirörs explores the analytical & historical process of how #housing, becomes an instrument of speculative finance to feed itself.
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June 26, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📣 BOOK "The Political Economy of Housing: The Case of Turkey" authored by LISER researcher @sila-demirors.bsky.social
ℹ️ Prof. Demirörs explores the analytical & historical process of how #housing, becomes an instrument of speculative finance to feed itself.
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ℹ️ Prof. Demirörs explores the analytical & historical process of how #housing, becomes an instrument of speculative finance to feed itself.
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