Théo Bourgeron
@theobourgeron.bsky.social
Apologetic academic
Researching health, financial capitalism, the far-right at the University of Edinburgh
Researching health, financial capitalism, the far-right at the University of Edinburgh
My new paper on "Economic sociology and the far-right" is out in the @jcultecon.bsky.social ! How do businesses promote the far-right? How does the far-right transform accumulation regimes? How is the new reactionary, post-neoliberal regime embedded in tools of surveillance and control?
September 23, 2025 at 9:02 AM
My new paper on "Economic sociology and the far-right" is out in the @jcultecon.bsky.social ! How do businesses promote the far-right? How does the far-right transform accumulation regimes? How is the new reactionary, post-neoliberal regime embedded in tools of surveillance and control?
After sweating these corporations through secondary, tertiary, quaternary LBOs, private equity funds will turn the cash tap off and they will fall into insolvency. The French state will be asked to step in and further austerity in public budget will be needed to pay for running operations...
June 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
After sweating these corporations through secondary, tertiary, quaternary LBOs, private equity funds will turn the cash tap off and they will fall into insolvency. The French state will be asked to step in and further austerity in public budget will be needed to pay for running operations...
France is on the edge of another 2008-like crash of its (huge) LBO market. Among the victims, many distressed corporations that should never have been financialised in the first place: elderly care home operator Colisée, medical analysis lab group Cerberus...
June 9, 2025 at 1:50 PM
France is on the edge of another 2008-like crash of its (huge) LBO market. Among the victims, many distressed corporations that should never have been financialised in the first place: elderly care home operator Colisée, medical analysis lab group Cerberus...
mais qui suit à la trace les transformations de la de "l'objet immobilier", de "bien patrimonial" à "actif financier" (cf. très important tableau ci-dessous), et tout ce qu'elle implique...
May 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
mais qui suit à la trace les transformations de la de "l'objet immobilier", de "bien patrimonial" à "actif financier" (cf. très important tableau ci-dessous), et tout ce qu'elle implique...
Reçu il y a quelques jours ce livre passionnant de @marineduros.bsky.social "Immobilier Hors Sol", livre qui ne se contente pas de décrire la financiarisation de l'immobilier avec toutes les conséquences qu'elle emporte pour nos vies...
May 28, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Reçu il y a quelques jours ce livre passionnant de @marineduros.bsky.social "Immobilier Hors Sol", livre qui ne se contente pas de décrire la financiarisation de l'immobilier avec toutes les conséquences qu'elle emporte pour nos vies...
Investigative journalist @joeygrostern.bsky.social (@desmog.bsky.social) will talk to us about ‘Farming outrage: how far-right groups co-opt agricultural concerns’
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Investigative journalist @joeygrostern.bsky.social (@desmog.bsky.social) will talk to us about ‘Farming outrage: how far-right groups co-opt agricultural concerns’
François-Xavier Hutteau (Geneva) will talk to us about ‘Eco-fascism or Fossil-fascism ? A case study of a far-right MP in France’s Green Capitalism Frontier’
(note: this is NOT François-Xavier Hutteau pictured!)
(note: this is NOT François-Xavier Hutteau pictured!)
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
François-Xavier Hutteau (Geneva) will talk to us about ‘Eco-fascism or Fossil-fascism ? A case study of a far-right MP in France’s Green Capitalism Frontier’
(note: this is NOT François-Xavier Hutteau pictured!)
(note: this is NOT François-Xavier Hutteau pictured!)
George Edwards (Warwick) from the @zetkincollective.bsky.social will talk to us about ‘The Great Driving Right Show: corporate interests and the far right in recent UK traffic protests’
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
George Edwards (Warwick) from the @zetkincollective.bsky.social will talk to us about ‘The Great Driving Right Show: corporate interests and the far right in recent UK traffic protests’
Cara Daggett (@virginiatech.bsky.social @) will expand on her work on the fossil capital/masculinity nexus and talk to us about ‘Tech Bros and Trad Bros: On the convergence of technocapitalism, misogyny, and nationalism in the U.S’...
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Cara Daggett (@virginiatech.bsky.social @) will expand on her work on the fossil capital/masculinity nexus and talk to us about ‘Tech Bros and Trad Bros: On the convergence of technocapitalism, misogyny, and nationalism in the U.S’...
Interested in knowing more about the links between far-right movements, fossil businesses, and environmental issues? On 12 February (2pm-5pm GMT) we organise an online workshop with an INCREDIBLE line-up of speakers...
January 29, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Interested in knowing more about the links between far-right movements, fossil businesses, and environmental issues? On 12 February (2pm-5pm GMT) we organise an online workshop with an INCREDIBLE line-up of speakers...