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SPERI develops and promotes new analysis and understanding of the major economic and political challenges arising from contemporary capitalism. Blog: https://speri-blog.sites.sheffield.ac.uk Podcast: https://sheffield.ac.uk/speri/podcast

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Latest posts by Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni

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Ground Level: The International and the Everyday w/ Juanita Elias & Frank Maracchione

The global economy is lived in ordinary spaces.

In the first episode of SPERI Presents… new series 'Ground Level' Dr Frank Maracchione (SOAS) and Prof Juanita Elias (BISA chair) discuss how researching everyday life reshapes our understanding of the global economy.
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05.03.2026 11:02 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It was such a pleasure to discuss my work with Josh on Speri presents! Have a listen if you want to go skiing πŸŽΏβ„οΈ

26.02.2026 09:44 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

As ever thanks to all who listen, share amongst their networks and leave us a rating on Spotify. We’re always open to pitches for podcast episodes, so if you have any recently published work you feel may be suitable then please don’t hesitate to reach out to Josh at Jwhite9@sheffield.ac.uk.

25.02.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In this episode of New Thinking in Political Economy, @josh-white1708.bsky.social chats to @vapunkt.bsky.social about her recent article in New Political Economy titled 'Decoupling climate change: winter tourism and the maintenance of regional growth'.

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How does the sector’s growth coalition perceive this threat? How are they seeking to respond to this, and what narratives do they deploy to cohere and legitimise this? How likely is this to succeed, and what might the future of these areas look like in a world of climate breakdown?

25.02.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Winter tourism is vital to the local economies of these regions, supporting a network of sectors that rely on their integration into resorts' supply chains. However, global heating is placing all of this under threat, as snowfall becomes more irregular and the skiing season ever shorter each year.

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NEW PODCAST - Winter Tourism w/ Valentina Ausserladscheider

Link: lnkd.in/e_XCu4Pb

Though probably not the first industry that comes to mind when you think of the green transition, alpine ski resorts are nonetheless at the forefront of climate breakdown and its economic effects.

25.02.2026 09:41 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 2
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Had a lot of fun doing this interview on the New Thinking podcast discussing the cost-of-living crisis, the installation economy and how worker organising can disrupt their transition.

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15.01.2026 10:01 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks as ever for all those who listen, share across their networks, and leave us ratings. We’re always open to pitches for podcast episodes, so if you have any recently published work you feel may be suitable then please don’t hesitate to reach out to Josh at Jwhite9@sheffield.ac.uk.

19.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

In the latest edition of New Thinking in Political Economy, @josh-white1708.bsky.social discusses all this and more in conversation with the University of Essex’s @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social about his new book β€œOr Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Crisis”, out now from Verso Books.

19.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And who has agency to shape how this plays out? Can popular forces resist the overwhelming power of fossil and green capital? What strategies might be most effective for this?

19.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Likewise, the climate crisis is often treated as a catastrophe of the future, but how is it already affecting us here in Britain today? What are its effects, what form of adaptation measures are emerging, and who is capturing the rewards and bearing the costs of these?

19.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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πŸŽ™οΈNEW PODCASTπŸŽ™οΈ

Disrupting the Climate Transition? W/ Nicholas Beuret.

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We hear a lot about the β€˜Green Transition’, but what does the β€˜transition economy’ actually look like in Britain? Who are its winners and losers, and how does it intersect with longer term structural trends?

19.01.2026 16:57 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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Back to the Future: Labour and the Politics of Financial Deregulation One of the professed aims of the current Labour government in the UK is to boost GDP by β€˜cutting red tape’. This also applies to the financial sector, where in recent months regulators have been aske...

Read the full article here: shorturl.at/gHUXP

08.12.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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✍️ NEW BLOG: Labour's deregulation gamble

Nick Kotucha argues the Labour government is risking everyone's prosperity by pursuring financial regulations in the name of growth and competitiveness

πŸ“„ Based a recently published article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social

Read blog: shorturl.at/7jY34

08.12.2025 13:50 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

My thoughts on the financialcialisation of football in audio form w/ @sperishefuni.bsky.social. Many of the aspects discussed are also part of a forthcoming book on football and climate change w/ @markdoidge.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social @samtoscano.bsky.social @jennyamann.bsky.social

03.12.2025 16:30 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 4 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

James and James' article is out now in British Politics

All episodes of New Thinking are available wherever you get your podcasts

@manchester.ac.uk

@leedsbeckett.bsky.social

03.12.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This episode is @remiedwards.bsky.social's last episode as host of New Thinking

Also joining the discussion is incoming host @josh-white1708.bsky.social who will take over in January!

We thank Remi for getting New Thinking off the ground and look forward to seeing where Josh will take it πŸŽ‰

03.12.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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⚽ How do financial interests dominate elite football? Is it inevitable the English Premier League will go bust?

πŸ“ @james7jackson.bsky.social discusses his co-authored article with James Silverwood on financialisation in football and the EPL's 'Minsky moment'

🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/70CmH

03.12.2025 13:09 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

The book, co-authored with Christin Bernhold, is out now with OUP

Listen wherever you get your podcasts

@sussex.ac.uk

@unishefplayer.bsky.social

@remiedwards.bsky.social

23.10.2025 09:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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🚒How do global supply chains drive labour exploitation, nature destruction and geopolitical tension?

πŸ“šBen Selwyn discusses his new co-authored book Capitalist Value Chains on the latest episode of New Thinking in Political Economy

🎧Listen now: shorturl.at/NyFNT

23.10.2025 09:47 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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Why does labour governance fail the very workers it should protect?

Dr Natalie Langford joins Dr Remi Edwards to explore racialisation, colonialism and globalisation through the lens of the Indian tea industry.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/why-l...

#LabourRights #GlobalEconomy

02.10.2025 13:00 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Chris also recently co-hosted Crisis Point with @dillonwamsley.bsky.social, a 12-part series on the historical and contemporary role of crisis in capitalism

🎧 shorturl.at/pd8EB

24.09.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Does China's party-state capitalist model mean it can fully decarbonise its economy?

Our exec producer Chris Saltmarsh joins Remi to discuss his @ripejournal.bsky.social article on the development of the Chinese political economy and implications for tackling the climate crisis

🎧 shorturl.at/xUwW5

24.09.2025 08:47 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1
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India’s farming sector is facing deep crisis. Falling productivity, debt and mass protests have drawn global attention.

Dr Shreya Sinha joins Dr Remi Edwards to discuss who gains, who loses and how women are affected most.

Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/how-d...

22.09.2025 11:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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🏭 What are the impacts of the Indonesian state's Green Industrial Policy, in terms of growth, extractivism and environmental (in)justice?

Muhammad Firman Eko Putra on state capitalism in Indonesia's nickel industry, based on his MA dissertation

πŸ“– Read here: shorturl.at/ROdIA

17.09.2025 10:15 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

@paulinafloresmtz.bsky.social @tony-heron.bsky.social @uoypolitics.bsky.social

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"Ending deforestation in Brazil requires not a change of rhetoric, but an entire rethink of the country’s β€˜neo-extractivist’ development model and the system of political patronage that underpins it"

Paulina Flores-Martinez and coauthors for SPERI Blog: shorturl.at/8Z6hA

15.09.2025 09:09 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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SPERI Doctoral Researchers' Network host annual conference Doctoral researchers from across the UK and beyond came to SPERI on 8 September to share their research around the conference theme 'This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?'.

This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?

Our Doctoral Researchers' Network hosted their annual conference, featuring presentations from almost 40 early-career political economists from across the UK and beyond.

More here: shorturl.at/X6rqX

12.09.2025 11:29 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How do we define crisis in today’s world?

In the final Crisis Point episode, Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley reflect on financial and climate crises, theory, and action.

Listen on The Player: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/theor...

#PoliticalEconomy

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