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Jean Monnet Fellow at the EUI & Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Political Economy, Crises, Central Banks & the Green and Digital Transitions.

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A much needed discussion on the accountability dimension of industrial policy. Thanks @christyapetit.bsky.social and @sebdiessner.bsky.social for their insightful contribution to our forthcoming @govjournal.bsky.social SI on the political foundations of market interventionism. Stay tuned for more ☺️

27.11.2025 13:12 👍 9 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

With special thanks to @donatodc.bsky.social @manuelamoschella.bsky.social @katemcnamara.bsky.social 🙏

@fggaleiden.bsky.social @deli-dcu.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @eui-eu.bsky.social @eui-egpp.bsky.social @eui-fbf-school.bsky.social @eui-schuman.bsky.social @erik-jones.bsky.social

25.11.2025 10:23 👍 5 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Assessing the Democratic Accountability of Europe's New Industrial Policy This article asks “who controls the controllers” now that the European Commission—long responsible for controlling the conduct of industrial policy in the EU's internal market—increasingly pursues it...

💥Out in @govjournal.bsky.social

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Assessing the Democratic Accountability of Europe's New Industrial Policy

With @christyapetit.bsky.social we ask "who controls the controllers?" in the EU's industrial policy regime

OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

25.11.2025 10:23 👍 13 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 1

Gracias Fulya!

01.10.2025 05:59 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Honoured to be a Jean Monnet Fellow at the EUI this academic year and looking forward to the wonderful intellectual environment of the Robert Schuman Centre!

30.09.2025 06:44 👍 18 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

💸💸governing money by making money💸💸

16.09.2025 14:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Drawing on our new Knowledge Economy Index (doi.org/10.1093/ser/...) and earlier work on Germany (doi.org/10.1177/0032...)

We argue that policy change in the transition to the knowledge economy has been *biased towards the highly skilled* across different political economies (Sweden, Germany, UK)🎓

15.09.2025 06:50 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post-Fordist, knowledge-based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different eco...

💥 New article out @reggovjournal.bsky.social

Skill-Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden & Britain

@ndurazzi.bsky.social @federicofiletti.bsky.social @simonetonelli.bsky.social David Hope, Hanna Kleider

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

15.09.2025 06:50 👍 18 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 1
Screenshot of the title page of linked article:
"Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks"
By Benjamin Braun and Maximilian Düsterhöft

Screenshot of the title page of linked article: "Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks" By Benjamin Braun and Maximilian Düsterhöft

🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.

Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.

We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

01.07.2025 10:11 👍 103 🔁 40 💬 3 📌 5
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🚨 New open access article 🚨

Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano

'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'

academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...

14.05.2025 09:44 👍 36 🔁 15 💬 1 📌 5
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The PEPP group at Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration is pleased to announce the next PE_PP Talk by Aneta Spendzharova (Maastricht University) on May 12!
Details below

Please PM if interested
@sebdiessner.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @alexandreafonso.bsky.social

06.05.2025 13:35 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

I shall give it more thought, but in the meantime I'll blame the food and weather 😉 Interesting political economy puzzle indeed!

05.05.2025 13:37 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Had a great time in Scotland for our pilot within the Leiden-Edinburgh "Global Futures Hub" with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @eawolff.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social

Thanks for having us @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social Daniel Clegg Elke Heins!

02.04.2025 10:19 👍 14 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1

Thank you Zbig!!

24.03.2025 22:17 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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🗣️ we have a new paper and new dataset just out on the transition to the knowledge economy in advanced democracies - both OA, available here academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... and here www.knowledge-economy-index.com

24.03.2025 08:38 👍 39 🔁 13 💬 7 📌 3
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Excited to share my latest publication, written with colleagues from the New Economics Foundation (@sebmang.bsky.social and al) exploring why monetary and fiscal policies need to work together to improve inflation management. 🧵👇

#Inflation #MonetaryPolicy #CentralBanks

24.03.2025 09:34 👍 10 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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📢 We have an exciting event on *The Governance of Inflation* coming up in our Political Economy & Public Policy seminar on March 21st in The Hague @fggaleiden.bsky.social

With @jvtk.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social

Details 👇
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...

04.03.2025 15:12 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 3 📌 0

Huge thanks to @sebdiessner.bsky.social for his thoughtful review and insights! It’s an honor to have our books discussed so carefully alongside those of great colleagues. Looking forward to more conversations on teaching political economy ... esp in these turbulent times! #EuropeanPoliticalEconomy

07.03.2025 06:58 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres

06.03.2025 13:00 👍 71 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 3
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Join us for the next PE_PP talk organized by the Political Economy and Public Policy group at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration! On March 21, @donatodc.bsky.social, @lucacigna.bsky.social and @jvtk.bsky.social will be presenting on the governance of inflation. Details 🔽

06.03.2025 13:06 👍 11 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 1

Many thanks Stefanie!

06.03.2025 16:14 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Great resource if you are planning to teach about European Political Economy!

06.03.2025 15:52 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

With pleasure!

06.03.2025 16:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thanks Sebastian for this review - and also to the shout-out to the EU Governance Videos (carleton.ca/eu-governanc...)! Your suggestions for topics to be covered in the next edition are very well taken.

06.03.2025 14:46 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Merci Lydie!

06.03.2025 13:52 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@brigidlaffan.bsky.social @francesconicoli.bsky.social @simonhix.bsky.social @dermothodson.bsky.social @uwepuetter.bsky.social @dovilerimkute.bsky.social @catherinedevries.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @gclebaron.bsky.social @jacquelinebest.bsky.social @fggaleiden.bsky.social

06.03.2025 13:00 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Maybe of interest @erik-jones.bsky.social @vanghel.bsky.social @adinaakbik.bsky.social @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @benbraun.bsky.social @jvtk.bsky.social @steffenmurau.bsky.social @mbabic.bsky.social

06.03.2025 13:00 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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With chapters @mcopelov.bsky.social @stefwalter.bsky.social @aidanregan.bsky.social
@angelawigger.bsky.social @lauralohorn.bsky.social @jonathanhopkin.bsky.social @elliotaposner.bsky.social @andrewpgeddes.bsky.social @leilahadjabdou.bsky.social @fredericmerand.bsky.social @micheleknodt.bsky.social

06.03.2025 13:00 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
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Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres

06.03.2025 13:00 👍 71 🔁 20 💬 2 📌 3

Will check and report back!

04.03.2025 15:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0