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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Great selection of papers on technofinance just out in @finandsoc.bsky.social

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Another review has come in for Currency of Nihilism, this time in Theory, Culture & Society. Thanks to Fabien Muller for his thoughtful engagement with the book (and for bringing back “Kapitalmystifikation”). Read his full review below, it's open access!

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Mystic Openings @mysticopenings.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thanks to @theoryculturesociety.org for hosting PRISM Postdoctoral Research Fellow Fabien Muller's review of the exciting new book by @aminsamman.bsky.social !

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Pleased to contribute a co-authored essay with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social to this project. Also looking forward to reading the rest of the contributions, and participating in debates over FinTech which they spark

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Hot on the heels of my keynote at @finandsoc.bsky.social Conference, hosted by Copenhagen Business School, which highlighted the importance of agentic payments to FinTech Capital ...

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Out now: the new issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social. It's the first of two themed special issues. Part 1 opens with an agenda-setting article on technofinance by the editors and a key essay by Paul Langley and Andrew Leyshon on the disappearance of fintech. Check it! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Rebecca Bramall @rfbramall.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

New & excellent SI - When Finance Becomes Tech - @finandsoc.bsky.social features research from the REDIGIM project. @mrtzg.bsky.social & Kathrin Ottovay read the Swiss mobile payment app Twint & posit a ‘post-sovereign consumer-citizen redistributive imaginary’. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Aanor Roland @aanorroland.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

What a wonderful conference of the @finandsoc.bsky.social network here at Copenhagen! More about the assetization of art and horses tomorrow afternoon 🏇🤓

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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

After #APSA2026 and #SISP2026 last week, some of our researchers are now at @ecpr.bsky.social General Conference and @finandsoc.bsky.social Conference. Our PhD students and recent graduate at #ecprgc26 ⤵️ Jessica De Rongé, Alberto Polimeni, @mariusperrin.bsky.social & @luissattelmayer.bsky.social

Jessica De Rongé, Alberto Polimeni, Marius Perrin and Luis Sattelmayer

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

This week, I have the privilege of delivering the opening keynote to this amazing programme @finandsoc.bsky.social Conference 2026. What a way to mark the UK and European publication of our book, FinTech Capital @andrewleyshon.bsky.social @fintechcapital.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

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Erin Lockwood @erinkaylockwood.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Very excited to present some recent work on the implications of prediction markets' dispute resolution arrangements for their credibility and legitimacy tomorrow at the @finandsoc.bsky.social conference in Copenhagen, a conference with not one but TWO predictions markets panels!

2x2 table showing intersections of opaque/transparent decision-making and decentralized voting vs. centralized interpretation for prediction market contract dispute settlement

Panel 1B – PREDICTION MARKETS I – PH26.4.07 – Chair: Noya Kohavi • Prediction markets: How a gambling mechanism meets a political moment Anthony Pickles • Betting on bedlam: Exploiting war through prediction markets CJ Reynolds • Financialization of gambling or gamblification of finance? Ontological struggles around prediction markets Jacob Ormen, Anne Mette Thorhauge, Andreas Gregersen, Kristian Bondo Hansen • Who called it? Exploring trader identity, information, and motivation on political prediction markets Parker Bach, Lana Swartz • Who was TIME’s 2025 person of the year? The irreducibly interpretive heart of automated prediction markets Erin Lockwood

Panel 3B – PREDICTION MARKETS II – PH18B 1.18 – Chair: Kristian Bondo Hansen • Intermediating the moment: Situating the essential appeal of prediction markets in time and space Owen Riley • Trading the future: Polymarket and the financialization of political uncertainty Valentin Ionită, Ana Tăranu, Vali Stan • The politics of predictability: Personality in prediction markets Emily Rosamond • Volatile futures: Oil, war, and the rise of prediction markets Aretousa Bloom • Financializing weather and climate in online prediction markets Jamie Pietruska

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Ah those precious two days each year when you know you’re exactly on the right way – very much looking forward to @finandsoc.bsky.social conference 2026!

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Jamie Pietruska @jpietruska.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I am giving a paper on the financialization of weather and climate in online prediction markets at the @finandsoc.bsky.social conference. My cynical take is that growing these markets is a bid to convince regulators that it is not just all about betting on sports & crypto prices (just 97%...)

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Very pleased to announce the programme for this year's @finandsoc.bsky.social conference. We'll be talking everything from prediction markets and offshore finance to acid capitalism and the assetization of horses. Come join us in Copenhagen if you can! financeandsocietynetwork.org/finandsoc-co...

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Ruben Kremers @kremers.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

I have been working on a piece about fintech hackathons for a long time. Finally, I have an article out on the topic in the fantastic @finandsoc.bsky.social! It's about corporate hacking in fintech, but also about "the everyday" in critical fintech studies. Have a look: doi.org/10.1017/fas....

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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Very much looking forward to having you – and seeing many of you there! 🫶

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

My new book Currency of Nihilism is officially out today! In it, I develop a history and theory of financial nihilism that speaks directly to the ongoing merger of digital technology with finance. Use the code SAMMAN20 for 20% off: www.sup.org/books/politi... mngbookshop.co.uk/978150364586...

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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

For readers interested in philosophy and the history of capitalism, Currency of Nihilism by Amin Samman offers an unsettling perspective on the nihilistic structures of feeling that underwrite the contemporary financial system. ow.ly/EPfe50YxSr0 #ReadUP

Book cover of Currency of Nihilism by Amin Samman

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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

The rumours are true – Finance and Society conference 2026 *is* happening! 🥰🫠 So much better than chocolate!

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Rasmus Corlin Christensen @phdskat.org · 05/04/2026

From all of us to all of you:

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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Yes!!

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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Happy Easter from Finance and Society team! Here is our special easter egg for all of you: a fresh Call for Papers for this year's Finance and Society conference happening again at CBS Copenhagen! Deadline: May 1st Hoping to see many of you there!

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Tim White @timwhite100.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

New in @finandsoc.bsky.social: ‘The non-death of Adam Neumann’, unpacking the return of WeWork’s disgraced founder. It’s about Silicon Valley’s ambivalence to failure & fraud, and how venture capital rewards already-powerful, ruthless and deceptive serial founders. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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LSE Sociology @lsesociology.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Why is WeWork’s disgraced founder still so investable? Read @timwhite100.bsky.social's paper 'The non-death of Adam Neumann: Alt-exiting, serial-founding, and failing up in Silicon Valley venture capital' in @finandsoc.bsky.social ⤵️

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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...

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Giulia Dal Maso @giuliadalmaso.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Check out my essay "Welcome to the age of Longevity Capitalism" now open access in @finandsoc.bsky.social Thank you @aminsamman.bsky.social for endorsing the project, and to @jvtk.bsky.social for our great conversation on these ideas. Picture credit to Harald Bergauer visual interpretation

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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Our very own EIC Amin Samman featured in Just Money today!

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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

If you're still thinking about what to read over the holiday season – worry not, we've just made your choice even harder! 🎄 Our December issue is out 🎄 Our festive intellectual treats, from the meta-theory of performativity, decarbonization, green finance to the theory of money – check it out!

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

📣 Call for Abstracts! Join the 4th Doctoral Conference on the Social and Political Constitution of the Economy, March 19 -20, 2026 at the MPIfG in Cologne. 🎓 We welcome abstracts by doctoral researchers in economic sociology, political economy and related fields by Dec 8, 2025. s.gwdg.de/U27NQb

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Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🚨You always wondered about how to make sense of the many accounts on Green Finance? We got you covered: @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @danmertens.bsky.social ky.social Julius Kob and I critically review existing accounts and argue for an integrated analytical approach👇 doi.org/10.1017/fas....

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Constructions, cleavages, and complementarities: Macro- and micro-approaches in the study of green finance | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core

Constructions, cleavages, and complementarities: Macro- and micro-approaches in the study of green finance

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Nessa Ní Chasaide @nessanichasaide.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

Important. Integrating macro & micro approaches in researching green finance by @vapunkt.bsky.social, Julius Kob, @danmertens.bsky.social & @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social in @finandsoc.bsky.social journal @universitypress.cambridge.org

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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

From FaS to FAZ! The paper "From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century" by Niklas Kullick and @johannespetry.bsky.social was just quoted in one of Germany's leading newspapers. 😎 Check out the paper here 👇

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From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core

From Adorno to 50 Cent: Financialized platform capitalism, Spotify, and the culture industry in the twenty-first century

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Paul Langley @paullangley.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Co-authored with @andrewleyshon.bsky.social for a forthcoming special issue of @finandsoc.bsky.social, this essay takes Elon Musk's planned FinTech makeover of X as a provocation for a critical analysis of so-called 'embedded finance' and the evolution of FinTech www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Embedded finance and FinTech disappearance

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Reviving Adorno's critique of the standardization of music, our article of the week reads streaming as a turn from Fordist production to financialized platforms where music is assetized and homogenized. By Paul N. Kullick & @johannespetry.bsky.social in @finandsoc.bsky.social buff.ly/yflarfV

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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

📣 New call for postdoctoral researchers! We are seeking candidates with a doctorate in the social sciences for our research areas Political Economy (Prof. Dr. Lucio Baccaro) and Economic Sociology (Prof. Dr. Jens Beckert). Please share widely! s.gwdg.de/ySJx5p

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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

This will produce an extraordinary amount of waste, duplication and lack of transparency. To understand why it is crucial to understand what VC dynamics are and what their aims are. See my @finandsoc.bsky.social article here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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From blitzkrieg to blitzscaling: Assessing the impact of venture capital dynamics on military norms | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core

From blitzkrieg to blitzscaling: Assessing the impact of venture capital dynamics on military norms

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

The attempt to financialize psychedelics has collided with the unruliness of these substances both as therapeutic assets and as vectors of cultural resistance. Our article of the week traces the rise and fall of commercial psychedelics. By Sandy B. Hager in @finandsoc.bsky.social buff.ly/7QsCdDI

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Dustin Ferguss @dustinferguss.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

New issue of Finance and Society hot off the press - and an electrified annual conference! See Vol 11, No 2 ⏭️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... And pending works by F&S heavyweights ⏭️ financeandsocietynetwork.org/wp-content/u... Big thx @finandsoc.bsky.social for supporting means of production.

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Finance and Society @finandsoc.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Finance & Society is the gift that keeps on giving! Just as we've gotten home from our fabulous conference in Copenhagen – huge thanks again to all of you and the organizers! – we're delighted to announce the publication of issue 11(2)! 🎁🎉 173 pages packed with the good stuff – do check it out!

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Finance and Society: Volume 11 - Issue 2 | Cambridge Core

Cambridge Core - Finance and Society - Volume 11 - Issue 2

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Aurélien Goutsmedt @aurelien-goutsmedt.com · 16/09/2025

The special section on Central Bank Scientization in @finandsoc.bsky.social is now official out in Volume 11, Issue 2. Read all the papers here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Many thanks to @aminsamman.bsky.social and Nathan Coombs for their support in the editorial process.

Content of the special section on Central Bank Scientization:
Special section: Central bank scientization

Redefining scientization: Central banks between science and politics
Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi

Not a steamroller, a 3D process: Scientization at the Bank of England
Aurélien Goutsmedt, Francesco Sergi, François Claveau, Clément Fontan

From technical to academic central banking: The scientization of the Banque de France
Maxence Dutilleul

Scientization of central bank governance: A global study of governors’ biographies, 2000–2020
Aykiz Dogan, Frédéric Lebaron

Scientization: A self-critical afterthought
Martin Marcussen

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Elke Schwarz @elkeschwarz.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

"There is no longer any depth, no longer any subtext either. The entire history of economic life is pushed up to the surface, leaving nothing behind for it to hide. It is this profound superficiality that now rules."

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Amin Samman @aminsamman.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

What is the relation between obscenity and the financial? I take up this question in my new piece, inspired by Noam Yuran's recently published book on The Sexual Economy of Capitalism. Both should make for a titillating read!

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Obscene finance

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Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Highlight - finally seeing @provokedeconomy.bsky.social talk about paranoid finance at this years brilliant @finandsoc.bsky.social conference 🥳

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Simon Schairer @simonschairer.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Once again a cery interesting, thought provoking and inspiring Finance and Society conference @finandsoc.bsky.social - looking forward to next year (whereever it's going to be)! Thanks to numerous colleagues for intense discussions and critical questions!

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