The Independent Social Research Foundation is funding a project that is studying the theoretical, historical and practical aspects of digital democratic economic planning and its implications for…

On the tension between locality and totality that we see configuring the contours of significant debate today across economic geography in postcolonial, poststructural, decolonial, and constructivist ...

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Rob Ralston talks to Critical Takes about the role of corporate power in the plastic waste and pollution crisis and the prospects for a global treaty.

From the Big Stink to the fatberg, London's history has always flowed through what (and how) we flush away. Sewers are one of the most transformational, yet least recognised interventions in the histo...

23–24 September 2026. Online. Free to attend. Convened and led by organisations of persons with disabilities.

In The Common Good Economy, Mariana Mazzucato is clear-eyed on where we need to go, but the next step is understanding the power structures that prevent us from getting there.

“Idyllischer Gartenzwergkapitalismus”: A Distinct Ordoliberal Environmental Framework?

Period Politics - Inside the Global Fight for Menstrual Justice

23–24 September 2026. Online. Free to attend. Convened and led by organisations of persons with disabilities.

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Producers as far afield as Central Asia have been affected by Ukraine’s drones attacks on the e-commerce giant.

A Newcastle University researcher has been awarded an esteemed Fellowship by the Independent Social Research Foundation (ISRF).

Featured in this edition of the newsletter is a Director's Note on creativity, neoliberalism and the university. Also included: upcoming events, blogs, Dispatches and news from our network.

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Featured in this edition of the newsletter is a Director's Note on AI, labour and the value of a university education. Also included: upcoming events, blogs and news from our Fellows.

Material Crimes · Episode

Join us on 7th September at BLOC, Queen Mary University of London, for a one-day programme of readings, discussion and performances on the reception of French theory in Britain and its legacies.

In this response to the book symposium on Neoliberalism and Race, the author explains what intervention the book aims to make, explores the value of ideology critique when studying the role of raci...

How long will Frontex tolerate the growing violations of migrants' rights in Greece? A Le Monde investigation documents the many warnings issued by the Fundamental Rights Office of the European agency...

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A one-day programme of readings, discussion and performances focused on the reception of French theory in Britain and its legacies.

An in-person & online book launch and conversation with Professor Mary Corcoran, Professor Fergus McNeill & Professor Beth Weaver, editors of 'Generative Justice'.

Featured in this edition of the newsletter is a Director's Note on the ever changing debates around AI. Also included: upcoming book launches, Dispatches and news from our Fellows.