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Public Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The educational attainment of welfare recipients influences perceptions of deservingness. In POQ, Diessner et al. find that university-educated workers are seen as less in need of support in contemporary knowledge economies. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 27/04/2026

In 1999, the ECB realized that its toolkit did not fit the structure of the monetary union it found itself in charge of. So it chose to try and change that structure – by promoting structural reforms. With @donatodc.bsky.social & @sebdiessner.bsky.social, now in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social vol 24.

Structure, Agency, and Structural
Reform: The Case of the European Central
Bank
Benjamin Braun, Donato Di Carlo, Sebastian Diessner and Maximilian Düsterhöft
Monetary and nancial integration has been shown to increase the pressure on states to liberalize social and labor market policies. If
structures do not come with instruction sheets, how do monetary regime pressures translate into policy? Through a case study of the
euro area, we show that central banks play an underappreciated role in this process. Using mixed methods to analyze a large amount
of data, including the complete corpus of speeches, we trace the evolution of the European Central Bank’s advocacy for structural
reforms between 1999 and 2019. To explain the ECB’s activism in a policy area beyond its mandate, we theorize the ECB as
navigating a dilemma between governability and legitimacy. Handed a monetary regime under which exible labor markets were
seen as a condition for governability, the ECB saw no alternative but to push governments toward structural reforms, despite the
reputational risks. The ECB ended its advocacy when increasing political backlash coincided with a structural regime shift from an
in ationary to a de ationary environment.

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Manuela Moschella @manuelamoschella.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

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 ☺️

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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!

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

💸💸governing money by making money💸💸

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

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)🎓

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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 01/07/2025

🚨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/...

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

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Steffen Murau @steffenmurau.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

🚨 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-...

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Fabio Bulfone @fbulfone.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

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

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

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

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

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!

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Niccolo Durazzi @ndurazzi.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

🗣️ 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

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Stanislas Jourdan @stanjourdan.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

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

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

📢 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/...

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Manuela Moschella @manuelamoschella.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

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

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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

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Natascha van der Zwan @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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 🔽

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Stefanie Walter @stefwalter.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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

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Achim Hurrelmann @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

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.

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Much enjoyed the launch of @unileiden.bsky.social's Europe Hub in Brussels at @europarl.europa.eu today With great contributions from - and very many thanks to - Leiden colleagues & organizers at the EP's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA) www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/even...

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Jens van 't Klooster 💸💸💸 @jvtk.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this. 🎈In a new working paper, @steffenmurau.bsky.social and I set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money. A thread 🧵

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Politics and Governance @cogitatiopag.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

Is the European Central Bank losing its independence by getting too political? Our new open access highlights how the ECB’s increasing involvement in crises and political issues has led to debates about its legitimacy and the need for stronger accountability. Issue: shortt.link/pag386bsky

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Ditching the Maastricht Model? The Evolving Role of the European Central Bank in the Economic and Monetary Union

Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)

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Jérôme Deyris @jdeyris.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

📊 Last week, we released our new central bank speeches database, which almost doubles the coverage of the @BIS_org database. We also released a tool to facilitate research on central bank communication: meet the #CBSpeeches explorer! Four tools for the price of one (=free!)

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Arianna Tassinari @aritassinari.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

Had a really excellent time at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna this past Monday discussing @ankehassel.bsky.social's recent research works on the political economy of growth & welfare with some wonderful colleagues. Engaging and thought-provoking exchanges - thanks so much for hosting us!

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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Back from @weareceu.bsky.social after a wonderful workshop on recent works by @ankehassel.bsky.social in the context of her Karl Polanyi Visiting Professorship, incl. •the much-anticipated 2nd volume of Growth & Welfare with @bpalier.bsky.social •joint work with @donatodc.bsky.social & Martin Höpner

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Comparative Politics @comppol.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

New article on Fast Track by @sebdiessner.bsky.social @ndurazzi.bsky.social and David Hope, “Embedding Skill Bias: Technology, Institutions, and Inequality in Wages and Benefits,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...

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Embedding Skill Bias: Technology,...Inequality in Wages and Benefits: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article

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Toon Van Overbeke @toonvano.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Are you also still baffled by Trump's inauguration 🇺🇸, wondering what he will do next, how successful his policies will be and (frankly) why he is even there? Our new book "Understanding Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality", released today, can help with that! (Link below)

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Anke Hassel @ankehassel.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Thank you so much, Sebastian, for your kind and thoughtful comments. It was a great workshop. Congratulations to the Karl Polanyi Society, the university of Vienna and CEU for hosting me! @sebdiessner.bsky.social

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Luca Cigna @lucacigna.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Just out 🍃 first research output of a new agenda on the political economy of, and capitalist varieties in, the green transition 🏭👩‍🏭 Born from a joint effort with @donatodc.bsky.social and @ndurazzi.bsky.social 🚀 leap.luiss.it/wp-content/u...

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