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Solveig Degen

@solveigdegen.bsky.social
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PhD student in sociology at HU Berlin and the Centre for Social Critique | working on democratisation of energy and socialisation of finance | (she/her) socializationproject.de

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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Interested in the contradictions of energy, states, planning and transition? Come to our conference in 7 weeks at HU Berlin, nov 12-4, with a keynote by Adam Tooze at Refugio! organized by @solveigdegen.bsky.social in our socialization research project. program to be released soon.
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Moment.at @moment.at · 09/09/2026
Der Erfolg der extremen Rechten - die AfD in Deutschland, die FPÖ in Österreich - erfordert, einige "liebgewonnene" Wahrheiten zu überdenken. @nataschastrobl.bsky.social kommentiert.
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Fünf unangenehme Wahrheiten zum Triumph der AfD in Sachsen-Anhalt
Der Erfolg der extremen Rechten - AfD in Deutschland, FPÖ in Österreich - erfordert, liebgewonnene Wahrheiten zu überdenken.
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Piet Hansen @piethansen.eurosky.social · 09/09/2026
Das Schlimmste an der AfD ist, dass sie Menschen nicht nach ihrem Nutzwert für die Wirtschaft unterscheidet. Sagt der Kanzler.
Auszug aus diesem Artikel Empfehlenswerter F.A.Z. Beitrag: Merz zu AfD: Sie werden keine Mehrheit erreichen
https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/inland/liveticker-bundespolitik-weidel-regierung-nicht-willens-sich-von-fesseln-gruener-ideologie-und-linker-massenmigration-zu-befreien-faz-110093143.html?premium=0x1c1649e80be1bc17b0d860946f133e4054cc27d45325147fb5ac01df81cbf61d&share=androidfaznativeshare
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International Karl Polanyi Society @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The AfD just celebrated a major victory in Saxony-Anhalt - this prompts the question: Is fascism returning? In the new F&L blog piece, @sprezios.bsky.social argues that the fascism analogy can obscure more then what it reveals about today’s far-right. So what should we do instead? 👇find out here
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F&L Blog - Is Fascism Returning? - International Karl Polanyi Society
The resurgence of the far right has revived a familiar question: are we witnessing a return of fascism? According to historian and Stefanie Prezioso, the widespread use of the term ‘fascism’ as a temp...
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Richard Bärnthaler @rbaernthaler.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Some thoughts on how research can contribute to transformation in times of eco-social crises & institutional instability. I work through 3 questions: 1. How can we understand the current situation? 2. What can be done to change it? 3. How can we build the power to do so? tinyurl.com/2dsbfcj2
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Energy social science in a critical conjuncture: Toward a framework for strategic transformation research
This Perspective develops a framework for strategic transformation research in energy social science and beyond, grounded in the current conjuncture o…
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Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Join us on Thursday!
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Leo Fischer @leogfischer.eurosky.social · 03/07/2026
Wenn ihr euch genug über die Nebelkerzr Attestpflicht aufgeregt habt, könnt ihr auch mal darüber nachdenken: - Kettenbefristung bis zu 6x 4 Jahre - Abschaffung Informationsfreiheit - Verbot der Vergesellschaftung von Wohnungen - Förderungen für Autos und KI 😀
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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Unsere Kinder und Enkel werden uns bitter verfluchen. Die #Erderhitzung lässt sich auch durch Nullemissionen nicht zurückdrehen, nur die weitere Erhitzung stoppen. Denn CO2 bleibt Jahrtausende in der Luft. Kipppunkte kommen näher. Es wird kein Zurück geben.
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Karl Dietz Verlag Berlin @karldietzberlin.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Dass es so nicht weitergehen kann, ist vielen klar. Aber was ist die Alternative? Im September erscheint bei uns die dt. Erstveröffentlichung des viel beachteten Essays von Aaron Benanav »Jenseits des Kapitalismus« (in der Übers. von Raul Zelik)
Grafik für ein Buch auf einem rosa-lila Farbverlauf. Ein orangefarbenes Buchcover im Zentrum zeigt: "Aaron Benanav, Jenseits des Kapitalismus, Zur Neukonzeption einer postkapitalistischen Gesellschaftsordnung", darunter "Dietz Berlin, September 2026".
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Auch die Wissenschaft muss sich positionieren: gegen Tendenzen der Faschisierung und für vielfältigen und gewaltfreien Protest, der der extremen Rechten nicht den öffentlichen Raum überlässt: wissenschaft-gegen-faschismus.de/index.php/so... Unterschreibt!
Wissenschaft gegen Faschismus .
Solidarität mit den friedlichen Protesten gegen den AfD-Parteitag in Erfurt

Am 4. und 5. Juli versammelt sich die AfD in Erfurt für ihren Bundesparteitag - auf den Tag 100 Jahre nach dem NSDAP-Reichsparteitag in Thüringen, der als Wendepunkt für den Aufstieg des Nationalsozialismus gilt. Wie Historiker*innen bereits festgestellt haben, ist die Wahl des Ortes und des Datums kein Zufall, sondern ein kalkulierter symbolischer Akt: ein Signal der Verbundenheit mit rechtsextremen Milieus.
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
July 9 @ Aquarium! Berlin criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/workin...
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Matt Huber @matthuber.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Changing society's relation to nature more broadly remains a worthy project" (206). This by @ueberdruss.bsky.social is a brilliant Marxist analysis of energy history that deserves its place alongside Malm, Mitchell and other classics of the last couple decades.
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Christoph Sorg @christophsorg.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
I'll present some work-in-progress on a synthesis between feminist critical political economy and the new planning debate.
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Tooze is the rare historian who thinks we can learn nothing from history, and that’s why I like it
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Tooze talking about the possible extinction of the economy
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Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
"Neoconservatism produced a distinctive identity for the working and middle class – an identity that was devoid of the concept of class“ ⬇️📚Read our latest F&L piece for 𝐖𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐧’𝐬 explanation why so many people in the US embrace authoritarian politics today!
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
And we begin with a packed auditorium: two days on Crisis and Transformation in times of fascisation
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Crisis dream team @ktbberlin.bsky.social “crisis and transformation” criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/cri...
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Mathias Larsen @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
New article out in @socioeconreview.bsky.social with @danieldrisc.com: "The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda" doi.org/10.1093/ser/...
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The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda
Abstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Save the date! Nov 12-14, HU Berlin, part of the Socialization research project at @ktbberlin.bsky.social socializationproject.de
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Rosie Collington @rosiecollington.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Really looking forward to this! Thanks to @solveigdegen.bsky.social @cominsitu.bsky.social @rabeaber.bsky.social & Clara Weinmann for organising 🤩🛢️💸
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 27/05/2026
hell freezes over, the FT opens the door to nationalization
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
In two weeks!
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Die Dynamik der Faschisierung ist in der liberalen Demokratie, ihrer dysfunktionalen & gewaltsamen Deutung und Bearbeitung von Krisen angelegt & wird aus der Mitte der Gesellschaft heraus befeuert. Rahel Jaeggi & ich antworten hier auf Reemtsmas Kritik am F-Wort: www.zeit.de/feuilleton/2...
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Faschismusdebatte: Wie Demokratien zu menschenfeindlichen Regimen werden
Der Soziologe Jan Philipp Reemtsma mahnt an, nicht ständig vom Faschismus zu reden. Hat er den Ernst der Lage nicht erkannt?
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
WORKING NATURE: A HISTORY OF THE ENERGY ECONOMY Book Presentation with @ueberdruss.bsky.social, comments by Liliana Doganova and Jacob Blumenfeld, moderated by Thomas Turnbull July 9, 2026, 19:00 Aquarium, Skalitzer Str. 6, Berlin socializationproject.de/event/workin...
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Common Wealth @cmmonwealth.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Today, we’re launching our first paper from the Green Planning Commission — Economic Coordination and the Limits of Markets — as an analytical foundation for why the next progressive agenda must be built around public coordination. 🧵 www.common-wealth.org/publications...
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Economic Coordination and the Barriers Private Market Coordination Poses to Realizing a Progressive Agenda
Private market coordination cannot deliver decarbonization or affordable essential provisions. Instead, public coordination must be the organizing logic of the next progressive agenda and the premise ...
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afrelek @afrelek.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Wrote a review of @ueberdruss.bsky.social excellent Working Nature. Go read it, it’s a book that should have been written decades ago, when the ecosocialist current was just starting to get going. Also one for all the Sohn-Rethel heads out there.
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‘Working Nature: A History of the Energy Economy’ by Daniela Russ reviewed by Andrzej Frelek
The concept of energy is omnipresent in theoretical writing on the relationship between society and nature. Historically, for some time it even served as the primary means of approaching the problem i...
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INDEP @lndep.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Emerging from discussions at @ktbberlin.bsky.social's “The Grounds of Planning: Rationality, Pseudorationality and Critique“, a text formulating 11 theses on planning has been published by @cominsitu.bsky.social , @rabeaber.bsky.social and @solveigdegen.bsky.social. www.indep.network/11-theses-on...
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11 Theses on Planning Published
Emerging from discussions at the “The Grounds of Planning: Rationality, Pseudorationality and Critique”, which was held in Berlin in December 2025, a text formulating 11 theses on planning has been…
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Cihan Çelik @cihancelik.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
„Wir“? Ja dann hängt euch mal rein, liebe Ü70…
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International Karl Polanyi Society @kpolanyisociety.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗙𝗮𝘀𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗟𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗺 𝗯𝗹𝗼𝗴! Roland Atzmüller offers a rich and nuanced analysis of current (mis)interpretations of the far right and its entanglements with the neoliberal project - bringing a compelling Polanyian perspective. Read the entire article here: tinyurl.com/y83ewxen
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Critical Theory in Berlin @ktbberlin.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
11 Theses on Planning 1. Planning for Future The prohibition on thinking concretely about the future has expired. An ecological and democratic concept of planning beyond capitalism is now necessary for planetary survival. More: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/intervention...
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11 Thesen zur Planung - KTB
1. Planung für die Zukunft Das Verbot, konkret über die Zukunft nachzudenken, ist hinfällig geworden. Ein ökologisches und demokratisches Konzept der Planung jenseits des Kapitalismus ist jetzt für da...
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
really looking forward to discussing the new manuscript by @katforrester.bsky.social on the contradictions of the welfare state! criticaltheoryinberlin.de/event/in-and...
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daniela russ @ueberdruss.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
couldn‘t help thinking that this is so much smaller than the space it occupied in my head. there’s a relief in the objectification of thought: however troubling or obsessive, every idea can take the form of a handy, well-folded paperback.
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Heute
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Something shocking and out of the ordinary is happening in the UK. While in most comparable countries, healthy life expectancy is rising, here it is plunging steeply. Q. So what marks us out? A. 47 years of extreme neoliberalism, culminating in austerity. www.health.org.uk/reports-and-...
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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Primary needs
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Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
The more unstable the present becomes, the more necessary it is to plan for the future. But what does it mean to plan? Read our 11 theses on planning to find out!
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robin celikates @robin-c.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
mark your calendars: CRISIS AND TRANSFORMATION Berlin, June 4-5, 2026 w/ great speakers incl. Dipesh Chakrabarty, Maeve Cooke, Alex Demirović, Verónica Gago, Stephan Lessenich & Isabella Weber more info: criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/event/cri...
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CRISIS AND TRANSFORMATION

Berlin, June 4-5, 2026

with
JAY BERNSTEIN, DEBADITYA BHATTACHARYA, MANUELA BOJADZIJEV,
MARIO CANDEIAS, ROBIN CELIKATES, DIPESH CHAKRABARTY, MAEVE COOKE, RODRIGO CORDERO, ALEX DEMIROVIC, SILKE VAN DYK, VERÓNICA GAGO, RAHEL JAEGGI, JAN-PHILIPP KRUSE, STEPHAN LESSENICH, FRANK NULLMEIER, ISETTE SCHUHMACHER, PHILIPP STAAB, JOSEPH TAINTER, ADAM TOOZE, ISABELLA WEBER, MARKUS WISSEN, JOSEPH VOGL
JUNE 4-5, 2026
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
AUDITORIUM IM
GRIMM ZENTRUM
HU BERLIN
Organised by
Centre for Social Critique
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
New episode of the @ktbberlin.bsky.social podcast CRITIQUE OF AI - featuring @rainermuehlhoff.bsky.social @annanosthoff.bsky.social @bildoperationen.bsky.social @mttpsq.bsky.social and introduced with @robin-c.bsky.social criticaltheoryinberlin.de/en/podcast/p...
Critique of AI podcast
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Isabella M. Weber @isabellamweber.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
It will be the law of the jungle. Market analysts are already predicting that rich countries will outbid poor countries for scarce oil and gas supplies. This means energy famine for the Global South. Link: www.ft.com/content/6ca1...
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Rabea Berfelde @rabeaber.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Diesen Freitag! Podiumsdiskussion über den Strukturwandel der Landwirtschaft, Eigentum und Bodenpolitik 🚜
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Claudia Kemfert @ckemfert.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Die Energiewende geht vielen nicht zu schnell sondern zu langsam. 📊 57 % sagen: zu langsam 📊 Nur 15 %: zu schnell Besonders deutlich: 🔴 67 % unter 35 wollen mehr Tempo Das zeigt: Die Mehrheit ist weiter als die Politik. Jetzt braucht es Umsetzung statt Kurzschluss. ⚡️ #Energiewende #Kurzschluss
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Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
How can we put green planning into practice? Last Tuesday, @brusselermel.bsky.social, @isabelestevez.bsky.social, @gkahan.bsky.social, Justus Henze (@communiade.bsky.social) and I had a really interesting discussion on this question. Recording is now online!
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INDEP x Green Planning Commission Online Panel – Green Planning for Transition and Policy
YouTube video by INDEP - Network for Democratic Economic Planning
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.social · 15/04/2026
Very useful comparative oil shock data viz.
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Quinn Slobodian @quinnslobodian.com · 15/04/2026
Oceanographers, simultaneously the most mild-mannered and the most terrifying people you’ll ever meet
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Cominsitu @cominsitu.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
new books from @versobooks.bsky.social ! including Working Nature by @ueberdruss.bsky.social (book release in Berlin, July 9, with special guests)
Working Nature by Daniela Russ and other books
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communia @communiade.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Am 29. April 2026 um 19:00 Uhr im aquarium am Kottbusser Tor (Skalitzer Str. 6, 10999 Berlin) präsentiert communia die neue Studie zur Geschichte der Energiewirtschaft von Prof. Daniela Russ und Solveig Degen, mit Beiträgen von Jakob Heyer und Ralf Hoffrogge. communia.de/einladung-ge...
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Solveig Degen @solveigdegen.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🚨Publication and event alert: Over the past year, @ueberdruss.bsky.social and I have been writing a study on the history of ownership and power struggles in the European energy sector for @communiade.bsky.social (in German) On 29 April at 7pm, we will be presenting it in Berlin! 👇details below
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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We are hiring a tenure track (!) senior researcher in political economy! This is obviously a great job (permanent without teaching obligation) and I hope you all apply. However, I would like to take a moment to share just how significant this is in the German academic context ⬇️
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Money on the Left @moneyontheleft.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
How Cities Can Evaluate Public Investment Without Bond Markets
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How Cities Can Evaluate Public Investment Without Bond Markets
By Will Beaman A series of recent articles from Money on the Left has argued that cities can sell municipal bonds to their own public banks, reclaiming public finance from private bond markets and …
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