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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

New LIVE podcast out now🔥 'The Second China Shock' recorded at BISA26 in Brighton - this is a vital discussion you don't want to miss. Listen👉https://open.spotify.com/episode/2nNmTG2se4GaQsOaFv8KfU?si=e9f5cbc4bee74758 @mybisa.bsky.social @ipegbisa.bsky.social @frankmaracchione.bsky.social

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

NEW PODCAST Josh White interviews our very own Dr Nina Lotze about her research on neoliberal think tanks during the COVID-19 pandemic - for the latest episode of New Thinking in Political Economy. open.spotify.com/episode/01sV...

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New Thinking: Neoliberal Knowledge Production w/ Nina Lotze

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

'Towards a Revolutionary Political Economy of Climate Transition?' SPERI Doctoral Researchers Network organised a roundtable discussion at #PSA26 last week debating strategy and political agency in climate crisis. The podcast of the session is out now: open.spotify.com/episode/3oxb...

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 26/03/2026

Music streaming accompanies us through everyday life, but it also tracks us. In the final episode of Ground Level, we explore how platforms commodify everyday listening, turning music into a technology of consumer surveillance and behavioural data extraction. open.spotify.com/episode/1qR1...

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 23/03/2026

In episode 6 of Ground Level, we explore the everyday political economy of transport electrification with James Jackson & Vicki Reif-Breitwieser: from EV supply chains & green extractivism to China’s role in the transition & everyday resistance. open.spotify.com/episode/5SpJ...

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Drugs, alcohol and other recreational substances are central to everyday social life and a contested part of the global economy. Ground Level Episode 5 explores the political economy of grassroots cannabis production and its encounters with the state. open.spotify.com/episode/3PU8...

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Ground Level: Cannabis and the State w/ Adam Lloyd, Gulzat Botoeva and Matt Bishop

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BISA - British International Studies Association @mybisa.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

New podcast with our Chair @juanitamarieelias.bsky.social. Listen now!

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Dr Frank Maracchione - 马峰澜 @frankmaracchione.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New episode of Ground Level, the new series I host for @sperishefuni.bsky.social. We discuss queer globalisation and queer everyday lives from #Kazakhstan to #Brasil passing through #Italy’s Veneto. With: @levitanus.bsky.social @heltonlevy.bsky.social! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/s...

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Ground Level: RuPaul's Drag Race and Globalisation w/ Helton Levy and Mariya Levitanus

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

The global economy is lived in ordinary spaces. In the first episode of SPERI Presents… new series 'Ground Level' Dr Frank Maracchione (SOAS) and Prof Juanita Elias (BISA chair) discuss how researching everyday life reshapes our understanding of the global economy. open.spotify.com/episode/4007...

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Ground Level: The International and the Everyday w/ Juanita Elias & Frank Maracchione

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Valentina Ausserladscheider @vapunkt.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

It was such a pleasure to discuss my work with Josh on Speri presents! Have a listen if you want to go skiing 🎿❄️

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

As ever thanks to all who listen, share amongst their networks and leave us a rating on Spotify. We’re always open to pitches for podcast episodes, so if you have any recently published work you feel may be suitable then please don’t hesitate to reach out to Josh at Jwhite9@sheffield.ac.uk.

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

In this episode of New Thinking in Political Economy, @josh-white1708.bsky.social chats to @vapunkt.bsky.social about her recent article in New Political Economy titled 'Decoupling climate change: winter tourism and the maintenance of regional growth'.

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

How does the sector’s growth coalition perceive this threat? How are they seeking to respond to this, and what narratives do they deploy to cohere and legitimise this? How likely is this to succeed, and what might the future of these areas look like in a world of climate breakdown?

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Winter tourism is vital to the local economies of these regions, supporting a network of sectors that rely on their integration into resorts' supply chains. However, global heating is placing all of this under threat, as snowfall becomes more irregular and the skiing season ever shorter each year.

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

NEW PODCAST - Winter Tourism w/ Valentina Ausserladscheider Link: lnkd.in/e_XCu4Pb Though probably not the first industry that comes to mind when you think of the green transition, alpine ski resorts are nonetheless at the forefront of climate breakdown and its economic effects.

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Nicholas Beuret @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Had a lot of fun doing this interview on the New Thinking podcast discussing the cost-of-living crisis, the installation economy and how worker organising can disrupt their transition. tinyurl.com/3z9p52pc

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Thanks as ever for all those who listen, share across their networks, and leave us ratings. We’re always open to pitches for podcast episodes, so if you have any recently published work you feel may be suitable then please don’t hesitate to reach out to Josh at Jwhite9@sheffield.ac.uk.

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

In the latest edition of New Thinking in Political Economy, @josh-white1708.bsky.social discusses all this and more in conversation with the University of Essex’s @nicholasbeuret.bsky.social about his new book “Or Something Worse: Why We Need to Disrupt the Climate Crisis”, out now from Verso Books.

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

And who has agency to shape how this plays out? Can popular forces resist the overwhelming power of fossil and green capital? What strategies might be most effective for this?

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

Likewise, the climate crisis is often treated as a catastrophe of the future, but how is it already affecting us here in Britain today? What are its effects, what form of adaptation measures are emerging, and who is capturing the rewards and bearing the costs of these?

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

🎙️NEW PODCAST🎙️ Disrupting the Climate Transition? W/ Nicholas Beuret. lnkd.in/ewYqDPVU We hear a lot about the ‘Green Transition’, but what does the ‘transition economy’ actually look like in Britain? Who are its winners and losers, and how does it intersect with longer term structural trends?

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

✍️ NEW BLOG: Labour's deregulation gamble Nick Kotucha argues the Labour government is risking everyone's prosperity by pursuring financial regulations in the name of growth and competitiveness 📄 Based a recently published article in @politicalquarterly.bsky.social Read blog: shorturl.at/7jY34

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James Jackson @james7jackson.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

My thoughts on the financialcialisation of football in audio form w/ @sperishefuni.bsky.social. Many of the aspects discussed are also part of a forthcoming book on football and climate change w/ @markdoidge.bsky.social @berglundoscar.bsky.social @samtoscano.bsky.social @jennyamann.bsky.social

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

James and James' article is out now in British Politics All episodes of New Thinking are available wherever you get your podcasts @manchester.ac.uk @leedsbeckett.bsky.social

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

This episode is @remiedwards.bsky.social's last episode as host of New Thinking Also joining the discussion is incoming host @josh-white1708.bsky.social who will take over in January! We thank Remi for getting New Thinking off the ground and look forward to seeing where Josh will take it 🎉

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

⚽ How do financial interests dominate elite football? Is it inevitable the English Premier League will go bust? 📝 @james7jackson.bsky.social discusses his co-authored article with James Silverwood on financialisation in football and the EPL's 'Minsky moment' 🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/70CmH

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

The book, co-authored with Christin Bernhold, is out now with OUP Listen wherever you get your podcasts @sussex.ac.uk @unishefplayer.bsky.social @remiedwards.bsky.social

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 23/10/2025

🚢How do global supply chains drive labour exploitation, nature destruction and geopolitical tension? 📚Ben Selwyn discusses his new co-authored book Capitalist Value Chains on the latest episode of New Thinking in Political Economy 🎧Listen now: shorturl.at/NyFNT

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 02/10/2025

Why does labour governance fail the very workers it should protect? Dr Natalie Langford joins Dr Remi Edwards to explore racialisation, colonialism and globalisation through the lens of the Indian tea industry. Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/why-l... #LabourRights #GlobalEconomy

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Chris also recently co-hosted Crisis Point with @dillonwamsley.bsky.social, a 12-part series on the historical and contemporary role of crisis in capitalism 🎧 shorturl.at/pd8EB

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

Does China's party-state capitalist model mean it can fully decarbonise its economy? Our exec producer Chris Saltmarsh joins Remi to discuss his @ripejournal.bsky.social article on the development of the Chinese political economy and implications for tackling the climate crisis 🎧 shorturl.at/xUwW5

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

India’s farming sector is facing deep crisis. Falling productivity, debt and mass protests have drawn global attention. Dr Shreya Sinha joins Dr Remi Edwards to discuss who gains, who loses and how women are affected most. Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/how-d...

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

🏭 What are the impacts of the Indonesian state's Green Industrial Policy, in terms of growth, extractivism and environmental (in)justice? Muhammad Firman Eko Putra on state capitalism in Indonesia's nickel industry, based on his MA dissertation 📖 Read here: shorturl.at/ROdIA

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

"Ending deforestation in Brazil requires not a change of rhetoric, but an entire rethink of the country’s ‘neo-extractivist’ development model and the system of political patronage that underpins it" Paulina Flores-Martinez and coauthors for SPERI Blog: shorturl.at/8Z6hA

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux? Our Doctoral Researchers' Network hosted their annual conference, featuring presentations from almost 40 early-career political economists from across the UK and beyond. More here: shorturl.at/X6rqX

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Doctoral researchers from across the UK and beyond came to SPERI on 8 September to share their research around the conference theme 'This is Crisis: Critical Political Economy, in flux?'.

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

How do we define crisis in today’s world? In the final Crisis Point episode, Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley reflect on financial and climate crises, theory, and action. Listen on The Player: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/theor... #PoliticalEconomy

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

The climate crisis threatens life itself, yet emissions continue to rise. In SPERI Presents... Crisis Point, Prof Jeremy Green joins Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley to ask why, and what history tells us about the chance of change. Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/clima...

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Is populism a threat to democracy, or part of how it has always worked? Professor Michael Bray joins Chris Saltmarsh and Dillon Wamsley in Crisis Point to explore democracy, capitalism and crisis. Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/popul... #Populism #Democracy #CrisisPoint

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

🫖 What are the limits of civil society activism in protecting workers who become excluded from systems of production? ✍️ Dr Natalie Langford discusses her new paper with @remiedwards.bsky.social, published this year in @ripejournal.bsky.social 🎧 Listen now: shorturl.at/9Cqjj

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

💭 What's the relationship between organised violence and the capitalist economy? Vicki Reif-Breitwieser talks about her research on corporate harm to communities through lithium extraction 🎧 Full episode here: shorturl.at/RnWdU

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Is the rising cost of living a crisis in capitalism or a normal part of the system? In Crisis Point: Cost of Living, Professor Martijn Konings explains inflation, its effects, and what it means for the future. Listen here: player.sheffield.ac.uk/events/cost-... #CostOfLiving #Inflation

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

Why does austerity keep coming back? In Crisis Point, Clara Mattei joins us to explain how austerity has shaped capitalist societies for over a century. Listen now on The Player: bit.ly/45zUEU8 #Austerity #CrisisPoint #PoliticalEconomy

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The Syllabus @the-syllabus.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Examining how military technologies are produced and how post-industrial UK regions are drawn into global war supply chains, our podcast of the week interrogates the political economy of organized violence. With @frankmaracchione.bsky.social et al. at @sperishefuni.bsky.social buff.ly/YErfbQS

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

✍️NEW BLOG✍️ Labubu dolls are having a moment online - but what can this tell us about what consumers are seeking in the digital age? Erhan Kilincarslan and Jiafan Li of @huddersfielduni.bsky.social on the emotional economics of Labubu shorturl.at/JCGy7

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Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute @sperishefuni.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Is organised violence central to capitalism? Our live episode recorded at @mybisa.bsky.social is @the-syllabus.bsky.social's podcast of the week Listen here: shorturl.at/RnWdU

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University of Sheffield Player @unishefplayer.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

Prof Matthew Watson joins @sperishefuni.bsky.social's podcast to ask: was the Long Depression truly a crisis? From falling profits to class conflict, this period changed how we think about capitalism. Listen now: bit.ly/3H4K4Lw #EconomicHistory #PoliticalEconomy #ThePlayerSheffield

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