Economy & Society

Issue 3 of 2026 now in-print, incl. Special Section on 'Asian Platform Capital', edited by Adrian Athique and Akshaya Kumar, plus 5 papers on rubber in Malaya, trafficking in the Med, the environmental state, consultancy and development, digital entrepreneurship www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

We are pleased to announce the winner of the inaugural Economy and Society Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. ‘Making jobseekers amidst joblessness: The proper work of work-seeking in inner-city Johannesburg’. spr.ly/63327BHpYEh @econsocjournal.bsky.social

Submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2027 would be very welcome! Deadline is 15th January 2027. £1,000 will be paid to the Prize winning author. files.taylorandfrancis.com/economy-and-...

We're delighted to announce the winner of our inaugural Early-Career Paper Prize is Oda Eide www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Oda will receive £1000 from the journal. We're also delighted to announce that our Prize will now run on a biennial basis, with the next competition due to open shortly

Now available in Latest Articles - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Regardless of whether repo markets keep you up at night, we recommend reading this paper recently published in Latest Articles before bedtime www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

We're delighted to announce the winner of our inaugural Early-Career Paper Prize is Oda Eide www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Oda will receive £1000 from the journal. We're also delighted to announce that our Prize will now run on a biennial basis, with the next competition due to open shortly

Sorry, Mr. President, 'SI' is already taken. It's the abbreviation we use for 'Special Issue', and we're always open to SI proposals that fall within the scope of our journal

Issue 4 of 2026 is coming very shortly. The papers are already available here for those who can't wait! www.tandfonline.com/action/showA...

Now available in Latest Articles, by Sohini Kar @lseanthropology.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I have a new piece out that synthesizes the past few years of research in Latin America on cryptocurrency adoption. The political economy of cryptocurrency in Latin America www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. Thanks to @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca for their support. 🧵

On the “enduring fantasy of government reduced to calculation, solving the problem of politics.”

Now available in Latest Articles, @robertdorschel.bsky.social on the class relations and entrepreneurialism of digital capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Issue 2 of 2026 is a Special Issue, 'Care Economies', edited by @rhacel.bsky.social, Sabrina Marchetti and Wasana Handapangoda, supported by funding from our Special Issue Competition. Issue 2 also features our editorial essay on 'The state of the state' www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Delighted to see this article by @draykay.bsky.social, Jessica Sklair and me, introducing our upcoming special section of @econsocjournal.bsky.social on Elite Philanthropy in Global Capitalism, published online (open access). doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Issue 2 of 2026 is a Special Issue, 'Care Economies', edited by @rhacel.bsky.social, Sabrina Marchetti and Wasana Handapangoda, supported by funding from our Special Issue Competition. Issue 2 also features our editorial essay on 'The state of the state' www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Now available, ahead of in-print publication later this year. A Special Section on 'Asian platform capital', edited by Adrian Athique and Akshaya Kumar www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Now available, ahead of in-print publication later this year. A Special Section on 'Asian platform capital', edited by Adrian Athique and Akshaya Kumar www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A timely and critical collective essay on 'the state of the state', written by five members of our Editorial Board @will-davies.bsky.social @andrew-barry.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social Linsey McGoey and Samantha Ashenden www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great podcast, great host – thanks to @raumplaner.bsky.social for moderating this podcast episode. Link 👇 Link to the special issue in @econsocjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...

New research alert📚📰 🚨 We are excited to share the latest co-authored publication from our Department Head and esteemed Professor Samantha Ashenden @econsocjournal.bsky.social : www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Will Davies. Members of the Editorial Board of @econsocjournal.bsky.social have contributed to a series of reflections on the (contradictory, emergent, uncertain) 'state of the state', introduced by Andrew Barry and me (open access)

The View from Mont Pèlerin

A timely and critical collective essay on 'the state of the state', written by five members of our Editorial Board @will-davies.bsky.social @andrew-barry.bsky.social @iliasalami.bsky.social Linsey McGoey and Samantha Ashenden www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Our new piece, collectively authored by the Editorial Board of @econsocjournal.bsky.social, reflecting on the state today. @campolis.bsky.social Link to the full piece below:

Members of the Editorial Board of @econsocjournal.bsky.social have contributed to a series of reflections on the (contradictory, emergent, uncertain) 'state of the state', introduced by Andrew Barry and me (open access) www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Also coming up in Issue 2 is a very special editorial essay on 'The state of the state', bringing together provocative contributions from five members of our Editorial Board.

When private equity takes over a care home, deaths at the home rise by an average of 11%. When the private equity company is leveraged more than 75% in debt, the deaths double www.theguardian.com/society/2026...

Also coming up in Issue 2 is a very special editorial essay on 'The state of the state', bringing together provocative contributions from five members of our Editorial Board.

In-print very shortly. Issue 2 of 2026 will be a Special Issue on Care Economies. Issue 3 will feature a Special Section on Asian Platform Capital. Watch this space!

Not at this journal! Our scope most definitely continues to include research problems that are not data-rich, especially when connected with social theoretical debates. Submissions without AI are very welcome. www.ft.com/content/0c63... via @FT

Issue 1 of 2026 has hit the streets, packed with 9 papers on heat and comfort zones, subscription as an economic form, influencer marketing, value theory of inflation, emissions trading, carbon borders, risk and health, Insuring urban violence, Becker and suicide www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Issue 1 of 2026 has hit the streets, packed with 9 papers on heat and comfort zones, subscription as an economic form, influencer marketing, value theory of inflation, emissions trading, carbon borders, risk and health, Insuring urban violence, Becker and suicide www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Sounds very interesting. Subscription $ outpace advertising $ by 3-4:1 in US and Canada, for example, but get a fraction of the attention. gmicp.org/canadas-netw...

“…subscription’s possible role in postcapitalist economic organization.”

Now available in Latest Articles @bricolageyumyum.bsky.social interrogates 'subscription', a taken-for-granted economic bedrock of digital capitalism www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

new jawn from me out today in economy & society on the "subscription economy," part of my larger project on *the paywall society* www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Out this week - Jamie Cross and Alex Nading explore how 'comfort zones' are both contributing to the climate crisis and shaping responses to it www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Out this week - Jamie Cross and Alex Nading explore how 'comfort zones' are both contributing to the climate crisis and shaping responses to it www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📣 Publication alert Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1 👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...

New open-access paper out (with Valérie Boisvert) in @econsocjournal.bsky.social , as part of this great special issue! Read it here: shorturl.at/L2Ui8 Core question: If conventional accounting is a growth infrastructure, then what exactly are the different forms of green accounting? A short 🧵 1/7

📖 New publication: JProf Matthias Kranke co-edited a special issue of @econsocjournal.bsky.social on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’, which brings together scholarship on (post-)growth, transformations, infrastructures and socio-material relations. Most articles open access. #PostGrowth #SocSci

Drum roll ... Our final Issue of 2025 is a very Special Issue on (Post-)Growth Infrastructures, edited by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. This was one of two winners supported by funding from our Special Issue Competition. www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Drum roll ... Our final Issue of 2025 is a very Special Issue on (Post-)Growth Infrastructures, edited by Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. This was one of two winners supported by funding from our Special Issue Competition. www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/c...

Monday 15th December 2025 is the final closing date for submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Last-minute submissions are very welcome! files.taylorandfrancis.com/economy-and-...

Monday 15th December 2025 is the final closing date for submissions to our Early-Career Paper Prize 2026. Last-minute submissions are very welcome! files.taylorandfrancis.com/economy-and-...