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Thank you to all candidates – and congratulations to our elected representatives. We are pleased to announce the results of the 2025 SASE Executive Council elections. First, we extend our sincere thanks to everyone who ran. SASE is strengthened by the engagement and commitment of its members, and we deeply appreciate your willingness to serve […]
The 2025 Socio-Economic Review (SER) best paper prize jury (Elsa Clara Massoc, chair, with Matthias Thiemann and Leonard Seabrooke) found it very difficult to choose a prize winner this year, given the high quality of SER contributions overall. They were tasked with looking at the 60-odd papers published in SER in 2024. In the end, […]
Save the Date for the SASE Bordeaux 2026 Conference! SASE is excited to announce that the 2026 conference will be hosted by Sciences Po Bordeaux, 1-3 July 2026. More information to come, but be sure to mark your calendars.
In memory of the late Dr. Sabina Avdagic, the SASE Network E (Comparative Capitalisms) is pleased to announce the establishment of the Sabina Avdagic Early Career Scholar Prize for Best Paper in Comparative Capitalism. The award recognizes outstanding work by an early-career researcher in the field of comparative political economy, reflecting Dr. Avdagic’s deep commitment […]
With a grand total of 53 limericks submitted, the ad-hoc 2024 Limerick adjudication committee, consisting of Finbarr Murphy (Dean of Kemmy Business School at the University of Limerick), Prof. Tony Dundon (Kemmy Business School), and Dr. Annelies Fryberger (SASE Executive Director), is proud to announce the winner and 3 honorable mentions of the 2024 inaugural […]
It is a tremendous honor and pleasure to announce this year’s SASE Honorary Fellow: Professor Juliet Schor. She is an economist and sociologist at Boston College. She is in the Department of Sociology and her Ph.D. is in economics. This is a unique combination, and a true example of a practice of socio-economics. Before joining […]
2024 SASE Presidential and Executive Council Election Results SASE is proud to announce the results of the 2024 Presidential and Executive Council Elections. We thank all candidates who ran – your commitment to SASE is tremendously appreciated! Please join us in congratulating all the winners and welcoming them to their new roles. Incoming President-Elect We […]
The 2024 Alice Amsden Best Book Award committee is proud to announce this year’s winner and two honorable mentions. The committee was chaired by Ying Chen (The New School), with members Michelle Hsieh (Institute of Sociology, Academia Sinica), Megan Tobias Neely (Copenhagen Business School), Sydney Rothstein (Williams College), and Antonio Botelho (IUPERJ Universidade Candido Mendes, […]
The SASE 2024 Presidential and Executive Council elections are currently live – if you are a current SASE member, you have received a prompt to vote. SASE wishes to thank all candidates for being willing to run, and all members for voting in the election! Presidential candidate The Presidential Search Committee nominated long-term SASE member […]
The SER Best Article Prize committee (chair Eunmi Mun, Elsa Clara Massoc, and Dustin Avent-Holt) reviewed all articles published in the Socio-Economic Review in the year 2023. They were deeply impressed with the high quality of the papers published in SER, and while there were many papers they thoroughly enjoyed reading, they unanimously picked this […]
The current and previous coordinators of the SASE Network on Industrial Relations and Welfare were profoundly shocked to learn of the sudden and unexpected passing of our dear friend and esteemed colleague, Sabina Avdagic. Sabina, a Reader in Political Economy at the University of Sussex, was an eminent scholar in the field of comparative political […]
SASE mourns Sabina Avdagic’s sudden passing in January 2024. We send our profound condolences to her family and colleagues, and wish to express our gratitude for all that she brought to SASE in her many years with the organization. Sabina was actively involved in SASE activities since her graduate studies. In addition to her work […]
Every year, SASE holds an election for one-third of the seats on its Executive Council. The SASE Nominations Committee now announces an open call for nominations. All current SASE members may nominate other scholars (SASE members and non-members alike) or themselves. The Nominations Committee will collect the names sent as well as names generated directly […]
Yes, you’ve read it right… you are invited to participate in the 2024 SASE Limerick poetry contest! Winning limericks will be read at the award ceremony at the 2024 conference, and prizes are to be had. First of all – what is a limerick? Contest details Eligibility: your limerick should have a connection to SASE […]
Santos Ruesga is Professor of Applied Economics at the Autonomous University of Madrid and the President of SASE in the 2022-2023 academic year. His specialization is the study of labor relations, the informal economy, and Latin American economies from macroeconomic and empirical perspectives. He has been a member of the SASE since 2006; served on SASE’s […]
SASE Blog Editor Irem Inal writes on the recent successes for environmental justice and just transition in US climate policy and the conditions that have allowed for more ambitious legislation to pass.
The third SER Café of 2023 will feature Cèline Bessiére, Daria Tisch, and Tamara Gutfleisch on the relationship between intergenerational transfers, wealth, and gender inequality.
Blog editor Anna Woźny speaks with Prof. Kimberly Kay Hoang about her latest book, Spiderweb Capitalism: How Global Elites Exploit Frontier Markets (Princeton University Press, 2022).
We are very proud to announce the winner of the 2023 Alice Amsden Best Book Award, Hedged Out: Inequality and Insecurity on Wall Street, by Megan Tobias Neely.
SASE Blog Editor Swati Chintala writes on the possibility of collective action by platform workers and the pandemic’s role in the emergence of a collective identity despite atomizing platform practices.
We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s SER Best Article Prize: “Gender identity and wives’ labor market outcomes in West and East Germany between 1983 and 2016” by Maximilian Sprengholz, Anna Wieber, and Elke Holst.
The new season of Network O (Global Value Chains) webinar series continues on March 30th!
SASE Blog Editor Joshua Cova examines what changes the EU’s policy package on improving working conditions in platform work can herald for platform workers and what it might mean, in turn, for our understanding of the European social model.
Amden’s students, colleagues, and family along with a new generation of researchers in the field of industrial policy reflect on Alice’s research and work, and her ideas for a just and equitable society in this new podcast series by Neeta Misra.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, the 2023 SASE conference will not be held at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) as previously announced, although the UFRJ will remain the official local host of the conference. The conference will instead be held at the Windsor Florida Hotel, not far away. If you have already made […]
SASE grieves the tremendous losses caused by the earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, and sends its condolences to our colleagues and their loved ones most directly affected by this tragedy. Please click through to find links to aid those in need, following a summary of the current state of affairs.
SER Café is a forum where you can virtually meet the authors of papers recently published in Socio-Economic Review (SER). The first SER Café of 2023 was held with Ekaterina Svetlova (University of Twente) and Akos Rona-Tas (UC San Diego) about the relationship between technology, economy, and society. Stay tuned for more events!
Announcing the incoming editorial team of SASE’s blog, Future Directions in Socio-Economics, and a sketch of the year in articles to come.
This free online seminar offers a platform for PhD researchers to discuss issues of professional development, research ethics and personal positioning in a time of unprecedented climate, ecological and social uncertainty and crisis
The latest issue of Accounts features an interview with SER Chief Editors Alya Guseva and Akos Rona-Tas on digitalization, new initiatives, DEI, and more.
In his farewell message, Amitai Etzioni has shared links to his personal account of the trials he underwent as an activist professor and a video in which he gives a concise overview of his life story. In the context of this retirement, Prof. Etzioni also took steps to ensure the future of SASE with a very generous donation to the organization. SASE is deeply indebted to Prof. Etzioni’s energy and generosity, both for the impetus of creating the organization in the first place, and for his timely donation to help the organization move confidently into the future.
Socio-Economic Review is pleased to invite proposals for either of the thematic Special Issues to be published in 2023 or 2024. Deadline: 31 July
SER invites paper submissions for its upcoming special issue, “Gender and Wealth Accumulation: An Intersectional and International Perspective,” guest edited by Céline Bessière and Maude Pugliese.
Join Marius Busemeyer, Christel Lane, Ben Ross Schneider, and Gregory Jackson for the hybrid launch of Merve Sancak’s new book, “Global Production, National Institutions, and Skill Formation”.
We are excited to announce SASE’s new President-Elect, Treasurer, and our new and re-elected Executive Council members!
Three chapters from the newly published, two-volume The World Politics of Social Investment, edited by Julian L. Garritzmann, Silja Häusermann, and Bruno Palier, are available in open access.
What has anarchism and activism got to do with socio-economics? How does someone get from attending the first SASE conference to becoming the organization’s president? What is the role of academic societies in these insecure times? In this interview, Jacqueline O’Reilly reflects on her eventful stint as SASE President.
The jury is delighted to announce its unanimous decision to award the inaugural David Marsden Best Paper Prize to “So near and yet so far: a new look at the comparison of the French and British models”, written by Thomas Amossé (CNAM, Lise, CEET), Héloïse Petit (CNAM, Lirsa, CEET), Alex Bryson (University College London), and John Forth (City University London).
Blog editor Melike Arslan interviews the organizers of the 2022 mini-conference “Connecting the Dots between Global Capitalism and National Capitalisms”.
Blog Chief Editor Gábor Scheiring and co-author Anne-Marie Jeannet present a case for considering deindustrialization as a form of socio-economic disintegration in preparation for their mini-conference on the subject.
We’re proud to announce this year’s Alice Amsden Best Book Award winner and honorable mentions
PhD candidate and former SASE Blog Chief Editor Laura Adler review’s Jake Rosenfeld’s recent book “You’re Paid What You’re Worth and Other Myths of the Modern Economy”.
Click through to view the shortlisted articles (with links!)
If you’re able to come to Amsterdam a few days early, this conference on democratizing central banking taking place July 7-8 is open to general participation.
SASE is proud to sponsor SER Café, a new online, real-time discussion forum where members of the audience can virtually meet and interact with the authors of one or two papers recently published in Socio-Economic Review. The inaugural SER Café will take place on 3 June at 4pm UTC.
We are delighted to announce the winner of this year’s SER Best Article Prize: “Creating crony capitalism: neoliberal globalization and the fuelling of corruption” by Bernhard Reinsberg, Alexander Kentikelenis, and Thomas Stubbs.
The Federal University of Goiás (UFG) is looking for partners from educational institutions based in Germany to participate in the CAPES/DAAD-Probral program. In particular, the UFG is looking for researchers in the areas of applied economics (agribusiness, labor economics, innovation economics, health economics, quantitative methods and industrial organization).
Blog editor Javier Baquero considers the implications of emergency online teaching for university graduates entering the labor market.
The new season of Network O (Global Value Chains) webinar series continues on May 5th!
The new journal Global Political Economy will be launching at the Limerick mid-term conference for the Critical Political Economy Research Network.