Domesticizing Financial Economies: Part 3

16th December 2015

Call for papers for Domesticizing Financial Economies: Part 3, a mini-conference that will take place in June 2016 at the 28th Annual SASE conference at University of California, Berkeley. Deadline for abstracts: January 18th. Read More

Streams of Consciousness: Data, Cognition and Intelligent Devices

18th November 2015

Call for papers for ‘Streams of Consciousness: Data, Cognition and Intelligent Devices’, an event that looks to critically interrogate our contemporary infatuation with specific cognitive qualities, while seeking to genuinely understand the specific forms of cognition that are privileged in our current technological milieu. Deadline for abstracts: 18th November Read More

Debt Trails: Workshop in Budapest 3-4 March 2016

16th November 2015

Mapping relations of debt and credit from everyday actors to global credit markets

WORKSHOP with Paul Langley and Liz McFall Read More

NEW Insurance Markets issue of Economic Sociology European Electronic Newsletter

2nd November 2015

Zsuzsanna Vargha, the new editor of the Economic Sociology European Electronic Newsletter, introduces the new issue featuring Mike Power, Deborah Mabbet, Liz McFall & more and focuses on developments in insurance markets Read More

(Im)Possible Markets: 4th Interdisciplinary Market Studies Workshop

26th October 2015

Announcing a Call for Papers for ‘Impossible Markets’ , the 4th Interdisciplinary Market Studies Workshop, that is taking place at St Andrews, Scotland in June 2016. Deadline for abstracts, January 31st. Read More

‘Plastic Water’ – new book by Hawkins, Potter and Race

23rd October 2015

News on ‘Plastic Water’ – a new book by Gay Hawkins, Emily Potter and Kane Race which looks at how exactly branded bottles of water have insinuated themselves into our daily lives Read More