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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · 8d

could be of interest @markushesse60.bsky.social @justinkadi.bsky.social @aftp.bsky.social @tiago-flores.bsky.social @timwhite100.bsky.social @econgeo.bsky.social @goodfellowtom.bsky.social @adamcalo.bsky.social @felixanderl.bsky.social

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · 8d

Organised by @sila-demirors.bsky.social @hadoose.bsky.social @kiragk.bsky.social @hannahsender.bsky.social @callumny.bsky.social, Edward Shepherd, Chris Foye, Laure Casanova Enault & Michael Goldman

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · 8d

Dear Colleagues,

On behalf my co-organisers, I am writing to invite abstract submissions for the ‘Re-centring land conflicts in the post-globalisation order’ mini-conference (MC11) as part of the SASE 2026 Conference in Bordeaux (1-3 July).

sase.org/events/2026-...

Deadline: December 16th

In this mini-conference, we are seeking to have a critical debate about land struggles over sovereignty, resources and means of survival. We are inviting folks to submit abstracts (no more than 1000 words) which raise land as the main object of analysis of power in a ‘post-globalisation order’. By seeking to re-centre the Land Question in contemporary socio and political economic debate and scholarship, we aim to illuminate how land and the power it confers shape institutions, create and mediate conflicts, and determine possibilities for both domination and resistance in an era marked by ecological crisis and geopolitical realignment.

We are particularly interested in hearing about research which speaks to one of our key themes:

1. Land conflicts and new imperialisms
2. Extractivism and resource conflicts
3. Digital infrastructure and the material internet
4. Institutions and power in the regulation of land
5. Consequences of urban and rural land concentration
6. Land rent and heterodox economics

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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · 27d

🎥 Breaking the Deadlock: Evidence and Collaboration for Housing Reform, featuring:

Michel-Edouard Ruben (Fondation Idea)
Ketty Dorla (IKO Real Estate)
Antoine Paccoud (LISER)
Paulette Lenert (Member of Parliament)
Luc Biever (Ministry of Housing and Spatial Planning)

▶️https://youtu.be/V4QGqgZtFHk

Society in Motion | Breaking the Deadlock: Evidence and Collaboration for Housing Reform | LISER

YouTube video by Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research (LISER)

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LISER's Department of Urban Development and Mobility @liser-udm.bsky.social · Oct 3

👏 Congrats to Dr. Madalina MEZAROS who successfully defended her PhD thesis "Property, Policy, & Place: #Housing #Inequality & #Gentrification Dynamics in #Luxembourg"

👩‍🎓 @madalinamez.bsky.social was awarded a #PhD degree in #Geography from @uni.lu

🙏 Kudos to supervisor @douccap.bsky.social & jury!

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LISER - Luxembourg Institute of Socio-Economic Research @liser.lu · Sep 11

📢 Upcoming Seminar at LISER
Join us on 16 October 2025 for an engaging seminar with Prof. Dr. Desiree Fields (UC Berkeley).

📍 Location: LISER, Maison des Sciences Humaines, Belval
🗓️ Date & Time: 16 October 2025, 11:00 – 12:30

🔗 Learn more & register here: www.liser.lu/events/RSSUD...

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Reporter.lu @reporter.lu · Sep 10

Lydie Polfer lehnt ein Gebäuderegister für die Hauptstadt ab. Damit stößt die DP-Politikerin nicht nur ihren Parteikollegen Claude Meisch vor den Kopf. Ihre Haltung torpediert die Regierungspläne zur Einführung einer Leerstandsteuer – und könnte noch andere Folgen haben.

Leerstand in der Hauptstadt: Lydie Polfer auf Konfrontationskurs - Reporter.lu

Lydie Polfer lehnt ein Gebäuderegister für die Hauptstadt ab. Damit stößt die DP-Politikerin nicht nur ihren Parteikollegen Claude Meisch vor den Kopf. Ihre Haltung torpediert die Regierungspläne zur ...

www.reporter.lu

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · Sep 7

Sadism as a slogan

Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · Sep 3

Not sure the sadism is performative!

Perverse practices are constructed and repeated so as to give back to the Other (America) that which it is thought to be missing, the object a at the heart of the subject (greatness). A double imaginary move to legitimise cruelty and the pleasure it provides.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

New in PN: Potemkin village populism

"Unlike the fake villages Potemkin erected, Trump’s theaters of cruelty are not harmless diversions. And while he imagines Americans cheering him, his performative sadism is only a winning strategy in his own mind. In reality, he’s becoming more & more reviled."

Potemkin village populism

Trump thinks he's fooling the public, but he's only deceiving himself.

www.publicnotice.co

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · Aug 31

Sadism, the perverse subjective structure that is an essential infrastructure to the maintenance and legitimation of capitalist domination:

…I don’t care about ameliorating my own wellbeing as long as ‘the others’ get only what they ‘deserve’…

Chris Bertram @crookedfootball.bsky.social · Aug 31

Hard to get into the heads of the sadists at the Home Office who sat round drawing up a list of "luxuries". Just one more method of humiliating some of the most vulnerable people. No doubt the unemployed will be next.

Home Office bans asylum seekers from buying luxury goods and services

Purchase of snowmobiles, timeshares and furs prohibited, despite asylum seekers receiving only £9.95 a week

www.theguardian.com

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · Aug 21

Anyone up for some fieldwork to see if these 146 properties are still vacant?

Un peu de travail de terrain pour voir si ces 146 biens sont toujours inoccupés ?

leerstandsmelder.de/region/luxem...

Leerstandsmelder

leerstandsmelder.de

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · Aug 21

Anyone up for some fieldwork to see if these 146 properties are still vacant?

Un peu de travail de terrain pour voir si ces 146 biens sont toujours inoccupés ?

leerstandsmelder.de/region/luxem...

Leerstandsmelder

leerstandsmelder.de

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Antoine Paccoud @douccap.bsky.social · Jul 18

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michele collins @michelecollins5411.bsky.social · Jul 7

I'm glad people are starting to use the word 'sadism'.

because that is what this is.

Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · Jul 7

Remarkable point from @simonwdc.bsky.social here: The sheer unbridled sadism and dehumanization that Trump is unleashing on countless Americans and immigrants alike has to be a major part of what Dems campaign against from here on out.

Our exchange on this:

newrepublic.com/article/1976...

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LISER's Department of Urban Development and Mobility @liser-udm.bsky.social · Jun 26

📣 BOOK "The Political Economy of Housing: The Case of Turkey" authored by LISER researcher @sila-demirors.bsky.social

ℹ️ Prof. Demirörs explores the analytical & historical process of how #housing, becomes an instrument of speculative finance to feed itself.

🔗 brill.com/display/titl...

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LISER's Department of Urban Development and Mobility @liser-udm.bsky.social · Jun 26

🔎 Discover a NEW book review forum in the summer issue of IJHP

📘 Review by Prof. Zacarés @harveymurenow.bsky.social :
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

📘 Review by Prof. Berry:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

💡 Prof. Demirörs' response: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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The political economy of housing: the case of Turkey

Published in International Journal of Housing Policy (Vol. 25, No. 3, 2025)

www.tandfonline.com

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Professor Loretta Lees @lorettaclees.bsky.social · Jun 23

Lovely day in Luxembourg then Dudelange then across border into France today with @douccap.bsky.social & @madalinamez.bsky.social learnt so much 😊