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Palma Polyak
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Senior Researcher @ Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Cologne | IPE & Geoeconomics | Trade imbalances 🚢 & EV battery value chains 🔋 https://palmapolyak.weebly.com/research.html
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · Apr 5
I've been browsing the 'Posts' tab of this pack quite a bit lately — it might come in handy. It's by no means exhaustive, but as a bonus: it's gender balanced.

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Miklós Koren @koren.mk · 2d
Super stoked about Krasznahorkai's Nobel Prize. A beautiful interview with him from a couple years ago: www.guardian.co.uk/books/2012/a...
László Krasznahorkai interview: 'This society is the result of 10,000 years?'
The Hungarian writer behind the formally experimental Satantango talks punctuation, inspiration and money-motivation to Richard Lea
www.guardian.co.uk
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 3d
“Letters; then from letters, words; then from these words, some short sentences; then more sentences that are longer, and in the main very long sentences, for the duration of 35 years. Beauty in language. Fun in hell.” 👏

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/o...
László Krasznahorkai wins the Nobel prize in literature 2025
Hungarian novelist celebrated for dystopian, melancholic novels that ‘reaffirm the power of art’
www.theguardian.com
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 9d
What struck me immediately in German academia was the near absence of scholars from the former GDR (something I’m attuned to, as an Eastern European). The transition shock feels under-researched, with many stories untold. On this Day of German Unity, let's also remember the work that lies ahead.
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German Embassy London @uk.diplo.de · 9d
“This morning, Germany is one nation again.”

This is how BBC Breakfast News reported on German reunification, 35 years ago today.
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 14d
"Youth Protest in Serbia: And some thoughts for America."
Serbia is a country without the rule of law, and its young people have been taking risks for the better part of a year in the hopes of creating a future where they can live normally in their own country.
snyder.substack.com/p/youth-prot...
Youth Protest in Serbia
And some thoughts for America
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 19d
Today is publication day!

EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism is officially out with @wwnorton.com - find it at a bookstore near you or order online💚📚 wwnorton.com/books/978132...
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 16d
What an inspiring & empowering four days! It was such an honor to meet & exchange with this amazing group of women.
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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 16d
Thank you to all who joined us in Cologne this week for the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy! A fantastic line-up of speakers and participants, thoughtful discussions and global perspectives. Huge thanks to organizers @palmapolyak.bsky.social and @dustinvoss.bsky.social!
Group photo of the participants Pauline Kohlhase speaking in a group setting Audience member speaking at a panel session participant speaking in group discussion
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Thea Riofrancos @triofrancos.bsky.social · 20d
‼️ Read an adapted excerpt from EXTRACTION: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism in @nybooks.com ‼️

Extraction is officially published TOMORROW (9/23) 👀 www.nybooks.com/online/2025/...
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Jonas Meckling @jonasmeckling.bsky.social · 17d
🌍 New in @nature.com: The geoeconomic turn in decarbonization, with data from Simon Evenett et al. and @industrialpolicy.bsky.social @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social @natureatcal.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🧵
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Philipp Golka @pgolka.bsky.social · 17d
Applications for our visiting researchers program are now open!

It’s a great opportunity, especially also for ECRs, to spend some time working on your research projects in-depth, with great and welcoming atmosphere and tiny Kölsch beers.

Lmk if you have questions & pls share widely!
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Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung (MPIfG) @mpifg.bsky.social · 20d
📣 We're welcoming applications for our Visiting Researchers Program (summer semester 2026). If your work focuses on political economy or economic sociology, apply for a research stay (2-12 months). Open to researchers at all career levels!

Apply by October 31, 2025: career.mpifg.de/jobposting/1...
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Thu Nguyen @onethuthree.bsky.social · 23d
If true, we might as well bury the concept of rule of law conditionality. The EU cannot keep letting itself be blackmailed by Orbán into unfreezing funds withheld over rule of law violations in exchange for lifting his veto, unless it truly wants to lose all credibility as a guardian of EU values
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Noah Barkin @noahbarkin.bsky.social · 23d
The EU is bribing Orban to ditch Russian energy imports

www.ft.com/content/0965...
EU plans to unlock €550mn for Hungary in bid to secure Russia sanctions deal
Brussels seeks to overcome Viktor Orbán’s veto by unfreezing funds earmarked for Budapest
www.ft.com
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 25d
⏳Beyond thrilled to co-launch the 2nd Max Planck Summer School for Women in Political Economy next week — with this *incredible* lineup of female talent

🙌 @dustinvoss.bsky.social @mpifg.bsky.social
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Palma Polyak @palmapolyak.bsky.social · 26d
Why, oh WHY, does "frugal" Germany have so little regard for physical capital?
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · 26d
"Years of disruptive construction work are preordained; and instead of funding lots of shiny new infrastructure, much of the new government’s new €500 billion fund must go toward replacing existing structures." www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Germany’s Autobahn Bridges Are Going to Pieces
Vital concrete structures are in a sorry state and require billions of euros of investment.
www.bloomberg.com
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Inga Rademacher @ingarade.bsky.social · 27d
CITYPERC is organising a workshop on the Economic Project of the Far Right on October 6 at City, University of London. To join us in person or via Teams sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-w...
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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · Sep 12
1/ New report from @bentleyallan.bsky.social's Net Zero Policy Lab: As the US withdraws from green tech industries and pressures allies to follow suit, China is stepping in to power the developing world's energy transition. The scale is staggering.

www.netzeropolicylab.com/china-green-...
China Green Leap Outward — Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab
A new China Low Carbon Technology FDI Database
www.netzeropolicylab.com
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Laurent Pech 🇺🇦 @profpech.bsky.social · Sep 12
"Democratic resistance is a long battle that must be fought through many stages and in many arenas. There are no “silver bullets.” Success may at times have to be measured in terms of delays or limits imposed on backsliding ..."

www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...
How to Flip the Script on the Authoritarian Playbook | Journal of Democracy
Aspiring authoritarians share some common tactics for trying to dismantle a democracy. But recent cases also reveal lessons on how to defend against these attacks and slow the threat of democratic…
www.journalofdemocracy.org
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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · Sep 10
Really enjoyed reading this article. This was a particularly useful insight.
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Max Willems @maxwillems.bsky.social · Sep 10
Thrilled that my first article is out in @jeppjournal.bsky.social ☺️

It looks at why renewable energy buildout in Europe has been *so* unsteady - tracing the evolution of/conflict over the regime for RE derisking over the last two+ decades...

It's open access! 👉 doi.org/10.1080/1350...

Short 🧵 ...
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Tobias Wuttke @tobiaswuttke.bsky.social · Sep 10
New Paper out in Development & Change (open access): "Opportunities for Latecomer Technological Catch-up in the Era of Renewables Capitalism" with @lindsaywhitfield.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Martin Sandbu @martinsandbu.ft.com · Sep 10
A few quick impressions from @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu's State of the Union address: ec.europa.eu/commission/p... /
2025 State of the Union Address by President von der Leyen
President von der Leyen delivered the first State of the Union Address of the 2024-2029 Commission. \n
ec.europa.eu
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Felix Hamer • electricfelix @electricfelix.bsky.social · Sep 9
Brad Setser:

"Big July for China's auto exports: just over 750,000 vehicles, or an annual pace of (gulp), 9m vehicles -- which works out to around 8m passenger cars

Forecasts that China's auto export boom would end in 2025 were premature ..." nitter.net/Brad_Setser/...
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Christian Odendahl @codendahl.bsky.social · Sep 9
Anything in the middle?
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Mark Blyth @mkblyth.bsky.social · Sep 8
Did a pod with the Drilled folks on carbon dominance as what unites US domestic and foreign policy: drilled.media/news/anti-re...
Trump Is Trying to Kill Renewables Everywhere
The US government is trying to strangle renewables to save fossil fuels. Trump wants other countries to do the same.
drilled.media
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herman mark schwartz @thunen.bsky.social · Sep 9
Point taken, but it's important that this was a battery factory (🌮, GOP) and that the Korean EVs are much better than the German ones, like for like.
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Sep 9
German carmaker when Korean carmaker gets raided by secret police: “Not concerned at all. Actually hell yes! Gotta follow the rules!!“
on.ft.com/4gzdDlT
Ola Källenius, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, which has plants in the US, said on Monday that he was not concerned about broader impact from the arrests: "You have to respect rules and regulations. We do that and we will continue to invest [in the US]."
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Benjamin Braun @benbraun.bsky.social · Sep 9
German carmaker when Korean carmaker gets raided by secret police: “Not concerned at all. Actually hell yes! Gotta follow the rules!!“
on.ft.com/4gzdDlT
Ola Källenius, chief executive of Mercedes-Benz, which has plants in the US, said on Monday that he was not concerned about broader impact from the arrests: "You have to respect rules and regulations. We do that and we will continue to invest [in the US]."
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