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Sebastian Diessner
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Jean Monnet Fellow at the EUI & Assistant Professor at Leiden University. Political Economy, EU Governance, Crises, Central Banks & the Twin Transition.
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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · Mar 6
Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres
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💥Out in @govjournal.bsky.social

Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Assessing the Democratic Accountability of Europe's New Industrial Policy

With @christyapetit.bsky.social we ask "who controls the controllers?" in the EU's industrial policy regime

OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Actions Speak Louder Than Words: Assessing the Democratic Accountability of Europe's New Industrial Policy
This article asks “who controls the controllers” now that the European Commission—long responsible for controlling the conduct of industrial policy in the EU's internal market—increasingly pursues it...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:23 AM
sebdiessner.bsky.social
Honoured to be a Jean Monnet Fellow at the EUI this academic year and looking forward to the wonderful intellectual environment of the Robert Schuman Centre!
September 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
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💥 New article out @reggovjournal.bsky.social

Skill-Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden & Britain

@ndurazzi.bsky.social @federicofiletti.bsky.social @simonetonelli.bsky.social David Hope, Hanna Kleider

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Skill‐Biased Policy Change: Governing the Transition to the Knowledge Economy in Germany, Sweden and Britain
How have advanced capitalist democracies transitioned from a Fordist to a post-Fordist, knowledge-based economy? And why have they followed seemingly similar policy trajectories despite different eco...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 15, 2025 at 6:50 AM
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benbraun.bsky.social
🚨New article🚨 The consensus is that contestation pushed central banks to talk 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 about inequality & climate.

Our theory: At first, CBs seek to ward off politicization by talking 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘴 about controversial topics.

We tested this 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐜 𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐬.🧵
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Screenshot of the title page of linked article: "Noisy Politics, Quiet Technocrats: Strategic Silence by Central Banks" By Benjamin Braun and Maximilian Düsterhöft
July 1, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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steffenmurau.bsky.social
🚨 New open access article 🚨

Out now in Journal of Financial Regulation with Alex Goghie and Matteo Giordano

'Encumbered Security? Vertical and Horizontal Repos in the Euro Area and Their Inherent Ambiguity'

academic.oup.com/jfr/advance-...
May 14, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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fbulfone.bsky.social
The PEPP group at Leiden University’s Institute of Public Administration is pleased to announce the next PE_PP Talk by Aneta Spendzharova (Maastricht University) on May 12!
Details below

Please PM if interested
@sebdiessner.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @alexandreafonso.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 1:35 PM
sebdiessner.bsky.social
Had a great time in Scotland for our pilot within the Leiden-Edinburgh "Global Futures Hub" with @alexandreafonso.bsky.social @nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social @eawolff.bsky.social @fbulfone.bsky.social

Thanks for having us @philiprathgeb.bsky.social @lukaslehner.bsky.social Daniel Clegg Elke Heins!
April 2, 2025 at 10:20 AM
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ndurazzi.bsky.social
🗣️ we have a new paper and new dataset just out on the transition to the knowledge economy in advanced democracies - both OA, available here academic.oup.com/ser/advance-... and here www.knowledge-economy-index.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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stanjourdan.bsky.social
Excited to share my latest publication, written with colleagues from the New Economics Foundation (@sebmang.bsky.social and al) exploring why monetary and fiscal policies need to work together to improve inflation management. 🧵👇

#Inflation #MonetaryPolicy #CentralBanks
March 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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sebdiessner.bsky.social
📢 We have an exciting event on *The Governance of Inflation* coming up in our Political Economy & Public Policy seminar on March 21st in The Hague @fggaleiden.bsky.social

With @jvtk.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social

Details 👇
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
March 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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manuelamoschella.bsky.social
Huge thanks to @sebdiessner.bsky.social for his thoughtful review and insights! It’s an honor to have our books discussed so carefully alongside those of great colleagues. Looking forward to more conversations on teaching political economy ... esp in these turbulent times! #EuropeanPoliticalEconomy
sebdiessner.bsky.social Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · Mar 6
Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres
March 7, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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sebdiessner.bsky.social
Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Reposted by Sebastian Diessner
nataschavanderzwan.bsky.social
Join us for the next PE_PP talk organized by the Political Economy and Public Policy group at Leiden University's Institute of Public Administration! On March 21, @donatodc.bsky.social, @lucacigna.bsky.social and @jvtk.bsky.social will be presenting on the governance of inflation. Details 🔽
March 6, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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stefwalter.bsky.social
Great resource if you are planning to teach about European Political Economy!
sebdiessner.bsky.social Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · Mar 6
Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres
March 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Sebastian Diessner
achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
Thanks Sebastian for this review - and also to the shout-out to the EU Governance Videos (carleton.ca/eu-governanc...)! Your suggestions for topics to be covered in the next edition are very well taken.
March 6, 2025 at 2:46 PM
sebdiessner.bsky.social
Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start?

Then this one’s for you
doi.org/10.1080/0703...

Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social
A Bongardt/F Torres
March 6, 2025 at 1:00 PM
sebdiessner.bsky.social
📢 We have an exciting event on *The Governance of Inflation* coming up in our Political Economy & Public Policy seminar on March 21st in The Hague @fggaleiden.bsky.social

With @jvtk.bsky.social @donatodc.bsky.social @lucacigna.bsky.social

Details 👇
www.staff.universiteitleiden.nl/events/2025/...
March 4, 2025 at 3:12 PM
sebdiessner.bsky.social
Much enjoyed the launch of @unileiden.bsky.social's Europe Hub in Brussels at @europarl.europa.eu today

With great contributions from - and very many thanks to - Leiden colleagues & organizers at the EP's Panel for the Future of Science and Technology (STOA)

www.europarl.europa.eu/stoa/en/even...
February 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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jvtk.bsky.social
Why does the largest trading bloc on the planet have a miniature-sized currency? With Trump, the EU will again much regret this.

🎈In a new working paper, @steffenmurau.bsky.social and I set out to theorise failure and develop a new IPE perspective that foregrounds offshore money.

A thread 🧵
February 11, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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cogitatiopag.bsky.social
Is the European Central Bank losing its independence by getting too political? Our new open access highlights how the ECB’s increasing involvement in crises and political issues has led to debates about its legitimacy and the need for stronger accountability.

Issue: shortt.link/pag386bsky
Ditching the Maastricht Model? The Evolving Role of the European Central Bank in the Economic and Monetary Union
Thematic Issue, Vol 13 (2025)
shortt.link
January 30, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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jdeyris.bsky.social
📊 Last week, we released our new central bank speeches database, which almost doubles the coverage of the @BIS_org
database.

We also released a tool to facilitate research on central bank communication: meet the #CBSpeeches explorer! Four tools for the price of one (=free!)
January 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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aritassinari.bsky.social
Had a really excellent time at @weareceu.bsky.social in Vienna this past Monday discussing @ankehassel.bsky.social's recent research works on the political economy of growth & welfare with some wonderful colleagues. Engaging and thought-provoking exchanges - thanks so much for hosting us!
sebdiessner.bsky.social Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · Jan 21
Back from @weareceu.bsky.social after a wonderful workshop on recent works by @ankehassel.bsky.social in the context of her Karl Polanyi Visiting Professorship, incl.
•the much-anticipated 2nd volume of Growth & Welfare with @bpalier.bsky.social
•joint work with @donatodc.bsky.social & Martin Höpner
January 23, 2025 at 1:03 PM
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sebdiessner.bsky.social
Back from @weareceu.bsky.social after a wonderful workshop on recent works by @ankehassel.bsky.social in the context of her Karl Polanyi Visiting Professorship, incl.
•the much-anticipated 2nd volume of Growth & Welfare with @bpalier.bsky.social
•joint work with @donatodc.bsky.social & Martin Höpner
January 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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comppol.bsky.social
New article on Fast Track by @sebdiessner.bsky.social @ndurazzi.bsky.social and David Hope, “Embedding Skill Bias: Technology, Institutions, and Inequality in Wages and Benefits,” www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
Embedding Skill Bias: Technology,...Inequality in Wages and Benefits: Ingenta Connect Fast Track Article
www.ingentaconnect.com
January 21, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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toonvano.bsky.social
Are you also still baffled by Trump's inauguration 🇺🇸, wondering what he will do next, how successful his policies will be and (frankly) why he is even there?

Our new book "Understanding Political Economy: Capitalism, Democracy and Inequality", released today, can help with that! (Link below)
January 21, 2025 at 8:32 AM