I miss Silvio more than ever

Are you a social scientist working on (political debates and policies to tackle) skills shortage? Make sure to join @niccolodurazzi and me at #ecprjs24 in our workshop on “The Politics and Policies of Skills Shortage”. We are looking forward to your contributions! ECPR Knowledge

New article out and about Review of International Political Economy 🍾 Really happy for this one to have found a lovely home 🙏 Open Access at tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… And a short 🧵 for you busy people!

Can collective skill formation systems be adjusted to support creating highly skilled employment for low academic achievers in the late phase of capitalist development? @niccolodurazzi and I find no inherent reason to suggest it can’t. But the adjustment process is political 👇🏼

📢 Call for Panel – XVIII ESPAnet Italy Conference 2025 Join us at Politecnico di Torino (Sept 16-18, 2025) to discuss social policy in a world in transition: technology, climate, & demographic change. Submit your session proposal by March 10, 2025! 🔗 espanet-italia.net/index.php/call… #ESPAnet #IT

Automation ‘losers’ prefer the radical right, but have they become more authoritarian? Apparently not In a new panel-data study published on Political Studies Francesco Nicoli 🎓🇪🇺 Stefano Sacchi and I show poor ideological shifts among most replaceable workers 🧵 journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00…

Come to Naples to share your view on how technology is changing the economy and labour markets, and what we should do to govern this transformation! Abstract submission deadline: May 25, 2025

SISP 2025 Last few days to apply! Deadline next Sunday, May 25 Niccolò Durazzi Simone Tonelli

🆕 in EPSR “Onward & upward?” 🚀 Niccolo Durazzi & Simone Tonelli use panel data & case studies 🇦🇹🇩🇪🇨🇭 to explore how collective skill formation can promote inclusion and occupational upgrading. 📈 #OA #PoliSci Read more 📖: buff.ly/JmDLRha