Welcome to the Link Section, where we showcase and promote events, pages, and resources related to the key themes of the MORALITES project! Here, you’ll find updates on conferences, workshops and initiatives that explore moral elites, civil society, welfare, and more.

🌍 Why this section?
We know how crucial it is to stay informed and have access to high-quality content. That’s why we want to provide a dedicated space for discovering academic events, insightful articles, and networking opportunities with scholars and professionals in the field.

📌 What can you find here?

• Announcements of conferences and workshops relevant to our research
• Pages and initiatives from institutions and research groups working on related topics
• Opportunities to participate in international projects and discussions

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If you have suggestions for events or resources to share, let us know! Send an email to az.bhl@cbs.dk and we will be happy to share your inputs.

Stay connected and happy exploring!

Speaker Series: How Elites Capture Democracies

Join the Stigler Center and the Chicago Center on Democracy for a conversation with Natasha Piano (University of California, Los Angeles) on her new book, Democratic Elitism: The Founding Myth of American Political Science, moderated by Chicago Booth’s Luigi Zingales. Online participation possible

Summer school: The Business of the State: Elites, Expertise, and Policy Instruments Shaping the Public-Private Intersection        – Centre Universitaire de Norvège à Paris

Doctoral students, postdoctoral researchers, master’s students, and academics are invited to submit abstracts for the international summer school and workshop, The Business of the State, from August 27–30, 2025, at Moulin d’Andé, France.

Organized by an interdisciplinary team, the event will explore governance dynamics, expertise, and professional practices shaping public-private boundaries. Discussions will focus on key professional groups (consultants, business lawyers, tax experts, etc.) and critical processes like privatization, public procurement, outsourcing, and investment arbitration.

This summer school will provide a platform to systematize and compare research on:

• The types of knowledge involved in governance, competition, and compliance
• The technical and legal instruments (e.g., contracts, prospectuses, extraterritorial mechanisms) that define public actors’ rights and obligations
• The transformation of key concepts such as sovereignty, law, zones, and territory

SWEPSA 2025

Welcome to SWEPSA 2025 conference, hosted by the Department of Political Science at Linnaeus University

The Future of Political Science

Political science stands at a pivotal moment, confronted with both significant challenges and transformative opportunities. In an increasingly turbulent world, it is essential to reflect on the questions we have yet to ask, the topics we have overlooked, and the perspectives we have failed to include. The future of our discipline will be shaped by these inquiries, as well as by the capacity of early career scholars—PhD candidates, postdoctoral researchers, and beyond—to lead political science into innovative and impactful directions.

At the 2025 Swedish Political Science Conference, we will engage in dynamic discussions on the future of political science, exploring the critical issues that will define our field in the years to come. These conversations will unfold across a variety of events, and we invite you to stay tuned for updates on these events throughout the spring as we prepare together for SWEPSA 2025.

Capitalist Transformations in Eastern and Central Europe

CONFERENCE DATES: 19 – 23 MAY, 2025

This academic conference celebrates the work of Karl Polanyi and György Lukács, who developed critical analyses of capitalism that remain relevant a century later as Eastern and Central Europe became a testing ground for post-socialist neoliberal reforms. These reforms led to recessions, inequality, and social divisions, contributing to right-wing populism and exploitation. Building on their critical traditions, the event invites regional scholars to contribute to understanding capitalism through five streams: impact on society and labor, macro-political economies, anti-capitalist critiques and social movements, analysis of actual-existing socialisms, and historical examination of early capitalism in the region. The conference recognizes capitalism’s long regional history dating back to the 19th century, creating opportunity for long-duree analysis while exploring critical theories and political activism that emerged both historically and in contemporary contexts.

ICCEES XI World Congress – Disruptions

21-25 July 2025, University College London, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way

The International Council for Central and East European Studies (ICCEES) will host its XI World Congress at University College London with the theme of “disruption,” reflecting the profound changes in these regions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The conference highlights the need to reconsider conventional approaches to studying these areas while maintaining place-specific knowledge. Hosted by UCL and its School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES), the congress invites scholars from various disciplines including politics, history, sociology, economics, and regional studies to submit proposals for papers, panels, and roundtables. The event particularly encourages postgraduate students and early career scholars to participate, with special emphasis on proposals that help decentre and decolonise regional studies. Participants may give up to two presentations but only one full paper, with proposals for thematic colloquiums also welcomed by the organizers.