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New Article by Evgeny Morozov argues for an AI-inflected socialism
Read more: New Article by Evgeny Morozov argues for an AI-inflected socialismIn this article for The Ideas Letter, Evgeny Morozov argues that recent developments in artificial intelligence necessitate a theoretical re-working of socialism so that any future socialism will actually transcend capitalism while also addressing the issues raised by AI. A Spanish version of the article has also been published in the Spanish edition of Jacobin.…
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A lab at SciencesPo opens a postdoc contract on ecological planning
Read more: A lab at SciencesPo opens a postdoc contract on ecological planningThe Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Evaluation of Public Policies at the well-known French university SciencesPo is opening a postdoctoral contract on ecological planning in the 21st century. The postdoctoral researcher will be responsible for producing a literature review, conducting qualitative research (document analysis, semi-structured interviews, participant observation, etc.), providing support for project-related activities (seminars, final conference),…
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Call for Papers for Socializing Algorithms conference
Read more: Call for Papers for Socializing Algorithms conferenceA call for papers for the Socializing Algorithms conference has been released. The conference, which will be happening from 7th-9th October at Kiel University, will analyse the relationship of algorithms to society, to governance and envisioning alternative futures. The deadline to submit papers is 28th February 2026. A summary of the call for papers can…
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Call for Papers: How much planning? What role for markets?
Read more: Call for Papers: How much planning? What role for markets?For a conference series on the ‘normative and institutional fundamental questions of economics’ from March 4 to 6 2026 in the Protest Academy Tutzing, Germany, a call for papers has been published. The conference aims to reflect on a wide range of planning approaches, from planning elements in capitalist markets to post-capitalist alternatives. Both theoretical…
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German Trade Unionist Comments Different Planning Approaches in a Blogpost
Read more: German Trade Unionist Comments Different Planning Approaches in a BlogpostIn the German post-growth blog Postwachstum.de, long-standing trade union executive member Franziska Wiethold comments on different approaches of democratic planning, that were introduced in an earlier article by Matthias Kasper and Philip Euteneuer in the same blog, and their specific conflicts of interest. While she focusses on planning on the micro-level, she also addresses conflicting…
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INDEP now has Twitter/X, Bluesky and LinkedIn pages
Read more: INDEP now has Twitter/X, Bluesky and LinkedIn pagesIn order to help popularise the theory and practice of democratic economic planning amongst workers, students, researchers, and activists, the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning has created pages on the following social media platforms, where will share the content that we post on our website as well as recordings of our events: Please follow…
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New The Blockchain Socialist podcast episode discusses how finance is a form of economic planning under capitalism
Read more: New The Blockchain Socialist podcast episode discusses how finance is a form of economic planning under capitalismIn this episode of The Blockchain Socialist podcast, Dr. Christoph Sorg of the Humboldt University of Berlin is interviewed about his journal article Finance as a form of economic planning, which discusses how the financial system is one of the ways that economic planning happens under capitalism and its implications for the theory and practice…
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First part of From Alpha To Omega podcast two-parter discusses relationship between socialism and self-determination theory
Read more: First part of From Alpha To Omega podcast two-parter discusses relationship between socialism and self-determination theoryIn this new episode of the From Alpha To Omega podcast, host Tom O’Brien interviews Ferdia O’Driscoll, one of the co-founders of the International Network for Democratic Economic Planning and the creator of the Bright Age Beyond website and Youtube channel, about what self-determination theory is and why it matters for socialism. This is the…
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Presentation on Discord about a paper outlining a cybernetic automatic economic planning model
Read more: Presentation on Discord about a paper outlining a cybernetic automatic economic planning modelIn this presentation given in the United Marxist Pact Discord server, Arjunveer Singh and Shivam Mahajan of the Center for Cybernomics Research discuss their paper that extends the Dynamic Leontief Input-Output Model to cover accurate supply changes according to demand, international trade and other matters. You can watch the presentation here. You can read the…
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Recording of INDEP online Talk with Dennis Yao uploaded
Read more: Recording of INDEP online Talk with Dennis Yao uploadedThe recording of our recent INDEP online Talk with Dennis Yao on Political, Theoretical, and Computational Models of Social Worlds has been uploaded to the INDEP YouTube channel. You can watch the recording here or below.
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Berlin Housing Movement Publishes a Draft Law to Socialize Real Estate Companies
Read more: Berlin Housing Movement Publishes a Draft Law to Socialize Real Estate CompaniesThe Berlin based housing campaign ‘Deutsche Wohnen & Co enteignen‘ recently published a draft law for socializing large real estate companies like Deutsche Wohnen, Vonovia and others. After a positive referendum in 2021 and years of intensive work by a large team of lawyers and activists, the group now has a detailed law that can…
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An episode about postcapitalism on a French podcast
Read more: An episode about postcapitalism on a French podcastSimon Tremblay-Pepin, a professor at Saint Paul University and a member of the research group on democratic economic planning at the CRITS, was interviewed by Frédérick Aubert on his podcast La Pelotte. The interview is conducted in French and primarily focuses on the book Construire l’économie postcapitaliste (Building a Postcapitalist Economy), but also addresses the…
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