FW: [BISA-IPEG] Call for Papers - SPERI DRN 2026 Conference on Critical Political Economy

[Jacob Hasselbalch]

See below CFP regarding the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute’s annual conference for PhD students and postdocs. Should be of interest to many on the mailing list. 

Venlig hilsen / Kind regards,

Jacob Hasselbalch

Associate Professor

Department of Organization

Copenhagen Business School

Tel.: +45 3815 2869

Email: jha...@cbs.dk

From: BISA International Political Economy working group <BISA...@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on behalf of Joshua White <00010e285e6da76...@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Date: Thursday, 21 May 2026 at 16.33
To: BISA...@JISCMAIL.AC.UK <BISA...@JISCMAIL.AC.UK>
Subject: [BISA-IPEG] Call for Papers - SPERI DRN 2026 Conference on Critical Political Economy

Dear PhD and Early Career Researchers,

The SPERI Doctoral Researchers Network is delighted to share the call for papers for our upcoming third annual conference titled 'Breakdown: critical political economy in global disorder.' 

As part of the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute, the Doctoral Researchers Network is an interdisciplinary network of PhD and early career scholars interested in the field of political economy. For the last two years, we have run an annual conference on critical political economy for post-graduate and early career researchers - offering a space to explore emerging themes within the field, receive feedback from peers and senior academics, and foster networks to support our academic community. 

This year, our conference focuses on the cascading waves of disorder and disruption engulfing global capitalism. The last year has seen a breakdown in the global order with aggressive wars, old and new, energy crises, political upsets, ascendant nationalism all unfolding against the planetary canvas of climate and ecological breakdown. 

We see critical political economy as crucial to understanding this current conjuncture and helping us identify openings for alternative political projects within it. We thus invite PhD researchers and ECRs to submit proposals for presentations sharing political economy responses to the many sites of ‘breakdown’ today.

The conference will be an all day event, and take place on the 14th September 2026 at the University of Sheffield's Wave Building. You can submit an abstract of no more than 250 words here. The deadline for submitting an application is Sunday 24 May at 5pm.

Please see further details in the full call for papers attached below, and if you have any further questions then please don't hesitate to get in touch with either myself or any other of the DRN co-convenors.

Thank you for taking the time to read this, and we look forward to hearing from you soon.

Best wishes,

The SPERI DRN team

Josh White

(jwh...@sheffield.ac.uk)

Vicki Reif-Breitwieser
(vmreif-br...@sheffield.ac.uk)

Chris Saltmarsh
(csalt...@sheffield.ac.uk)

Andrew Hughes
(Ahug...@sheffield.ac.uk)

Rebekah Diski

(Rebeka...@warwick.ac.uk)

Sam Toscano

(samuel....@manchester.ac.uk) 

Stanley Wilshere
(stanley....@postgrad.manchester.ac.uk) 

Morgane Dirion 

(diri...@cardiff.ac.uk)

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