Alen Toplišek
@alentop.bsky.social
Senior lecturer @DerbyUni. Previously: @kings_eis. Researching industrial policy, GVCs, political economy/politics in Central & Eastern Europe. He/him.
New paper out on how UK state-backed institutions facilitated renewed rounds of investment in automotive industry to support the electrification transition. Thanks to
Huiwen Gong & Julian Schwabe for putting together the SI! sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #jlr #nissan #industrialpolicy
Huiwen Gong & Julian Schwabe for putting together the SI! sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #jlr #nissan #industrialpolicy
State-backed institutions and the electrification transition: Recoupling the UK automotive industry in an era of geoeconomic competition
This article investigates how state-backed institutions facilitate renewed rounds of investment, i.e., recoupling, in industries undergoing technologi…
sciencedirect.com
June 3, 2026 at 11:29 AM
New paper out on how UK state-backed institutions facilitated renewed rounds of investment in automotive industry to support the electrification transition. Thanks to
Huiwen Gong & Julian Schwabe for putting together the SI! sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #jlr #nissan #industrialpolicy
Huiwen Gong & Julian Schwabe for putting together the SI! sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #jlr #nissan #industrialpolicy
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Thanks everyone who came to Derby Book Festival on Thurs 28, especially to @alentop.bsky.social for chairing. Great audience questions. It was a pleasure to chat afterwards while signing copies of 'The Return of Russia' @yalebooks.bsky.social and proudly wearing my @kyivindependent.com t-shirt.
May 29, 2026 at 8:10 AM
Thanks everyone who came to Derby Book Festival on Thurs 28, especially to @alentop.bsky.social for chairing. Great audience questions. It was a pleasure to chat afterwards while signing copies of 'The Return of Russia' @yalebooks.bsky.social and proudly wearing my @kyivindependent.com t-shirt.
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Tonight at Derby BookFestival, where I will be talking to
@alentop.bsky.social
@alentop.bsky.social
Tomorrow evening, Thursday 28 May, I'll be at the Derby Book festival talking about The Return of Russia my new book from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some tickets left. Details on the link below. Please come along if you can!
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/james...
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/james...
James Rodgers: The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin
Thursday 28 May 5:30pm, Landau Forte College Derby DE1 2LF This event will be filmed and made available as a digital recording after the Festival. Available for purchase here. An incisive and engagi...
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk
May 28, 2026 at 10:40 AM
Tonight at Derby BookFestival, where I will be talking to
@alentop.bsky.social
@alentop.bsky.social
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Tomorrow evening, Thursday 28 May, I'll be at the Derby Book festival talking about The Return of Russia my new book from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some tickets left. Details on the link below. Please come along if you can!
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/james...
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/james...
James Rodgers: The Return of Russia: From Yeltsin to Putin, the Story of a Vengeful Kremlin
Thursday 28 May 5:30pm, Landau Forte College Derby DE1 2LF This event will be filmed and made available as a digital recording after the Festival. Available for purchase here. An incisive and engagi...
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk
May 27, 2026 at 8:41 AM
Tomorrow evening, Thursday 28 May, I'll be at the Derby Book festival talking about The Return of Russia my new book from @yalebooks.bsky.social. Still some tickets left. Details on the link below. Please come along if you can!
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/james...
www.derbybookfestival.co.uk/events/james...
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Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
Joseph Rowntree Foundation finds problem is ‘deeper and more damaging than at any point in the last 30 years’
The UK’s poorest families are getting poorer, with record numbers of people classed as in “very deep poverty” – meaning their annual household incomes fail to cover the cost of food, energy bills and clothing, according to analysis.
Although overall relative poverty levels have flatlined in recent years at about 21% of the population, life for those below the breadline has got materially worse as they try to subsist on incomes many thousands of pounds beneath the poverty threshold. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Record number of people in UK live in ‘very deep poverty’, analysis shows
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New CPERN online workshop: Finance and the Far Right (29 Jan)
Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics
With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social
On zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics
With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social
On zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: CPERN monthly workshop - January. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Inga Rademacher (City) presents her working paper: 'Finance and the far right: financial-nationalist politics in an asset-manager world'
Discussants: Owen Worth (University of Limerick) and Alen Topl...
bham-ac-uk.zoom.us
January 20, 2026 at 11:51 AM
New CPERN online workshop: Finance and the Far Right (29 Jan)
Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics
With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social
On zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
Join us to discuss how asset-manager capitalism has shaped financial-nationalist politics
With author @ingarade.bsky.social and discussants Owen Worth and @alentop.bsky.social
On zoom: bham-ac-uk.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
See you there!
“Economic growth and academic values are not mutually exclusive. In fact, delivering knowledge, research and innovation for competitiveness requires time, resources and space for serendipity, which is at the heart of what universities do."
Universities will not become ‘skills machines’, EU warned
Leading European institutions warn of ‘risk of instrumentalisation’ and say they should be allowed to determine their own role in bloc’s agenda
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:50 PM
“Economic growth and academic values are not mutually exclusive. In fact, delivering knowledge, research and innovation for competitiveness requires time, resources and space for serendipity, which is at the heart of what universities do."
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CITYPERC is organising a workshop on the Economic Project of the Far Right on October 6 at City, University of London. To join us in person or via Teams sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-w...
September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
CITYPERC is organising a workshop on the Economic Project of the Far Right on October 6 at City, University of London. To join us in person or via Teams sign up here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cityperc-w...
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📢 New call for papers
Firm strategies and regional development in times of changing geopolitics and geoeconomics
Editors: Chun (Charlotte) Yang, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Linus Kalvelage, Petr Pavlínek
academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...
Submission of abstracts: 1st November 2025
Firm strategies and regional development in times of changing geopolitics and geoeconomics
Editors: Chun (Charlotte) Yang, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Linus Kalvelage, Petr Pavlínek
academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...
Submission of abstracts: 1st November 2025
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May 7, 2025 at 12:10 PM
📢 New call for papers
Firm strategies and regional development in times of changing geopolitics and geoeconomics
Editors: Chun (Charlotte) Yang, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Linus Kalvelage, Petr Pavlínek
academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...
Submission of abstracts: 1st November 2025
Firm strategies and regional development in times of changing geopolitics and geoeconomics
Editors: Chun (Charlotte) Yang, @roberthassink.bsky.social, Linus Kalvelage, Petr Pavlínek
academic.oup.com/cjres/pages/...
Submission of abstracts: 1st November 2025
I look forward to presenting my initial findings on the extent to which the East Central European automotive industry's turn to electrification depends on China on a panel as part of the Capitalist Transformations online conference! Register here: capitalist-transformations.com/registration/
May 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
I look forward to presenting my initial findings on the extent to which the East Central European automotive industry's turn to electrification depends on China on a panel as part of the Capitalist Transformations online conference! Register here: capitalist-transformations.com/registration/
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*** Derbyshire #Refugee Conference 2025 ***
13th June, University of #Derby
A full-day in-person event ahead of #RefugeeWeek bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Book now!
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13th June, University of #Derby
A full-day in-person event ahead of #RefugeeWeek bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Book now!
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Derbyshire Refugee Conference 2025
An insightful, in-person event bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary
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April 10, 2025 at 9:01 AM
*** Derbyshire #Refugee Conference 2025 ***
13th June, University of #Derby
A full-day in-person event ahead of #RefugeeWeek bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Book now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/derbyshire...
13th June, University of #Derby
A full-day in-person event ahead of #RefugeeWeek bringing together researchers, organisations, and individuals with lived experience of seeking sanctuary. Book now!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/derbyshire...