The course “Political Economies of the Media. Theories and Methods” took place from 9 to 12 September 2025 in Šibenik, Croatia. It was an advanced postgraduate summer school covering classical topics in media politics such as ownership, production, content, consumption,…
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Christian Morgenstern´s sarcastic endline of “Die unmögliche Tatsache” (the impossible fact) may be what explains the esteemed Bruegel Institute`s tone-deafness to two questions raised by me during their recent 20th Anniversary Tour at the Austrian National Bank. Zoltan Darvas´ lecture…
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Christian Fuchs published a new book, wrapping up the topics of war, capitalism, digitalisation, globalisation, political economy, peace and socialism. This book is open access. This is an excellent, wide-ranging account of thinking about war in the context of new…
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From September 11th to 15th 2023, the Political Economies of the Media summer school was held at the Inter-University Centre (IUC) in Dubrovnik, jointly organised by the Institute for Development and International Relations (IRMO) and the University of Ljubljana. The…
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