The Professorship of Political Economy looks at the intersection of politics and the economy. We investigate how ideas and institutions as well as politics and power shape and are shaped by economic processes, focusing on the causes and consequences of technological change. We want to understand how political and economic power, geopolitical and distributional conflict, or institutional legacies and influential ideas shape how and which technologies are developed and deployed—and how this in turn shapes economies and societies. Theoretically, we draw on and combine a variety of approaches, ranging from comparative, international, and European political economy to comparative politics and public policy, economic sociology, and international relations. Methodologically, we draw on and combine both quantitative and qualitative methods, with a particular focus on computational and multi-method approaches.
