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The Political Economy Research Centre (PERC) is a centre for cultural and political analysis of the

PERC seeks to refresh ‘political economy’, in the original sense of the term, as a pluralist and critical approach to the study of capitalism. In doing so it challenges the sense of economics as a discipline, separate from the other social sciences, aiming instead to combine economic knowledge with various other disciplinary approaches. This is a response to recent critiques of orthodox economics,

as immune to interdisciplinarity and cut off from historical and political events. At the same time, PERC engages with innovative cultural approaches to economy, as manifest in the ‘social studies of finance’, which reflect on the dynamic interaction between economic knowledge and economic practice. Questions of the ‘performativity’ of economics, the authority of economic experts and the relationship between academic research and the public (including, but not only, public policy-makers) are constant concerns running through PERC’s work.

21/01/2026

Call for proposals on '(post)neoliberal authoritarianism' for conference at Goldsmiths in June

We are inviting collective and individual projects to submit proposals on the ideological, affective and technopolitical dimensions of (post)neoliberal authoritarianism for participation in this hybrid workshop.

26/09/2025

The latest book with the Goldsmiths Press PERC Series is The Politics of Feeling by Ben Anderson and Anna Secor. On 25th November, join the authors, Will Davies and Jeremy Gilbert to discuss the book's themes and how they relate to the present moment.

Register here

A workshop on the politics of feeling in this conjunctural crisis, with Anna Secor, Ben Anderson, Will Davies, Jeremy Gilbert.

05/06/2025

Save the date on 13 June for this one day conference reflecting on the field of visual cultures.

Friday 13 June, LG01 Professor Stuart Hall Building, 11:30 - 18:00

The event is free. No booking required. All are welcome.

Livestream link will be featured in our stories.

03/04/2025

Looking forward to this event on Tuesday - registration details below.

Launch of a new book - with conversation from authors and editors

19/03/2025

The latest Goldsmiths Press PERC publication is Finance Aestheitcs: A Critical Glossary, with an outstanding range of contributors. Please join us on 8th April at 5pm for a launch event with contributions from Max Haiven, Adrienne Buller, Emily Rosamond, Emma Sofie Brogaard and Mikkel Krause Frantzen.

All welcome but please register via Eventbrite below

Launch of a new book - with conversation from authors and editors

14/03/2025

New open access article by PERC Director, Will Davies, in Theory, Culture & Society on the sociology of contemporary anxiety

Rates of ‘anxiety disorder’ have risen rapidly in the 21st century, provoking much public debate as to the causes. However, despite attending to varieties of me...

17/01/2025

We are now on Bluesky .bluesky.social - follow us there!

14/11/2024

We are delighted to announce the next title in the Goldsmiths Press PERC Series - Finance Aesthetics, with contributions from Jens Beckert, Anna Kornbluh, Michel Feher, Emily Rosamond, Quinn Slobodian and many, many more

A unique, critical, and creative encyclopedia from scholars, artists, and writers on the world and words of finance capital.What does finance capital look li...

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