Dr Alexis Moraitis
Lecturer in International Political EconomyResearch Overview
The main focus of my research is the global political economy of capitalist governance. It seeks to understand the nature and limits of the capitalist state, how states shape the trajectory of capitalist development and what are the constraints of their political powers. What interests me is, therefore, the foundational political economy question of the relationship between political authority and global markets. I explore how this relationship has been theorised over time by both liberal and critical perspectives and how it has evolved in practice in the context of 21st century developments. Across my different projects, there is also a persistent concern with the political economy of crisis and its various manifestations. I seek to understand the relationship between capitalism and contemporary environmental, economic and social disasters, how crisis is managed by states and how we can develop a critical theory of crisis adequate to cotemporary challenges. More broadly, my research engages with questions of change and continuity in capitalism. In particular, I am interested in how long-run economic tendencies such as post-industrial transformations, economic stagnation and automation, are reshaping the trajectory of capitalist growth. I aim to theorise how to grapple simultaneously with the accelerating changes in and enduring continuities of contemporary capitalism, while understanding their implications for post-capitalist futures. In parallel, I also research the political economy of French capitalism and the transformations of state policy since the 1980s.
Career Details
Prior to joining PPR in 2020 I taught political economy at the Universities of Warwick, Oxford Brookes, Birmingham and York. In 2019 I obtained my PhD from the University of Warwick where I had previously also done a BA and MA in Politics and International Political Economy respectively.
Current Teaching
I am the convenor of PPR.238: State & Economy which looks at the ways that states, market and the demos relate to each other in the context of the capitalist political economy throug the eyes of key 19th and early 20th century political economists.
I also am the convenor of PPR.348: The Governance of Global Capitalism which examines the tensions and crises that underpin the governance of the global economy today.
Research Interests
My research interests include:
- The political economy of capitalism and its governance- The crisis of work and post-capitalist futures- State theory and the relationship between politics, economy and democracy in liberal and critical thought- Marx, Marxism and value theory- French politics and transformations of French capitalism
PhD Supervision Interests
My research interests include: International Political Economy, state theory, liberalism and neoliberalism, future of work and automation, post-industrial transformations of capitalism, French politics, Marxism and value theory
Beyond the 'death of neoliberalism': Market discipline, liberal thought and capitalist governance
Invited talk
Work and Freedom After Capitalism
Invited talk
Economy and Society (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Prospects and limits of state-led environmental transitions
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Work and Freedom After Capitalism
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
Bloomsbury (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
Environment and Planning A (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Capital in the 21st century
Invited talk
Competition & Change (Journal)
Publication peer-review
States and the governance of global capitalism today
Other
Work and Freedom After Capitalism
Invited talk
Pluto Press (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
Secular Immiseration: Stagnation, Decline Management and the Limits of Capitalist Wealth
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Are Robots Taking our Jobs
Other
France: A Year from the Most Crucial Election in a Generation
Invited talk
European Sociological Association 15th annual conference
Participation in conference -Mixed Audience
