Publications

Essays, Papers & Book Chapters

The Capability State – A Progressive Vision for the 21st Century
2026 — Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, Bonn. Also published in German, French and Spanish

Verteidigung und Zukunft – Eine Dual-Use-Investitionsstrategie im Rahmen der Bereichsausnahme der Schuldenbremse
2026 — Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V., WiFo-Paper 01, Berlin

Keine Wirtschaft ohne »Wir«: Für die Neuerfindung einer »Digitalen Sozialen Marktwirtschaft« brauchen wir auch ein neues Staatsverständnis
2026 — With Herrmann and Netzer. In: Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. (ed.): Germanomics, J.H.W. Dietz, Bonn

Reconstructing Global Cooperation in a Neorealist Moment
2026 — With Kastrop and Klasen. lill Institute for Public Value, Policy Brief PB26B

Verwaltung in der Krise: Warum der Staat die Demokratie retten muss
2025 — In: Wirtschaftsforum der SPD e.V. (ed.): Visionomics, J.H.W. Dietz, Bonn

The Good Society 2.0
2020 — In: Speth & Courrier (eds.): The New Systems Reader, Routledge, New York

Creating Shared Value (CSV): Operationalising CSV Beyond The Firm
2018 — Centre for Business Research, University of Cambridge

Technological Change, Inequality and The Collapse of the Liberal Order
2017 — With Muñiz, Kaiser, Lastra-Anadón, and Torres. G20 Insights, Think 20 Dialogue

The Good Society
2016 — The Next System Project

Social Democratic Values In The Digital Society
2016 — With Bussemer and Krell. SE Occasional Paper 10

Ungleichheit und Arbeit im zweiten Maschinenzeitalter
2015 — In: Hoffmann & Bogedan (eds.): Arbeit der Zukunft, Campus, Frankfurt

The digital revolution: How should governments respond?
2015 — In: Dolphin (ed.): Technology, Globalisation and the future of work in Europe, IPPR, London

Inequality and Work in the Second Machine Age
2014 — SE Research Essay with FES London and The Worker Institute at Cornell University

Reforming Social Democracy: The Good Society Project
2014 — SE Occasional Paper 4

Eine Sozialdemokratie für das globale Zeitalter
2013 — With Held. In: Die Gute Gesellschaft, Edition Suhrkamp, Berlin

Zur Guten Gesellschaft
2013 — With Kellermann. In: Die Gute Gesellschaft, Edition Suhrkamp, Berlin

Towards a Strategic Econsystem
2012 — PricewaterhouseCoopers Trade and Finance (Germany)

The Challenge of European Social Democracy
2012 — In: Meyer & Rutherford (eds.): The Future of European Social Democracy, Palgrave MacMillan

The Open Method of Coordination (OMC)
2011 — With Barber and Luenen. Bertelsmann Stiftung

European Social Democracy in Crisis
2010 — Political Insight, Vol. 1, No. 2

Die Gute-Gesellschaft-Debatte
2010 — With Spiegel. Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung

A Social Dimension for Transatlantic Economic Relations
2010 — GPI Policy Report

The Super-Rich
2009 — With Haseler. In: Barber & Brassey (eds.): Greed, Palgrave MacMillan

Großbritannien zwischen Globaler Wirtschaftskrise und New Labour 2.0
2009 — Friedrich Ebert Stiftung

The Framework for Advancing Transatlantic Economic Integration
2008 — The GPI Policy Paper, No. 6

Soziale Realität in Europa
2007 — The GPI Policy Paper, No. 1

Thinking Globally
2007 — Social Europe Journal, Vol. 2, No. 4

Das Anglo-Sozialmodell in der britischen Realität
2007 — In: Matern (ed.): Sozialdemokratie und der Europäische Sozialstaat, Stiftung Demokratie Saarland

Journal Articles

Tripod Missions: Five Principles for Solving Society's Most Pressing Challenges
2022 — Global Policy, Vol. 13 No. 2

Inequality in the second machine age
2016 — Juncture, 23(2)

Wege aus der Kosmopolitanismusfalle
2016 — Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurter Hefte, No. 4

Sozialdemokratische Grundwerte im zweiten Maschinenzeitalter
2016 — With Krell and Bussemer. Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurter Hefte, No. 1/2

Left Out: How Europe's Social Democrats Can Fight Back
2013 — Foreign Affairs

Towards a Strategic Econsystem
2013 — With Klasen. Global Policy Special Issue

Analyzing the Eurozone Predicament
2012 — Intereconomics, Vol. 47, No. 5

Warum „Gute Gesellschaft" besser ist als „Neuer Fortschritt"
2011 — Neue Gesellschaft/Frankfurter Hefte, No. 11

A Social Dimension for Transatlantic Economic Relations
2011 — Bulletin of Comparative Labor Relations, No. 77

Making Transatlantic Economic Relations Work
2011 — With Barber. Global Policy, Vol. 2, No. 1

What next for European social democracy?
2010 — With Spiegel. Renewal, Vol. 18, No. 1-2

Citizens and Supercapitalists
2008 — The Political Quarterly, Vol. 79, Issue 3

Books & Special Issues Edited

Economic Policy, Governance and Institutions in Times of Crisis
2013 — Edited with Klasen. Global Policy Journal Special Issue, London

Die Gute Gesellschaft: Soziale und demokratische Politik im 21. Jahrhundert
2013 — Edited with Kellermann. Edition Suhrkamp, Berlin

The Future of European Social Democracy: Building the Good Society
2011 — Edited with Rutherford. Palgrave MacMillan, Basingstoke

Social Europe: A Continent's Answer to Market Fundamentalism
2006 — Edited with Albers and Haseler. European Research Forum at London Metropolitan University

Reshaping Social Democracy: Labour and the SPD in the New Century
2004 — Edited with Haseler. European Research Forum at London Metropolitan University