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Agnes Gagyi Associate

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Agnes Gagyi is a sociologist, focusing on politics and social movements in East Central Europe, from the perspective of the region’s long-term world-economic and geopolitical integration. She is researcher at the University of Gothenburg, and co-founder of the Solidarity Economy Center in Budapest. Her recent publications include Middle class politics and the global crisis in Eastern Europe, Contemporary housing struggles, and The political economy of Eastern Europe 30 years after the 'transition': New left perspectives from the region. Her current work focuses on industrial transformation on the peripheries of Europe.

Agnes Gagyi

Latest work

  • CATL, capitalist strategies and emerging state-capital alliances The case of CATL in Hungary

    • Just Transition
    • Trade
    • China

    Chinese battery giant CATL’s decision to build a second European plant in Hungary underscores its commitment to the EU market, despite rising protectionism. Partnering with German carmakers relocating to Hungary, CATL benefits from lower labour costs and favourable energy arrangements, while Hungary’s government subsidises these ventures—driving rapid reindustrialization but shifting environmental and social costs onto taxpayers and workers.

    Longread by
    Agnes Gagyi

  • The 'new Darwinian world' of the energy transition CATL, capitalist strategies and emerging state-capital alliances

    • Just Transition
    • Trade
    • China

    This longread examines CATL’s rise during China’s capitalist boom and explores its global strategies for securing raw material supplies and market access, featuring case studies from Indonesia and Hungary. We conclude by posing questions for further research on the less visible yet crucial actors in EV supply chains. This is the first in a series analyzing CATL's global accumulation strategies.

    Longread by
    • Mads Barbesgaard
    • Hao Zhang
    • Rachmi Hertanti
    • Agnes Gagyi
    • Pietje Vervest

  • Public Finance for the Future We Want

    • Finance
    • Democratic Public Services
    • Just Transition
    • Public Community Collaborations

    The real-world examples in this book demonstrate that a political economy that curbs the power of big finance and serves people and planet is possible. The ideas shared here are timely and urgent—a call to readiness before the next financial bubble bursts. Order print copy

    Book by
    • Lavinia Steinfort
    • Mary Mellor
    • Stewart Lansley
    • Duncan McCann
    • Milford Bateman
    • Benny Kuruvilla
    • Thomas M. Hanna
    • Ana Álvaro
    • Agnes Gagyi
    • Frank Vanaerschot
    • Thomas Marois
    • Oscar Reyes
    • Ludovic Suttor-Sorel
    • Carla Santos Skandier
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