Yesterday I delivered my first desk decision report to the Associate Editors of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. It is a great honour to take over the role as Editor-in-Chief from Bernhard Truffer who has done a tremendous job in developing the journal.

Cost estimate for UK's next nuclear power plant to be increased by 90%, already before start of its main construction phase. Now to €44 billion, that's €13,700 per kW, hardly lower than Hinkley Point C.

New paper out on #CCS in waste incineration. With expected large increases in waste incineration for the coming decades, we urgently need to address emissions from #waste-to-energy plants. 🏭 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Very pleased to announce we are running our PhD course Innovation and Sustainability Transitions May 12-16th again here at HVL in Bergen. Application deadline 31th of March. norsi.no/course/susta...

Dutch government will found a state energy company to build and operate the nuclear power plants it's aiming for. The Minister: "Market parties are not willing to build and operate a nuclear power plant at own risk. Even with far-reaching state support they do not want to carry this responsibility."

Over hele verden har regjeringer etablert klimaråd. Disse gir mer systematisk+forskningsbasert klimastyring. I Danmark skaper de også ekstra rom for at sivilsamfunnet kan bidra i klimadebatt. Når regjeringen lager klimamål for 2035 kan de etablere norskt råd #polkvart . www.climatecouncils.org

🚨 📣 🚨 Job claxon🚨 📣 🚨 We are hiring TWO (senior) researchers for transformative innovation and innovation policy! We are looking for two researchers, one research assistant, and one project manager (25-40 hours/week) to join our team. www.zsi.at/de/object/ne...

...and here comes the real announcement: up to 4 POSTDOCS with an interest in transitioning the agri-food and land use system! Short deadline - February 5th - so apply fast. Link: employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

Three-year postdoc vacancy in the Innovation Studies group at Utrecht University, to investigate the effects of regulation on innovation and adoption; apply before 5 February. Please re-post www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Pre-announcement of up to 4 postdocs on agrifood and land use transitions. We will soon open for postdoc applications at UCPH for an upcoming project. Keywords: policies, technologies, scenarios for European agrifood and land use transitions. Short deadline, so feel free to reach out already now.

Two floating wind farms awarded contracts by the French Governments at surprisingly low prices - as low as recently awarded UK fixed offshore windfarms www.powerengineeringint.com/renewables/w...

Kronikk om norsk klimapolitikk og dens negative konsekvenser for utslipp, innovasjon og omstilling. M/ @hakonen.bsky.social @teis.bsky.social tuukka mäkitie og jens hanson

Crazy thought: maybe Europe could even learn from China's policy approach that drove this development? Especially re the adaptability of policies...

What are the core challenges for decarbonising energy-intensive industries? New paper out w @markussteen.bsky.social, Hans Hellsmark, Jens Hanson, & Elizaveta Johansson, using q-method to analyse similarities and differences within and across Norway and Sweden www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Re-starting my activity over here! Good occasion to share this paper published last month: "Scalar orientation of policies and technology legitimacy: The case of decarbonization in Norway" @hakonen.bsky.social @markussteen.bsky.social Jens Hanson Tuukka Mäkitie www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reminder that the PhD call closes in 9 days! We are looking for PhD students interested in policy for sustainability transitions to join our research group in Copenhagen

Our department currently has its annual open call for PhD positions. As always, we welcome applications with a focus on entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability transitions. Deadline April 21st candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

officials predicted with “high certainty” that technology such as electric arc furnaces would lead to successful decarb of UK steel production by 2035 The Cumbria coal mine was clearly pointless Govt by virtue-signalling. Or should that be vice-signallling? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

I still don't think people realise how quickly renewable energy is expanding around the world 🇪🇺New renewables built over the past 5yrs were enough to power the entire EU 🇺🇸🇨🇦New renewables expected in the next 5yrs wld be enough to power the US & Canada www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-wor...

Sharing on behalf of my colleague Allan Dahl Andersen, who is looking for a PhD (shorturl.at/jswYZ) and Postdoc (shorturl.at/djvzC) in the area of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions. Pls share and apply 🙂

The world has made real progress in bending down the curve of future emissions. While we remain far from on track to meet our climate goals, the positive steps we’ve made should reinforce that progress is possible and despair is counterproductive. carbonbrief.org/analysis-glo...

This is the best front page I've seen for long... and it doesn't conceal the content inside!

With @teis.bsky.social and Daniel Schiller, we have a CfP for a SI on "Exploring the Geography of Innovation and Sustainability Transitions in the Bioeconomy" in Progress in Economic Geography. Please contact us if interested 🌳 Deadline: March 31st 2024 www.sciencedirect.com/journal/prog...

📢NEW JOB ALERT Come and join us in Geography & Environment at Loughborough University ** Lecturer in Human Geography ** 💷£45,585 to £54,395 - permanent position ⏰Deadline to apply 30 October jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD737/l... Applications welcome from any relevant specialism linking to our research

@annabutzin.bsky.social opening the hybrid workshop on Transformative knowledge regions part of TRAKR network made possible by @regstud.bsky.social in Gelsenkirchen

Bård and Stuart dressed in matching colours to the industrial plant! 🤩

First post (or what is a tweet called here?) under the blue sky: excellent new paper by Høgni and Rikard in Progress on the role of the public sector in regional development journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....