For the Guardian, @turnbulldugarte.com and I discuss our research that clearly shows one thing: Labour's anti-immigration strategy will only strengthen Reform and weaken its own electoral prospects. It won't win voters back but ultimately normalizes the far right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

I recently gave a long interview to @lemonde.fr about the backlash to climate action in Europe. It was in french so my wonderful new research centre at the Hertie School, the centre for Sustainability (@hertiesustain.bsky.social) made a summary in English ⤵️ www.hertie-school.org/en/sustainab...

#Danslesmédias 📰 Bravo à @theodoretallent.bsky.social, doctorant au CEE, pour ce grand entretien dans @lemonde.fr ! Il y détaille les conditions d'une transition acceptable, objets de ses recherches : compensation, territorialisation, exemplarité des élites... ⤵️ cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social

I gave a long interview to the French newspaper Le Monde @lemonde.fr on the green #backlash. A great opportunity to discuss my current research and the potential solutions to build an acceptable and desirable green transition! The interview : www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

👋 Welcome to the Centre for Sustainability @theodoretallent.bsky.social! Théodore joins our Centre as Research Associate as part of the Ariadne Project. His research focuses on the politics of climate change with a particular interest for public opinion. We're happy to have you as part of the team!

📢 Call for applications! I’m looking for a 4-year PhD researcher (100%) in Political Science: focus on public opinion & the far right You’ll be part of the POLHYBRID project @sciencepoulb.bsky.social, working with me & @caterinafr.bsky.social Deadline: 9 11 2025 👉 Info & apply: shorturl.at/El2mW

A new chapter starts today ✨️ As I'll be completing my PhD this year, I just started a new position at the @hertieschool.bsky.social as a Research Associate at their Centre for Sustainability. An exciting year between Paris and Berlin, from the end of the PhD to the beginning of something new 🙌

Radical right accommodation really does not work. New paper out with this exceptionally talented team @katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk doi.org/10.31235/osf...

Residents of California, Texas, New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey are hit the hardest.

The US could see a 30-40% decline in new international student enrollment, resulting in nearly $7 billion in lost revenue and more than 60,000 fewer American jobs. https://www.nafsa.org/fall-2025-international-student-enrollment-outlook-and-economic-impact

“Only 29% would back Brexit now — poll proves tables have turned” - @thetimes.com www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

People’s tendency to underestimate how much others support climate action is recurrent finding in empirical studies of climate policy support, and is a huge sore point for political climate action.

🚨New working paper 🚨 Excited to share my new working paper on rural discontent with climate policies in Europe. As the climate backlash materialises, especially in rural places, I ask: why do people oppose the green transition in rural areas? A quick 🧵 The paper: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Merci au @cnrs.fr de partager les résultats de mon article de recherche récemment publié dans @wepsocial.bsky.social J'étudie la question du soutien aux politiques climatiques entre territoires urbains et ruraux. Un résumé ci-dessous, et l'article complet ici: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Dua Lipa as a symbolic policy ⤵️ doi.org/10.31219/osf...

This is such a great new piece of research by @curdknupfer.bsky.social et al. It should be mandatory reading for journalists. academic.oup.com/joc/advance-...

#Danslesmédias 🎙️ Transition(s) : mode d'emploi ♻️ @theodoretallent.bsky.social sur @rfi.fr revient sur le paradoxe entre l'inquiétude des européens face aux conséquences du changement climatique et l'action très mesurée des décideurs politiques en matière transition écologique. À (ré)écouter👇

I was invited on the radio yesterday to discuss the current backlash against climate action...and what we can do about it. Could also discuss the recent reintroduction of a dangerous pesticide in France by a coalition going from the centre to the radical right... @rfi.fr www.rfi.fr/fr/podcasts/...

‘A war of the truth’: Europe’s heatwaves are failing to spur support for climate action #Climate

Excited to share that my first single-authored article is now published in @wepsocial.bsky.social! In light of the current backlash to climate policy, I explore the (rural) geography of support for climate policies in Europe. 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Attending #EPSA2025 in beautiful Madrid to present 2 papers on climate politics ⤵️ On Thursday at 13:10, I'll present our work on symbolic policies and climate policy support 💡 On Saturday at 13:10, I'll present my paper on rural discontent with the green transition ☀️

(Centre-)right parties were historically obsessed with spending efficiently but now slow down the transition to CHEAPER energy sources. Meanwhile, populist parties promise to support purchasing power & the (lower)middle class but actively prevent their electorate to acces CHEAP energy. How absurd

In France as in the UK, the results are the same: people *want* climate action! Let's not leave the right-wing climate backlash convince us of the contrary 💪

J'étais hier sur @artefr.bsky.social dans l'émission @28minutes-arte.bsky.social pour parler des récents reculs écologiques en France (ZFE, A69, ZAN, normes agricoles) J'ai notamment expliqué qu'il existait une voie de passage pour susciter l'adhésion des citoyens face au #backlash politique actuel

Le chercheur doctorant et enseignant à Sciences Po Théodore Tallent constate qu’une large alliance politique s’est formée cette semaine, allant de l’extrême droite à la gauche radicale, pour « revenir en arrière sur des régulations environnementales » décidées depuis 2017.

🌳 L'écologie, c’est fini ? On en débat avec : ➡ Léa Falco, co-fondatrice du collectif @construirecolo.bsky.social ➡ @philippemaniere.bsky.social, essayiste et président de Vae Solis Communications ➡ @theodoretallent.bsky.social‬‬, chercheur et enseignant en science politique à Sciences Po

📰 Elargissement de la coalition anti-écologique à droite : @theodoretallent.bsky.social, doctorant au CEE et @ehouardvial.bsky.social, jeune docteur, ont été interviewés par @vert.eco sur les positions d'une partie des membres de LR ⤵️ cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social

I was recently interviewed to talk about the green backlash and the recent radicalisation of mainstream right parties in France and Europe when it comes to the green transition. They are now doing what they did on other issues: reproducing the narrative of the far right.⤵️ vert.eco/articles/lau...

Had a great time attending the @civica.bsky.social Political Behaviour conference in Vienna yesterday to talk about symbolic policies and climate policy support (see osf.io/preprints/os...) ... even though it meant being exposed to Emily in Paris' memes by @markkayser.bsky.social

Brilliant thread about the failure of the "IRA politics" in the US, a politics that assumes that people attribute positive local material changes to the DC-based Democrats; and that narratives don't matter much despite a new information environment. Important takeaways for progressive politicians⤵️

How to talk about cars without crashing the climate agenda? We have solutions for progressive policymakers! Our policy brief w/ @transenv.bsky.social & @fondationjjaures.bsky.social offers a way forward to reclaim the narrative and make the transition fair despite the #backlash 🧵Thread (in English)

📑 Parler voiture et écologie sans se crasher ? Cette note co-écrite par @theodoretallent.bsky.social pour la @fondationjjaures.bsky.social et @transenv.bsky.social donne des pistes pour sortir du piège narratif de l'"écologie punitive". ⏩ www.jean-jaures.org/publication/...

Cannot be said enough times: This will hurt the UK economically. This will hurt British communities socially. This will also hurt this govt politically. Labour can still wake up and ditch this plan directed at UK unis. Turn around or risk losing economic legacy, social trust, and electoral votes.

Les récents débats sur les ZFE en France ont trop souvent omis un élément fondamental : la vie de nos enfants est menacée par la pollution de l'air. Rendons les ZFE plus justes pour ceux ayant besoin de se déplacer mais ne minimisons jamais la priorité sanitaire⤵️ www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Au Sénat ce matin pour parler transition écologique et territoires ☀️

Colorado’s rural electric co-ops are determined to go green #Climate

Scientists have linked fossil fuel companies to specific climate harms for the first time, with five Australian oil, gas and coal companies potentially responsible for $900bn in loss and damage from extreme heat alone. Latest from me in The Guardian this morning.

Back in beautiful @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social and Oxford for a week 😍

When and why compensation can unlock the green energy transition www.defacto.expert/2025/04/22/w... @defactoexpert.bsky.social article by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social student @jacobedenhofer.bsky.social and Associate Member @fgenovese.bsky.social

Reading a recent article from @theguardian.com, I saw these compelling graphs from a study published last year: (i) people then to overwhelmingly support climate action and (ii) to underestimate the support in the population. This has several key implications for climate politics. [1/6]

Les politiques environnementales, des mesures impopulaires ? Carenews a interrogé le chercheur à Sciences po @theodoretallent.bsky.social, qui travaille sur l’opposition des citoyens des territoires ruraux et péri-urbains à ces politiques. 👇 www.carenews.com/carenews-inf... #écologie #backlash

In case anyone needs a break from reality (me, by 9 a.m. every day), my coauthor Anna Berg and I have a new, open access essay out in Perspectives! buff.ly/4gN6cFR. We describe the marginalization of qual methods in the study of American political behavior and make a case for their revival.

Excited see my review of the wonderful book written by @stephanieternullo.bsky.social "How the Heartland Went Red", just published in the Revue Française de Science Politique (in French). To my French colleagues: it's a must-read ⤵️ shs.cairn.info/revue-franca...

Some thoughts on the strategic rationale behind the "Brandmauer” – the cordon sanitaire vis-à-vis the AfD – and the challenges associated with maintaining it. Seems pertinent, given that senior CDU/CSU figures regularly float the idea of ditching it and exploring avenues for closer cooperation.

J'étais invité sur le plateau de @ccesoir.bsky.social pour parler des #ZFE et des politiques écologiques, en présence notamment de la Ministre de l'écologie @apannierrunacher.bsky.social Si ces ZFE sont un triple échec, notamment politique, il faut résister au backlash populiste qui les entourent⤵️

Je serai ce soir sur @france5.bsky.social sur le plateau de C Ce Soir pour parler des ZFE et des défis auxquels la transition écologique fait face ⤵️

Anti-green policies (and politicians) are anti-social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Marine Le Pen is going to jail and won't be able to run in 2027. Judges have applied the law in a case that has exposed extraordinary amounts of criminal activities. Don't make this a question of public opinion or what the far right and foreign leaders think of it. It's the rule of law at work.

Excited to share the last version of our working paper on the effect on so-called "symbolic policies" on climate policy support! Take a look at it here: osf.io/preprints/os... cc @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social