PhD is done ✨️ Yesterday I defended my thesis in political science entitled "Putting Climate Policy in its Place: How Distributive and Symbolic Conflicts Shape Discontent with the Green Transition in Rural Europe". So grateful for these 4 years & all those I met along the way Onto the next chapter!

Woot! It was great to be part of this committee! Congratulations again to Dr @theodoretallent.bsky.social 🌟

🎓Congratulations Dr @theodoretallent.bsky.social! Today, he defended his #PhD thesis exploring discontent / support for the green transition in rural areas, co-supervised by @ffaucher.bsky.social and @d-luca.bsky.social. 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude... cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social

Merci @theodoretallent.bsky.social + @malojan.bsky.social pour l’organisation d’un super panel sur le backlash écologique à @asso-afsp.bsky.social. De nouvelles idées sur une typologie du backlash, et des cas variés présentés — des inondations aux éoliennes.

#AFSP206 @malojan.bsky.social et @theodoretallent.bsky.social sont responsables scientifiques de ST 39 "Un backlash écologique ? (II) : Opinions publiques, stratégies partisanes et élections" avec aussi la participation de @paulservais.bsky.social. www.afsp.info/congres/cong...

J'étais hier sur le plateau de @ccesoir.bsky.social pour parler de la canicule et souligner la stratégie de diversion opérée par le RN autour de la clim. L'extrême-droite reussit ainsi à détourner l'attention des causes du problème (la crise climatique) et des vraies solutions à mettre en place ⤵️

⏰ 22h35 sur france·tv Avec : 📌 @mariechureau.bsky.social Activiste pour l'écologie 📌 @theodoretallent.bsky.social Chercheur en science politique 📌 @gemenne.bsky.social Politologue 📌 @laurenprovost.bsky.social Directrice adjointe de la rédaction chez Libération 📌 Thomas MÉNAGÉ, Député RN du Loiret

Very excited to present some (early) work with @albertostefanelli.bsky.social at @epssnet.bsky.social in Belfast today! We show that voters electorally sanction costly climate platforms, but pro-climate candidates can attract / retain cross-pressured voters through proximity on non-climate issues ⤵️

Our #EPSS2026 team @dianebolet.bsky.social @charlotteboucher.fr J. De Rongé @malojan.bsky.social @jonnekamphorst.bsky.social @mariusperrin.bsky.social @npiolat.bsky.social @jrovny.bsky.social @paulservais.bsky.social @slstutzmann.bsky.social @theodoretallent.bsky.social @tommccraehunter.bsky.social

A fully funded 2-year postdoc for my ERC project on climate politics, comparative politics and political economy. Deadline: 29 July 2026, 10am CET Starting date: Jan 2027 (flexible) Feel free to reach out next week at EPSS if you’d like to discuss the position www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Anyone who knows anything about the @icao.int agreement, offsets or sustainable aviation fuel knows that nothing has changed here except the aviation industry giving itself permission to say the quiet part out loud

Faut-il devenir populiste pour sauver la planète ? C'est la question que je pose dans cette nouvelle note pour la @fondationjjaures.bsky.social ⤵️

Had a great time speaking at the @hertiesustain.bsky.social yesterday on how to fight climate disinformation. My key message: disinformation doesn't thrive in a vacuum, it succeeds where people bear the costs of the transition without feeling heard. The best response starts with better policies.

🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Happy to see my new article out in the Journal of European Public Policy @jeppjournal.bsky.social! As the green transition produces new lines of conflict in Europe, I provide an account of how place shapes discontent with climate policies. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🧵

For those in Berlin, we are organising an event on climate disinformation next Thursday at @hertiesustain.bsky.social We'll discuss the role of media with amazing guests & have @quotaclimat.org show how AI can help measure (and fight) disinformation Register⤵️ www.hertie-school.org/en/sustainab...

From our FirstView: More than Symbols: The Effect of Symbolic Policies on Climate Policy Support by @theodoretallent.bsky.social, @malojan.bsky.social and @luissattelmayer.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

Had a great time presenting this new work on rural discontent, climate politics and "symbolic conflicts", at the LSE last week @lsegovernment.bsky.social. Amazing workshop on urban-rural divides and place-based politics organised by @celiaestruch.bsky.social and @charlottekuberka.bsky.social 🙏

La transition écologique? "Les gens ont parfaitement compris que les changements étaient nécessaires et ils y sont prêts. Mais il faut que ce soit juste socialement et que tout le monde y contribue" Entretien avec le politiste @theodoretallent.bsky.social www.mediapart.fr/journal/poli...

« De nombreux maires ont compris l’importance d’investir la promesse d’amélioration de l’environnement » 🎤 Notre entretien avec @theodoretallent.bsky.social chercheur en sciences politiques www.contexte.com/fr/article/e...

📰 #DansLaPresse Si l’écologie a largement disparu du débat public, elle a irrigué une grande partie des programmes de ces #Municipales2026, hors extrême droite, observe @theodoretallent.bsky.social, doctorant au CEE, dans une tribune pour @lemonde.fr. ⤵️ cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social

Le Monde offered me the opportunity to share my thoughts on the French municipal elections and what it says about the green agenda. Tltr: The topic disappeared from public debates but is anchored in local action everywhere - enough to structure a green majority soon?⤵️ www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...

🚨New working paper🚨 Does media exposure to carbon inequality affect support for climate policies? With @marysanford.bsky.social & @julienpicard.bsky.social, we show that it depends on pre-existing political preferences, with voters split along populist/anti-elite lines. ➡️ osf.io/preprints/so...

One fossil fuel crisis costs the UK more than shifting to net zero by 2050. And how many more such crises can we expect in the next 24 years? A great example of how the proper temporal frame clarifies costs and benefits #longproblems www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Very happy to see our recent APSR article on "symbolic policies" selected by Nature Climate Change as part of their research highlights of the last months 🙏 ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41... @natclimate.nature.com @apsrjournal.bsky.social

Why are we observing a 'green backlash' when serious efforts to decarbonise have scarcely begun? I'm happy to share my working paper, 'The Political Consequences of Climate Ambition: Evidence from Australia', which analyses how voters respond prospectively to proposed climate policies. Brief 🧵:

📢 JOB ALERT! Fully funded 3-year PhD in Climate & Comparative Politics at @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social. Starting in September. The project is on the political consequences of climate policies in carbon-intensive communities across Europe. 🗓 Deadline: May 17 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...

Really enjoyed co-hosting (w/ the great @zachdickson.bsky.social ) last week’s ECR workshop on Climate & Political Behaviour at LSE. Big thanks to everyone who came and for making such a great workshop! Thank you also to @gsos-lse.bsky.social & @britishacademy.bsky.social for the generous support!

⏰One week left! Deadline approaching for our Early-Career Conference on Political Dimensions of Urban and Rural Life (April 23-24 at LSE). Submit your paper: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p Looking forward to some great papers! ✨

We just published an article in the APSR on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support". Too long to read? I got you covered with a short video explaining the core of our research in 2min 🙏

📣 Call for Papers: 🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - More than Symbols: The Effect of Symbolic Policies on Climate Policy Support - https://cup.org/4qrrkah - @theodoretallent.bsky.social, @malojan.bsky.social & @luissattelmayer.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

Congratulations to @theodoretallent.bsky.social, @malojan.bsky.social and @luissattelmayer.bsky.social, all PhD candidates at our centre, on this great achievement! They discuss a new way of building support for climate policies. ⤵️ cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social

🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access) The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social (1/6)

The EPA is no longer going to consider how many potential lives a pollution regulation would save -- just the costs to industry. This is directly counter to EPA's mission. And it will kill Americans. Great (depressing) scoop from @maxinejoselow.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

Had a great time presenting my doctoral researcher at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris on Friday. A 1-hour talk exploring the geography of climate policy support in Europe, drivers of discontent in rural areas, and pathways to an acceptable green transition 🙏 @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

In an interview to the Belgian newspaper @lesoir.be, I discuss (in French) the recent heated debates around low emission zones in EU and what it means for climate politics. While LEZ can be unfair and contested, we should remember that we *can* do just and acceptable policies that work for people!

Lundi prochain, je débattrai du backlash écologique avec l'ancienne ministre Agnès Pannier-Runacher et le philosophe @picharbonnier.bsky.social à Sciences Po, lors de la Paris Climate and Nature Week. Inscrivez vous ! ➡️ www.sciencespo.fr/paris-climat...

La transition écologique en 🇫🇷 10 ans après l'Accord de Paris - où est-ce que ça coince ? Rejoignez-moi lundi à 19h lors de la Paris Climate & Nature Week à Sciences Po Paris pour cette table-ronde animée par @theodoretallent.bsky.social www.sciencespo.fr/paris-climat...

After being so wonderfully welcomed by Federica at Oxford earlier this year, I'm beyond thrilled to welcome her at home this time, here at Sciences Po! @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social

🚨 New paper in @thejop.bsky.social Why do politicians often misperceive what citizens' policy positions are? @simonotjes.bsky.social and I study ~10,000 estimates of public opinion by politicians in Denmark & the Netherlands to uncover the sources of these (mis)perceptions Thread 🧵1/10

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