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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 🙏

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#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

“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