💥 Really happy to see Transition Imaginaries published online 💥 In this book, @drsophiah.bsky.social and I critically question the affective attachments and political conceptions of technology in current projects of energy transition. (Published with Open Access) doi.org/10.1017/9781...

Excellent panel yesterday on "pathways to a biodiverse future". @guyshrubsole.bsky.social started with a celebration of what we can experience as abundant nature, despite all the bad news and shifting baseline. Sights of (here Devon) temperate rainforest fragments & lichens always cheer me up!

Link to open access full-text: "What Would it Mean to Win? Imagining Alternative Ecopolitical Futures with Young Climate Justice Activists" (2/2) www.researchgate.net/profile/Carl...

🎉Tyndall Centre's Roger Few + co-authors have won the Richard Macrory Prize for Best Article in the Journal of Environmental Law for 'Protecting Everyday Nature'. Judges called it 'conceptually fascinating': doi.org/10.1093/jel/... @drsophiah.bsky.social @ljmabon.bsky.social @odirilwes.bsky.social

Yesterday I had the pleasure of introducing Mauro Lubrano’s new book ahead of his lively conversation with Sean Fleming. Congratulations on a topical and important book, @maurolubrano.bsky.social

I really enjoyed this podcast with @jemgilbert.bsky.social and @profafinlayson.bsky.social I came to it for insights into British politics, I stayed for the regressions. But it was the discussion on the crisis of liberalism that kept me through it.

EXCLUSIVE: Europe is rearming and one country is using defense money to beef up the army's ability to fight climate change. I found it's a growing trend Read the story for free here: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Become a guest writer for the IPR blog! Share your expertise, studies, and thoughts to enrich the policy conversation. Help shape the future of public policy by joining us here: buff.ly/0ueINOw #PublicPolicy #PolicyDiscourse

New publication - 'The Future as a Democratic Resource', online now at Perspectives on Politics doi.org/10.1017/S153... @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @lsepoltheory.bsky.social @leverhulme.bsky.social @lse-ei.bsky.social @lseblogs.bsky.social

Finally out in Politics & Gender! Please read & share this work with @thomsonjennifer.bsky.social “The Adoption of Feminist Foreign Policy: The Cases of Chile and Sweden” doi.org/10.1017/S174... We study the conditions that made possible the formal adoption of a Feminist Foreign Policy 🇨🇱🇸🇪

The program for the #PREDEF workshop on Forgotten Institutions is now online! Keynote by Anthoula Malkopoulou & contributions by @arthurghins.bsky.social @drsophiah.bsky.social @simonintheory.bsky.social a.o. Organised by @saragebh.bsky.social Details: predef.univie.ac.at/wsforgotteni...

Wonderful to see this important new Handbook of Environmental Political Theory published. Very pleased to have a contribution on “Anthropocene imaginaries” in it. Thank you to editors @amandamachin.bsky.social and Marcel Wissenburg for coordinating this project so smoothly.

In this article in @ecologicalcitizen.bsky.social, we reflect on Ecodemocracy: Operationalizing ecocentrism through political representation for non-humans www.ecologicalcitizen.net/pdfs/v03n2-1...

Can we build the #NetZero future the Climate Change Committee says is possible? 🌍 Today @thecccuk.bsky.social published its latest advice to the Government in its #SeventhCarbonBudget report. Read our CAST response: cast.ac.uk/building-a-n... Key messages thread 🧵

Happy to be in beautiful Bristol today to present our work on symbolic policies and climate policy support. Great workshop organised by @psaenvironmental.bsky.social, @environmentalpol.bsky.social, @psaepop.bsky.social and @jeppjournal.bsky.social. Agenda: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

Join us this week in Bristol for our Workshop on Elections and Climate Change @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @psaepopsg.bsky.social @jeppjournal.bsky.social @conorlittle.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @drsophiah.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/workshop-e...

We got a message from the university to remove any use of the "DEI", "diversity", "equity", or "inclusion" from all public-facing documents. They said that even "biodiversity" is being flagged by the federal government. We live in the dumbest timeline.

Call for Papers @europeanisa.bsky.social PEC 2025 for the newly established standing section on Reactionary Global Politics (REACT) in Bologna, Italy. @reacpolrn.bsky.social

We are hiring Junior Research Fellows for the summer of 2025! We are looking for outstanding graduate students to join us for the summer to make meaningful contributions to our transformative research and policy work across geographies and economic sectors. Applications due March 3.

As a member of the advisory group for this, heartily recommend this report on where Politics/IR teaching and research stands @uaces.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @mybisa.bsky.social

How has climate change scepticism in media coverage changed since 2014? 📍 Denial that it’s happening - DOWN from 2️⃣0️⃣% to 5️⃣% 📍 Attack on science - DOWN from 2️⃣0️⃣% to 1️⃣% 📍 Attack on policies - MARGINALLY UP from 2️⃣3️⃣% to 2️⃣4️⃣% bit.ly/4gR9poF

Spent this week finalising our programme of excellent talks for #QRS2025! Don't miss out on two days of great discussion on open qualitative methods! Find out more here: www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2... #openresearch #qualitative #qualitativeresearch #openscience

Finalized a master in political science, and hungry for more? Want to produce knowledge that can help us to deal with some of the most pressing issues of our time? Want a decent salary+work in a friendly environment? Then this is the job for you: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

I’ve an op-ed in the Guardian on pro-wrestling, politics & Donald Trump, of course. The idea pro-wrestling helps explain Trump is well established. Hopefully my point that ‘keeping #Kayfabe’ is becoming the norm in professionalised politics offers something new: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Really enjoyed this episode about climate justice in universities, with @profjohnbarry.bsky.social and @jenniecstephens.bsky.social Loved John's point about finding hope and joy in climate action, very different from optimism without agency. Hope requires urgency and action #SpeirGorm #Climate

To kick-start Bluesky, search for feeds + starter packs on topics you're interested in. I've got this feed with 2800 scientists who study climate + 8 starter packs on climate-related topics. Use SkyFollowerBridge to find your X follows + BlueArk to move your tweets over. bsky.app/profile/did:...

Sign up for the online roundtable on 'reflections on and beyond #COP29: Prospects of global #climate governance', with some excellent researchers, practitioners and thinkers. 4 December, 10:00-11:30 CET www.greendealnet.eu/Reflections-... @jenirisallan.bsky.social @oberthuerseb.bsky.social

So, #COP29 has approved $300 billion USD annually of climate funding to support countries severely impacted by climate change. We spend $310 billion USD annually on luxury goods, $250 billion on tobacco, $2,400 billion on military expenditure, and ~$6,000 billion in subsidies for petrochemicals....

If you see the atmosphere as a commons - a natural wealth for everyone to access equitably and sustainably - then it's not hard to see how deeply unjust the #COP29 $300bn per year goal from industrialised countries is, when historical responsibilities for excess emissions are taken into account. 1/

In case you missed it: we are appointing another postdoc at CEU, in the Knowledge in Crisis project @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social philjobs.org/job/show/28054

Calling all interdisciplinary Qualitative Researchers! We're pleased to announce the Call for Abstracts for the Ninth Annual Qualitative Research Symposium (QRS): 'Openness, Transparency and Rigour in Qualitative Research'! Find out more and see our full call here: www.bath.ac.uk/events/qrs-2...

When, how, and why do politicians engage with climate change? New @cast-centre.bsky.social briefing now published based on our systematic review of the academic literature on politicians and climate change Briefing available here: cast.ac.uk/resources/br...

There didn't seem to be one yet, so I created one. Please share! Reply or DM me if you'd like to be added. go.bsky.app/QJPicoq

“Future UN conferences should only be held in countries that show support for climate action” www.theguardian.com/environment/...

💫 CfP Now Open for the Paris Small Group Meeting – Envisioning the Future as a Driver of Individual and Collective Change for the Sustainable Development 💫 Come join us in Paris next summer to talk about research on envisioning *the future*! Find out more: lapea.u-paris.fr/small-group-... Pls share!

Rich countries met $100bn climate-finance goal by ‘relabelling existing aid’ | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social #CBarchive Read here ➡️ https://buff.ly/3YK6Rkt

I strongly suggest that you check out the #COP29 website... www.cop29.com

"5x 1-year postdocs on environmental humanities, drawn from any humanistic discipline, broadly interpreted to include all parts of world & historical eras... incl. but not limited to humanistic approaches to climate change, biodiversity,& environmental justice" #philsci #histsci #envhum #envhist

This is an excellent synopsis of the pros and esp. cons of the UK REF. However it perpetuates one myth (suggesting that only international, not national impact case studies can be scored at 4*) & in so doing points to another serious cost & flaw in the system: the high level of misinformation 1/2

(1/27) STARTER PACK THREAD. The environmental humanities, broadly conceived, have been flourishing on BlueSky lately. To further promote this growth, we recommend the following starter packs in and beyond the #EnvHum, beginning with ICEHO's for environmental history. Let's connect! #envhist

This is such an important point. Environmentalist discourse is diverse and heterogenous; there are often major differences within groups and even between individuals who tend to be lumped together (eg as ‘doomers’). But it suits some agendas to paint a much more simplistic picture.

We could have the best climate science in the world: but without action, solutions won’t happen; and solutions won't help, if they don’t make the world a better place. That's why my new starter pack features 101 experts in climate policy, law, economics, strategy--and justice. Check it out! 🌏🧪

Pleased to share my new article on the value of reading climate fiction as political theory. I argue that this helps to enrich and decolonise our ecopolitical imaginaries and the ways we envision just sustainable futures. doi.org/10.1016/j.fu...

I wrote for the @nytimes.com about European elections, the rise of the radical right, President Macron’s speech, elites and the people and what Machiavelli would have said. www.nytimes.com/2024/05/07/o...

The 6th Annual Cambridge Historical IR Conference Friday 10th of May 2024 Free and open to all Details here: polis.cam.ac.uk/histir.com

So the European Court of Human Rights decided that Switzerland’s insufficient climate policies violate elderly’s human rights. A major victory for climate justice ✊ :..so what? If you have questions, we got a new paper on climate litigation for you. www.bbc.com/news/science... 1/4

We’re hiring 2 assistant professors in political science at King’s College London @kcl.ac.uk Department of Political Economy. 1) Political Behavior www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083946-... 2) Gender and Political Theory www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/083947-... PSJMInfo polisky

Crucially, the idea that net zero would halt global warming relies on the fact that natural carbon sinks continue to remove CO2 from the atmosphere. This removal of this CO2 is classed as a natural process & is therefore not [counted as human activity] www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Looking forward to our conference kicking off tomorrow in Cambridge. It promises to be the intellectual stimulation we all need to dispel the early January gloom. 😊