📢 New article 🌟 👥 Christin Heinz-Fischer & Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social (ISV) 👉 Revisiting International Political Leadership: Nordic Leadership in Informal Intergovernmental Climate Organisations 📗 Open Access in Global Policy 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1758...

I will not re-post this every time this happens to me.

Les denne framifrå saken der @elinlb.bsky.social forklarer hvorfor Norge mislykkes så spektakulært i klimapolitikken. Det er noen spredte røster som kanskje vil mer, men som land er vi fremdeles en petrostat. Dessverre. For det koster oss dyrt, og trenger ikke være sånn. www.uio.no/forskning/fo...

Spain's renewables build-out has structurally decoupled its electricity prices from gas markets. Gas now sets the price in only 15% of hours, compared to 90% in Italy. Countries that invested early in clean power are far less exposed to fossil fuel price shocks. Those that didn't now pay the price.

Reporter: Did you post that picture of yourself depicted as Jesus Christ? Trump: It wasn't a depiction. I did post it and I thought it was me as a doctor. And had to do with red cross as a red cross worker, which we support and only the fake news could come up with that one.

It took more than 30 years to develop a governance system for climate change. There are some successes (annual UNFCCC COPs, the @ipcc.bsky.social), but it is not efficient. We need a global governance system for AI, but we cannot use 30 years. Geopolitics are stacked against success. What to do?

My dog does this everyday when I return home. I am so glad I don’t have to visit the 🌖 to get this experience 🐕

It took more than 30 years to develop a governance system for climate change. There are some successes (annual UNFCCC COPs, the @ipcc.bsky.social), but it is not efficient. We need a global governance system for AI, but we cannot use 30 years. Geopolitics are stacked against success. What to do?

Peter Magyar confirmed that Szijjarto, Orbán's FM, has barricaded himself with some of his closest colleagues and is shredding documents related to the sanctions on Russia any other evidence of treason.

It was a pleasure to do a paired review for @poppublicsphere.bsky.social of @timmonsroberts.bsky.social et al's Climate Obstruction + @lilyhsueh.bsky.social's Corporation at Climate Crossroads. Highly recommended books on the struggles and opportunities of climate politics in the past decade.

Hungary has chosen Europe. Europe has always chosen Hungary. A country reclaims its European path. The Union grows stronger.

This is completely insane and he should be impeached. It is also extremely confusing. He writes "God Bless the Great People of Iran!" in the same post as he threatens them with annihilation (although I guess it makes sense in a sick way) and brags about having ushered in regime change (he has not).

“A whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again.” These are the words of the president of the United States, today. The president speaks genocide. And so we too must speak. Not only about crimes, but about their legal punishment. snyder.substack.com/p/the-presid...

Armageddon is terrible, but our only other option was diversity trainings at work.

📢 New article 🌟 👤 Jens Jungblut @jjungblut.bsky.social 👉 Turning the university into a political actor 📗 Open Access in Policy Reviews in Higher Education 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/2332...

This is my favorite climate change chart. Japanese monks, aristocrats, and emperors kept meticulous records of cherry blossom festivals for 1,200 years and accidentally built the world's longest climate dataset.

Three days left to apply for our mini-conference on political elites - deadline is April 1st! It will be held August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We promise good food (maybe brown cheese), beautiful scenery, & great work on political elites Call for papers w. submission link here: bit.ly/whogovminico...

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Jan Erling Klausen @janerlingklausen.bsky.social, Christian Lo, Signy Irene Vabo, & Marte Slagsvold Winsvold 👉 Why show up? Understanding why politicians attend public meetings 📗 Open Access in European Journal of Political Research 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S147...

Now get out and vote in the midterms like your life depends on it, because it does. #NoKings

Today's the day. America has no king. Come out and stand together in solidarity for freedom. #NoKings Find your event: www.nokings.org

Hvordan endte vi her? Det politiske flertallet bestemmer seg stadig vekk for å bruke milliarder på tiltak som gir skjevere fordeling av velferd og hindrer klimaomstilling. Kompensasjonspopulismen undergraver velferdsstaten og gir klimaendringer. Hva må til for å snu dette?

Hvordan endte vi her? Det politiske flertallet bestemmer seg stadig vekk for å bruke milliarder på tiltak som gir skjevere fordeling av velferd og hindrer klimaomstilling. Kompensasjonspopulismen undergraver velferdsstaten og gir klimaendringer. Hva må til for å snu dette?

How on earth was it possible to secure political support for a carbon tax in the agricultural sector in Denmark? This article by the fabolous Katrine Skagen gives you the answer. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cicero.oslo.no

Klimafrokost i regi av @uio.no og @klimastiftelsen.no tors. 26/3 kl, 08.30: Hvilken klimapolitikk trenger Norge når krig og konflikter forstyrrer?  Med @climansen.bsky.social,  Tine Nærland, @bard.lahn.no @ingridlil.bsky.social Kari Sofie Bjørnsen. Påmelding: www.klimastiftelsen.no/arrangement/...

How on earth was it possible to secure political support for a carbon tax in the agricultural sector in Denmark? This article by the fabolous Katrine Skagen gives you the answer. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @cicero.oslo.no

📢 New article 🌟 👥 Jens Jungblut @jjungblut.bsky.social (ISV), Nils B. Weidmann @nilsweidmann.bsky.social, & Carl Henrik Knutsen @chknutsen.bsky.social (ISV) 👉 The politics behind political science: A cross-national perspective 📗 Open Access in European Political Science 🔗 doi.org/10.1017/s168...

📢 New article 🌟 👤 Pierre Louis Daniel Squevin 👉 Les carrières des hauts fonctionnaires et leurs effets sur l’administration et ses usagers : les grands enseignements de la recherche internationale 📗 Published in Action publique. Recherche et pratiques 🔗 doi.org/10.3917/aprp...

Two weeks left to apply!

Publication alert! New paper on international climate politics! Multilateralism is on decline and international cooperation is getting messier. International climate politics is full of public-private collaboration and informal intergovernmental organizations. How does this work? 1/2

An interesting analysis 'Governments do not assume leadership in IIGOs because they want to shape bargaining processes within traditional and formal organisations, [...] rather, they do this for reasons particular to informal international cooperation.' #Renewables #ClimateEmergency #SoftDiplomacy

Publication alert! New paper on international climate politics! Multilateralism is on decline and international cooperation is getting messier. International climate politics is full of public-private collaboration and informal intergovernmental organizations. How does this work? 1/2

«If you rule out the fast phase out of fossil fuels, then you have to either remove carbon from the atmosphere, or reflect sunlight. Who decided that geoengineering was more feasible than rapid fossil fuel phase out?»

📢 New book chapter 🌟 👥 Guri Rosen (ISV) & Ulf Sverdrup 🔎 Norway and the European Union 📖 Published in Oxford Handbook of Norwegian Politics 🔗 doi.org/10.1093/oxfo...

There is still one month left to apply to the WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites. The deadline is the 1st of April. It takes place in Oslo, August 20-21st, 2026. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood. Call is found here : bit.ly/whogovminico...

NSF Update (Awards through 2/27/26) Directorates to follow 1/10

brutal bag of charts by @ashendruk.com www.not-ship.com/america-isnt...

The male genius myth is harmful to everyone. As a Nordic female academic, I was shocked by the culture when I was a visiting scholar at Harvard. It is so much better to be a female professor in the Nordics!

The male genius myth is harmful to everyone. As a Nordic female academic, I was shocked by the culture when I was a visiting scholar at Harvard. It is so much better to be a female professor in the Nordics!

Her er Ketil Rakness god: "Epstein-dokumentene minner oss om at politisk ulikhet ikke bare handler om økonomiske ressurser, men også om overlegen tilgang til informasjon om hva beslutningstagere tenker." www.aftenposten.no/meninger/kro...

So I guess that's it. New START has expired and almost 54 years of bilateral US-Soviet/Russia strategic nuclear arms control ends (for now).

You are far away from a democracy when government affiliates are open about how they work to hinder free elections.

The Washington Post has laid off least 14 climate journalists, newsroom sources told @sammyroth.bsky.social, effectively decimating one of the most important reporting teams in American climate journalism. A sad, terrifying, enraging day for the planet.

📢 New book chapter 👥 Espen D. H. Olsen @espendholsen.bsky.social & Guri Rosen (ISV) 🔎 Norway as Europe's Closest Outsider: Views of European Integration from a Non-Member 📗 Published in Political Actors’ Narratives on the Reforms of the European Union 🔗 doi.org/10.4324/9781...

Hvorfor, hvordan og når bør vi formidle forskningen vår til andre enn studenter og andre forskere? Hva er spesielt med formidling av statsvitenskapelig klimaforskning? Jeg synser litt om dette i denne teksten, forhåpentligvis til noe nytte for andre. www.uio.no/for-ansatte/...

Hvorfor, hvordan og når bør vi formidle forskningen vår til andre enn studenter og andre forskere? Hva er spesielt med formidling av statsvitenskapelig klimaforskning? Jeg synser litt om dette i denne teksten, forhåpentligvis til noe nytte for andre. www.uio.no/for-ansatte/...

Submit your application for the political science position in our new cross-disciplinary project on Carbon Capture and Usage! The deadline is fast approaching! One week to go. Do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

Interested in an academic career in political science? Do you want to work in a vibrant department with friendly colleagues? Interested in climate governance or EU studies? Do to live close to nature, but also enjoy a vibrant cultural scene? Appreciate a good work-life balance?