#Green agenda success in #city cores may breed resentment in the periphery. As @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & @mahiryazar.bsky.social argue in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, a moral hierarchy that punishes car-dependent suburbanites —often on lower incomes— is a recipe for #populism. doi.org/10.1080/2162...

By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We have a new paper critiques urban sustainability 🚨🏡. Amid rising discontent, we argue the backlash stems from an agenda that favours city centres while overlooking spatial dynamics and injustices fueling core-periphery divides that linger on.... 👇 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Great to have scholars like @fromtga.bsky.social engaging in public debate about institutions we must fight for to keep our #democracy alive in times of authoritarian rise. We need to go back to the basics like independent judiciary or civil service neutrality www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

📈 Cities growing, rural areas shrinking - or are they? Mapping #population change across the Nordics over 30 years (1990-2022) shows: 🔹 #Growth around capitals 🔹 #Decline in many inland & northern areas 🔹 Pockets of renewal along coasts and small towns 🗺️ See more: nordregio.org/maps/total-p...

🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️ 📖 #OA

Norway remains one of the world’s most stable democracies. Yet rising populism and sharper debate in the 2025 election revealed growing strains beneath the surface. Read @katrif.bsky.social analysis of the recent general election in Norway for @illsp.bsky.social www.illiberalism.org/continuous-s...

This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc... A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)

Hitchcock was a visionary... nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...

After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde

The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity. As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.

NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.

New report that maps the network of anti-offshore wind groups and their lawyers: www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...

I recently found an interview with Bruno Latour I had been looking for for a long time and thought this might be a good idea: A list of all the interviews he did during his lifetime, plus some commentary. It's not yet finished, but useful enough to share, I hope. open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...

Great to be part of this collective effort! New transformation injustices overlap and intersect with legacy injustices — see our commentary published @Nature Energy 👇, led by @lukashermwille.bsky.social

My new piece for @science.org is about safety, technology and how we can't automate governance. A quick thread... 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

1/ Yesterday the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights published its review on the #costofliving #crisis in #Europe. It provides an overview of the impacts of the crisis on #humanrights related to #socialprotection #housing #work #energy #food & of #groups most severely affected by the crisis

I've just finished/delivered my new book on hauntology, landscape and music. Out Nov! The end of England, post-Brexit malaise, the decline of the left, strange music, weird walking, ghosts of the past. You probably won't like it, but be brave and have a listen: www.mixcloud.com/gypjh2000/li...

Join us for our forthcoming webinar Legal Geography for Regions and Cities: A Place-first Approach, 26th March 2025, 13.00 GMT. In this webinar, the speakers will explore how law shapes and is shaped by the spaces we inhabit. Register here: bit.ly/RCI26Mar

"...the anti-immigrant campaigns of both centrist parties...did not win over any far-right voters. Nor did they inspire their core voters. To do that, they will need their own ideas and priorities, which means looking beyond immigration (which was only the third most important issue for voters..."

Great to see the pre-recorded guest lecture worked well for engaging with graduates at Groningen Uni on urban sustainability, justice, and populism. Thanks again for the invite @muhalefetserhi.bsky.social ! #CriticalApproaches25

@senatorsurfer.bsky.social outlines the damage to Australian democratic processes & popular support for renewable energy rollout and climate policy of global #AtlasNetwork disinformation campaigns. Kindly quotes my submission to the Senate inquiry on Offshore Wind. www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tq...

In-depth Q&A: What is ‘climate justice’? | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive Read: https://buff.ly/3MXl5HL

4/ We often hear that radical protest will "just put people off your cause", but we now have evidence that's not true The M25 motorway blockades by @just-stopoil.bsky.social led to a 3.3% increase in support for a moderate organisation, Friends of the Earth Equivalent to 2 million people in the UK

I can’t wait for this to be out - a book of propositions on the politics of feeling in populism, liberalism and progressivism with @ajsecor.bsky.social Probably the work I’m most proud of so far - as I think it says something novel about this conjuncture www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...

Tipping point framings can lead to political paralysis. This video highlights that it may also favour overly technocratic responses. Understanding abrupt changes in the climate system matters. Negotiation and participatory democracy for just and equitable responses matters as much, if not more.

A great way to end the year 🙌 3 articles in @natureportfolio.bsky.social journals in 3 months. 2 are published and 1 is on the way. 🤓Amazing job by our researchers @mahiryazar.bsky.social @havardhaarstad.bsky.social Tsimafei, Silje & Johan Read about them here 👇 www.uib.no/en/cet/17477...

📢 CALL FOR ABSTRACTS 📢 The Beyond Oil: Changing Climate Futures conference in Bergen on the 22nd and 23rd of October, 2025 is now open for abstract submissions. 📆 Submit by March 28th, 2025 www.uib.no/en/cet/17307... 📷 Thor Brødreskift & Beyond Oil 2023 artwork by Håvard Legreid

Our paper @NatureCities w/ @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & Johan Elfving, finds mobility policies dominate C40 cities, but less than half prioritize procedural justice, leading to tokenistic participation in urban climate governance. Details 👇https://rdcu.be/d2UO0 @uibcet.bsky.social