Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor, by Andreas Malm, Kristoffer Ekberg, Christina Englund, Johanne Tagmose Grønkjær, Martin Charlier, Olivia Medin and Ståle Holgersen www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.122 💭 In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes @ioannisrz.bsky.social, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy. 👉 bit.ly/478VF6B

🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.30 🗣️ War in #Ukraine has transformed how often #EUleaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it. 🏅 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, Nicole Scicluna shows that enlargement remains cast as a conditional, merit-based process. 👉 bit.ly/4ommRVc

🗣️ #ProEU MEPs pursue #democratisation based on institutional mimicry. 🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens. 👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2

💼 We often consider business groups to be the dominant lobbying force in Brussels. 📘 But, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @frederikstevens.bsky.social shows the opposite: citizen groups are more likely to influence what gets on, or stays off, the #EU’s agenda. 👉 buff.ly/f5AAtfG

📙 Drawing on @prxjournal.bsky.social research, @rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place. 👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort. ➡️ bit.ly/3VKlG5I

Protecting Indigenous territories in Amazon rainforest areas with high levels of forest cover may help reduce the number of cases of several diseases in the surrounding areas, according to an analysis published in @commsearth.nature.com: spklr.io/63329ByPOU #environment #conservation

#OpenAccess in The GJ: 'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social This commentary explores the essential nature of commoning as a practice of collective care within today's political climate. doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky

Increased military emissions is one of the dangers of increased military spending, but the bigger concern as I explained to @grist.org is that an ever more militarised world is the opposite of climate justice. grist.org/climate/how-...

✨Once again, I am so grateful to be able to work, think, write, rewrite and share emotional highs and lows with the wonderful @corinna-viajera.bsky.social and @sware.bsky.social 💜 Read some results of our common care-full endeavour in the latest issue of @environmentalpol.bsky.social

My thoughts on why NATO's new spending pledge is catastrophic for people and the planet. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Online first at Space and Polity: "The more-than-human commons in a crisis-ridden context: the case of the women’s collective and the chamomile-bee commons in Skouries of Halkidiki, Greece" by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Latest issue, Vol 34, Issue 4 out now. 8 research articles and 3 book reviews. See below for details. environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...

New article out now discussing the relationship of commons and commoning to progressive populism. Link to the article here: doi.org/10.1177/1942...

We will not be distracted. We will not be discouraged. We’ve got our eyes on the prize. And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve. The time to organize is now. OcasioCortez.com

And that’s on that 😌

New publication out now! Together with @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social we suggest understanding commons as an empty signifier, a way to highlight the messiness, within commons and co-depence of commons to state institutions and capital. journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFEGN...

New publication on care politics and the importance of social reproduction for politics of the Anthropocene. journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Political Geography is soliciting nominations for the 2025 Early Career Researcher Paper Award. Nominations are due February 14