Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...

My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up. NYT just covered it. 1/n www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...

Calling the Amazon Soy Moratorium a cartel. Wow, don't think even the Trump admin could've thought that one up. Tragic. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We (the Leiden University Institute of Public Administration) are hiring! Two Assistant Prof positions, with interest in scholars focusing on sustainability. Please consider applying...it's a great place to be! Deadline is September 14th. www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3540...

I'm happy to share that I've been awarded €35,000 from the Leiden University Fund and Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds for a project titled "A global analysis of the structure and impact of the environmental state".

congrats to canada for seeing us as a cautionary tale and being all “not in my mf’ing house”

Re “woke” Harvard students: - Nearly 1/2 of Harvard undergrads plan on careers in finance or consulting - Just around 6% plan for jobs in government or non-profits

"Amid the news void, Canada Proud and dozens of other partisan pages are rising in popularity on Facebook and Instagram before the election. At the same time, cryptocurrency scams and ads that mimic legitimate news sources have proliferated on the platforms. "

Good job, Stanford admin. More of this. “America’s univs are a source of great national strength, creating knowledge and driving innovation and economic growth,” they also wrote. “This strength has been built on government investment but not government control.“ stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...

There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy Harvard & others must counter this quickly The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value

Happy to see this piece out in Public Management Review! I examine the challenges Brazil’s protected areas agency has faced in allocating its workforce in a way that supports its key goal of preventing hashtag#deforestation. Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v @pmreview.bsky.social

This is an absolutely amazing research effort and intervention outcome. Big congrats to all involved! www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Me. I derive joy from Walz.

Teaching the political economy of the green transition this term, I used, and learned from, some amazing 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. A 🧵 on some of the best. Further suggestions are very welcome, I'll add them below.

New Paper alert! We propose a novel framework for organizing ex ante multi-criteria assessments of climate policy pathways at the science-policy interface, usable e.g. by formal advisory bodies such as @expertenratklima.bsky.social, @thecccuk.bsky.social ky.social and @airresources.bsky.social. 1/

Exploit a crisis to recruit (expensive) hotshot academics from abroad at the same time you're cutting $1.2 billion from your own education sector. Cool 👍👍 nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...

My review of a new short book edited by Michael Lewis that profiles some of the nation’s outstanding and fascinating federal employees. As I wrote in the @washingtonpost.com review, “Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/who-is-gov...

The World Happiness Report is out, and Finland is indeed #1, followed by Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden. If you rank countries by positive emotion, though, Senegal is #1 and Finland is #25. Again, this illustrates the difference between measures of life satisfaction and happiness.

It, unfortunately, will also silence international scholars (maybe even US citizens living abroad) who are leading authorities to comment on what Trump is doing to America. These conversations are happening in European academia.

Took more like 1 month but, yes, maybe some hope on the horizon: www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/u...

The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...

Compared to Europe, the US has weak environmental and climate regulations, but strong science. Now what has worked is ripped apart. The American population will be exposed to more pollution and health risks and the whole 🌎 will suffer due to less knowledge. It is 💔 to watch this play out.

"Philanthropists and donors are concerned that Mr. Trump might come after their foundations. Mr. Gates has been viciously attacked by Elon Musk, one of Mr. Trump’s closest advisers."

I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.

Hold off on USAID obituaries and suggesting staff have gone. Most actions so far are under legal challenge, only Congress can get rid of USAID (and its funding), the staff are on administrative leave. What has happened is terrible, but it is time to push back, not give in.

Very serious Democratic strategists advise the party to allow Trump to illegally dismantle USAID -- a decision that will result in the unnecessary deaths of people around the world. www.politico.com/news/magazin...

Was looking for supplementary readings for my Power Politics class. Came across this. Sob. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

The data at USAID's ForeignAssistance dot gov was removed over the weekend, but it seems to be back (for now). As a backup, I've uploaded the data both as static CSV files and a queryable API - Details: andrewheiss.github.io/foreignassis... - API: foreignassistance-data.andrewheiss.com

This guy’s onto something. We should set up a new branch of government that can set USAID spending levels and investigate if the funds are being spent correctly. We could even have that branch be democratically elected and have wide representation from the entire country.

Need high resolution daily air pollution data for India? We've got you. Great new work led by Ayako Kawano developing satellite+ML-based measures of PM2.5 going back decades, and using it to evaluate recent progress in improving air quality. www.science.org/doi/full/10....

I mean better than no contribution but also 🤯

If we don't stop this shit, we'll get to a point where scientists have to post this kind of sycophantic nonsense publically to get their NSF or NIH funding.

Researching how data/AI can drive digital and green transformations, from a policy perspective? Join us this June in The Hague for the 2025 Data for Policy Conference!

Interesting new paper in the JOP showing that street-level bureaucrats’ traits have some effects on community evaluations of performance, but those effects don't translate to overall institutional context. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

🚨 New working paper with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social + Simran Singh 🚨 Private sector demand for climate expertise is skyrocketing. Firms now compete with the government to hire top climate experts. How does this competition affect the state's capacity for climate governance? doi.org/10.31219/osf...

"Chatbots do not offer a value-neutral perspective on the environment" Super important new paper as LLMs increasingly become knowledge workers' go-to search engine Well done @profhvdv.bsky.social and team! iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

Americans are now one-third less likely to die from cancer at the same ages as Americans in 1990

As we gawk at the $250M Musk spent elect Trump, take a guess how long it took him to “earn” it back in the market? It took just 15 minutes. I'm not kidding... 15 minutes. According to Bloomberg, his net worth soared by $8B just today. That’s billionaire math for you—and it’s all of our problem.

Please consider submitting paper and panel proposals to the #EnvironmentalPolitics section of the next European Consortium for Political Research (@ecpr.bsky.social) General Conference in Thessaloniki, Greece, August 2025! Deadline for submissions is **January 6**. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

We're so back

Hi all. First post. I've created a starter pack for people interested in public administration. You can suggest names, including your own. #publicadministration go.bsky.app/DLEUWFj

Graph of the day. For those wondering whether the over-performing Dutch universities need more or (even) less funding. This red line is the government investment per student. More, not less, funding is needed. #DoeHetNiet @woinactie.bsky.social source: @universiteitennl.bsky.social 🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥🟥

"The evidence shows China is already one of the largest providers of climate finance. If anything, the only thing China is guilty of is being too modest and not properly communicating its global leadership." www.scmp.com/opinion/chin...

Q: how can I contribute in a potentially large way to combatting the biodiversity and climate crises? A: encourage young people to run for office.

Wow it feels good as a teacher when nearly all of your students crush an assignment- especially on one of your favorite topics. 🔥

I am hiring 2 PhD students and 1 postdoc! Come to beautiful Basel & join our friendly, dynamic research group to work on the implementation of due diligence legislations in the coffee, cocoa, and palm oil sectors! PhD positions: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell... Postdoc: jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...

#Polisky folks: Bocconi University is looking for AP in Environmental Politics & Policy 🌏 Offer: Great group of political scientists working at awesome social science university in a fabulous city 🙌 🚨 Deadline: 30th of November Please share 🔁 Apply 🔗 & ℹ️ : jobmarket.unibocconi.eu?type=&dep=SPS