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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 🧵

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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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:...

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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

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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....

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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/

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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

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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...

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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...

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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

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

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💫 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!

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

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

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🚨My book is out!🚨 "Confronting Climate Coloniality: Decolonizing Pathways for Climate Justice" This book critically examines climate coloniality globally & presents pathways to decolonize climate justice. 🔗 Info on ordering, discount code, open-access material & more is here. #ClimateColoniality

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"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

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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

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(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

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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.

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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! 🌏🧪

submitted 170 days ago • 49 comments

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...

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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...

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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

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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

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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

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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...

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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. 😊

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The CfP is now out for #ECPG2024. I am super excited to be co-convening the IR stream. I invite you to put in your paper & panel proposals of feminist and queer inspired/informed IR for a chance to join us in Ghent next year Get in touch if you have Qs Further details ⬇️ ecpr.eu/Events/Event...

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Has a reviewer ever made you chuckle? Working on R&R can be challenging, even demoralising. Thankfully some brilliant colleagues out there know how to say “you can do better than this” without being offensive or discouraging.

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Absolute 🔥 this. 'It has been recently suggested that universities, as they currently exist, are not fit for purpose in a time of planetary emergency, and there is a desperate need to develop alternative approaches.' 'There is no research on a dead planet.' www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

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Research fellowships at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Toulouse, France. Fellows are provided with office space, computer facilities and a contract for two years, renewable for a third year. www.iast.fr/research-fel...

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Next month, if you’re in Bath (and why wouldn’t you?) come along to BRLSI to hear us discuss all things #cyberdiplomacy www.bath.ac.uk/events/cyber...

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So the Conservative Party wants to “depoliticise science”—by “kicking woke ideologues out” of it 🦄🦄🦄

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