John Kenny

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Call for Papers for a Special Issue from @pspolisci.bsky.social -

'Forecasting the 2026 US Midterm Elections' - https://cup.org/3Wq5B5y

Submission Deadline: July 17, 2026

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Really delighted to see this article with @lucasgeese.bsky.social finally out.

Using speech analysis + elite interviews, we show that UK MPs give less attention to decarbonisation when they represent more carbon-intensive constituencies — especially among Conservative MPs and in marginal seats.

Looking forward to editing this issue on forecasting the 2026 midterms with @debraleiter.bsky.social

Submissions using established or novel methodologies are welcome. Peer review will be accelerated to enable publication of accepted articles before the election.

If interested, please get in touch!

I can't think of anything specifically on this I'm afraid.

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#OpenAccess from Italian Political Science Review / Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica -

A review of 'Polls, Pollsters, and Public Opinion: A Guide for Decision-Makers' by Clifford Young & Kathryn Ziemer - https://cup.org/4qVvzep

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New paper: CAST's Dr John Kenny & Prof Steve Fisher's journal article on "Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised" was published last month, using the European Social Survey from 2016-17 and 2020-22 📣

Read the paper 👇 doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Key findings thread 🧵

Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in ...

New paper out with @stevefisher.bsky.social at @environmentalpol.bsky.social.

We use @ess-survey.bsky.social from 2016-17 and 2020-22 to show how climate worry rose across Europe, and in Western Europe especially so for left individuals and voters of left parties.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Thanks very much!

Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in ...

New paper, with @johnkenny.bsky.social, shows politicisation of climate change attitudes in Europe from 2016 to 2022 increased mostly because of greater climate consciousness among those on the left rather than less among those on the right:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Europeans’ climate consciousness: increased yet more politicised As climate change became more important to voters and political parties in the late 2010s in Europe, this paper asks whether aspects of public opinion on the issue also became more politicised, in ...

New paper out with @stevefisher.bsky.social at @environmentalpol.bsky.social.

We use @ess-survey.bsky.social from 2016-17 and 2020-22 to show how climate worry rose across Europe, and in Western Europe especially so for left individuals and voters of left parties.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...

Very pleased to see our new article out in JEPOP. It details some of the fascinating insights we gleaned from digitalising and cleaning almost 800 individual-level polls carried out by Gallup in Britain between 1955-1991.

Very pleased to see our new article out in JEPOP. It details some of the fascinating insights we gleaned from digitalising and cleaning almost 800 individual-level polls carried out by Gallup in Britain between 1955-1991.

How we put together a framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinions surveys – Data Impact blog @ 10 John Kenny, from the Tyndall Centre, introduces a new UK Data Service case study. The case study explores his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of European public opinion surveys.

New blog post & case study: CAST affiliate, Dr John Kenny (@johnkenny.bsky.social) explores his climate change public opinion research and how his framework is shaping the design of public opinion surveys, on the UK Data Service's (@ukdsimpact.bsky.social) website. 📣

Read the blog post 👇

Was delighted to work on this impact case study with @ukdsimpact.bsky.social, which is based on our recent @environmentalpol.bsky.social article (doi.org/10.1080/0964...).

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MPs and public overestimate time left for climate action, study finds - Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research A new study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming.

A recent report reveals both UK MPs and the public greatly misjudge the timeframe for #ClimateAction. Few are aware the IPCC indicates emissions must peak by 2025 to keep warming at 1.5°C. Learn more about the study ⬇️ tyndall.ac.uk/news/mps-and...

Super excited to finally see this project out in the wild! What a journey it's been! Looking forward to see how people will use this awesome data. See thread below for more details from @jacobnyrup.bsky.social.

Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

A new CAST study has found that UK MPs and the public in the UK, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions. 📣

Read the paper in @commsearth.nature.com, co-authored by Dr John Kenny (@johnkenny.bsky.social) & Dr Lucas Geese (@lucasgeese.bsky.social) 👇

Few realise how short the window really is. Science says global emissions must peak by 2025. Yet publics in 🇬🇧 & 🇩🇪 still believe there’s more time left.

Not so different: Comparing British MPs’ and voters’ attitudes to climate change Abstract. There is a growing literature investigating the attitudes of political elites and citizens in a range of areas, and this article uses matched sur

There's some interesting MP polling by Pearson and Wager that is worth looking at: doi.org/10.1093/pa/g.... Climate Barometer also have a rich resource of MP polling over the last few years on climate issues (including some trackers) which may be if interest: climatebarometer.org/climate-baro...

Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

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@climateuea.bsky.social

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UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is evident among the public in Britain, Canada, Chile, and Germany.

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A new UEA study has found that UK Members of Parliament (MPs) and the public overestimated the time left to meet a critical deadline for limiting global warming. 

Read more 👉 bit.ly/3KAs1y2

#UKParliament #MPs #ClimateChange
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Bit of an awkward coincidence that our paper comes out on the day Kemi Badenoch pledges to scrap the UK Climate Change Act, but perhaps provides also a bit of an explanation:

Many UK politicians, and Tories especially, still don't fully grasp the urgency of cutting greenhouse gas emissions!
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As part of our Infra4NextGen project, @ess-survey.bsky.social has just released a new data summary that brings together insights from the European Social Survey, European Values Study, and the International Social Survey Programme...

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Publics and UK parliamentarians underestimate the urgency of peaking global greenhouse gas emissions Communications Earth & Environment - UK members of parliament overestimate the time available to mitigate climate change, with notable partisan differences, and a similar lack of knowledge is...

New paper with @lucasgeese.bsky.social at @commsearth.nature.com

UK MPs + publics in Britain, Canada, Chile & Germany underestimated the urgency of peaking global GHG emissions when surveyed in 2023.

@tyndallcentre.bsky.social @cast-centre.bsky.social
@climateuea.bsky.social

rdcu.be/eI4J3

The Challenge of Mobilizing Voters on Climate Policy Pledges When Climate is Low on the Political Agenda: Evidence from the 2024 UK General Election by @johnkenny.bsky.social in the Recent Elections in Europe: Trends and Challenges panel organized by @ecprpovb.bsky.social.

Our review article on the use of climate change questions in public opinion surveys is now available in the current issue of Environmental Politics.

Green backlash and right-wing populism - Nature Climate Change This Review considers research on the politics of climate policies. Climate policies, through their economic and cultural repercussions, impact public climate attitudes and voting behaviour, which in ...

📢 New Publication 📢

📄 Review article in Nature Climate Change

It examines how resistance to climate policy is reshaping politics & why populist right parties are the main beneficiaries?

(with Valentina Bosseti, Italo Colantone & Giorgio Musto)

Short 🧵

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys John Kenny, Senior Research Associate, University of East Anglia

SEMINAR: A framework for classifying climate change questions used in public opinion surveys 👥

Watch this live seminar at the University of Bologna, delivered by UEA's @johnkenny.bsky.social today
🕑2pm (UK time)

No need to register, just join online here: phd.unibo.it/pss/en/agend... #AcademicSky

New paper out at @electoralstudies.bsky.social with Michael Lewis-Beck. We show that political economy models - based on inflation rate, government/prime minister approval, and the number of terms in office - performed well in forecasting CON vote share ahead of the 2024 GE
doi.org/10.1016/j.el...