Mat Paterson

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The demographics of the Gorton & Denton ward make by-election predictions almost impossible - but this is an insightful yet succinct analysis from Prof Rob Ford

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New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:

YouTube video by SCI A Talk on 'Roadkill' with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore - SCI Annual Lecture 2025

🚗💥Revisiting Prof Henrietta Moore’s SCI lecture on Roadkill

Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design!

Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc...

#RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities

🗺️ WEBINAR | Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape

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I was honored to write this @gepjournal.bsky.social article with a stellar group of environmental politics scholars. As we are entering a new geopolitical order, it's important to bring geopolitics fully back into the study of global environmental politics! @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social

Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...

What do the key trends in international relations mean for the study on global environmental politics?

New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.

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China shows monetary independence may hinder net zero progress Government direction has spurred PBoC to adopt green monetary policy measures, argue economists Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.

🌱💰 New article by James Jackson & Matthias Larsen in Green Central Banking

How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero.

Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m

📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod...

The Department of Politics warmly welcomes Dr. Jake Ainscough who is joining the Department as Lecturer in Environmental Politics. A warm welcome from everyone in the Politics Department!

The Department of Politics warmly welcomes Rebecca Willis who is joining the University of Manchester as Professor of Energy and Climate Governance. A warm welcome from everyone in the Politics Department!

This looks like a great resource for climate campaigners. Very happy just to have been interviewed for it! tacticaltech.org/replaybook-a.... produced by @info-activism.bsky.social

Plastics need a complete redesign to make them easier to recycle, researchers argue Thousands of chemicals used in plastics makes creating a truly circular economy far harder

🔬♻️ SCI Research Spotlight

Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastics.

Plastics need a complete redesign to make them easier to recycle, researchers argue Thousands of chemicals used in plastics makes creating a truly circular economy far harder

📖 Read the article: bit.ly/3Z8UDCJ
📄 Explore Torik’s latest report: bit.ly/4t8nFQv

Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...

Excited this piece with excellent colleagues is now out! We examine implications of geopolitical turbulence in the world for the GEP research agenda @yixiansun.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social
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The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters? Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest

New Swingometer post now out - my look at the Gorton and Denton by-election, taking place down the road from me swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...

A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.

👏 Congratulations to JUST’s Professor Rebecca Willis (@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social) on her move from @lancasteruni.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance.

We wish Rebecca every success in her new role and a warm welcome to Manchester!

Wow... Writing this paper was a bit like watching a soap opera unfold. But it's out now in @bjpir.bsky.social

The big story is still: The ECB marched forward, with clear democratic authorisation, but not the Fed. Green central banking is much more democratic than people think.

‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus

📣 New research in @theguardian.com shows MPs massively underestimate public support for climate policies.

This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2

The Tufton St lobbyists and their media enablers have been using the 'scary number' playbook again this week.

So we've just updated our factcheck to capture this...

Economy and Society (Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society

📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...

kunsthistorisches museum. A room with something like half the extant breughels in it.

I haven't got a subscription so can't see it. but no surprise really. His focus has always been on adapting to the hegemonic pretensions of the prevailing US situation (hence trashing Kyoto in the Bush years) rather than any serious attempt to think about how to get for serious climate policy.

Webinar | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A place-specific approach to reach net zero In this webinar we unveiled our innovative readiness mapping tool - built on trusted datasets - to show how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition. In this replay you’ll: - Learn about the readiness tool’s new functionality, its development over the last five years and future impact. - Understand how policymakers, local organisations and climate actors can use it to prepare for or drive transition. - Get data-driven insights into how people live, travel, consume and work in UK regions. 💬 Share your thoughts and feedback in the comments 👍 Like and subscribe to stay updated with JUST's people-centred sustainability research Connect with JUST 🌍 Web: just.ac.uk LinkedIn: /company/just-research-centre BlueSky: @justcentre.bsky.social YouTube: @JUSTCentre

💡ICYMI: Catch up on yesterday's webinar where we unveiled our net zero readiness tool!

Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒

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Video of this webinar now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxz...

10 Years After Paris, China Is Shaping Our Climate Future The seminal global climate agreement changed the world, just not in the way we thought it would.

The Paris Agreement sent a signal to states to decarbonize & support non-polluting economic sectors. China has seized on that incentive while the United States has not, leaving China in control of the main technologies driving the clean energy transition. That creates geopolitical risks of its own.

A major new book by Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social @officialuom.bsky.social, and Stacy D VanDeveer @umassboston.bsky.social examines why climate strategies often clash—even among those committed to action.

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w...

@sustainableuom.bsky.social

A “Reform vs Not Reform” strategy is only going to work for Labour if they are seen as credibly “not Reform” by LD/Green curious voters. Every hardline intervention on immigration weakens that credibility but without persuading Reform curious voters.

Webinar: Where should we put our energy (transition)? Taking a new place-specific approach to reaching net zero.

📣 WEBINAR | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A new place-specific approach to reaching net zero.

Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.

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