Jack Taggart

Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by “soft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakehol...

new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels

This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world

“There is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal.”

Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.

theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...

Please check out not only this piece by @jacktaggart.bsky.social & myself, but also our Special Section on 'The SDGs at 10' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social.

The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...

new blog by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on the UN SDGs, drawing on a recent special issue in @globalpolicy.bsky.social

lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance

The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...

🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
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We're advertising not one but TWO permanent(!) Lecturer positions at the mighty QUB: one in International Relations and one in International Public Policy. Deadline for both 13th October. Details -> www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob...

Last chance to register for the online launch of our Ethics & International Affairs Roundtable "Global Governance in Hard Times".

Registration for online and in-person attendance of our special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs at 10 is still open! Click here to register tinyurl.com/534s96an

The SDGs at 10: Please join us for a Special Section Launch event on Friday 12 September 14:00-17:00 (BST).

Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg.

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The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: Celebration or Commiseration?

Please join us for a half-day special section launch event marking the tenth anniversary of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Friday 12th September, 14:00 – 17:00 (BST), Bishop’s Dining Suite, Durham Castle & Online.

Details here:

Ten years since the UN's adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals & both the agenda and multilateralism are in a sorry state. Join us in-person at Durham Castle or online for a special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs. To register click here: tinyurl.com/534s96an

Delighted to see this paper out, co-written with Julia Loginovic where we think about what the #SDGs mean. Rather than concern for their apparent failure we argue they do exactly what they're supposed to: commodify and socialise ever more parts of the world under so-called "neoliberal" hegemony ...

Thank you Blayne!

While industrial policy may well be back, its resurgence is neither uniform nor uncontested. To 'rebuild the ladder' of development, calls for reform of the international monetary & financial system, and for 'green ecological space' @haugejostein.bsky.social, are more urgent than ever 12/12

We contend that these forms of unevenness and asymmetry are both a reflection and an outcome of ongoing contestation over industrial policy in the contemporary global political economy. 11/12

Third, industrial policy is stratified along a three-tiered continuum: advanced economies have few restrictions, geostrategically significant economies benefit from selective flexibility, yet low-income countries face persistent constraints & continued marginalisation. 10/12

Second, the policy tools and instruments mobilised by advanced and developing countries (i.e. the form industrial policy takes) differs significantly, reflecting unequal capacities for experimentation, implementation, and monitoring. 9/12

First, the pace that advanced and developing countries are adopting industrial policies is diverging, suggesting that the former are better positioned to take advantage of the current conjuncture of turbulent change. 8/12

We thus find that industrial policy is being deployed unevenly and asymmetrically across the global economy @rjuhasz.bsky.social @nathanlane.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social. This manifests in three ways. 7/12

First, the ability to autonomously pursue industrial policy is deeply shaped by persistent global financial and monetary hierarchies. Second, a country's degree and nature of integration into global supply chains. Third, geopolitical positioning vis-a-vis major powers. 6/12

But does this renewed interest in industrial policy actually translate into greater policy space at the country level? While some ideational and legal constraints have eased, a country's ability to autonomously pursue industrial policy, and the form it takes, is shaped by several factors. 5/12

An alternative 'transformative' vision is advanced by the G20 under emerging economy leadership. It pushes for expanded policy space, technology transfer, and global governance reforms that could enable greater state-led development. 4/12

A 'conservative' vision is advanced by institutions that have long discouraged industrial policy: the WTO, OECD, World Bank, and IMF. They can no longer ignore its global prevalence, yet they seek to discipline/control its proliferation ensure that it is market-oriented. 3/12

Despite the proliferation and return of industrial policy, it signals neither normalisation nor consensus; It is the object of intense contestation over the norms and practices of state interventionism. We first analyse two competing visions of industrial policy. 2/12

📣 New article w/ @iliasalami.bsky.social & @tomchodor.bsky.social on the return of industrial policy globally @globalpolicy.bsky.social. Does this signal a 'New Washington Consensus'? And does the return of industrial policy 'rebuild the ladder' of economic development? 🔗➡️ tinyurl.com/yk2wvttc 1/12

The call for papers describes the network and the workshop. Moreover, it outlines how you can submit a proposal.

Please join us for the 6th Global Policy North workshop at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 6-7 November 2025. Details in the CfP.

Cc: @globalpolicy.bsky.social; @uofgsps.bsky.social.

Paper here, and more on the way!: www.cambridge.org/core/service...

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

Important piece in the guardian that quotes our work on how the petrochemical historical bloc seeks to derail a UN global plastics treaty @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Global Aid Rethink - episode six- Global Politics and Development | BISA - Global Politics and Development Working Group

Ep 6 and final ep of Global Aid Rethink' podcast out now! 🌟

Hosted by Global Politics and Development WG convenors Dr Melita Lazell & @ivicapetrikova.bsky.social this week they're discussing 'the future of aid' w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social reflecting on recent aid cuts 🌎

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