Prof at EPFL @epflcdm @epfl_en | Policy & Sustainability Lab (PASU) | Managing Director at E4S @E4S_Center
Joined March 2013
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I taught a political economy/policy course with a former politician. Students loved it. It works esp well when you provid analytical content that the practitioner can then build upon to show where the theory works and where it breaks down. Students end up with something great.
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Join me at @mcgillu! We're recruiting an outstanding International Political Economy (junior) scholar with a strong quantitative research profile. I am on the search committee. DM or email me for questions. Vibrant research community and amazing city! l1nq.com/y2b8jgd
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The political economy punchline?
Areas that voted most strongly for Leave have not suffered the largest economic costs. The correlation is weakly negative as Remain-voting areas (London, Scottish cities, university towns) bore the brunt
Brexit was a levelling up by levelling down
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My group has an opening for a PhD student to work on a project linking climate, economics, and public policy. EPFL is a great place for ambitious junior scientists!
More details + applications here: careers.epfl.ch/job/Lausanne….
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🚨Elections, Right-wing Populism, & Political-Economic Polarization🚨One of my dissertation chapters is now available @The_JOP!
How have right-wing populists attracted at-risk workers 🧑🏭🤖 once loyal to mainstream left parties in majoritarian multi-district and PR systems? 🧵1/n
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The 2035 Initiative at UCSB is a "think and do tank" aimed at confronting the climate crisis. We are hiring a Deputy Director to work closely with 2035 faculty on a wide range of policy, research, and management activities across the Initiative. 1/3
recruit.ap.ucsb.edu/JPF02750
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📢CALL FOR PAPERS | SITE and @FREEnetworkorg
invites paper submissions to a one-day workshop session on the 'Political Economy of Environmental Policy' with a keynote lecture by Prof. @MichaelAklin from @EPFL_en on April 19, 2024. 📮Submit your paper: hhs.se/en/about-us/news/site…
ALT Cubes representing green company culture for corporate sustainability. Photo: 3rdtimeluckystudio, Shutterstock
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Why did Tesla, a pioneer in electric vehicles, get dropped from the S&P 500's top ESG list, while Exxon, known for its oil operations, climbed up?
We explore this question and many others in our new podcast episode ‘Is ESG Woke ?’ with Julia Binder, Professor at @IMD_Bschool
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.@MichaelAklin @epflcdm identifies labour market challenges—skills & geography—that could hinder the US transition from fossil to green jobs, highlighting the feasibility of the transition if green jobs are created close to areas with fossil fuel workers.
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🚨New paper in @NatCities🚨 Want more career mobility and access city jobs? The usual advice is to specialize in white collar skills. But our analysis of millions of worker resumes shows that the benefits of skill specialization are relative to your city nature.com/articles/s44284-0…
Interested in obstacles to fossil fuel phaseouts? I wrote a note @voxeu on labor market problems faced by fossil fuel workers.
Labor market frictions make it hard to provide new jobs. Place-based policies can mitigate the problem, but the risk of political failure is high.
.@MichaelAklin @epflcdm identifies labour market challenges—skills & geography—that could hinder the US transition from fossil to green jobs, highlighting the feasibility of the transition if green jobs are created close to areas with fossil fuel workers.
ow.ly/XMso50Qnmkx
My lab is recruiting! Two positions:
1 postdoc (1-2yr) (flex date) recruiting.epfl.ch/Vacancies…
1 PhD student (4yr) (Sep '24) epfl.ch/about/working/cdm-ph…
Ideal for folks interested in sustainability policy/econ and who have strong tech skills (causal, computational, etc.).
Deadline coming up tomorrow! Well, the first deadline of two -- folks can also apply for the second deadline (April 15) if it's too tight.
📣The application process for the MSc in Sustainable Management and Technology is now open! Apply on @EPFL website before December 15th 2023: epfl.ch/education/master/pro… #sustainability #education #HigherEd #Tech4Good
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Is it possible to phase out coal and still win an election? Yes! Excited that my paper w @fergusgreen & Mikel González-Eguino on the electoral success of #JustTransition policies in coalmining communities is now available #OpenAccess in @apsrjournal doi.org/10.1017/S00030554230…
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"Marketing is the child of globalization, and it will be the parent of sustainability." Quite a strong statement from our latest guest, Frédéric Dalsace. But what if it were true?
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Our new @SciReports paper documents drastic shift towards more negative US political tone beginning w/ Trump’s 2016 primary campaign. Trump was main, but not only, driver of effect.
Paper: nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
News: actu.epfl.ch/news/a-new-epfl…
Data: quotebank.dlab.tools/
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@mrfrank, @Jhyun_Lim, and @MichaelAklin explore the absorption of current US fossil fuel workers in emerging green jobs considering skills and location. They find location to be a barrier in a #JustTransition for these workers @PittTweet, @UNC, @EPFL_en nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Will US fossil fuel workers be able to tap into emerging green jobs? In a new @NatureComms paper, @mrfrank5790, @Jhyun_Lim, and I show that geography and low mobility create serious hurdles for such job transitions. Check Morgan's thread for details!
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New pub in @NatureComms w/ @Jhyun_Lim & @MichaelAklin investigates a #JustTransition for US 1.7 million fossil fuel workers into emerging green jobs. While political discourse focuses on workers' skills, we uncover an even bigger barrier: location. nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
ALT A fossil fuel worker chooses between an oil well and wind turbines.
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How do public climate pledges shape public opinions, and affect actual reductions in carbon emissions? @MichaelAklin, @MarkBuntaine (@brenucsb), and @mmildenberger investigate in a new working paper. ucigcc.org/publication/worki…
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Thrilled to see our paper on Generalized Kernel Regularized Least Squares, co-authored with Max Goplerud, has officially been released in @polanalysis! 🚀📚
Paper: doi.org/10.1017/pan.2023.27
Package: cran.r-project.org/package=g…
Website: <Coming soon!>