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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · Feb 27

#Earlyview #Openaccess

'The Green Economy and the Global South' by @hochstet.bsky.social #greeneconomy #globalsouth #RegGov See abstract 👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

New paper in regulation and governance 'The Green Economy and the Global South'
by Kathryn Hochstetler

ABSTRACT
The idea of a “green economy” is one of the latest attempts to bridge the environment and development aims, with a focus on economic growth that makes it appealing to countries that still see a significant development gap to make up. Yet the green economy—most often studied in the Global North and made the target of explicit policy initiatives there, often with substantial public and private resources—also presents additional challenges for the diverse states and populations of the Global South. In this commentary, I sketch a research agenda on three questions that reflect those challenges: (1) To what extent are the promises of the green economy credible in the national conditions of the Global South? (2) Will the green economy reduce poverty and reach the poorest populations of the Global South? and (3) How do the green economy activities of the Global North reverberate in the Global South?

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Wendy H. Wong @profwhw.bsky.social · Feb 28

I am very pleased to be delivering the 2025 Political Science Keynote Lecture at @carletonu.bsky.social on March 6 from 5-6:30pm. If you're interested in data governors and human rights, come join us! You can register here👇

carleton.ca/polisci/?p=3...

#humanrights #data #wethedata #governance

Keynote Lecture: We, the Data: Human Rights in the Digital Age

Wendy H. Wong is Professor of Political Science and Principal’s Research Chair at the University of British Columbia. She works on issues of human rights, technology, and global governance. Wong is th...

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Dr. Prakash Kashwan @pkashwan.bsky.social · Mar 4

The 2025 ESS Distinguished Scholar Award panel honoring the work of Ben Cashore underway in Continental C at #ISA2025. @isaess.bsky.social

Panelists at the 2025 Distinguished Scholar Award Panel honoring the work of Ben Cashore at ISA 2025.

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Dr. Annemieke van den Dool @pubpolicychina.bsky.social · Sep 27

This recent @psjeditor.bsky.social article by Anna Kopec shows how people who experience homelessness participate in politics. Activities include voting & informing/advising general public, peers, government & other relevant organisations to bring about change. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/ps

This is a screenshot of the article mentioned in the tweet. The title is "The interactive effects of policies: Insights for policy feedback theory from a qualitative study on homelessness."

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Global Environmental Politics @gepjournal.bsky.social · Mar 11

Our February issue is online, featuring incisive work on populism, plastics, gender, tech & int'l cooperation, & more by @frabitz.bsky.social, @nives-dolsak.bsky.social, @policyrelevant.bsky.social, @jacktaggart.bsky.social, @pmhaas.bsky.social & others not on Bluesky!
direct.mit.edu/glep/issue/2...

Volume 25 Issue 1 | Global Environmental Politics | MIT Press

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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · Apr 8

#Specialissue #Greentransitions #Politicaleconomy

'Green Transitions: Rethinking Political Economy in the Context of Climate Change'
by @basakkus.bsky.social & Gregory Jackson

See special issue introduction 👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

ABSTRACT
Although political economy (PE) has long engaged with environmental issues, climate change has remained at the margins of the field until very recently. This article argues that fully addressing the transformative challenges brought up by climate change requires a fundamental rethinking of core PE concepts related to the state, distributional struggles, economic growth, varieties of capitalism, and markets. Rather than treating the state as a neutral regulator or market facilitator, we conceptualize the green state as actively structuring transitions through mitigation policies, adaptation strategies, and the governance of just transition conflicts. Green transitions generate new distributional conflicts—within and across countries, between incumbent and emerging industries, and among social groups with unequal exposure to climate risks and transition costs. Climate policy also challenges growth-centered economic models, raising questions about the viability of green growth versus degrowth strategies. Different varieties of capitalism are evolving in response, with distinct institutional pathways shaping the speed and character of transition efforts. Finally, we critique market-based approaches that assume price mechanisms alone can drive decarbonization, highlighting the role of non-economic values, institutional constraints, and distributional struggles in shaping green markets. By linking climate change to core debates in comparative and international political economy, we identify new research agendas for understanding the uneven and contested pathways of green transitions across economic systems. This article, along with the others in this special issue on Greening the Economy: Toward a New Political Economy, aims to bridge some of these critical gaps.

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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · Mar 31

Changing Landscapes of #SustainabilityGovernance: What's Next for #VSS? IDOS is co-hosting the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) Academic Advisory Council Meeting 2025 today and tomorrow in Bonn: www.idos-research.de/en/events/de...

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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · May 27

#Earlyview #Openaccess

'The Drivers of Science Referenced in US EPA Regulatory Impact Analyses: Open Access, Professional Popularity, and Agency Involvement'
By: Tyler A. Scott, Sojeong Kim, Liza Wood

See abstract below 👇

#RegulatoryScience #RegGov

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

ABSTRACT
We perform bibliometric analysis on documents for 255 Regulatory Impact Analyzes (RIAs) prepared by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from 1980 through 2024. Using a series of automated information extraction methods, we extract references from these documents and match them to bibliographic records. We then build a database of relevant articles (whether cited in an RIA or not) and fit a two-stage regression model that predicts whether, and how many times, a reference is used in RIAs as a function of journal prestige, professional popularity, article accessibility, EPA funding, and involvement of EPA employees as co-authors. By considering cited and uncited articles related to similar scientific concepts, we can observe systematic differences in what types of research products get used in policy analysis. Academic popularity, open access status, and EPA authorship and sponsorship all predict more likely and more frequent article use. Articles in prestigious journals are no more likely to be referenced, but once referenced in the corpus are then referenced more frequently.

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Jun 10

Now out in the latest issue of New Political Economy. #RegGov #fisheries #audits #intermediaries

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

Rethinking capacities of regulatory market-assurance intermediaries: the case of seafood sustainability audits

Credible assurances about the invisible qualities of goods and services – such as sustainability features – are key to market governance. The theory of regulatory intermediaries offers a lens for a...

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · May 27

Would be great see a similar study in Canada.

FYI @sjcfishy.bsky.social

Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · May 27

#Earlyview #Openaccess

'The Drivers of Science Referenced in US EPA Regulatory Impact Analyses: Open Access, Professional Popularity, and Agency Involvement'
By: Tyler A. Scott, Sojeong Kim, Liza Wood

See abstract below 👇

#RegulatoryScience #RegGov

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · May 27

Great new study. Interesting possible connections here to work on regulatory intermediaries.

Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · May 27

#Openaccess #Earlyview

'Legal Brokers of Chinese Investment in Cambodia: Compliance Between Contract and Culture'
by: @matthewserie.bsky.social, Molly Bodurtha, Sokphea Young

See abstract below 👇

#RegGov #Compliance #investment

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

ABSTRACT
In conventional understandings of compliance, lawyers and compliance officers internalize compliance within corporations. Complicating this model, this article argues that compliance professionals may occupy a Janus-faced role between informality and formality. We use the case of “legal brokers” of Chinese investment in Cambodia as our empirical testing ground. Based on qualitative fieldwork conducted in Cambodia from 2019 to 2022, we find that legal brokers between Chinese investors and Cambodian counterparties are a vital feature of the market converting illicit into lawful capital. Our findings have implications for not just compliance professionals but also market entry, sustainable development, anti-bribery, and rule of law. By drawing on theoretical literature including relational contract and guanxixue (the study of guanxi or “social ties”), we scale up our findings to conclude that a focus on legal brokers reveals a social reality that may be more emblematic for most of the world than the existing model.

Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · May 27

#Openaccess #Earlyview

'Legal Brokers of Chinese Investment in Cambodia: Compliance Between Contract and Culture'
by: @matthewserie.bsky.social, Molly Bodurtha, Sokphea Young

See abstract below 👇

#RegGov #Compliance #investment

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · May 14

Enjoyed reading this review of the late James Scott's 'In Praise of Floods' Like the idea of a flood as a river 'breathing deeply'

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

James C. Scott and the Art of Resistance

The late political scientist enjoined readers to look for opposition to authoritarian states not in revolutionary vanguards but in acts of quiet disobedience.

www.newyorker.com

Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · May 13

More on the storyline of whether the IRA tax incentives will survive, and what this will mean for business investment in clean energy.

www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/c...

A Clean Energy Boom Was Just Starting. Now, a Republican Bill Aims to End It.

www.nytimes.com

Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · May 12

Change of direction for Nova Scotia law tackling internal barriers to trade. Time limits on licensing process rather than outright mutual recognition, but still questions of what constitutes equivalence in professional training.

www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...

Nova Scotia waters down plans to attract workers, showing limits of its ambitions to ease trade barriers

The province initially made waves when it introduced legislation to remove red tape that hindered interprovincial trade

www.theglobeandmail.com

Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · May 9

We are hiring. Come join an amazing group of scholars in the beautiful city of Ottawa. See below for details of Tier II CRC position in Health Care Governance.

carleton.ca/deputyprovos...

Tier II CRC appointment in Health Care Governance, School of Public Policy and Administration (Health Care Governance; Health Policy; Health Services Research; Health Administration) - Office of the D...

About the Position The Faculty of Public and Global Affairs at Carleton University invites applications from qualified candidates for a SSHRC Tier II Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Health Care Governa...

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 28

Ontario is following US approach to lessening species protections via narrowing scope.

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Ontario is killing its Endangered Species Act | The Narwhal

The Doug Ford government’s Bill 5 could affect redside dace and other endangered species on the path of Highway 413

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 26

A sad story on many levels.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/25/u...

Downtown L.A. Has Seen Its Share of Violence. Then Someone Went After Its Trees.

The authorities said a man used a chain saw to destroy more than a dozen trees in downtown Los Angeles, an attack that saddened and rattled residents and city leaders.

www.nytimes.com

Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 18

This was a helpful read.

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

The Battle for the Bros

Young men have gone MAGA. Can the left win them back?

www.newyorker.com

Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 18

Curious how this work? You can watch a video we produced on the capstone course in the first year it ran.

carleton.ca/sppa/mppa-ca...

MPPA Capstone - School of Public Policy & Administration

The MPPA capstone project course is the high point of the program. As a full cohort, students get the chance to solidify their ties to other students and

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 18

Pleased to be teaching the #MPPA capstone course again this year. Students are in for a full week focused on internal barriers to trade in Canada. So grateful to all the expert speakers who will be joining the class for two days of talks.

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 17

Interesting justifications. Seems to claim that removing rule will only provide benefits b/c it is deregulatory. I would image there are economic interests in the status quo. Would US tourism not stand to lose from this rule change?

public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2025-06746.pdf

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 17

Removing 'harm' from the ESA means no more consideration of habitat degradation / loss as vector for endangerment.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/16/c...

Trump Administration Aims to Redefine ‘Harm’ for Endangered Species

Trump officials have proposed changing a decades-old interpretation of a key word in the Endangered Species Act, which would make it much easier to log, build or drill for oil.

www.nytimes.com

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 9

NOAA cuts effects for salmon fisheries.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/c...

NOAA Staffing Cuts Threaten Years of Salmon Harvests

In Washington, where salmon is a multibillion dollar industry, government staff terminations and budget freezes may put salmon production at risk.

www.nytimes.com

Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 9

It was a pleasure to attend and participate in this meeting of the UNFSS Academic Advisory Council. Lots to discuss given the rise of geoeconomics.

IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · Mar 31

Changing Landscapes of #SustainabilityGovernance: What's Next for #VSS? IDOS is co-hosting the United Nations Forum on Sustainability Standards (UNFSS) Academic Advisory Council Meeting 2025 today and tomorrow in Bonn: www.idos-research.de/en/events/de...

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 8

FYI @greenprofgreen.bsky.social @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @jeffcolgan.bsky.social @jenirisallan.bsky.social @matthoffmann.bsky.social @mattomildenberger.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social @peternewell.bsky.social @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social

Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · Apr 8

#Specialissue #Greentransitions #Politicaleconomy

'Green Transitions: Rethinking Political Economy in the Context of Climate Change'
by @basakkus.bsky.social & Gregory Jackson

See special issue introduction 👇

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Regulation & Governance @reggovjournal.bsky.social · Apr 8

Volume 19, issue 2 is now out. 📖

See the table of contents 👇
Issue includes a special issue on 'Greening the Economy: Toward a New Political Economy'

Other articles on #lobbying #implementation #intermediaries #procurement

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Green Transitions: Rethinking Political Economy in the Context of Climate Change
Basak Kus, Gregory Jackson
Pages: 287-302 First Published: 07 April 2025

From a cultural to a distributive issue: Public climate action as a new field for comparative political economy
Hanna Schwander, Jonas Fischer
Pages: 303-328 First Published: 20 August 2024

Tackling toxins: Case studies of industrial pollutants and implications for climate policy
Tim Bartley, Malcolm Fairbrother
Pages: 329-348 First Published: 10 September 2024

Financialization and an emerging “green investor state”: Examining China's use of state-backed funds for green transition
Kasper Ingeman Beck, Mathias Larsen
Pages: 349-369 First Published: 21 August 2024

Historical Foundations of Green Developmental Policies: Divergent Trajectories in United States and France
Ritwick Ghosh, Stephanie Barral, Fanny Guillet
Pages: 370-382 First Published: 08 October 2024

Picking Losers: Climate Change and Managed Decline in the European Union
Timur Ergen, Luuk Schmitz
Pages: 383-398 First Published: 06 March 2025

Climate Politics in Latin America: The Cases of Chile and Mexico
Isik D. Özel
Pages: 399-421 First Published: 05 March 2025

Digitalization and the green transition: Different challenges, same policy responses?
Marius R. Busemeyer, Sophia Stutzmann, Tobias Tober
Pages: 422-447 First Published: 03 September 2024

Decarbonization under geoeconomic distress? Energy shocks, carbon lock-ins, and Germany's pathway toward net zero
Milan Babić, Daniel Mertens
Pages: 448-468 First Published: 19 September 2024

Fossil Capital in the Caribbean: The Toxic Role of “Regulatory Havens” in Climate Change
Jose Atiles, David Whyte
Pages: 469-481 First Published: 12 February 2025

The Development of Carbon Markets in Upper-Middle-Income Countries
Pieter E. Stek, Renato Lima-de-Oliveira, Thessa Vasudhevan
Pages: 482-495 First Published: 05 March 2025

The Rise of Investor-Driven Climate Governance: From Myth to Insti…

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 7

A reminder that climate change cannot be ignored when trying to address other pressing policy issues, like housing.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/n...

In 15 Years, 80,000 Homes in the New York Area May Be Lost to Flooding

The metro region’s housing shortage is acute. But by 2040, dozens of neighborhoods and suburbs are likely to have lost thousands of homes to floods, a new report found.

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Graeme Auld @graemeauld.bsky.social · Apr 7

This is an inspiring initiative from UofT colleagues.

wedidit2050.ca

We Did It!?

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