James Jackson
@james7jackson.bsky.social
Hallsworth Research Fellow @ University of Manchester | political economy | climate change | green industrial policy | green central banking.
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
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New article out in New Political Economy! My co-author,
@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Green financial planning: a state-capital relationship meta-governed through the Paris agreement
The political economy literature has witnessed a proliferation of ‘green’ interpretations of long-standing analytical subjects in recent years. This includes green industrial policy, green macrofin...
www.tandfonline.com
🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and [email protected]. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names
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While Western central banks talk green, the People's Bank of China acts. Our hidden gem of the week shows how liberal orthodoxy of central bank "independence" constrains green monetary policy.
By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
While Western central banks talk green, the People's Bank of China acts. Our hidden gem of the week shows how liberal orthodoxy of central bank "independence" constrains green monetary policy.
By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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By @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & @james7jackson.bsky.social at @granthamlse.bsky.social
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'Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?' Mathias Larsen, James Jackson & Environment and Climate Politics Working Group "suggesting that the debate surrounding the conceptus of the state has become overly conflated." 🌳
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
November 22, 2025 at 11:00 AM
'Two decades of analysing the state in the green transition: Where are we now?' Mathias Larsen, James Jackson & Environment and Climate Politics Working Group "suggesting that the debate surrounding the conceptus of the state has become overly conflated." 🌳
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
Full article 👉 https://ow.ly/JYmB50XvChB
Reposted by James Jackson
Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes.com reporting on China's role in a global green transition
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes.com reporting on China's role in a global green transition
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
NEW PUBLICATION with the Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social - A working paper on what the People's Bank of China's (PBoC) actions on green finance says about the state of Central Bank Independence (CBI).
New paper out with @james7jackson.bsky.social in the working paper series of @granthamlse.bsky.social: 'Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China'
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
Revisiting central bank independence for the climate era: insights from the People’s Bank of China - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
This paper explores the relationship between independence and climate action through an in-depth study of the PBoC, comparing it with Western central banks.
www.lse.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
NEW PUBLICATION with the Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social - A working paper on what the People's Bank of China's (PBoC) actions on green finance says about the state of Central Bank Independence (CBI).
Reposted by James Jackson
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions
Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...
www.tandfonline.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
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A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
A country remade by privatisation.
Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.
🧵
NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.
New article with @james7jackson.bsky.social out in Competition & Change: The green versus environmental state: Reviewing two decades of conceptualizing state-led approaches
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September 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.
@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.
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New article!
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
August 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
New article!
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context
Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it...
www.tandfonline.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This view that China ‘should’ move towards a different economic model for seemingly no other reason that the West did it 40 years ago is odd - www.theguardian.com/business/202...
China’s Leninist industrial policy is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus
Overcapacity – from electric vehicles to high-speed rail to housing – is destroying profits as well as GDP
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
This view that China ‘should’ move towards a different economic model for seemingly no other reason that the West did it 40 years ago is odd - www.theguardian.com/business/202...
China dominance continues - www.ft.com/content/e517...
China is building 74% of all current solar and wind projects, report says
Beijing is dominating construction of renewable energy sources, according to Global Energy Monitor
www.ft.com
July 10, 2025 at 8:05 AM
China dominance continues - www.ft.com/content/e517...
🚨 New Publication 🚨 - w/ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin and Lizzie Bailes - we detail how NGO's face challenges in their attempts to act as intermediaries in the climate policy process in the UK. The article is based on a series of original interviews with these very NGOs - academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
The ways that external and internal dynamics influence intermediaries in the climate policy process
Abstract. “Climate intermediaries” are important for climate governance, as they can strengthen mitigation efforts by drawing enable diverse insights into
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June 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🚨 New Publication 🚨 - w/ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin and Lizzie Bailes - we detail how NGO's face challenges in their attempts to act as intermediaries in the climate policy process in the UK. The article is based on a series of original interviews with these very NGOs - academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
New Publication - with my BlueSky absent friend James Silverwood we detail how renewable energy markets were created by the environmental state in the UK - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The environmental state: Analysing the ‘creation’ of renewable energy markets in the United Kingdom - James Silverwood, James Jackson, 2025
Following work on the green state, the environmental state has become a prominent analytical concept in recent decades commonly applied to understand the expand...
journals.sagepub.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
New Publication - with my BlueSky absent friend James Silverwood we detail how renewable energy markets were created by the environmental state in the UK - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and [email protected]. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names
New article out in New Political Economy! My co-author,
@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@james7jackson.bsky.social, and I propose the concept of 'green financial planning' to capture how the Paris Agreement presents a state-capital relationship around planning.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Green financial planning: a state-capital relationship meta-governed through the Paris agreement
The political economy literature has witnessed a proliferation of ‘green’ interpretations of long-standing analytical subjects in recent years. This includes green industrial policy, green macrofin...
www.tandfonline.com
June 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and [email protected]. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names
I shared some of my thoughts on the International Energy Agency (IEA) new EV report in an interview with CBC last week. My thoughts are based on my forthcoming book, which is hopefully of interest to many on here - www.cbc.ca/news/science...
1 in 4 new cars sold in 2025 will be electric, new report says, and China is the undisputed EV leader | CBC News
More than one in four cars sold worldwide in 2025 will be electric, according to the latest projections from the International Energy Agency, and will reach 40 per cent of all new cars by 2030.
www.cbc.ca
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
I shared some of my thoughts on the International Energy Agency (IEA) new EV report in an interview with CBC last week. My thoughts are based on my forthcoming book, which is hopefully of interest to many on here - www.cbc.ca/news/science...
So, Oldoliberalism then?
A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more
https://www.ft.com/content/ad7b6001-52fa-4cf4-a05a-35b994be878e
https://www.ft.com/content/ad7b6001-52fa-4cf4-a05a-35b994be878e
A nation of slackers? Why Friedrich Merz wants Germans to work more
Bleak demographics and short average work weeks could come to haunt Europe’s largest economy
www.ft.com
May 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
So, Oldoliberalism then?
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Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals
Amid mounting geopolitical, socio-economic, and ecological crises, industrial policy has returned to the forefront of policy debates. However, the EU’s industrial policy framework – centerd on Sing...
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May 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
It's quickly getting to the point in writing my book where I'm going to have to re-read what I've written, which might be the worst part for, as all my co-authors can attest, proofreading is not my strong suit....
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
It's quickly getting to the point in writing my book where I'm going to have to re-read what I've written, which might be the worst part for, as all my co-authors can attest, proofreading is not my strong suit....
A cool video accompanying a blog I've written for @cepi-cips.bsky.social whilst working with @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social at the University of Ottawa. The blog is part of some ongoing work with @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social with more to follow.
📢New blog by @james7jackson.bsky.social - How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks
🔥Insurers are, of course, not blind to the fact that climate change is no longer a future event, but something that impacts policyholders in the here and now... 🔗https://bit.ly/42DiNGI
🔥Insurers are, of course, not blind to the fact that climate change is no longer a future event, but something that impacts policyholders in the here and now... 🔗https://bit.ly/42DiNGI
April 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
A cool video accompanying a blog I've written for @cepi-cips.bsky.social whilst working with @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social at the University of Ottawa. The blog is part of some ongoing work with @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social with more to follow.
Reposted by James Jackson
In America freedom means working three jobs to afford the same quality of life as a prisoner in Norway
April 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
In America freedom means working three jobs to afford the same quality of life as a prisoner in Norway