Jens
@climate-jens.bsky.social
Doctoral Reseacher/Political Scientist at University of Oslo. Climate change action; environmental governance; development; inequality; machine learning. 🌱🌍📈
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We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites!
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
January 9, 2026 at 2:53 PM
We are happy to announce the call for papers for the third WhoGov Mini-Conference on Political Elites!
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
It will be held on August 20-21st, 2026 in Oslo. We welcome research on political elites broadly understood and not just papers using WhoGov.
You can find the call here: bit.ly/whogovminico...
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“In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House.”
Trumpian Corruption Is Worse Than Ukrainian Corruption
The people of Ukraine want an honest government, even as American and Russian kleptocrats circle their country.
www.theatlantic.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
“In Ukraine, the state itself is investigating the government, the cabinet, even the president’s closest advisers. By contrast, it is impossible to imagine Kash Patel’s FBI investigating anyone in Trump’s White House.”
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Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.
Waterstones would sell books written by AI, says chain's boss
James Daunt says booksellers instinctively have "disdain" for AI but it could be sold if clearly labelled.
www.bbc.com
December 8, 2025 at 5:16 AM
Waterstones says they would sell plagiarized books.
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Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
November 10, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Solar’s price drop is astonishing: panels are now 98% cheaper than when I first analyzed them in 2004.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
Today, building a fence with solar can be cheaper than using wood.
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"the narrative about the EU significantly falling behind the US in terms of [economic] output is wrong"
The European Union’s remarkable growth performance relative to the United States
The EU has outperformed the US on per-capita output growth; in terms of output per hour worked, some EU countries are as productive as the US
www.bruegel.org
October 19, 2025 at 2:33 PM
"the narrative about the EU significantly falling behind the US in terms of [economic] output is wrong"
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One of the most dramatic "blips" at a global level, ever.
robbieandrew.github.io/internationa...
robbieandrew.github.io/internationa...
October 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
One of the most dramatic "blips" at a global level, ever.
robbieandrew.github.io/internationa...
robbieandrew.github.io/internationa...
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Dette byrådet er en parodi på seg selv.
Luksusanlegg til Høyres bakland: minst 3 mrd. til Røatunnelen og minst 1,5 mrd. til Campus Ekeberg. (For ikke å nevne 75 mrd. til E18 Vestkorridoren).
Resten av byen går for lut og kaldt vann. Lokalvalget 2027 kan ikke komme fort nok.
Luksusanlegg til Høyres bakland: minst 3 mrd. til Røatunnelen og minst 1,5 mrd. til Campus Ekeberg. (For ikke å nevne 75 mrd. til E18 Vestkorridoren).
Resten av byen går for lut og kaldt vann. Lokalvalget 2027 kan ikke komme fort nok.
Trosser kritikken – går «all in» for Campus Ekeberg
Prestisjeprosjektet kan komme til å koste Oslo kommune over 1,5 milliarder kroner.
www.nrk.no
October 17, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Dette byrådet er en parodi på seg selv.
Luksusanlegg til Høyres bakland: minst 3 mrd. til Røatunnelen og minst 1,5 mrd. til Campus Ekeberg. (For ikke å nevne 75 mrd. til E18 Vestkorridoren).
Resten av byen går for lut og kaldt vann. Lokalvalget 2027 kan ikke komme fort nok.
Luksusanlegg til Høyres bakland: minst 3 mrd. til Røatunnelen og minst 1,5 mrd. til Campus Ekeberg. (For ikke å nevne 75 mrd. til E18 Vestkorridoren).
Resten av byen går for lut og kaldt vann. Lokalvalget 2027 kan ikke komme fort nok.
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New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Mapping subnational gender gaps in internet and mobile adoption using social media data | PNAS
The digital revolution has ushered in many societal and economic benefits. Yet access
to digital technologies such as mobile phones and internet re...
www.pnas.org
October 15, 2025 at 3:05 AM
New @pnas.org paper constructing subnational estimates of internet and mobile adoption by gender, including gender gaps, for 117 low- and middle- income countries from 2015 through 2025.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Thrilled to see our work in the NYT on heat pumps in cold climates.
Key facts:
- <0°C, heat pumps remain far more efficient than fossil/resistive heat.
- In most of Europe (rarely < −10°C), COPs stay strong.
- Even near −30°C, up to 2× resistive (less data).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Key facts:
- <0°C, heat pumps remain far more efficient than fossil/resistive heat.
- In most of Europe (rarely < −10°C), COPs stay strong.
- Even near −30°C, up to 2× resistive (less data).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Thrilled to see our work in the NYT on heat pumps in cold climates.
Key facts:
- <0°C, heat pumps remain far more efficient than fossil/resistive heat.
- In most of Europe (rarely < −10°C), COPs stay strong.
- Even near −30°C, up to 2× resistive (less data).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Key facts:
- <0°C, heat pumps remain far more efficient than fossil/resistive heat.
- In most of Europe (rarely < −10°C), COPs stay strong.
- Even near −30°C, up to 2× resistive (less data).
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Takk til @rosendahlke.bsky.social for behersket folkeopplysning i møte med Nordeas Næss om #Norgespris i #dax18.
Det er gode grunner til forutsigbar fastpris, men subsidiert fastpris vil selvsagt øke forbruket og kunne gitt bedre utjevning med annen utforming www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Det er gode grunner til forutsigbar fastpris, men subsidiert fastpris vil selvsagt øke forbruket og kunne gitt bedre utjevning med annen utforming www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Jo, norgespris oppmuntrer til økt strømbruk
Svarer Nordeas investeringsdirektør Robert Næss.
www.aftenposten.no
October 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Takk til @rosendahlke.bsky.social for behersket folkeopplysning i møte med Nordeas Næss om #Norgespris i #dax18.
Det er gode grunner til forutsigbar fastpris, men subsidiert fastpris vil selvsagt øke forbruket og kunne gitt bedre utjevning med annen utforming www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
Det er gode grunner til forutsigbar fastpris, men subsidiert fastpris vil selvsagt øke forbruket og kunne gitt bedre utjevning med annen utforming www.aftenposten.no/meninger/deb...
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I am not saying it is easy or hard, but imo being a vigilant civil member of contemporary society is being at the same time one that strongly denounces the horrifying Yom Kippur Manchester attack and simultaneously believes that the Israeli far right government is doing atrocious things to humanity
October 3, 2025 at 8:02 AM
I am not saying it is easy or hard, but imo being a vigilant civil member of contemporary society is being at the same time one that strongly denounces the horrifying Yom Kippur Manchester attack and simultaneously believes that the Israeli far right government is doing atrocious things to humanity
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New article!
Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam by @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam by @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
September 30, 2025 at 6:20 AM
New article!
Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam by @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Influencing climate change adaptation in authoritarian states: a deliberative systems analysis in Vietnam by @wendyconwaylamb.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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"And they are adamantly opposed to recognizing bad faith, so they let themselves be used, over and over, in an endless attempt to find reasonable common ground with political forces bent on division."
Ezra Klein Accidentally Shows How the Media Brought Us Trump
The prominent liberal pundit made up a fake version of Charlie Kirk to praise, laundering his reputation the way a lot of mainstream media launders MAGA
www.arcdigital.media
September 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
"And they are adamantly opposed to recognizing bad faith, so they let themselves be used, over and over, in an endless attempt to find reasonable common ground with political forces bent on division."
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Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 25, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Now out in @cpsjournal.bsky.social. In our new article, @denis-cohen.bsky.social @thmskrr.bsky.social and I show that where local rent prices increase more, residents with lower incomes become more likely to support the radical right AfD.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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We condemn Russia's interference in Moldovan democracy, including the use of disinformation, cyber-attacks and illicit financing.
The 🇲🇩 people should be free to choose their own path without outside interference!
@valeriehayer.bsky.social & Dan Barna
www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...
The 🇲🇩 people should be free to choose their own path without outside interference!
@valeriehayer.bsky.social & Dan Barna
www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...
Russia’s interference in Moldova’s democracy… - Renew Europe
Ahead of this weekend’s pivotal elections in Moldova, Renew Europe condemns ongoing attempts by Russia to interfere in the election and reaffirms its…
www.reneweuropegroup.eu
September 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
We condemn Russia's interference in Moldovan democracy, including the use of disinformation, cyber-attacks and illicit financing.
The 🇲🇩 people should be free to choose their own path without outside interference!
@valeriehayer.bsky.social & Dan Barna
www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...
The 🇲🇩 people should be free to choose their own path without outside interference!
@valeriehayer.bsky.social & Dan Barna
www.reneweuropegroup.eu/news/2025-09...
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Når alle land har sin egen unnskyldning for akkurat sin fossile energi:
– Vi risikerer å låse oss til utslipp fra nye olje-, gass- og kullprosjekter i mange tiår framover, som vil styre verden ut i en fullstendig klimakollaps, påpeker @karolineandaur.bsky.social www.nrk.no/klima/ny-rap...
– Vi risikerer å låse oss til utslipp fra nye olje-, gass- og kullprosjekter i mange tiår framover, som vil styre verden ut i en fullstendig klimakollaps, påpeker @karolineandaur.bsky.social www.nrk.no/klima/ny-rap...
Ny rapport: Verden planlegger kraftig økning i produksjon av olje, gass og kull
– Alle land har ifølge seg selv en god grunn for å fortsette med fossil energi, sier forsker.
www.nrk.no
September 22, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Når alle land har sin egen unnskyldning for akkurat sin fossile energi:
– Vi risikerer å låse oss til utslipp fra nye olje-, gass- og kullprosjekter i mange tiår framover, som vil styre verden ut i en fullstendig klimakollaps, påpeker @karolineandaur.bsky.social www.nrk.no/klima/ny-rap...
– Vi risikerer å låse oss til utslipp fra nye olje-, gass- og kullprosjekter i mange tiår framover, som vil styre verden ut i en fullstendig klimakollaps, påpeker @karolineandaur.bsky.social www.nrk.no/klima/ny-rap...
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I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
Trump to impose $100,000 fee per year for H-1B visas, in blow to tech
The Trump administration said on Friday it would ask companies to pay $100,000 per year for H-1B worker visas, prompting some big tech companies to warn visa holders to stay in the U.S. or quickly return.
www.reuters.com
September 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I have to keep this deliberately vague, but this is a total disaster for academic research.
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
And imposing it so suddenly is just cruel. I’ve got friends scrambling to get back to the US before midnight tonight. Do you know how hard that is to do on 36 hours of notice?
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Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
Deforestation has killed more than half a million people in the tropics over the past two decades as a result of heat-related illness, a study has found.
Land clearance is raising the temperature in the rainforests of the Amazon, Congo and south-east Asia because it reduces shade, diminishes rainfall and increases the risk of fire, the authors of the paper found. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
August 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
The attention economy is coming for our governments. on.ft.com/45wYs8B
Influencers in Number 10? Inevitable
Get past your nausea and you’ll see that it’s canny public relations for governments to want to be where the voters are
on.ft.com
August 3, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The attention economy is coming for our governments. on.ft.com/45wYs8B
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Tenk nytt, tenkt taktisk, stem grønt!
August 1, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Tenk nytt, tenkt taktisk, stem grønt!
Attention is quickly becoming the most valuable currency in contemporary politics as more people get news from short-form media. If you’re not on instagram or tiktok you’re not gonna win elections in 2025. 1/ youtu.be/cZO1B4fZlOw
How The Attention Economy is Devouring Gen Z | The Ezra Klein Show
YouTube video by The Ezra Klein Show
youtu.be
August 1, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Attention is quickly becoming the most valuable currency in contemporary politics as more people get news from short-form media. If you’re not on instagram or tiktok you’re not gonna win elections in 2025. 1/ youtu.be/cZO1B4fZlOw
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“Over the years, we realised that we [central bankers and supervisors] completely underestimated physical risk,
..
We saw that it’s not just the global South that is affected by physical risk, but also advanced economies and the global North.”
Damage in global south: ok
In global north: not ok
🤬
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We saw that it’s not just the global South that is affected by physical risk, but also advanced economies and the global North.”
Damage in global south: ok
In global north: not ok
🤬
Top central banker defends climate work after US pushback
"officials had previously completely underestimated climate risks"
Every iteration of climate risk scenarios is likely to throw up more “severe” risk as modelling techniques improve....
www.ft.com/content/c00c...
"officials had previously completely underestimated climate risks"
Every iteration of climate risk scenarios is likely to throw up more “severe” risk as modelling techniques improve....
www.ft.com/content/c00c...
Top central banker defends climate work after US pushback
Head of Network for Greening the Financial System also admits supervisors underestimated risks of warming planet
www.ft.com
July 21, 2025 at 8:49 AM
“Over the years, we realised that we [central bankers and supervisors] completely underestimated physical risk,
..
We saw that it’s not just the global South that is affected by physical risk, but also advanced economies and the global North.”
Damage in global south: ok
In global north: not ok
🤬
..
We saw that it’s not just the global South that is affected by physical risk, but also advanced economies and the global North.”
Damage in global south: ok
In global north: not ok
🤬
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lots of speculation about the obamas getting divorced but the thing you have to understand is that we need affordable housing
July 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
lots of speculation about the obamas getting divorced but the thing you have to understand is that we need affordable housing
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Woah, rare to see this kind of language in Nature 👀
“We show that +1.5 °C is far too high and that current climate conditions…could trigger rapid ice sheet retreat and high rates of Sea Level Rise... that would stretch the limits of adaptation” and could have “catastrophic consequences for humanity”
“We show that +1.5 °C is far too high and that current climate conditions…could trigger rapid ice sheet retreat and high rates of Sea Level Rise... that would stretch the limits of adaptation” and could have “catastrophic consequences for humanity”
May 21, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Woah, rare to see this kind of language in Nature 👀
“We show that +1.5 °C is far too high and that current climate conditions…could trigger rapid ice sheet retreat and high rates of Sea Level Rise... that would stretch the limits of adaptation” and could have “catastrophic consequences for humanity”
“We show that +1.5 °C is far too high and that current climate conditions…could trigger rapid ice sheet retreat and high rates of Sea Level Rise... that would stretch the limits of adaptation” and could have “catastrophic consequences for humanity”