Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
Global Political Economy & Climate Change. Professor @ UBC. Director: Climate & Society Lab. Journal Editor: Sociology of Development. https://sociology.ubc.ca/profile/andrew-jorgenson/
https://www.climateandsocietylab.com
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Global Political Economy & Climate Change. Professor @ UBC. Director: Climate & Society Lab. Journal Editor: Sociology of Development. https://sociology.ubc.ca/profile/andrew-jorgenson/
https://www.climateandsocietylab.com
https://online.ucpress.edu/socdev
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🌍 Global Scholars: Abstract Submissions Due Nov 1! ⏱️ Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy @ University of British Columbia. Travel Funds Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
Global Social Scientists 🌍! Just 15 Days till Abstracts are Due for the Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy at UBC 📆! Travel Support Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73. #globalization #sociology #politicalscience #economics #geography #politicaleconomy #globalstudies
The clock is ticking! Submit your abstract today for this global social science conference at UBC! Travel funds available!
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Global Social Scientists 🌍! Just 15 Days till Abstracts are Due for the Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy at UBC 📆! Travel Support Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73. #globalization #sociology #politicalscience #economics #geography #politicaleconomy #globalstudies
📆 Abstract submissions are due November 1!📆 If you do any form of global social science within a GPE framework, this conference is for you!! #globalization #sociology #politicaleconomy #inequality #globalenvironmentalchange #climatechange #development #labor #governance #migration #health #conflict
🚨🚨Conference Alert! Abstract Submissions Due Soon!🚨🚨 “Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", Happening July 2026, University of British Columbia. Open to all Topics Within a GPE Framework. Lots of Travel Funding Available. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
Only a little more than two weeks till abstracts are due! Please spread the word. If you do any form of global social science you don’t want to miss this conference.
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Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
· Oct 10
🚨🚨Conference Alert! Abstract Submissions Due Soon!🚨🚨 “Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", Happening July 2026, University of British Columbia. Open to all Topics Within a GPE Framework. Lots of Travel Funding Available. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 21 – July 23, 2026
With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...
tinyurl.com
📆 Abstract submissions are due November 1!📆 If you do any form of global social science within a GPE framework, this conference is for you!! #globalization #sociology #politicaleconomy #inequality #globalenvironmentalchange #climatechange #development #labor #governance #migration #health #conflict
Reposted by Manuela Boatcă
Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 21 – July 23, 2026
With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...
tinyurl.com
🚨🚨Conference Alert! Abstract Submissions Due Soon!🚨🚨 “Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", Happening July 2026, University of British Columbia. Open to all Topics Within a GPE Framework. Lots of Travel Funding Available. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 21 – July 23, 2026
With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...
tinyurl.com
Submissions Due Soon! "Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", July 2026, University of British Columbia. Funding Available. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73 #politicaleconomy #sociology #globalpoliticaleconomy #globalization #internationalpoliticaleconomy
I have family roots in Delta. My grandfather was mayor. I remember the IPP being built. One of the engineers who was brought in to help moved across the street from my grandmother. They installed solar panels on their roof. Always thought about doing research on it. Glad you’re doing it.
Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
· Sep 23
Does international trade drive CO2 emissions at the U.S. state-level?
ABSTRACT. Whether and how trade impacts carbon emissions in Global North nations like the United States (U.S.) remains contested. Prior analyses focus on n
academic.oup.com
A superb and nuanced analysis by @r-thombs.bsky.social. Does international trade drive CO2 emissions at the U.S. state-level? url: academic.oup.com/socpro/artic...
San José State University - Details - Assistant Professor - Environmental Studies
jobs.sjsu.edu
The School of Planning, Policy, and Environmental Studies at San José State University is hiring an Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. We welcome applicants from all fields of environmental studies who apply an environmental justice lens to their work. jobs.sjsu.edu/sj/en-us/job...
Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier - Food Policy | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier
Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
We're hiring in wonderful Copenhagen 🇩🇰
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
Two or more open rank sociology professorships (tt assistant, associate with tenure, or full prof with tenure).
You'll join a leading sociology department in Europe with many core fields represented!
#sociology
More 👇
jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Conference Alert! Submit an Abstract & Spread the Word! "Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", July 2026, University of British Columbia. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73 #politicaleconomy #sociology #globalpoliticaleconomy #climatecrisis #globalinequality
Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 21 – July 23, 2026
With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...
tinyurl.com
Colleagues, please help spread the word and submit an abstract! The Global Political Economy Network is a super welcoming and dynamic scholarly community with great breadth and depth. And visiting Vancouver in the summer is not too shabby either. Travel support is available!
Pallavi Banerjee
@pallavib.bsky.social
· Sep 10
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
Sounds super duper interesting!
Funding is Available for Participants -- See Details in the Call For Papers!
Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 21 – July 23, 2026
With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...
tinyurl.com
Conference Alert! Submit an Abstract & Spread the Word! "Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", July 2026, University of British Columbia. Details: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73 #politicaleconomy #sociology #globalpoliticaleconomy #climatecrisis #globalinequality
TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)
Stanford | Faculty Positions: Details - Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Social Sciences (Environmental Behavioral Sciences)
facultypositions.stanford.edu
My department is hiring an assistant professor of environmental behavioral sciences. The research area is open but we are particularly interested in people with research on collective action or computational social sciences.
Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.
Happy to answer questions about the Doerr School or the department.
So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
110 top experts from around the world
13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change
A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this
Will be free online Oct 14 1/x
global.oup.com/academic/pro...
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Praxis - Embedding Driven Text Analysis of Crease’s Stance Towards Chinese Immigrants
This notebook aims to demonstrate how machine learning can assist with historical and other humanity research.
ubcecon.github.io
At long last, I can post my team's summer project: applied modules to teach how ML/AI tools are changing social science and humanities research: ubcecon.github.io/praxis-ubc/
Highlights:
LegalBERT to analyze anti/pro-immigrant sentiment in 19th c. BC law: ubcecon.github.io/praxis-ubc/d...
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Highlights:
LegalBERT to analyze anti/pro-immigrant sentiment in 19th c. BC law: ubcecon.github.io/praxis-ubc/d...
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Climate & Society Lab - Call for Papers: Globalizing Political Economy
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
July 21 – July 23, 2026
With financial support from the World Society Foundation (Zurich, Switzerland) and the Climate & Society Lab at the Universi...
www.climateandsocietylab.com
Call For Papers!: "Globalizing Political Economy: Launching the Global Political Economy Network", a conference at University of British Columbia from July 21-23, 2026. Please share with faculty and grad students! Details here: www.climateandsocietylab.com/call-for-pap...
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Jonathan Gilligan
@jgilligan.org
· Sep 3
The Energy and Environmental Footprint of AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to create major economic and social benefits but also to rapidly escalate electricity demand and its associated e
dx.doi.org
I have a new preprint, with Mike Vandenbergh and @eithorpe.bsky.social examining the wild uncertainties in estimates of the environmental footprint of large language models and discussing the implications for climate policy. 🔌💡
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn...
Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
· Aug 30
Inequality is driving the climate crisis: A longitudinal analysis of province-level carbon emissions in Canada, 1997–2020
The authors conduct a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between carbon emissions and income inequality for the Canadian provinces for the 199…
www.sciencedirect.com
@shastingssimon.bsky.social : regarding Canadian context, this might be of interest: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Joakim Kulin
@joakimkulin.bsky.social
· Aug 25
Climate whataboutism and rightwing populism: how emissions blame-shifting translates nationalist attitudes into climate policy opposition
In the evolving discourse on climate change, the phenomenon of ‘whataboutism’ has emerged as a pervasive rhetorical strategy to deflect responsibility for the emissions of one’s own country by shif...
www.tandfonline.com
Happy to see this study published in @environmentalpol.bsky.social Vol 34, Issue 6. In it, I show how rightwing populists, especially those holding nationalist attitudes, consistently employ climate delay discourses (here whataboutism) to justify climate inaction. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
· Aug 14
Inequality is driving the climate crisis: A longitudinal analysis of province-level carbon emissions in Canada, 1997–2020
The authors conduct a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between carbon emissions and income inequality for the Canadian provinces for the 199…
www.sciencedirect.com
Inequality has played a notable role: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Andrew Jorgenson
@akjorgenson.bsky.social
· Aug 12
My family and I are now officially permanent residents of Canada 🇨🇦.
wonderful news, congrats!!