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Stefan Andreasson
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Political scientist at Queen’s University Belfast. Interested in oil, American and African politics; writing a book on The Resilience of Big Oil. Bookworm, amateur sports photographer, rugby and orchestra dad ✠ https://sites.google.com/view/bstefan
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Thrilled to see our latest paper published in @iojournal.bsky.social! 🥳
"Dollar Diminished: The Unmaking of US Financial Hegemony Under Trump" co-authored with Tobias Pforr (@eui-eu.bsky.social) and @fabianpape.bsky.social 🙂

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November 20, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Postcolonial theory tends to come with a remarkably Eurocentric understanding of the history of #imperialism.
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Ideological investments in #NetZero projects are tanking Swedish #pension funds. #energy www.telegraph.co.uk/money/net-ze...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Haven't come across this concept before, but I like the notion of the "neutrality-industrial-complex" deployed here by Rikard Westerberg of the Stockholm School of Economics. #ColdWar #Sweden
November 1, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Very excited about giving this lecture @bowdoincollege.bsky.social next week, and grateful to
@rudalev.bsky.social for inviting me. #ExxonMobil #oilandgas #Trump bowdoin.campusgroups.com/government/r...
October 30, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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NVIDIA, $NVDA, marketcap equals 16% of the US GDP.

It has a larger market cap than all the banks in US and Canada combined.
October 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
$NVDA #Nvidia #AI
October 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
A welcome intervention from #BillGates on #climate ahead of #COP30. Adaptation is key. www.gatesnotes.com/home/home-pa...
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October 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Our MCB 1XV ✠ #rugby
October 26, 2025 at 4:46 PM
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After submitting a FOIA request UKRI, I obtained success rates by three grant call scheme and I can only say that I am disheartened by the results:

- AHRC Responsive Mode 2025: 2%
- ESRC New Investigator Grant 2025: 1%
- ESRC Research Grant Round 2025: 1%
October 22, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Norway will continue to cash in their #NorthSea #oilandgas resources, will the UK do the same? #Rosebank www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Controversial UK oil field reveals climate impact if approved
The impact from the Rosebank oil field is estimated at nearly 250 million tonnes of planet warming CO2.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Who knows what comes next, but an unequivocal message today. #Hostages #Trump
October 13, 2025 at 8:40 AM
#Milei is dependent on #shale #oil from #VacaMuerta for his economic reforms to work just like Thatcher was dependent on #NorthSea oil. But the Vaca Muerta may not deliver in the way that did the North Sea... #Argentina www.reuters.com/business/ene...
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October 8, 2025 at 6:38 PM
October 7, 2025 at 9:38 AM
This is a fun and insightful read on the road from #physics to #finance, and possibly a timely nudge for my youngest who hopes to begin study physics at university next year. #quants @emanuelderman.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 8:06 AM
Best thing with being an academic? Sufficient flexibility in terms of work-life-balance and the intellectual inducement to read a lot of books. #literature
October 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
On the disparate effects of #Shutdown2025 on the federal workforce across departments and agencies: the Environmental Protection Agency will furlough nearly 90% of employees, Homeland Security a mere 5%.
October 1, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Latter-day #petroculture. #NorthSea #oilandgas #Aberdeen on.ft.com/3IjlA1S How Europe’s ‘oil capital’ glory days were ended
How Europe’s ‘oil capital’ glory days were ended
The decline of North Sea industry in Scotland has triggered Aberdeen’s economic downturn
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September 29, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Nice to see the SEC taking the lead. #Vanderbilt #football
September 24, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Looking forward to speaking about #ExxonMobil ’s strategy in the #energytransition on Wednesday at @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social
Free and all welcome but registration required:
www.ticketsource.co.uk/qubseca/t-vv...
September 22, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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Polarized attitudes and anti-democratic orientation in the US - Ariel Malka, Christopher M Federico, Thomas H Costello & Adam R Panish examine paradoxical partisan asymmetries in current democratic attitudes. More: buff.ly/GOuVKF1

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September 21, 2025 at 9:00 PM