Chris Crellin
@ccrellin.bsky.social
PhD/aspirant F.R.S-FNRS at ISPOLE, UCLouvain | European Union, coalitions, environmental politics, policy process, policy networks
Really enjoyed visiting the lovely @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social today. I had the opportunity to present and discuss some of my on-going PhD research to the climate policy group!
#PhD #EnvironmentPolicy #EuropeanUnion
#PhD #EnvironmentPolicy #EuropeanUnion
November 5, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Really enjoyed visiting the lovely @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social today. I had the opportunity to present and discuss some of my on-going PhD research to the climate policy group!
#PhD #EnvironmentPolicy #EuropeanUnion
#PhD #EnvironmentPolicy #EuropeanUnion
Excited to be a visiting PhD researcher for the next three months at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, University of Oslo under the supervision of @elinlb.bsky.social!
Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!
Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!
September 22, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Excited to be a visiting PhD researcher for the next three months at the @statsvitenskap.bsky.social, University of Oslo under the supervision of @elinlb.bsky.social!
Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!
Plenty planned here already and looking forward to engaging with many researchers and exploring the city and surrounds!
🌱Thrilled to be a part of this book on EU Environmental Governance! 🌱
Thank you to editors Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha for guiding the process, and my supervisor @tomdelreux.bsky.social for including me as a co-author.
www.routledge.com/EU-Environme...
Thank you to editors Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha for guiding the process, and my supervisor @tomdelreux.bsky.social for including me as a co-author.
www.routledge.com/EU-Environme...
EU Environmental Governance: Current and Future Challenges
This book presents an overview of the field of environmental law and policies within the European Union (EU) and externally, from theoretical foundations to major issues and applied governance solutio...
www.routledge.com
September 14, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🌱Thrilled to be a part of this book on EU Environmental Governance! 🌱
Thank you to editors Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha for guiding the process, and my supervisor @tomdelreux.bsky.social for including me as a co-author.
www.routledge.com/EU-Environme...
Thank you to editors Amandine Orsini and Eleni Kavvatha for guiding the process, and my supervisor @tomdelreux.bsky.social for including me as a co-author.
www.routledge.com/EU-Environme...
Was fortunate enough to present a chapter of my PhD thesis on the drivers of #coalitions in the #EU #GreenDeal and tune in to some great emerging research at the @uaces.bsky.social conference in Liverpool
September 13, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Was fortunate enough to present a chapter of my PhD thesis on the drivers of #coalitions in the #EU #GreenDeal and tune in to some great emerging research at the @uaces.bsky.social conference in Liverpool
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Today, at our webinar, @laura-mas.bsky.social presented her work and provided valuable insights on policy research and crisis. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, Laura! ☺️
And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨
See you next time!
And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨
See you next time!
September 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Today, at our webinar, @laura-mas.bsky.social presented her work and provided valuable insights on policy research and crisis. Thank you so much for sharing your expertise with us, Laura! ☺️
And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨
See you next time!
And thanks to our audience for joining us and for sparking interesting discussions ✨
See you next time!
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Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
August 18, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Please do repost this message to reach more people, for an ongoing project.
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
I hope to speak to/hear from #climate and #democracy #researchers who are willing to discuss/reflect on how they navigate their research topics in times of climate breakdown and democratic #backsliding. Please reach out!
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Coming up: the next event in our #ECPR webinar series: @laura-mas.bsky.social from University of Bologna will provide insights on the connection between #crises, policy processes and EU policymaking. Join us!! 😊
🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
August 14, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Coming up: the next event in our #ECPR webinar series: @laura-mas.bsky.social from University of Bologna will provide insights on the connection between #crises, policy processes and EU policymaking. Join us!! 😊
🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
🗓: Wednesday, September 10, 15.00 BST / 16.00 CET
✍: sign up: ecpr.eu/Events/Event...
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Temperature records are going to keep getting broken until morale improves (or until we stop burning fossil fuels).
Temperature records broken as extreme heat grips parts of Europe
Unprecedented temperatures causing difficulties in south-west France, Croatia, Italy and Spain with wildfire destruction across Europe up 87%
www.theguardian.com
August 13, 2025 at 5:17 AM
Temperature records are going to keep getting broken until morale improves (or until we stop burning fossil fuels).
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Motherfucking wind farms…
July 30, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Motherfucking wind farms…
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Send your paper/panel to EPSS 2026! @antvalentim.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the climate politics section and can’t wait to help climate research shine in Belfast!
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference!
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
📍 ICC Belfast
📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025
🧵
August 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Send your paper/panel to EPSS 2026! @antvalentim.bsky.social and I are co-chairing the climate politics section and can’t wait to help climate research shine in Belfast!
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🔔 Job opportunity – Sydney Environment Institute is #hiring a #Postdoctoral Research Fellow - #Justice and #Electricity Transmission to develop research on climate justice and electricity transmission with @amandatattersall.bsky.social and @dschlosberg.bsky.social. Applications close 11 Aug, 11:59PM
Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission
Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
July 24, 2025 at 3:57 AM
🔔 Job opportunity – Sydney Environment Institute is #hiring a #Postdoctoral Research Fellow - #Justice and #Electricity Transmission to develop research on climate justice and electricity transmission with @amandatattersall.bsky.social and @dschlosberg.bsky.social. Applications close 11 Aug, 11:59PM
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The new ruling by the UN court on climate action is a game changer.
The decision speaks to both mitigation and Loss and Damage from the effects of climate change.
Full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The decision speaks to both mitigation and Loss and Damage from the effects of climate change.
Full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
U.N. court rules countries have duty to limit greenhouse emissions
The court was asked to rule on whether nations are obligated under international law to protect the Earth’s climate from planet-warming emissions.
www.washingtonpost.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The new ruling by the UN court on climate action is a game changer.
The decision speaks to both mitigation and Loss and Damage from the effects of climate change.
Full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
The decision speaks to both mitigation and Loss and Damage from the effects of climate change.
Full article here: www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal duties—not just moral ones—to protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
How Climate Justice Reached the UN’s Top Court—and Won
The International Court of Justice’s ruling that countries have a legal duty to curb climate change was the result of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
www.thenation.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The International Court of Justice declared that states have legal duties—not just moral ones—to protect the climate. This landmark opinion, writes @panthealee.bsky.social, is part of a years-long campaign that began with university students.
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Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
Postdoctoral Fellow - Justice and Electricity Transmission
Part time, 4 days per week, fixed term until June 2028 Research Project, 'Just transmission: advancing coherence in Australia’s electricity policy' Base Salary $127,436 - $151,328 (Level B) pro rata +...
usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com
July 17, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Postdoc Job: Just Transition. Come work with Amanda Tattersall and me at USYD, along with Jonathan Pickering and Madeline Taylor, on a 2-year project examining issues of justice and community benefit in transmission line regs, planning, siting. Info here: usyd.wd105.myworkdayjobs.com/en-GB/USYD_E...
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Must-read for all EU climate politics nerds: @ziaweise.bsky.social with an update on the nuances of the unfolding parliamentarian political battle over the new EU 2040 target.
NEW: Efforts to curtail far-right influence over a decade-defining climate law failed after the center-right European People’s Party refused to support a motion by left-leaning and centrist groups.
www.politico.eu/article/cent...
www.politico.eu/article/cent...
Center-right MEPs block effort to blunt far-right control over climate law
A motion to fast-track the 2040 climate target through the European Parliament narrowly failed on Wednesday.
www.politico.eu
July 9, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Must-read for all EU climate politics nerds: @ziaweise.bsky.social with an update on the nuances of the unfolding parliamentarian political battle over the new EU 2040 target.
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Originally developed for the US, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is now used to analyze EU policy. As EU policymaking differs, this paper by F. von Malmborg examines limits of applying ACF to supranational contexts. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci #AFC
July 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Originally developed for the US, the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) is now used to analyze EU policy. As EU policymaking differs, this paper by F. von Malmborg examines limits of applying ACF to supranational contexts. Link in comments! #PolicyStudies #policyprocess #publicpolicy #polisci #AFC
Fantastic insights at the @greendealnet.eu conference. Touched on the role of #democracy and #climate policy, the clean industrial deal, the near future of EU climate policy, and the #social justice aspect of #EU climate policy, ending with an exhibition and participative performance!
June 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fantastic insights at the @greendealnet.eu conference. Touched on the role of #democracy and #climate policy, the clean industrial deal, the near future of EU climate policy, and the #social justice aspect of #EU climate policy, ending with an exhibition and participative performance!
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I'm happy to have contributed to this new ACF book in a small way. Check out our chapter on antecedents of policy change, led by the fantastic @allegrafullerton.bsky.social!
So excited to see this new edited volume by Hank Jenkins-Smith and Chris Weible is now available for free! It’s packed with great work from ACF scholars that really pushes policy research forward. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
The Advocacy Coalition Framework
This open access book provides an updated and integrated analysis of the Advocacy Coalition Framework, more than thirty years after its conception.
link.springer.com
June 15, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I'm happy to have contributed to this new ACF book in a small way. Check out our chapter on antecedents of policy change, led by the fantastic @allegrafullerton.bsky.social!
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This is incredibly excellent — everyone, please watch and share widely!
And I say that not at all because I consulted on the script with the brilliant showrunners haha 😂😇
And I say that not at all because I consulted on the script with the brilliant showrunners haha 😂😇
US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated".
#climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience
June 3, 2025 at 11:03 AM
This is incredibly excellent — everyone, please watch and share widely!
And I say that not at all because I consulted on the script with the brilliant showrunners haha 😂😇
And I say that not at all because I consulted on the script with the brilliant showrunners haha 😂😇
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“Trump’s fossil fuel orders are a death sentence for my generation,” said Eva Lighthiser, 19, the named plaintiff. “I’m not suing because I want to. I’m suing because I have to. My health, my future, and my right to speak the truth are all on the line.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...
Youth Climate Activists Sue Trump Administration Over Executive Orders
www.nytimes.com
May 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
“Trump’s fossil fuel orders are a death sentence for my generation,” said Eva Lighthiser, 19, the named plaintiff. “I’m not suing because I want to. I’m suing because I have to. My health, my future, and my right to speak the truth are all on the line.” www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/c...
EPIC!
Climate TRACE shows you where and when greenhouse gas emissions are occurring.
Al Gore’s Real-Time Climate Data Just Went Live—Here’s Why It Matters
How Real-Time Climate Data from Climate TRACE is transforming emissions tracking—bringing transparency, speed, and accountability to global climate action.
www.forbes.com
April 22, 2025 at 1:39 PM
EPIC!
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I'll be chairing this event later. Registration closes two hours before the event, so there's still a bit of time to register.
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
April 22, 2025 at 6:37 AM
I'll be chairing this event later. Registration closes two hours before the event, so there's still a bit of time to register.
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
It has been a lovely week celebrating the Honorary Doctorates awarded to Frédéric Mérand and Andrea Gerlak by ISPOLE UCLouvain and the ESPO faculty!
Fantastic to attend a lot of great events throughout the week!
Congratulations!
Fantastic to attend a lot of great events throughout the week!
Congratulations!
April 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
It has been a lovely week celebrating the Honorary Doctorates awarded to Frédéric Mérand and Andrea Gerlak by ISPOLE UCLouvain and the ESPO faculty!
Fantastic to attend a lot of great events throughout the week!
Congratulations!
Fantastic to attend a lot of great events throughout the week!
Congratulations!
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The EU’s 2030 climate and energy goals are within reach, but stronger national plans are needed.
ECNO’s updated briefing on 22 final updated NECPs highlights key opportunities for a climate neutral economy.
See how the EU can turn ambition into action: climateobservatory.eu/delivering-2...
ECNO’s updated briefing on 22 final updated NECPs highlights key opportunities for a climate neutral economy.
See how the EU can turn ambition into action: climateobservatory.eu/delivering-2...
April 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
The EU’s 2030 climate and energy goals are within reach, but stronger national plans are needed.
ECNO’s updated briefing on 22 final updated NECPs highlights key opportunities for a climate neutral economy.
See how the EU can turn ambition into action: climateobservatory.eu/delivering-2...
ECNO’s updated briefing on 22 final updated NECPs highlights key opportunities for a climate neutral economy.
See how the EU can turn ambition into action: climateobservatory.eu/delivering-2...
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Some encouraging figures from IRENA’s latest report: renewable energy continues to dominate new capacity additions, accounting for 93% of all installations in 2024. The annual growth rate of renewable installations reached a record 15.1%(just below the 16.6% annual growth needed from now until 2030)
March 26, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Some encouraging figures from IRENA’s latest report: renewable energy continues to dominate new capacity additions, accounting for 93% of all installations in 2024. The annual growth rate of renewable installations reached a record 15.1%(just below the 16.6% annual growth needed from now until 2030)