Gus Greenstein
@gusgreenstein.bsky.social
Assist Prof of Public Policy & Administration, Leiden University • gusgreenstein.com • Public orgs, environment, aid. • Main question: how to build a more effective environmental state?
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Gus Greenstein
@gusgreenstein.bsky.social
· Apr 11
Happy to see this piece out in Public Management Review! I examine the challenges Brazil’s protected areas agency has faced in allocating its workforce in a way that supports its key goal of preventing hashtag#deforestation.
Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v
@pmreview.bsky.social
Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v
@pmreview.bsky.social
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Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
November 5, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Universal swing in action: "What we saw last night was a directional shift toward Democrats in 99.8% of counties that held partisan elections." www.gelliottmorris.com/p/seven-data...
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My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Law Firm Pressures Brown University to Erase Research on Anti-Wind Groups
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
My lab's been attacked by an anti-wind group and their lawyers. They threatened the science funding of my whole university, to shut me and my undergraduate research assistants up.
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
NYT just covered it. 1/n
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/c...
Calling the Amazon Soy Moratorium a cartel. Wow, don't think even the Trump admin could've thought that one up. Tragic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction
www.theguardian.com
August 21, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Calling the Amazon Soy Moratorium a cartel. Wow, don't think even the Trump admin could've thought that one up. Tragic.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We (the Leiden University Institute of Public Administration) are hiring! Two Assistant Prof positions, with interest in scholars focusing on sustainability. Please consider applying...it's a great place to be! Deadline is September 14th.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3540...
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3540...
Two assistant Professors in Public Administration
Two Assistant Professors in Public Administration (2.0 fte) Do you want to help shape the future of public governance? Join us in The Hague to strengthen our outstanding team of researchers and teache...
www.academictransfer.com
August 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
We (the Leiden University Institute of Public Administration) are hiring! Two Assistant Prof positions, with interest in scholars focusing on sustainability. Please consider applying...it's a great place to be! Deadline is September 14th.
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3540...
www.academictransfer.com/en/jobs/3540...
I'm happy to share that I've been awarded €35,000 from the Leiden University Fund and Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds for a project titled "A global analysis of the structure and impact of the environmental state".
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
I'm happy to share that I've been awarded €35,000 from the Leiden University Fund and Stichting Elise Mathilde Fonds for a project titled "A global analysis of the structure and impact of the environmental state".
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congrats to canada for seeing us as a cautionary tale and being all “not in my mf’ing house”
April 29, 2025 at 2:37 AM
congrats to canada for seeing us as a cautionary tale and being all “not in my mf’ing house”
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Re “woke” Harvard students:
- Nearly 1/2 of Harvard undergrads plan on careers in finance or consulting
- Just around 6% plan for jobs in government or non-profits
- Nearly 1/2 of Harvard undergrads plan on careers in finance or consulting
- Just around 6% plan for jobs in government or non-profits
April 28, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Re “woke” Harvard students:
- Nearly 1/2 of Harvard undergrads plan on careers in finance or consulting
- Just around 6% plan for jobs in government or non-profits
- Nearly 1/2 of Harvard undergrads plan on careers in finance or consulting
- Just around 6% plan for jobs in government or non-profits
"Amid the news void, Canada Proud and dozens of other partisan pages are rising in popularity on Facebook and Instagram before the election. At the same time, cryptocurrency scams and ads that mimic legitimate news sources have proliferated on the platforms. "
News Is Blocked on Meta’s Feeds in Canada. Here’s What Fills the Void.
Hyperpartisan and misleading content from popular right-wing pages such as Canada Proud is thriving on Facebook as the election nears.
www.nytimes.com
April 25, 2025 at 10:01 AM
"Amid the news void, Canada Proud and dozens of other partisan pages are rising in popularity on Facebook and Instagram before the election. At the same time, cryptocurrency scams and ads that mimic legitimate news sources have proliferated on the platforms. "
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Good job, Stanford admin. More of this.
“America’s univs are a source of great national strength, creating knowledge and driving innovation and economic growth,” they also wrote. “This strength has been built on government investment but not government control.“
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
“America’s univs are a source of great national strength, creating knowledge and driving innovation and economic growth,” they also wrote. “This strength has been built on government investment but not government control.“
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
Stanford president and provost back Harvard in funding fight
The president and provost said Harvard’s rejection of government demands was “rooted in the American tradition of liberty.”
stanforddaily.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Good job, Stanford admin. More of this.
“America’s univs are a source of great national strength, creating knowledge and driving innovation and economic growth,” they also wrote. “This strength has been built on government investment but not government control.“
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
“America’s univs are a source of great national strength, creating knowledge and driving innovation and economic growth,” they also wrote. “This strength has been built on government investment but not government control.“
stanforddaily.com/2025/04/15/l...
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There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
April 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There is a PR narrative quickly emerging about “entitlement” of elite universities, as if this $ is some sort of subsidy
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Harvard & others must counter this quickly
The $ doesn’t flow into Harvard’s coffers - this is grant money, most of which goes to research the govt has agreed has social value
Happy to see this piece out in Public Management Review! I examine the challenges Brazil’s protected areas agency has faced in allocating its workforce in a way that supports its key goal of preventing hashtag#deforestation.
Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v
@pmreview.bsky.social
Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v
@pmreview.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Happy to see this piece out in Public Management Review! I examine the challenges Brazil’s protected areas agency has faced in allocating its workforce in a way that supports its key goal of preventing hashtag#deforestation.
Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v
@pmreview.bsky.social
Link (open-access): tinyurl.com/53h5pa3v
@pmreview.bsky.social
This is an absolutely amazing research effort and intervention outcome.
Big congrats to all involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Big congrats to all involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
April 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is an absolutely amazing research effort and intervention outcome.
Big congrats to all involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Big congrats to all involved!
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Me. I derive joy from Walz.
Musk: I mean, have you Tim Walz, who is a huge jerk, running on stage with the Tesla stock price.. What an evil thing to do. What a creep, what a jerk. Like who derives joy from that?
March 29, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Me. I derive joy from Walz.
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Teaching the political economy of the green transition this term, I used, and learned from, some amazing 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. A 🧵 on some of the best. Further suggestions are very welcome, I'll add them below.
March 28, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Teaching the political economy of the green transition this term, I used, and learned from, some amazing 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐲 𝐭𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬. A 🧵 on some of the best. Further suggestions are very welcome, I'll add them below.
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New Paper alert!
We propose a novel framework for organizing ex ante multi-criteria assessments of climate policy pathways at the science-policy interface, usable e.g. by formal advisory bodies such as @expertenratklima.bsky.social, @thecccuk.bsky.social ky.social and @airresources.bsky.social.
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We propose a novel framework for organizing ex ante multi-criteria assessments of climate policy pathways at the science-policy interface, usable e.g. by formal advisory bodies such as @expertenratklima.bsky.social, @thecccuk.bsky.social ky.social and @airresources.bsky.social.
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March 21, 2025 at 2:04 PM
New Paper alert!
We propose a novel framework for organizing ex ante multi-criteria assessments of climate policy pathways at the science-policy interface, usable e.g. by formal advisory bodies such as @expertenratklima.bsky.social, @thecccuk.bsky.social ky.social and @airresources.bsky.social.
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We propose a novel framework for organizing ex ante multi-criteria assessments of climate policy pathways at the science-policy interface, usable e.g. by formal advisory bodies such as @expertenratklima.bsky.social, @thecccuk.bsky.social ky.social and @airresources.bsky.social.
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Exploit a crisis to recruit (expensive) hotshot academics from abroad at the same time you're cutting $1.2 billion from your own education sector. Cool 👍👍
nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...
nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...
Netherlands launches fund to lure top scientists, like those fleeing the U.S.
As political pressures and funding cuts drive some researchers out of the United States, the Netherlands is moving to position itself as a refuge for top scientific talent. Education Minister Eppo Bru...
nltimes.nl
March 21, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Exploit a crisis to recruit (expensive) hotshot academics from abroad at the same time you're cutting $1.2 billion from your own education sector. Cool 👍👍
nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...
nltimes.nl/2025/03/20/n...
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My review of a new short book edited by Michael Lewis that profiles some of the nation’s outstanding and fascinating federal employees. As I wrote in the @washingtonpost.com review, “Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/who-is-gov...
Who is Government?
Celebrating the people who make the federal bureaucracy work
www.doomsdayscenario.co
March 20, 2025 at 2:38 PM
My review of a new short book edited by Michael Lewis that profiles some of the nation’s outstanding and fascinating federal employees. As I wrote in the @washingtonpost.com review, “Perhaps never before has there been a book better timed or more urgent.” www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/who-is-gov...
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The World Happiness Report is out, and Finland is indeed #1, followed by Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden. If you rank countries by positive emotion, though, Senegal is #1 and Finland is #25. Again, this illustrates the difference between measures of life satisfaction and happiness.
☀️ Today is World Happiness Day ☀️ If everything goes as expected, Finland will once more be named the happiest country on earth. But it isn't, and for all we know it never was. Let me explain 🧵/1
March 20, 2025 at 11:46 AM
The World Happiness Report is out, and Finland is indeed #1, followed by Denmark, Iceland, and Sweden. If you rank countries by positive emotion, though, Senegal is #1 and Finland is #25. Again, this illustrates the difference between measures of life satisfaction and happiness.
It, unfortunately, will also silence international scholars (maybe even US citizens living abroad) who are leading authorities to comment on what Trump is doing to America. These conversations are happening in European academia.
An entirely reasonable and rational response by non-US scientists (and others) will be to stop coming to the US. These sorts of actions will turn the US into a pariah state, where embassies routinely offer warnings about traveler safety.
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Yeah, don’t think I’ll be travelling to the United States anytime soon!
March 19, 2025 at 7:21 PM
It, unfortunately, will also silence international scholars (maybe even US citizens living abroad) who are leading authorities to comment on what Trump is doing to America. These conversations are happening in European academia.
March 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...
March 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
The Review of International Organizations invites papers using geocoded data on foreign aid for a special issue “Analyzing Global Development with the Geocoded Official Development Assistance Dataset (GODAD).” See godad.me, godad.uni-goettingen.de/uploads/RIO_...
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Compared to Europe, the US has weak environmental and climate regulations, but strong science. Now what has worked is ripped apart. The American population will be exposed to more pollution and health risks and the whole 🌎 will suffer due to less knowledge. It is 💔 to watch this play out.
Breaking News: The EPA plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists.
Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.’s Scientific Research Arm
More than 1,000 chemists, biologists and other scientists could be laid off under a plan to dismantle the Office of Research and Development.
www.nytimes.com
March 18, 2025 at 4:54 AM
Compared to Europe, the US has weak environmental and climate regulations, but strong science. Now what has worked is ripped apart. The American population will be exposed to more pollution and health risks and the whole 🌎 will suffer due to less knowledge. It is 💔 to watch this play out.
"Philanthropists and donors are concerned that Mr. Trump might come after their foundations. Mr. Gates has been viciously attacked by Elon Musk, one of Mr. Trump’s closest advisers."
Climate Group Funded by Bill Gates Slashes Staff in Major Retreat
Breakthrough Energy, an umbrella group for energy and environmental efforts funded by Mr. Gates, is resetting for the Trump era.
www.nytimes.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:10 PM
"Philanthropists and donors are concerned that Mr. Trump might come after their foundations. Mr. Gates has been viciously attacked by Elon Musk, one of Mr. Trump’s closest advisers."
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I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.
February 7, 2025 at 12:34 AM
I am really frustrated that the press is discussing the destruction of USAID as something that has happened rather than an illegal action that will likely be undone in two weeks when courts tell the world that it was illegal.