Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen
@ioannisrz.bsky.social
Political Geographer by training. Working on food security in a period characterized by permanent and overlapping crises.
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“The essential questions of whether or how to use it come down to far thornier societal issues: How can we best balance the risks and benefits? How can we ensure that it’s used in an equitable way? How do we make legitimate decisions about SRM on a planet with such sharp political divisions?”
Why the For-Profit Race into Solar Geoengineering is Bad for Science and Public Trust
By David Keith and Daniele Visioni Last week, an American-Israeli company that claims it’s developed proprietary technology to cool the planet announced it had raised $60 million, by far the largest k...
climate.uchicago.edu
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“The essential questions of whether or how to use it come down to far thornier societal issues: How can we best balance the risks and benefits? How can we ensure that it’s used in an equitable way? How do we make legitimate decisions about SRM on a planet with such sharp political divisions?”
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🌊 #IlliberalWave No.44
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🌊 The nature of fascism and why it differs from populism
People are talking more and more about fascism, and often confusing it with populism. Paul D. Kenny argues that we need to understand how fascism stands out. It has never been just a matter of words o...
bit.ly
November 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌊 #IlliberalWave No.44
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
🗣️ People are talking more and more about #Fascism, and often confusing it with #Populism.
💡 @kennypd.bsky.social discusses the features of fascism and argues that we need to understand how it stands out.
👉 bit.ly/4r1mjGe
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The road to a first-author paper often isn't short or direct. Unlike her colleagues, Poojashree Chettiar faced a five-year wait to publish her PhD project. Here’s how she coped: spklr.io/63324BMXYA
#PhDChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky
Lessons from a long road to a first-author paper
Unlike my colleagues, I faced a five-year wait to publish my PhD project. Here’s how I coped.
spklr.io
November 16, 2025 at 12:44 PM
The road to a first-author paper often isn't short or direct. Unlike her colleagues, Poojashree Chettiar faced a five-year wait to publish her PhD project. Here’s how she coped: spklr.io/63324BMXYA
#PhDChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky
#PhDChat #PhDSky #AcademicSky
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💰 #NATO has agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social of @ecprsgir.bsky.social presents 🆕 evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes beyond the numbers. In fact, democratic allies may have more leeway than they realise.
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
What Americans really think when European allies don’t cooperate
NATO recently agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But Osman Sabri Kiratli presents new experimental evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes far beyond the numbers. In...
bit.ly
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
💰 #NATO has agreed to a historic 5% defence spending target. But @osmansabrikiratli.bsky.social of @ecprsgir.bsky.social presents 🆕 evidence revealing that what Americans truly care about goes beyond the numbers. In fact, democratic allies may have more leeway than they realise.
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
👉 bit.ly/3JXqqlX
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The Political Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographic Society and Political Geography are seeking nominations for the fifth PolGRG/PG Book Award for books published from June 2023 up to and including June 2025.
November 14, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The Political Geography Research Group of the Royal Geographic Society and Political Geography are seeking nominations for the fifth PolGRG/PG Book Award for books published from June 2023 up to and including June 2025.
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Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor, by Andreas Malm, Kristoffer Ekberg, Christina Englund, Johanne Tagmose Grønkjær, Martin Charlier, Olivia Medin and Ståle Holgersen www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Green national paradox? How the far right turned Sweden from a (reputed) pioneer of climate mitigation to an obstructor, by Andreas Malm, Kristoffer Ekberg, Christina Englund, Johanne Tagmose Grønkjær, Martin Charlier, Olivia Medin and Ståle Holgersen www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.122
💭 In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes @ioannisrz.bsky.social, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy.
👉 bit.ly/478VF6B
💭 In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes @ioannisrz.bsky.social, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy.
👉 bit.ly/478VF6B
🦋 The pluriverse of democracy
In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy
bit.ly
October 24, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🦋 #ScienceOfDemocracy No.122
💭 In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes @ioannisrz.bsky.social, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy.
👉 bit.ly/478VF6B
💭 In a time of anthropogenic existential crises, writes @ioannisrz.bsky.social, this new stage in the Science of Democracy conversation highlights how plural thinking can help rejuvenate democracy.
👉 bit.ly/478VF6B
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🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.30
🗣️ War in #Ukraine has transformed how often #EUleaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it.
🏅 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, Nicole Scicluna shows that enlargement remains cast as a conditional, merit-based process.
👉 bit.ly/4ommRVc
🗣️ War in #Ukraine has transformed how often #EUleaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it.
🏅 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, Nicole Scicluna shows that enlargement remains cast as a conditional, merit-based process.
👉 bit.ly/4ommRVc
🧭 Framing wartime enlargement: still a process, after all
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has transformed how often EU leaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it. Nicole Scicluna shows that despite geopolitical urgency and family rhetoric, enlarg...
bit.ly
October 15, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🧭 #EUEnlargementDilemmas No.30
🗣️ War in #Ukraine has transformed how often #EUleaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it.
🏅 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, Nicole Scicluna shows that enlargement remains cast as a conditional, merit-based process.
👉 bit.ly/4ommRVc
🗣️ War in #Ukraine has transformed how often #EUleaders talk about enlargement, but not how they frame it.
🏅 Based on @jeppjournal.bsky.social research, Nicole Scicluna shows that enlargement remains cast as a conditional, merit-based process.
👉 bit.ly/4ommRVc
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🗣️ #ProEU MEPs pursue #democratisation based on institutional mimicry.
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
Why the EU’s democratic deficit persists
Pro-EU MEPs have long pursued a logic of democratisation based on institutional mimicry. But as Jan Pieter Beetz, Gilles Pittoors and Wouter Wolfs argue, this path has become ideologically entrenched ...
bit.ly
October 9, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🗣️ #ProEU MEPs pursue #democratisation based on institutional mimicry.
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
🔗 Jan Pieter Beetz, @gillespittoors.bsky.social & Wouter Wolfs argue that this risks overlooking potentially better alternative models that might better connect with European citizens.
👉 bit.ly/48gEEs2
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💼 We often consider business groups to be the dominant lobbying force in Brussels.
📘 But, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @frederikstevens.bsky.social shows the opposite: citizen groups are more likely to influence what gets on, or stays off, the #EU’s agenda.
👉 buff.ly/f5AAtfG
📘 But, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @frederikstevens.bsky.social shows the opposite: citizen groups are more likely to influence what gets on, or stays off, the #EU’s agenda.
👉 buff.ly/f5AAtfG
Why citizen groups outpace business in EU agenda-setting
We often consider business groups to be the dominant lobbying force in Brussels. But, based on his latest research, Frederik Stevens shows the opposite: citizen groups are more likely to influence…
theloop.ecpr.eu
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 AM
💼 We often consider business groups to be the dominant lobbying force in Brussels.
📘 But, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @frederikstevens.bsky.social shows the opposite: citizen groups are more likely to influence what gets on, or stays off, the #EU’s agenda.
👉 buff.ly/f5AAtfG
📘 But, based on @ejprjournal.bsky.social research, @frederikstevens.bsky.social shows the opposite: citizen groups are more likely to influence what gets on, or stays off, the #EU’s agenda.
👉 buff.ly/f5AAtfG
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📙 Drawing on @prxjournal.bsky.social research,
@rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place.
👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort.
➡️ bit.ly/3VKlG5I
@rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place.
👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort.
➡️ bit.ly/3VKlG5I
Why disillusioned citizens may back referendums in theory but not in practice
Ruben Van Severen shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of referendums, but are not necessarily enthusiastic when they take place. Drawing on research in Flanders, he shows how ...
bit.ly
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
📙 Drawing on @prxjournal.bsky.social research,
@rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place.
👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort.
➡️ bit.ly/3VKlG5I
@rubenvanseveren.bsky.social shows why politically cynical citizens often praise the idea of #Referendums, but may not be enthusiastic when they take place.
👎 Low interest can mean low turnout, invalid results + wasted effort.
➡️ bit.ly/3VKlG5I
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Protecting Indigenous territories in Amazon rainforest areas with high levels of forest cover may help reduce the number of cases of several diseases in the surrounding areas, according to an analysis published in @commsearth.nature.com: spklr.io/63329ByPOU #environment #conservation
Indigenous Territories can safeguard human health depending on the landscape structure and legal status - Communications Earth & Environment
Indigenous territory extent in the Amazon biome can reduce the incidence of fire-related and zoonotic/vector-borne diseases, but only in certain contexts, according to an analysis of disease incidence data from the region.
spklr.io
September 12, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Protecting Indigenous territories in Amazon rainforest areas with high levels of forest cover may help reduce the number of cases of several diseases in the surrounding areas, according to an analysis published in @commsearth.nature.com: spklr.io/63329ByPOU #environment #conservation
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#OpenAccess in The GJ:
'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
This commentary explores the essential nature of commoning as a practice of collective care within today's political climate.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
This commentary explores the essential nature of commoning as a practice of collective care within today's political climate.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
July 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
#OpenAccess in The GJ:
'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
This commentary explores the essential nature of commoning as a practice of collective care within today's political climate.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
'On commons, state institutions and capitalism' by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
This commentary explores the essential nature of commoning as a practice of collective care within today's political climate.
doi.org/10.1111/geoj... #geosky
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Increased military emissions is one of the dangers of increased military spending, but the bigger concern as I explained to @grist.org is that an ever more militarised world is the opposite of climate justice. grist.org/climate/how-...
How reducing the US military budget would also reduce emissions
New research shows that even with modest reductions in military funding, the United States would keep a whole lot of carbon out of the atmosphere.
grist.org
July 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Increased military emissions is one of the dangers of increased military spending, but the bigger concern as I explained to @grist.org is that an ever more militarised world is the opposite of climate justice. grist.org/climate/how-...
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✨Once again, I am so grateful to be able to work, think, write, rewrite and share emotional highs and lows with the wonderful @corinna-viajera.bsky.social and @sware.bsky.social 💜
Read some results of our common care-full endeavour in the latest issue of @environmentalpol.bsky.social
Read some results of our common care-full endeavour in the latest issue of @environmentalpol.bsky.social
Time and space for social-ecological transformation: care-full commoning in and beyond the ecofeminist city
@corinna-viajera.bsky.social, @hannavoelkle.bsky.social & @sware.bsky.social
Pages: 861-881
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
@corinna-viajera.bsky.social, @hannavoelkle.bsky.social & @sware.bsky.social
Pages: 861-881
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Time and space for social-ecological transformation: care-full commoning in and beyond the ecofeminist city
The relevance of civil society participation is well established in literature on environmental politics. However, the ability to join initiatives or movements actively fighting for a socially just...
doi.org
June 27, 2025 at 9:21 AM
✨Once again, I am so grateful to be able to work, think, write, rewrite and share emotional highs and lows with the wonderful @corinna-viajera.bsky.social and @sware.bsky.social 💜
Read some results of our common care-full endeavour in the latest issue of @environmentalpol.bsky.social
Read some results of our common care-full endeavour in the latest issue of @environmentalpol.bsky.social
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My thoughts on why NATO's new spending pledge is catastrophic for people and the planet. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
NATO’s 5 percent spending pledge is a threat to people and the planet
The alliance’s spending surge will prompt war, cut services and worsen the climate crisis.
www.aljazeera.com
June 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
My thoughts on why NATO's new spending pledge is catastrophic for people and the planet. www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...
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Online first at Space and Polity: "The more-than-human commons in a crisis-ridden context: the case of the women’s collective and the chamomile-bee commons in Skouries of Halkidiki, Greece" by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
June 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Online first at Space and Polity: "The more-than-human commons in a crisis-ridden context: the case of the women’s collective and the chamomile-bee commons in Skouries of Halkidiki, Greece" by @ioannisrz.bsky.social & @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Latest issue, Vol 34, Issue 4 out now.
8 research articles and 3 book reviews.
See below for details.
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
8 research articles and 3 book reviews.
See below for details.
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
May 21, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Latest issue, Vol 34, Issue 4 out now.
8 research articles and 3 book reviews.
See below for details.
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
8 research articles and 3 book reviews.
See below for details.
environmentalpoliticsjournal.net/editorial-an...
New article out now discussing the relationship of commons and commoning to progressive populism.
Link to the article here:
doi.org/10.1177/1942...
Link to the article here:
doi.org/10.1177/1942...
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doi.org
April 15, 2025 at 3:27 PM
New article out now discussing the relationship of commons and commoning to progressive populism.
Link to the article here:
doi.org/10.1177/1942...
Link to the article here:
doi.org/10.1177/1942...
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We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
March 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
We will not be distracted.
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
We will not be discouraged.
We’ve got our eyes on the prize.
And we will build the prosperous, free nation for all that we deserve.
The time to organize is now.
OcasioCortez.com
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And that’s on that 😌
AOC: One thing I love about Arizonans is that you all have shown that if a US Senator isn’t fighting hard enough for you, you’re not afraid to replace her with one who will.
March 21, 2025 at 4:14 AM
And that’s on that 😌
New publication out now!
Together with @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social we suggest understanding commons as an empty signifier, a way to highlight the messiness, within commons and co-depence of commons to state institutions and capital.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFEGN...
Together with @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social we suggest understanding commons as an empty signifier, a way to highlight the messiness, within commons and co-depence of commons to state institutions and capital.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFEGN...
Sage Journals: Discover world-class research
Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.
journals.sagepub.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:44 AM
New publication out now!
Together with @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social we suggest understanding commons as an empty signifier, a way to highlight the messiness, within commons and co-depence of commons to state institutions and capital.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFEGN...
Together with @nikoskapitsinis.bsky.social we suggest understanding commons as an empty signifier, a way to highlight the messiness, within commons and co-depence of commons to state institutions and capital.
journals.sagepub.com/eprint/GFEGN...
New publication on care politics and the importance of social reproduction for politics of the Anthropocene.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
The importance of practices of collective care: Exploring directions for an alternative productive paradigm fitting our times’ social, economic and ecological requirements - Ioannis Rigkos-Zitthen, Ni...
The Anthropocene is characterized by multiple crises associated with the infinite accumulation of growth on a planet of finite resources. Productive labour and ...
journals.sagepub.com
January 25, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New publication on care politics and the importance of social reproduction for politics of the Anthropocene.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Political Geography is soliciting nominations for the 2025 Early Career Researcher Paper Award. Nominations are due February 14
January 20, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Political Geography is soliciting nominations for the 2025 Early Career Researcher Paper Award. Nominations are due February 14