Jack Taggart
@jacktaggart.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in International Political Economy at Queen's University, Belfast.
Critical IPE | International Development | Global Governance
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Critical IPE | International Development | Global Governance
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new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
Corporate Power in a Multistakeholder World: Venue Hopping and the Multilevel Politics of Ultra‐Processed Food
The regulation of business is increasingly characterized by “soft” governance regimes that blur the boundaries of public and private authority, as signaled by the rapid proliferation of multistakehol...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 13, 2025 at 11:41 AM
new article in @reggovjournal.bsky.social that examines how corporations engage in 'venue hopping' as a means to advance agendas in multiple spaces and at multiple levels
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
This riffs off Baumgartner and Jones' notion of venue shopping, but adapts it for an increasingly multistakeholder world
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“There is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal.”
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
September 29, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“There is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal.”
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
Excellent article by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social who argue that the global governance of the Sustainable Development Goals has undermined progress.
theloop.ecpr.eu/the-sustaina...
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Please check out not only this piece by @jacktaggart.bsky.social & myself, but also our Special Section on 'The SDGs at 10' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social.
🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress
This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...
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September 26, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Please check out not only this piece by @jacktaggart.bsky.social & myself, but also our Special Section on 'The SDGs at 10' in @globalpolicy.bsky.social.
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new blog by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on the UN SDGs, drawing on a recent special issue in @globalpolicy.bsky.social
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress
This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...
theloop.ecpr.eu
September 26, 2025 at 11:08 AM
new blog by @benjaminfaude.bsky.social and @jacktaggart.bsky.social on the UN SDGs, drawing on a recent special issue in @globalpolicy.bsky.social
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
lots of great contributions, including a paper by myself and Jack Taggart on institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
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🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: how global governance is undermining progress
This month marks ten years since the adoption of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Yet there is little cause for celebration: progress has been dismal. Benjamin Faude and Jack Taggart argue that...
bit.ly
September 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
🌎 This month marks 10 years since the adoption of the UN’s #SustainableDevelopmentGoals. Yet there is little cause for celebration.
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
🗣️ @benjaminfaude.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social argue that the global governance of the goals has undermined progress. #SDGs
👉 bit.ly/4nyzUCE
We're advertising not one but TWO permanent(!) Lecturer positions at the mighty QUB: one in International Relations and one in International Public Policy. Deadline for both 13th October. Details -> www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob...
September 17, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We're advertising not one but TWO permanent(!) Lecturer positions at the mighty QUB: one in International Relations and one in International Public Policy. Deadline for both 13th October. Details -> www.qub.ac.uk/sites/QUBJob...
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Last chance to register for the online launch of our Ethics & International Affairs Roundtable "Global Governance in Hard Times".
Please join us for the launch of our E&IA Roundtable: 'Global Governance in Hard Times.'
Presentations: Faude+Karlsrud; @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social; @ninareiners.bsky.social; Julia Morse; @mstephen.bsky.social.
Comments: @hbirk.bsky.social; @tsommerer.bsky.social.
Details:
Presentations: Faude+Karlsrud; @yoramhaftel.bsky.social & @stephofmann.bsky.social; @ninareiners.bsky.social; Julia Morse; @mstephen.bsky.social.
Comments: @hbirk.bsky.social; @tsommerer.bsky.social.
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September 14, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Last chance to register for the online launch of our Ethics & International Affairs Roundtable "Global Governance in Hard Times".
Registration for online and in-person attendance of our special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs at 10 is still open! Click here to register tinyurl.com/534s96an
Ten years since the UN's adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals & both the agenda and multilateralism are in a sorry state. Join us in-person at Durham Castle or online for a special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs. To register click here: tinyurl.com/534s96an
September 8, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Registration for online and in-person attendance of our special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs at 10 is still open! Click here to register tinyurl.com/534s96an
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The SDGs at 10: Please join us for a Special Section Launch event on Friday 12 September 14:00-17:00 (BST).
Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg.
Comments: Fariborz Zelli
Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg.
Comments: Fariborz Zelli
September 2, 2025 at 10:50 AM
The SDGs at 10: Please join us for a Special Section Launch event on Friday 12 September 14:00-17:00 (BST).
Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg.
Comments: Fariborz Zelli
Contributions by Faude & @jacktaggart.bsky.social; @policyrelevant.bsky.social; @danxuu.bsky.social; K. Abraham; J. Loginovic & @docstushi.bsky.social; B. Reinsberg.
Comments: Fariborz Zelli
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The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: Celebration or Commiseration?
Please join us for a half-day special section launch event marking the tenth anniversary of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Friday 12th September, 14:00 – 17:00 (BST), Bishop’s Dining Suite, Durham Castle & Online.
Details here:
Please join us for a half-day special section launch event marking the tenth anniversary of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Friday 12th September, 14:00 – 17:00 (BST), Bishop’s Dining Suite, Durham Castle & Online.
Details here:
August 25, 2025 at 9:55 AM
The Sustainable Development Goals at 10: Celebration or Commiseration?
Please join us for a half-day special section launch event marking the tenth anniversary of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Friday 12th September, 14:00 – 17:00 (BST), Bishop’s Dining Suite, Durham Castle & Online.
Details here:
Please join us for a half-day special section launch event marking the tenth anniversary of the UN’s 2030 Agenda on Friday 12th September, 14:00 – 17:00 (BST), Bishop’s Dining Suite, Durham Castle & Online.
Details here:
Ten years since the UN's adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals & both the agenda and multilateralism are in a sorry state. Join us in-person at Durham Castle or online for a special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs. To register click here: tinyurl.com/534s96an
August 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Ten years since the UN's adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals & both the agenda and multilateralism are in a sorry state. Join us in-person at Durham Castle or online for a special section launch event on the global governance of the SDGs. To register click here: tinyurl.com/534s96an
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Delighted to see this paper out, co-written with Julia Loginovic where we think about what the #SDGs mean. Rather than concern for their apparent failure we argue they do exactly what they're supposed to: commodify and socialise ever more parts of the world under so-called "neoliberal" hegemony ...
Early View Article
United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: Hybrid Institutional Complexes as Hegemony-Building?
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/cli...
United Nations 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals: Hybrid Institutional Complexes as Hegemony-Building?
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/cli...
August 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Delighted to see this paper out, co-written with Julia Loginovic where we think about what the #SDGs mean. Rather than concern for their apparent failure we argue they do exactly what they're supposed to: commodify and socialise ever more parts of the world under so-called "neoliberal" hegemony ...
📣 New article w/ @iliasalami.bsky.social & @tomchodor.bsky.social on the return of industrial policy globally @globalpolicy.bsky.social. Does this signal a 'New Washington Consensus'? And does the return of industrial policy 'rebuild the ladder' of economic development? 🔗➡️ tinyurl.com/yk2wvttc 1/12
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
📣 New article w/ @iliasalami.bsky.social & @tomchodor.bsky.social on the return of industrial policy globally @globalpolicy.bsky.social. Does this signal a 'New Washington Consensus'? And does the return of industrial policy 'rebuild the ladder' of economic development? 🔗➡️ tinyurl.com/yk2wvttc 1/12
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Please join us for the 6th Global Policy North workshop at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 6-7 November 2025. Details in the CfP.
Cc: @globalpolicy.bsky.social; @uofgsps.bsky.social.
Cc: @globalpolicy.bsky.social; @uofgsps.bsky.social.
August 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Please join us for the 6th Global Policy North workshop at @uofglasgow.bsky.social on 6-7 November 2025. Details in the CfP.
Cc: @globalpolicy.bsky.social; @uofgsps.bsky.social.
Cc: @globalpolicy.bsky.social; @uofgsps.bsky.social.
Important piece in the guardian that quotes our work on how the petrochemical historical bloc seeks to derail a UN global plastics treaty @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks
Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Important piece in the guardian that quotes our work on how the petrochemical historical bloc seeks to derail a UN global plastics treaty @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ep 6 and final ep of Global Aid Rethink' podcast out now! 🌟
Hosted by Global Politics and Development WG convenors Dr Melita Lazell & @ivicapetrikova.bsky.social this week they're discussing 'the future of aid' w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social reflecting on recent aid cuts 🌎
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Hosted by Global Politics and Development WG convenors Dr Melita Lazell & @ivicapetrikova.bsky.social this week they're discussing 'the future of aid' w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social reflecting on recent aid cuts 🌎
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Global Aid Rethink - episode six- Global Politics and Development | BISA
- Global Politics and Development Working Group
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July 22, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Ep 6 and final ep of Global Aid Rethink' podcast out now! 🌟
Hosted by Global Politics and Development WG convenors Dr Melita Lazell & @ivicapetrikova.bsky.social this week they're discussing 'the future of aid' w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social reflecting on recent aid cuts 🌎
👉
Hosted by Global Politics and Development WG convenors Dr Melita Lazell & @ivicapetrikova.bsky.social this week they're discussing 'the future of aid' w/ @jacktaggart.bsky.social reflecting on recent aid cuts 🌎
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Definitely worth a read: how plastics producers are trying to use multistakeholderism to dilute global action on plastic.
@jacktaggart.bsky.social and I have been working together on multistakeholderism, and thinking about how these hybrid forms of governance connect to multilateralism
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
Early View Article - The Trojan Horse of Hybrid Governance: Corporate Power and Global Plastics Governance | Global Policy Journal
This article examines the emergence of a hybrid institutional complex (HIC) in global plastics governance. By interrogating the structure, features, and contradictions of hybrid global plastics govern...
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Definitely worth a read: how plastics producers are trying to use multistakeholderism to dilute global action on plastic.
Reposted by Jack Taggart
@jacktaggart.bsky.social and I have been working together on multistakeholderism, and thinking about how these hybrid forms of governance connect to multilateralism
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
Early View Article - The Trojan Horse of Hybrid Governance: Corporate Power and Global Plastics Governance | Global Policy Journal
This article examines the emergence of a hybrid institutional complex (HIC) in global plastics governance. By interrogating the structure, features, and contradictions of hybrid global plastics govern...
www.globalpolicyjournal.com
July 17, 2025 at 11:13 AM
@jacktaggart.bsky.social and I have been working together on multistakeholderism, and thinking about how these hybrid forms of governance connect to multilateralism
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
This is an attempt to think through institutional hybridity in global plastics governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
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Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs, @policyrelevant.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social examine the Hybrid Institutional Complex (HIC) of global plastics governance: voluntary, industry‐led multistakeholder initiatives risk entrenching corporate‐friendly governance.
Early View Article
The Trojan Horse of Hybrid Governance: Corporate Power and Global Plastics Governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
The Trojan Horse of Hybrid Governance: Corporate Power and Global Plastics Governance
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/glo...
July 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Ahead of the 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs, @policyrelevant.bsky.social & @jacktaggart.bsky.social examine the Hybrid Institutional Complex (HIC) of global plastics governance: voluntary, industry‐led multistakeholder initiatives risk entrenching corporate‐friendly governance.
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Check out this article by Kavi Abraham, which examines the tension between political inclusion and informal hierarchy found in the Hybrid Institutional Complex (HIC) for sustainable development.
A great contribution ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs!
A great contribution ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs!
Early View Article
Managerialism and the Changing Politics of Inclusion
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/cli...
Managerialism and the Changing Politics of Inclusion
www.globalpolicyjournal.com/articles/cli...
July 11, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Check out this article by Kavi Abraham, which examines the tension between political inclusion and informal hierarchy found in the Hybrid Institutional Complex (HIC) for sustainable development.
A great contribution ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs!
A great contribution ahead of the upcoming 10th anniversary of the adoption of the SDGs!
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grateful to ISRF for supporting our research on corporate power and the political economy of plastics - it’s great to have funders that continue to support critical scholarship
The Battle for Plastics: Corporate Power and the UN Global Plastics Treaty
Rob Ralston (@policyrelevant.bsky.social) & Jack Taggart (@jacktaggart.bsky.social)
isrf.org/projects/the...
Rob Ralston (@policyrelevant.bsky.social) & Jack Taggart (@jacktaggart.bsky.social)
isrf.org/projects/the...
The Battle for Plastics: Corporate Power and the UN Global Plastics Treaty
isrf.org
July 9, 2025 at 12:55 PM
grateful to ISRF for supporting our research on corporate power and the political economy of plastics - it’s great to have funders that continue to support critical scholarship
As we approach additional negotiations on a UN Plastics Treaty, here we sketch the contours of a 'petrochemical historical bloc' that seeks to undermine more ambitious and stringent governance. w/ Peter Dauvergne, @policyrelevant.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social --> doi.org/10.1017/plc....
July 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
As we approach additional negotiations on a UN Plastics Treaty, here we sketch the contours of a 'petrochemical historical bloc' that seeks to undermine more ambitious and stringent governance. w/ Peter Dauvergne, @policyrelevant.bsky.social @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social --> doi.org/10.1017/plc....
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Excited to see this new piece out on the competing axes of power in the global plastics treaty led by Peter Dauvergne with many awesome collaborators!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jenirisallan.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @racheltiller.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jenirisallan.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @racheltiller.bsky.social
July 8, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Excited to see this new piece out on the competing axes of power in the global plastics treaty led by Peter Dauvergne with many awesome collaborators!
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jenirisallan.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @racheltiller.bsky.social
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
@jenirisallan.bsky.social @policyrelevant.bsky.social @jacktaggart.bsky.social @racheltiller.bsky.social
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new paper on the 'axes of power' in the global plastics treaty with 18 (!!) stellar colleagues, drawing on our collective expertise / experience of negotiations
open access and a great overview of where things stand with 3 weeks to go until the final round of negotiations
open access and a great overview of where things stand with 3 weeks to go until the final round of negotiations
Competing axes of power in the global plastics treaty: Understanding the politics of progress and setbacks in negotiating a high-ambition agreement
Headlines in December 2024 proclaimed the “collapse” and “failure” of United Nations plastics treaty negotiations in Busan, South Korea. This is, howe…
www.sciencedirect.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
new paper on the 'axes of power' in the global plastics treaty with 18 (!!) stellar colleagues, drawing on our collective expertise / experience of negotiations
open access and a great overview of where things stand with 3 weeks to go until the final round of negotiations
open access and a great overview of where things stand with 3 weeks to go until the final round of negotiations
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Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
A Green Cold War
In our era of global economic interdependence, the face of geopolitics has changed
www.break-down.org
July 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Wrote a new piece for @the-breakdown.bsky.social on how the Second Cold War is shaping the future climate and energy transition, including in developing countries
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6
www.break-down.org/post/a-green...
@campolis.bsky.social @scwobservatory.bsky.social
a few quotes in the thread below: 1/6