Jacob Hasselbalch
@jhasselbalch.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School // Political economy, climate change, sustainability, plastics, circular economy, experts and expertise // https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-organization/staff/jhaioa
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Green Indicative Planning | Phenomenal World
With derisking regimes falling short of meeting governments' pledges to reach net zero carbon emissions, what lessons can we learn from governance through indicative planning? Historically strong coor...
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"The green state must rise from the ashes of the derisking state... plan for a future of resilience or resign ourselves to chaos and the perils of climate adaptation under authoritarianism." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind.... @cornelban.bsky.social #decarbonization #planning #ClimateSky
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check our network and submit a paper for Bordeaux 2026!
🌍📈 Introducing Network V: Geoeconomics
SASE welcomes a new research network exploring the intersections of geopolitics, international political economy, and national capitalist systems in a time of global transformation.
🔗 Learn more about the new network: sase.org/networks/v-geoeconomics
SASE welcomes a new research network exploring the intersections of geopolitics, international political economy, and national capitalist systems in a time of global transformation.
🔗 Learn more about the new network: sase.org/networks/v-geoeconomics
Network V: Geoeconomics | SASE | The Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics
This network explores empirical and theoretical puzzles at the intersection of geopolitics, international political economy, and national capitalist systems in an era of ongoing global…
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November 4, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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With Caroline Ahler Christesen and @jhasselbalch.bsky.social, we asked: what can the environmental state actually do?
The answer is out now with @gepjournal.bsky.social 👇
If you ever wondered about this, check our paper and let us know what you think: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
The answer is out now with @gepjournal.bsky.social 👇
If you ever wondered about this, check our paper and let us know what you think: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
What Can the Environmental State Actually Do? Three Critiques and Their Limits
Abstract. Three critiques of the environmental state shape the discussion of its possibilities and limits. First, states are deemed structurally unable to mitigate climate change due to the “glass cei...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
With Caroline Ahler Christesen and @jhasselbalch.bsky.social, we asked: what can the environmental state actually do?
The answer is out now with @gepjournal.bsky.social 👇
If you ever wondered about this, check our paper and let us know what you think: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
The answer is out now with @gepjournal.bsky.social 👇
If you ever wondered about this, check our paper and let us know what you think: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Great new work from Søren Lund Frandsen on the microfoundations of #industrialpolicy: "the effectiveness and direction of #greenindustrialpolicy cannot be understood by investment volumes alone but must be traced through its organisational microfoundations": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
On the ground: the microfoundations of green industrial policy
Governments across the world are expanding public investments to support green industries and infrastructures under the banner of green growth and decarbonisation. Much of the political economy sch...
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October 23, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Great new work from Søren Lund Frandsen on the microfoundations of #industrialpolicy: "the effectiveness and direction of #greenindustrialpolicy cannot be understood by investment volumes alone but must be traced through its organisational microfoundations": www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tag yourself. I'm a coalition based, green industrial policy ecosocialist, rooting for high integration democracy, green growth everywhere with surgical degrowth, defending international solidarity, a mostly optimistic we-have-the-technology-we-need approach and a dynamic understanding of history.
October 9, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Tag yourself. I'm a coalition based, green industrial policy ecosocialist, rooting for high integration democracy, green growth everywhere with surgical degrowth, defending international solidarity, a mostly optimistic we-have-the-technology-we-need approach and a dynamic understanding of history.
We’re stuck in a false choice between green growth and degrowth.
One promises to fix the planet by growing the economy, the other by shrinking it.
But when you look closer, neither is a coherent political project. And there’s more overlap than most debates admit.
One promises to fix the planet by growing the economy, the other by shrinking it.
But when you look closer, neither is a coherent political project. And there’s more overlap than most debates admit.
Reimagining growth futures: Overcoming the false binary between green growth and degrowth
When imagining how a green transition can take place, the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability is commonly viewed in …
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October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We’re stuck in a false choice between green growth and degrowth.
One promises to fix the planet by growing the economy, the other by shrinking it.
But when you look closer, neither is a coherent political project. And there’s more overlap than most debates admit.
One promises to fix the planet by growing the economy, the other by shrinking it.
But when you look closer, neither is a coherent political project. And there’s more overlap than most debates admit.
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New article out in Ecological Economics with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social: 'Reimagining growth futures: Overcoming the false binary between green growth and degrowth'
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Reimagining growth futures: Overcoming the false binary between green growth and degrowth
When imagining how a green transition can take place, the relationship between economic growth and environmental sustainability is commonly viewed in …
www.sciencedirect.com
October 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New article out in Ecological Economics with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social: 'Reimagining growth futures: Overcoming the false binary between green growth and degrowth'
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
"BYD’s ascent thus forces a question that goes beyond industry: Can Europe still make things at scale in a world where power lies in the ability to integrate finance, technology, and policy faster than anyone else?"- @cornelban.bsky.social's new #geoeconomics substack (substack.com/home/post/p-...)
The Electric Mirror
BYD, Volkswagen, and the Political Economy of the EV Divide (with Asger Dam)
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October 7, 2025 at 7:53 AM
"BYD’s ascent thus forces a question that goes beyond industry: Can Europe still make things at scale in a world where power lies in the ability to integrate finance, technology, and policy faster than anyone else?"- @cornelban.bsky.social's new #geoeconomics substack (substack.com/home/post/p-...)
New article out! Outcome of a collaborative effort with Jane Bjørn Vedel, Susana Borrás, Alan Irwin and Vera Simoneit, funded by a local strategic initiative at Copenhagen Business School. #innovation #innovationpolicy #organization #grandchallenges
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Organizing transformative innovation: Advancing an organizational research agenda within Transformative Innovation Policy
In a world increasingly shaped by geopolitical divides, technological disruption, and the climate crisis, Transformative Innovation Policy (TIP) is mo…
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August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
New article out! Outcome of a collaborative effort with Jane Bjørn Vedel, Susana Borrás, Alan Irwin and Vera Simoneit, funded by a local strategic initiative at Copenhagen Business School. #innovation #innovationpolicy #organization #grandchallenges
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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1/7
Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals
Amid mounting geopolitical, socio-economic, and ecological crises, industrial policy has returned to the forefront of policy debates. However, the EU’s industrial policy framework – centerd on Sing...
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May 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
1/7
Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Our new article is out in Globalizations: Toward a post-growth industrial policy for Europe: navigating emerging tensions and long-term goals.
With @jasonhickel.bsky.social & @sebmang.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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4 NEW pieces, with @cornelban.bsky.social + @jhasselbalch.bsky.social on state planning, @rosiecollington.bsky.social on planet-critical sectors, @shayaksengupta.bsky.social + Abhinav Jindal on multilateralism, and @brusselermel.bsky.social + @chrismwhayes.bsky.social on derisking
(Links below)
(Links below)
May 9, 2025 at 5:49 PM
4 NEW pieces, with @cornelban.bsky.social + @jhasselbalch.bsky.social on state planning, @rosiecollington.bsky.social on planet-critical sectors, @shayaksengupta.bsky.social + Abhinav Jindal on multilateralism, and @brusselermel.bsky.social + @chrismwhayes.bsky.social on derisking
(Links below)
(Links below)
"The green state must rise from the ashes of the derisking state... plan for a future of resilience or resign ourselves to chaos and the perils of climate adaptation under authoritarianism." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind.... @cornelban.bsky.social #decarbonization #planning #ClimateSky
Green Indicative Planning | Phenomenal World
With derisking regimes falling short of meeting governments' pledges to reach net zero carbon emissions, what lessons can we learn from governance through indicative planning? Historically strong coor...
www.phenomenalworld.org
May 9, 2025 at 8:39 AM
"The green state must rise from the ashes of the derisking state... plan for a future of resilience or resign ourselves to chaos and the perils of climate adaptation under authoritarianism." www.phenomenalworld.org/analysis/ind.... @cornelban.bsky.social #decarbonization #planning #ClimateSky
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The MPIfG is seeking a research group leader (tenure track) with a focus on the socioeconomic and political impacts of technological change to set up a new research group at the intersection of #economy, #society, and #technology.
📢Please share widely!
s.gwdg.de/SULoAf
📢Please share widely!
s.gwdg.de/SULoAf
January 21, 2025 at 12:32 PM
The MPIfG is seeking a research group leader (tenure track) with a focus on the socioeconomic and political impacts of technological change to set up a new research group at the intersection of #economy, #society, and #technology.
📢Please share widely!
s.gwdg.de/SULoAf
📢Please share widely!
s.gwdg.de/SULoAf
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Now out with New Political Economy: What's going on in the legal back-end of 'innovative' climate finance constructs? I provide some additional clues to why it's so hard to de-risk private climate finance by public means. Open access, too! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 17, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Now out with New Political Economy: What's going on in the legal back-end of 'innovative' climate finance constructs? I provide some additional clues to why it's so hard to de-risk private climate finance by public means. Open access, too! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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An excellent collection of short pieces on post/de growth and International Relations. This is cutting edge and important work and deserves a wide readership.
#internationalpolitics
#internationalpolitics
🎉 Vol 50(5) is out!🎉
This issue includes several research articles and the forum "Towards post-growth IR."
📚Read Here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
This issue includes several research articles and the forum "Towards post-growth IR."
📚Read Here ➡️ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
November 28, 2024 at 2:30 PM
An excellent collection of short pieces on post/de growth and International Relations. This is cutting edge and important work and deserves a wide readership.
#internationalpolitics
#internationalpolitics
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📢 Proud to share a collective effort to better understand what post-growth International Relations may look like. I had the privilege of guest-editing this Editors Forum on "Towards post-growth IR" in @risjnl.bsky.social together with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social! 🧵 /1
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Review of International Studies: Volume 50 - Issue 5 | Cambridge Core
Cambridge Core - Review of International Studies - Volume 50 - Issue 5
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December 5, 2024 at 2:07 PM
📢 Proud to share a collective effort to better understand what post-growth International Relations may look like. I had the privilege of guest-editing this Editors Forum on "Towards post-growth IR" in @risjnl.bsky.social together with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social! 🧵 /1
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In our latest issue, check out the new article by Jacob Hasselbalch & Matthias Kranke one of IR's blindspots: that economic growth is a driver of global unsustainability. It is free to read now!
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December 6, 2024 at 7:33 AM
In our latest issue, check out the new article by Jacob Hasselbalch & Matthias Kranke one of IR's blindspots: that economic growth is a driver of global unsustainability. It is free to read now!
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In our latest issue, Lorenzo Fioramonti conducts a comparative analysis of the three main post-growth theories as part of the post-growth IR forum. Have a read!
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December 6, 2024 at 2:54 PM
In our latest issue, Lorenzo Fioramonti conducts a comparative analysis of the three main post-growth theories as part of the post-growth IR forum. Have a read!
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In our latest issue, Chukwumerije Okereke argues that "green growth is a more pragmatic and realistic approach to global climate justice because it is more sensitive to the norms, structures, and dynamics of global politics."
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December 12, 2024 at 12:58 PM
In our latest issue, Chukwumerije Okereke argues that "green growth is a more pragmatic and realistic approach to global climate justice because it is more sensitive to the norms, structures, and dynamics of global politics."
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"An age after growth is not only possible but likely."
Check out Bentley B. Allan's article: "Industrial policy and the green state: Forging a world after growth" in our latest issue. It's free to read now!
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Check out Bentley B. Allan's article: "Industrial policy and the green state: Forging a world after growth" in our latest issue. It's free to read now!
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December 11, 2024 at 11:36 AM
"An age after growth is not only possible but likely."
Check out Bentley B. Allan's article: "Industrial policy and the green state: Forging a world after growth" in our latest issue. It's free to read now!
📄 ➡️ buff.ly/3ZeVi5h
Check out Bentley B. Allan's article: "Industrial policy and the green state: Forging a world after growth" in our latest issue. It's free to read now!
📄 ➡️ buff.ly/3ZeVi5h
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In our latest issue, Michael J. Albert (@uoe-sps.bsky.social) contributes to the post-growth IR forum through the lens of Neo-Gramscian theory. His article is free to read now!
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December 16, 2024 at 1:47 PM
In our latest issue, Michael J. Albert (@uoe-sps.bsky.social) contributes to the post-growth IR forum through the lens of Neo-Gramscian theory. His article is free to read now!
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In our latest issue, Rajeswari S Raina & Rishabh Kachroo discuss post-growth agrifood systems by exploring the persistence of hunger and food crises in the 21st century. It's free to read now!
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December 17, 2024 at 3:45 PM
In our latest issue, Rajeswari S Raina & Rishabh Kachroo discuss post-growth agrifood systems by exploring the persistence of hunger and food crises in the 21st century. It's free to read now!
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🚨 New working paper with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social + Simran Singh 🚨
Private sector demand for climate expertise is skyrocketing. Firms now compete with the government to hire top climate experts. How does this competition affect the state's capacity for climate governance? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Private sector demand for climate expertise is skyrocketing. Firms now compete with the government to hire top climate experts. How does this competition affect the state's capacity for climate governance? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
December 10, 2024 at 2:19 PM
🚨 New working paper with @calvin-thrall.bsky.social + Simran Singh 🚨
Private sector demand for climate expertise is skyrocketing. Firms now compete with the government to hire top climate experts. How does this competition affect the state's capacity for climate governance? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
Private sector demand for climate expertise is skyrocketing. Firms now compete with the government to hire top climate experts. How does this competition affect the state's capacity for climate governance? doi.org/10.31219/osf...
@cornelban.bsky.social has provided a very helpful thread summarizing the main points of our new article on green economic planning. Follow Cornel and read more in the post below.
Indicative planning can mitigate the climate crisis. But under capitalism it only happens when the stakes are sky-high: wars, energy crises, post-war rubble. Jacob Hasselbalch and I took a dive in the topic. #GreenState #PoliticalEconomy #ClimateAction www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Green economic planning for rapid decarbonisation
Sustainable futures require deep social and economic transformations to address climate change adequately. The current landscape of intergovernmental and market-based coordination is not delivering...
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December 9, 2024 at 11:28 AM
@cornelban.bsky.social has provided a very helpful thread summarizing the main points of our new article on green economic planning. Follow Cornel and read more in the post below.
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Could 'green economic planning' by the 'green state' go beyond flawed market-based policies & radical but politically impossible #degrowth scenarios? Good paper @cornelban.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social
- @ppochet.bsky.social @picharbonnier.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
- @ppochet.bsky.social @picharbonnier.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
www.tandfonline.com
December 9, 2024 at 10:22 AM
Could 'green economic planning' by the 'green state' go beyond flawed market-based policies & radical but politically impossible #degrowth scenarios? Good paper @cornelban.bsky.social @jhasselbalch.bsky.social
- @ppochet.bsky.social @picharbonnier.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
- @ppochet.bsky.social @picharbonnier.bsky.social
www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...