Mat Paterson
@matpaterson.bsky.social
Climate politics; political economy. University of Manchester Professor. https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=im2kgFUAAAAJ&hl=en. https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/matthew.paterson.
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New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:
February 12, 2026 at 11:46 AM
New piece for @phenomenalworld.bsky.social, written with @jacktaggart.bsky.social and @tomchodor.bsky.social! It's an attempt at grasping the dismantling of multilateral global governance, in light of intensifying geopolitical rivalries, resurgent state capitalism, and hegemonic crisis. Link below:
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🚗💥Revisiting Prof Henrietta Moore’s SCI lecture on Roadkill
Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design!
Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc...
#RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities
Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design!
Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc...
#RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities
A Talk on 'Roadkill' with Professor Dame Henrietta Moore - SCI Annual Lecture 2025
YouTube video by SCI
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February 6, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🚗💥Revisiting Prof Henrietta Moore’s SCI lecture on Roadkill
Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design!
Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc...
#RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities
Cars don’t just pollute — they shape inequality, sprawl & public health. Time to rethink mobility, transport & urban design!
Check out the lecture recording🎥 www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqWc...
#RoadkillBook #UrbanFutures #SustainableCities
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🗺️ WEBINAR | Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape
Join us on 4th March 1-2pm to explore the findings of our forthcoming evidence review of 140 actors and initiatives driving JUST climate action across the North of England and beyond.
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4r9D81w
Join us on 4th March 1-2pm to explore the findings of our forthcoming evidence review of 140 actors and initiatives driving JUST climate action across the North of England and beyond.
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4r9D81w
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February 9, 2026 at 2:01 PM
🗺️ WEBINAR | Joined-Up Sustainability Transformations: Mapping the current landscape
Join us on 4th March 1-2pm to explore the findings of our forthcoming evidence review of 140 actors and initiatives driving JUST climate action across the North of England and beyond.
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4r9D81w
Join us on 4th March 1-2pm to explore the findings of our forthcoming evidence review of 140 actors and initiatives driving JUST climate action across the North of England and beyond.
🎟️ Register: bit.ly/4r9D81w
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I was honored to write this @gepjournal.bsky.social article with a stellar group of environmental politics scholars. As we are entering a new geopolitical order, it's important to bring geopolitics fully back into the study of global environmental politics! @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social
Excited this piece with excellent colleagues is now out! We examine implications of geopolitical turbulence in the world for the GEP research agenda @yixiansun.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence
Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...
direct.mit.edu
January 31, 2026 at 1:54 PM
I was honored to write this @gepjournal.bsky.social article with a stellar group of environmental politics scholars. As we are entering a new geopolitical order, it's important to bring geopolitics fully back into the study of global environmental politics! @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social
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What do the key trends in international relations mean for the study on global environmental politics?
New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence
Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...
direct.mit.edu
January 31, 2026 at 7:35 PM
What do the key trends in international relations mean for the study on global environmental politics?
New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
New overview article in @gepjournal.bsky.social by crack team @yixiansun.bsky.social, @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social, @matpaterson.bsky.social et al.
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
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🌱💰 New article by James Jackson & Matthias Larsen in Green Central Banking
How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero.
Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m
📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod...
How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero.
Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m
📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod...
China shows monetary independence may hinder net zero progress
Government direction has spurred PBoC to adopt green monetary policy measures, argue economists Mathias Larsen and James Jackson.
greencentralbanking.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:22 AM
🌱💰 New article by James Jackson & Matthias Larsen in Green Central Banking
How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero.
Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m
📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod...
How the People’s Bank of China shows that central bank independence can sometimes slow progress toward #NetZero.
Read more: bit.ly/4a47T0m
📄Check out the research that inspired it: ideas.repec.org/p/ehl/lserod...
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The Department of Politics warmly welcomes Dr. Jake Ainscough who is joining the Department as Lecturer in Environmental Politics. A warm welcome from everyone in the Politics Department!
February 2, 2026 at 1:24 PM
The Department of Politics warmly welcomes Dr. Jake Ainscough who is joining the Department as Lecturer in Environmental Politics. A warm welcome from everyone in the Politics Department!
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The Department of Politics warmly welcomes Rebecca Willis who is joining the University of Manchester as Professor of Energy and Climate Governance. A warm welcome from everyone in the Politics Department!
February 2, 2026 at 1:25 PM
The Department of Politics warmly welcomes Rebecca Willis who is joining the University of Manchester as Professor of Energy and Climate Governance. A warm welcome from everyone in the Politics Department!
This looks like a great resource for climate campaigners. Very happy just to have been interviewed for it! tacticaltech.org/replaybook-a.... produced by @info-activism.bsky.social
February 3, 2026 at 9:22 AM
This looks like a great resource for climate campaigners. Very happy just to have been interviewed for it! tacticaltech.org/replaybook-a.... produced by @info-activism.bsky.social
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🔬♻️ SCI Research Spotlight
Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastics.
Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastics.
Plastics need a complete redesign to make them easier to recycle, researchers argue
Thousands of chemicals used in plastics makes creating a truly circular economy far harder
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January 29, 2026 at 3:07 PM
🔬♻️ SCI Research Spotlight
Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastics.
Research Fellow Torik Holmes is featured in Chemistry World, discussing why plastic recycling is shrinking and how current policy fails to incentivise investment in recycling infrastructure, drawing on his research on the political economies of plastics.
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Excited this piece with excellent colleagues is now out! We examine implications of geopolitical turbulence in the world for the GEP research agenda @yixiansun.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
Global Environmental Politics amid Geopolitical Turbulence
Abstract. Over the past decade, three overlapping trends have fundamentally reshaped and now characterize the global geopolitical order: the rise of emerging powers, increasing military conflicts, and...
direct.mit.edu
January 30, 2026 at 2:55 PM
Excited this piece with excellent colleagues is now out! We examine implications of geopolitical turbulence in the world for the GEP research agenda @yixiansun.bsky.social @matpaterson.bsky.social
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
direct.mit.edu/glep/article...
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New Swingometer post now out - my look at the Gorton and Denton by-election, taking place down the road from me swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...
The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
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January 29, 2026 at 8:50 AM
New Swingometer post now out - my look at the Gorton and Denton by-election, taking place down the road from me swingometer.substack.com/p/the-gorton...
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A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.
January 27, 2026 at 2:24 PM
A reminder that the BBC have consistently platformed Goodwin as an 'impartial' commentator.
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👏 Congratulations to JUST’s Professor Rebecca Willis (@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social) on her move from @lancasteruni.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance.
We wish Rebecca every success in her new role and a warm welcome to Manchester!
We wish Rebecca every success in her new role and a warm welcome to Manchester!
Welcome to UoM @bankfieldbecky.bsky.social!
Professor Rebecca Willis will join as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance - enhancing our role as a leading contributor to UK and global #climatepolicy.
@uomhums.bsky.social
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Professor Rebecca Willis will join as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance - enhancing our role as a leading contributor to UK and global #climatepolicy.
@uomhums.bsky.social
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UK expert in energy and climate governance joins The University of Manchester
The University of Manchester has appointed Professor Rebecca Willis as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance – a role which bridges the Faculty of Humanities and the Faculty of Science and Engineerin...
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January 26, 2026 at 3:48 PM
👏 Congratulations to JUST’s Professor Rebecca Willis (@bankfieldbecky.bsky.social) on her move from @lancasteruni.bsky.social to @manchester.ac.uk as Chair of Energy and Climate Governance.
We wish Rebecca every success in her new role and a warm welcome to Manchester!
We wish Rebecca every success in her new role and a warm welcome to Manchester!
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Wow... Writing this paper was a bit like watching a soap opera unfold. But it's out now in @bjpir.bsky.social
The big story is still: The ECB marched forward, with clear democratic authorisation, but not the Fed. Green central banking is much more democratic than people think.
The big story is still: The ECB marched forward, with clear democratic authorisation, but not the Fed. Green central banking is much more democratic than people think.
January 16, 2026 at 12:44 PM
Wow... Writing this paper was a bit like watching a soap opera unfold. But it's out now in @bjpir.bsky.social
The big story is still: The ECB marched forward, with clear democratic authorisation, but not the Fed. Green central banking is much more democratic than people think.
The big story is still: The ECB marched forward, with clear democratic authorisation, but not the Fed. Green central banking is much more democratic than people think.
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📣 New research in @theguardian.com shows MPs massively underestimate public support for climate policies.
This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2
This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 11:59 AM
📣 New research in @theguardian.com shows MPs massively underestimate public support for climate policies.
This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2
This perception gap matters. When leaders only hear the loudest voices climate action slows, even when most people back a fair, ambitious transition. 1/2
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The Tufton St lobbyists and their media enablers have been using the 'scary number' playbook again this week.
So we've just updated our factcheck to capture this...
So we've just updated our factcheck to capture this...
UPDATED – Factcheck: How ‘scary-sounding numbers’ are being used to mislead the UK about net-zero | @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org
Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
Read here: buff.ly/Be7nHfA
January 13, 2026 at 5:21 PM
The Tufton St lobbyists and their media enablers have been using the 'scary number' playbook again this week.
So we've just updated our factcheck to capture this...
So we've just updated our factcheck to capture this...
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📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Economy and Society
(Post-)Growth Infrastructures. Guest Editors: Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn and Matthias Kranke. Volume 54, Issue 4 of Economy and Society
www.tandfonline.com
January 5, 2026 at 11:19 PM
📣 Publication alert
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
Just before the break, a special issue co-edited with Malcolm Campbell-Verduyn on ‘(Post-)Growth Infrastructures’ was published in @econsocjournal.bsky.social. /1
👉 www.tandfonline.com/toc/reso20/5...
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💡ICYMI: Catch up on yesterday's webinar where we unveiled our net zero readiness tool!
Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒
bit.ly/3N5RYXs
Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒
bit.ly/3N5RYXs
Webinar | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A place-specific approach to reach net zero
In this webinar we unveiled our innovative readiness mapping tool - built on trusted datasets - to show how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition. In this replay you’ll: - Learn about the readiness tool’s new functionality, its development over the last five years and future impact. - Understand how policymakers, local organisations and climate actors can use it to prepare for or drive transition. - Get data-driven insights into how people live, travel, consume and work in UK regions. 💬 Share your thoughts and feedback in the comments 👍 Like and subscribe to stay updated with JUST's people-centred sustainability research Connect with JUST 🌍 Web: just.ac.uk LinkedIn: /company/just-research-centre BlueSky: @justcentre.bsky.social YouTube: @JUSTCentre
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December 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
💡ICYMI: Catch up on yesterday's webinar where we unveiled our net zero readiness tool!
Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒
bit.ly/3N5RYXs
Built on trusted datasets, the tool maps how prepared communities across the UK are for climate adaptation and just transition, from home energy retrofit to supermarket deliveries 🛒
bit.ly/3N5RYXs
Video of this webinar now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxz...
⏰ Today at 11am GMT: Don’t miss JUST's webinar where we'll introduce our innovative web-based mapping tool!
Be among the first to explore this innovative resource and help shape a tool to support communities in achieving fair and effective climate transitions 🌍
Sign up at the link below ⬇️
Be among the first to explore this innovative resource and help shape a tool to support communities in achieving fair and effective climate transitions 🌍
Sign up at the link below ⬇️
📣 WEBINAR | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A new place-specific approach to reaching net zero.
Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u
Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u
December 18, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Video of this webinar now here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yxz...
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The Paris Agreement sent a signal to states to decarbonize & support non-polluting economic sectors. China has seized on that incentive while the United States has not, leaving China in control of the main technologies driving the clean energy transition. That creates geopolitical risks of its own.
10 Years After Paris, China Is Shaping Our Climate Future
The seminal global climate agreement changed the world, just not in the way we thought it would.
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December 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
The Paris Agreement sent a signal to states to decarbonize & support non-polluting economic sectors. China has seized on that incentive while the United States has not, leaving China in control of the main technologies driving the clean energy transition. That creates geopolitical risks of its own.
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A major new book by Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social @officialuom.bsky.social, and Stacy D VanDeveer @umassboston.bsky.social examines why climate strategies often clash—even among those committed to action.
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@sustainableuom.bsky.social
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December 12, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A major new book by Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social @uompols.bsky.social @officialuom.bsky.social, and Stacy D VanDeveer @umassboston.bsky.social examines why climate strategies often clash—even among those committed to action.
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w...
@sustainableuom.bsky.social
www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w...
@sustainableuom.bsky.social
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A “Reform vs Not Reform” strategy is only going to work for Labour if they are seen as credibly “not Reform” by LD/Green curious voters. Every hardline intervention on immigration weakens that credibility but without persuading Reform curious voters.
December 12, 2025 at 12:35 PM
A “Reform vs Not Reform” strategy is only going to work for Labour if they are seen as credibly “not Reform” by LD/Green curious voters. Every hardline intervention on immigration weakens that credibility but without persuading Reform curious voters.
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📣 WEBINAR | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A new place-specific approach to reaching net zero.
Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u
Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u
Webinar: Where should we put our energy (transition)?
Taking a new place-specific approach to reaching net zero.
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December 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
📣 WEBINAR | Where should we put our energy (transition)? A new place-specific approach to reaching net zero.
Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u
Explore our new web-based mapping tool to assess the readiness of places and communities across the UK to undergo climate adaptation and/or just transition.
🎟️ Register now: bit.ly/3MpOy1u