James Wood
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social
Associate Teaching Professor in Political Economy @campolis.bsky.social | Staff Fellow in Politics @trinityhallcamb.bsky.social | Associate Editor @cjres.bsky.social | Researching innovation policy, housing, & the construction of political crises |
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James Wood
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· Aug 12
The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari
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How do federal and state governments drive innovation in the US? My new paper @cjres.bsky.social shows how the 'Polycentric Innovation State' with multi-level, place-based policies is reshaping regional growth in places like Michigan and Maine
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🚀 Governments need long-term stability but also agility to respond to new challenges.
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
November 11, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚀 Governments need long-term stability but also agility to respond to new challenges.
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
IIPP Professor @rainerkattel.bsky.social expands on the concept of 'agile stability' and provides examples from his book 'How to Make an Entrepreneurial State'.
🎙️ Listen here: buff.ly/ptO3wKu
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V interesting article in J of Economic Perspectives on lessons from Asian-style industrial policy: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
November 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
V interesting article in J of Economic Perspectives on lessons from Asian-style industrial policy: pubs.aeaweb.org/doi/pdfplus/...
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We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics - Nuffield College Oxford University
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
We have just published the call for the Nuffield Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellowships in Politics. These are 3-year fully-funded postdocs that will allow you to focus on your research in a great academic environment. (And with excellent food)
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk/the-college/...
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Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Four three-year postdoctoral positions in the project Slow-Motion Democracy - Vacancy at Aarhus University
Vacancy at Department of Political Science, Aarhus University
international.au.dk
November 6, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Four (!) three-year postdoc positions available at @au.dk: international.au.dk/about/profil...
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
Join an incredible team & help understand the psychological & political implications of the clash between high-speed society & slow-speed democracy.
Please share! @tboeggild.bsky.social can help with Qs
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Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n
Job Details
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November 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Delighted to announce we are advertising our first academic post in the Centre for Advanced Social Science Methods (CASSM). The position is Associate Professor in Politics, Technology and Computational Social Science and is joint with Politics, the Oxford Internet Institute, and Reuben College 1/n
"Entry fees...start at $490,600, on top of monthly fees that start at $5,541"
How long before Labour floats the idea of universities as retirement communities to shore up the government's fiscal position?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
How long before Labour floats the idea of universities as retirement communities to shore up the government's fiscal position?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
Why Are More Retirees Going Back to College?
www.nytimes.com
October 21, 2025 at 1:26 PM
"Entry fees...start at $490,600, on top of monthly fees that start at $5,541"
How long before Labour floats the idea of universities as retirement communities to shore up the government's fiscal position?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
How long before Labour floats the idea of universities as retirement communities to shore up the government's fiscal position?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/r...
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🔥 Read Mariana @mazzucatom.bsky.social Mazzucato's excellent commentary for the upcoming CJRES issue on Mission-oriented policy...
Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
The debate on industrial policy in economics has shifted from whether or not governments should pursue it to how they should do so. Today, the question is
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October 20, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🔥 Read Mariana @mazzucatom.bsky.social Mazzucato's excellent commentary for the upcoming CJRES issue on Mission-oriented policy...
Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
Mission-oriented policy: from fixing markets to shaping markets and debunking myths about the state
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
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I wrote about how and why social media has largely become boring and why it's a bad idea to eat your own brain: www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-social-...
Is social media just...boring now?
Social media is destroying democracy and accelerating idiocracy. But it's also just...really, really boring.
www.forkingpaths.co
October 17, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I wrote about how and why social media has largely become boring and why it's a bad idea to eat your own brain: www.forkingpaths.co/p/is-social-...
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S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.
NEW -
Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election - https://cup.org/3JaiZYj
"priming Americans to think about inflation reduced support for the incumbent party"
- Selim Erdem Aytaç, @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg
#OpenAccess
Inflation and Incumbent Support: Experimental Evidence from the 2024 US Presidential Election - https://cup.org/3JaiZYj
"priming Americans to think about inflation reduced support for the incumbent party"
- Selim Erdem Aytaç, @danielmcdowell.bsky.social & David A. Steinberg
#OpenAccess
October 13, 2025 at 1:16 PM
S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.
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October 13, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
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@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
What the graduate unemployment story gets wrong
People with a degree are faring better, not worse than their non-graduate counterparts
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October 10, 2025 at 5:41 AM
"if anything employment outcomes are worsening more rapidly for those with fewer skills looking for blue-collar jobs than the highly skilled seeking knowledge work"
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
on.ft.com/43eYeRZ
@jburnmurdoch.ft.com as ever doing the essential work.
It's not just AI. And education still matters
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On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
British Politics' Midlife Crisis
Why British Parties Can't Make Peace with Their Actual Voters
benansell.substack.com
September 30, 2025 at 6:40 AM
On the morning of Keir Starmer's conference speech here's a new post on an odd psychopathology in British politics - our main parties don't like the people who vote for them - the dreaded Professional Managerial Class. And so they are acting out like a divorced dad seeking cooler voters. 1/n
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A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...
Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920 at University of Cambridge
Explore an exciting academic career as a Assistant Professor, History of the United States since 1920. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.
www.jobs.ac.uk
September 22, 2025 at 10:46 AM
A *permanent* US history job! Goes without saying that this will be highly competitive, but the US history faculty at Cambridge are some of the most supportive colleagues you can ask for. www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DOT902/a...
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Really excited to be recruiting to this role at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk.
We're looking for someone to help broaden our connections between the school and the worlds of academia and policymaking.
Sound interesting? Details below.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
We're looking for someone to help broaden our connections between the school and the worlds of academia and policymaking.
Sound interesting? Details below.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
Research Assistant/Associate - Bennett School of Public Policy
Department/Location: Department of Public Policy (Bennett School of Public Policy)Salary: £33,002-£46,049Reference: JB47263Category: ResearchDate published: 12 September 2025Closing date: 10 October 2...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
September 15, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Really excited to be recruiting to this role at @bennettschool.cam.ac.uk.
We're looking for someone to help broaden our connections between the school and the worlds of academia and policymaking.
Sound interesting? Details below.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
We're looking for someone to help broaden our connections between the school and the worlds of academia and policymaking.
Sound interesting? Details below.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/about-us/vac...
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LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science
Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science,
,
<p style="text-align: center;"><em><span>LSE is committed to building a diverse, equitable and truly inclusive university</span></em></p>
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September 15, 2025 at 11:59 AM
LSE's Department of Methodogy is searching for an Assistant Professor in Computational Social Science. Applicants from across the social sciences are very welcome!
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
Please reach out if you would like any more details.
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TLDR if you don't wanna read the paper thread:
A climate motivated energy transition requires a lot of money from investors. Ofc interventionist policymakers gotta provide markets with high levels of info over time. But our paper indicates that windows of opportunity can discipline investors in SR.
A climate motivated energy transition requires a lot of money from investors. Ofc interventionist policymakers gotta provide markets with high levels of info over time. But our paper indicates that windows of opportunity can discipline investors in SR.
🚨 @patrickbayer.bsky.social, @lorenzocrippa.bsky.social and I have a paper entitled “Energy Transition, Financial Markets and EU Interventionism: Lessons from the Ukraine Crisis” cond. accepted at @psrm.bsky.social.
Text: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Ba...
Gist of the paper in this 🧵 :
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Text: federica-genovese.com/downloads/Ba...
Gist of the paper in this 🧵 :
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September 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
TLDR if you don't wanna read the paper thread:
A climate motivated energy transition requires a lot of money from investors. Ofc interventionist policymakers gotta provide markets with high levels of info over time. But our paper indicates that windows of opportunity can discipline investors in SR.
A climate motivated energy transition requires a lot of money from investors. Ofc interventionist policymakers gotta provide markets with high levels of info over time. But our paper indicates that windows of opportunity can discipline investors in SR.
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We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed).
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics at University of Oxford
Recruiting now: Winant-Kinder Career Development Fellow in US Politics on jobs.ac.uk. Click for details and explore more academic job opportunities on the top job board
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September 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
We’re advertising for a 30 month postdoc position in US Politics (very broadly construed).
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
The role is mainly research, but allows the holder to gain experience teaching UK and US undergraduates. Happy to answer any and all questions.
Application deadline 27/10. (Start date early 2026.)
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NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.
New article with @james7jackson.bsky.social out in Competition & Change: The green versus environmental state: Reviewing two decades of conceptualizing state-led approaches
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September 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - The Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social Larsen and I review the differing concepts of state-led approaches to the green transition over the past two decades. We attempt to provide some conceptual coherence to the debate. The article is Open Access.
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Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
September 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Yes, it was carefully hidden in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine (www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1... )
1/2
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This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond):
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
www.writersandartists.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
This is a great opportunity for ECRs in the social sciences (and beyond):
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
www.writersandartists.co.uk/Bloomsbury-A...
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Great to see this out from Saila Stausholm, @richardjmurphy.bsky.social & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social, a continuation of the broader work from our group on the Big Four. Read if you want to understand how these firms manage conflicting market demands across jurisidctions:
doi.org/10.1111/1911...
doi.org/10.1111/1911...
September 2, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Great to see this out from Saila Stausholm, @richardjmurphy.bsky.social & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social, a continuation of the broader work from our group on the Big Four. Read if you want to understand how these firms manage conflicting market demands across jurisidctions:
doi.org/10.1111/1911...
doi.org/10.1111/1911...
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Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...
Stipendiary Junior Research Fellowship | Christs College Cambridge
www.christs.cam.ac.uk
September 2, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Apply for a 4 year postdoc (JRF) @christscollegecam.bsky.social Politics and International Studies is one of the eligible fields. Details below. Deadline 16 September 2025 noon UK time. www.christs.cam.ac.uk/stipendiary-...
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***New article announcement!***
Prosperity and inequality in mature knowledge economies
Barely a week goes by without new reports of generative AI displacing high-skilled knowledge work. But this is part of a trend stretching back more than 20 years. [1/5]
Prosperity and inequality in mature knowledge economies
Barely a week goes by without new reports of generative AI displacing high-skilled knowledge work. But this is part of a trend stretching back more than 20 years. [1/5]
September 1, 2025 at 6:17 AM
***New article announcement!***
Prosperity and inequality in mature knowledge economies
Barely a week goes by without new reports of generative AI displacing high-skilled knowledge work. But this is part of a trend stretching back more than 20 years. [1/5]
Prosperity and inequality in mature knowledge economies
Barely a week goes by without new reports of generative AI displacing high-skilled knowledge work. But this is part of a trend stretching back more than 20 years. [1/5]
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The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
📣 Open Access
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
📣 Open Access
The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
Abstract. This paper analyses US innovation policymaking since the 2008 Global Financial Crisis, as prevailing political economy accounts, such as the Vari
doi.org
September 1, 2025 at 9:18 AM
The US’ Polycentric Innovation State
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
📣 Open Access
@thinkwoodist.bsky.social James D G Wood
doi.org/10.1093/cjre...
📣 Open Access