Anthony Calacino
@acalacino.bsky.social
Political Scientist. Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Oxford DPIR. I study environmental politics + climate change + Latin America. He/him
Coloradan in England.
🏳️🌈 www.anthonycalacino.com
Coloradan in England.
🏳️🌈 www.anthonycalacino.com
The irony being that Lula, while having done some good, is more talk than action on climate. Between a congress that is gleefully dismantling environmental protections and Lula's own doubling down on oil extraction, I don't see much credibility here.
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November 6, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The irony being that Lula, while having done some good, is more talk than action on climate. Between a congress that is gleefully dismantling environmental protections and Lula's own doubling down on oil extraction, I don't see much credibility here.
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Excited to spend this fall as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Mannheim, where I’ll also be presenting my research. Looking forward to great conversations and meetings. Many thanks to @melinscribe.bsky.social for the invitation and making this possible!
October 27, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excited to spend this fall as a Visiting Researcher at the University of Mannheim, where I’ll also be presenting my research. Looking forward to great conversations and meetings. Many thanks to @melinscribe.bsky.social for the invitation and making this possible!
I know some who viewed Milei as a necessary evil, convinced that austerity and public sector cuts were needed to stabilize Argentina’s economy. Yet after denouncing the global elite and ‘collectivism,’ his government now depends on the US and IMF for support.
www.ft.com/content/778e...
www.ft.com/content/778e...
October 10, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I know some who viewed Milei as a necessary evil, convinced that austerity and public sector cuts were needed to stabilize Argentina’s economy. Yet after denouncing the global elite and ‘collectivism,’ his government now depends on the US and IMF for support.
www.ft.com/content/778e...
www.ft.com/content/778e...
Having to footnote limited data is a modest inconvenience in the grand scheme of all the bad happening right now in the US. But also, this sort of thing underscores how much science is being undermined right now.
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Having to footnote limited data is a modest inconvenience in the grand scheme of all the bad happening right now in the US. But also, this sort of thing underscores how much science is being undermined right now.
"27 years of prison for Bolsonaro"
This is justice for democracy, but also, justice for all those this coward attacked while in office. This is far from the end of the radical right in Brazil, but this seriously gives me hope.
This is justice for democracy, but also, justice for all those this coward attacked while in office. This is far from the end of the radical right in Brazil, but this seriously gives me hope.
September 12, 2025 at 1:51 AM
"27 years of prison for Bolsonaro"
This is justice for democracy, but also, justice for all those this coward attacked while in office. This is far from the end of the radical right in Brazil, but this seriously gives me hope.
This is justice for democracy, but also, justice for all those this coward attacked while in office. This is far from the end of the radical right in Brazil, but this seriously gives me hope.
4/5 then on Friday during APSA, I present work on the politics of climate adaptation with @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social. We study the electoral impact of a program in Mexico City meant to address water scarcity.
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
4/5 then on Friday during APSA, I present work on the politics of climate adaptation with @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social. We study the electoral impact of a program in Mexico City meant to address water scarcity.
3/5 we are really grateful to the Leverhulme Trust and the @cssn.org for funding our work on this. We have been able to do fieldwork where we spoke with coal miners, oil sector workers, and journalists in Brazil and Indonesia.
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
3/5 we are really grateful to the Leverhulme Trust and the @cssn.org for funding our work on this. We have been able to do fieldwork where we spoke with coal miners, oil sector workers, and journalists in Brazil and Indonesia.
On my way to Vancouver for APSA and the PECE pre-conference. At PECE, I'll be sharing a look at a project with @fgenovese.bsky.social, @hayleypring.bsky.social & Mats Ahrenshop in which we try to understand when national and local media report on climate change 👇 1/5
September 9, 2025 at 7:14 PM
On my way to Vancouver for APSA and the PECE pre-conference. At PECE, I'll be sharing a look at a project with @fgenovese.bsky.social, @hayleypring.bsky.social & Mats Ahrenshop in which we try to understand when national and local media report on climate change 👇 1/5
Name a more dystopian duo than these two articles which appeared one after the other in my timeline 🙃
August 31, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Name a more dystopian duo than these two articles which appeared one after the other in my timeline 🙃
Fieldwork in Indonesia off to a good start (by start I mean finally feeling human after 48 hours of jet lag) @fgenovese.bsky.social @hayleypring.bsky.social
August 21, 2025 at 1:15 AM
Fieldwork in Indonesia off to a good start (by start I mean finally feeling human after 48 hours of jet lag) @fgenovese.bsky.social @hayleypring.bsky.social
Damn, this piece goes hard:
July 9, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Damn, this piece goes hard:
So mysterious where on earth this tax line came from... absolutely no idea... 100% a secret... total mystery.
July 1, 2025 at 11:08 AM
So mysterious where on earth this tax line came from... absolutely no idea... 100% a secret... total mystery.
A few are calling it how it is
July 1, 2025 at 6:46 AM
A few are calling it how it is
A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
July 1, 2025 at 6:38 AM
A lot of media are covering Europe’s heatwave 🔥 but few are connecting it to the climate crisis.
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
Tools like the Climate Shift Index show this heatwave is up to 5x 😱 more likely because of climate change. That context matters.
csi.climatecentral.org/climate-shif...
When the administration has been consistently *leaping* - not stepping - toward authoritarianism for months, and now this court ruling: we are here folks. Call it whatever you want, but democracy it isn't when Trump can re-write the constitution with a pen and face almost no challenges.
June 27, 2025 at 4:40 PM
When the administration has been consistently *leaping* - not stepping - toward authoritarianism for months, and now this court ruling: we are here folks. Call it whatever you want, but democracy it isn't when Trump can re-write the constitution with a pen and face almost no challenges.
Had a great day at an excellent workshop organized by @victoraraujo.bsky.social and colleagues at Reading. Got very helpful feedback on my project with @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social in which we explore the electoral effects of climate adaptation policy in Mexico City.
June 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Had a great day at an excellent workshop organized by @victoraraujo.bsky.social and colleagues at Reading. Got very helpful feedback on my project with @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social in which we explore the electoral effects of climate adaptation policy in Mexico City.
The lead author wanted this and promoted it? Ostensibly for the public good, but policymakers should absolutely not base policy on this study.
I don't think it's a different topic. In an era of misinformation, academics need to balance knowledge exchange with public communication risks.
I don't think it's a different topic. In an era of misinformation, academics need to balance knowledge exchange with public communication risks.
June 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
The lead author wanted this and promoted it? Ostensibly for the public good, but policymakers should absolutely not base policy on this study.
I don't think it's a different topic. In an era of misinformation, academics need to balance knowledge exchange with public communication risks.
I don't think it's a different topic. In an era of misinformation, academics need to balance knowledge exchange with public communication risks.
Bad news: Brazil is set auction 172 blocs for oil exploration tomorrow. Worse, many sit right where the Amazon River reaches the ocean.
But, this is just exploration. With COP on the horizon, we need domestic and international pressure to stop this climate bomb in the making.
But, this is just exploration. With COP on the horizon, we need domestic and international pressure to stop this climate bomb in the making.
June 16, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Bad news: Brazil is set auction 172 blocs for oil exploration tomorrow. Worse, many sit right where the Amazon River reaches the ocean.
But, this is just exploration. With COP on the horizon, we need domestic and international pressure to stop this climate bomb in the making.
But, this is just exploration. With COP on the horizon, we need domestic and international pressure to stop this climate bomb in the making.
I'm at virtual #LASA2025 this year, and what a great panel! Thanks to @hochstet.bsky.social, Moisés, Isabella, and Johnathan. It was great to present joint work with @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social on how voters reward climate adaptation in Mexico City.
May 23, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I'm at virtual #LASA2025 this year, and what a great panel! Thanks to @hochstet.bsky.social, Moisés, Isabella, and Johnathan. It was great to present joint work with @cesarbmartinez.bsky.social on how voters reward climate adaptation in Mexico City.
I made a mistake and looked at the schedule "Mind the Gag: Self-Censorship in the Ivory Tower
May 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
I made a mistake and looked at the schedule "Mind the Gag: Self-Censorship in the Ivory Tower
Kind of captures the mood - clear reasons to be weary of AI, yet companies going all in no matter what.
May 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Kind of captures the mood - clear reasons to be weary of AI, yet companies going all in no matter what.
Today, I taught the final session of a geospatial method short course here at DPIR. I had fun developing the materials, and of course it featured maps. The MPhil and DPhil students were fantastic! Hoping to teach a longer course on this in the future.
May 19, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Today, I taught the final session of a geospatial method short course here at DPIR. I had fun developing the materials, and of course it featured maps. The MPhil and DPhil students were fantastic! Hoping to teach a longer course on this in the future.
Out on a walk and I saw a bee doing its thing.
May 15, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Out on a walk and I saw a bee doing its thing.
And that's a wrap on 6 weeks of fieldwork in Brazil: 40+ expert interviews, 4 focus groups (~40 people), 6 locations, presentations at several universities (FGV-SP, UFBA, UNIFCAS, and UFSC WAPOR conference), and too many pão de quejo to count. Obrigado Brasil!
May 1, 2025 at 12:16 PM
And that's a wrap on 6 weeks of fieldwork in Brazil: 40+ expert interviews, 4 focus groups (~40 people), 6 locations, presentations at several universities (FGV-SP, UFBA, UNIFCAS, and UFSC WAPOR conference), and too many pão de quejo to count. Obrigado Brasil!