Jack Taggart
jacktaggart.bsky.social
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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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
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
Second, the policy tools and instruments mobilised by advanced and developing countries (i.e. the form industrial policy takes) differs significantly, reflecting unequal capacities for experimentation, implementation, and monitoring. 9/12
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
We thus find that industrial policy is being deployed unevenly and asymmetrically across the global economy @rjuhasz.bsky.social @nathanlane.bsky.social @drodrik.bsky.social. This manifests in three ways. 7/12
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
An alternative 'transformative' vision is advanced by the G20 under emerging economy leadership. It pushes for expanded policy space, technology transfer, and global governance reforms that could enable greater state-led development. 4/12
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
August 14, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Paper here, and more on the way!: www.cambridge.org/core/service...
July 23, 2025 at 8:49 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....
July 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
CfP for the 5th Global Policy North workshop at the University of Edinburgh and hosted by @policyrelevant.bsky.social. Submit your abstracts here and details below: tinyurl.com/awckrjjk
May 14, 2025 at 1:10 PM