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James Jackson
@james7jackson.bsky.social
Hallsworth Research Fellow @ University of Manchester | political economy | climate change | green industrial policy | green central banking.

https://research.manchester.ac.uk/en/persons/james-jackson
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🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and only@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names
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Pleased to have my research featured in @nytimes.com reporting on China's role in a global green transition

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/c...
A Flood of Green Tech From China Is Upending Global Climate Politics
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
NEW PUBLICATION with the Great Dane @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social - A working paper on what the People's Bank of China's (PBoC) actions on green finance says about the state of Central Bank Independence (CBI).
November 10, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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PhD scholarship opportunity, to work with @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social and myself on the 'local politics of climate backlash' at @uompols.bsky.social and @justcentre.bsky.social. Please circulate to anyone who might be interested! www.findaphd.com/phds/project....
October 14, 2025 at 10:22 AM
NEW PUBLICATION - in this article Will Hopkinson, Paul Tobin, @matpaterson.bsky.social and I show how Australian climate policy has changed since the Climate Change Act in 2022 after the ‘Lost Decade’. The article is Open Access - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
From ‘Lost Decade’ to incomplete ‘transformation’: Australian climate policy via ideas, interests, and institutions
Australia’s centre-right Coalition government’s ‘Lost Decade’ (2013–2022) entailed the dismantling of climate policy. Subsequently, the centre-left Labor government passed the Climate Change Act in...
www.tandfonline.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Welcome to Rip-Off Britain.

A country remade by privatisation.

Our latest project — Who Owns Britain? — explores how a radical experiment transformed our society and shapes your life.

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September 16, 2025 at 10:24 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.
September 4, 2025 at 8:51 AM
@markdoidge.bsky.social , @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social , @samtoscano.bsky.social I have submitted the first draft of our book ‘football and climate change: the unsustainability of the beautiful game’ to Manchester University Press. If all goes well it should be out in 2026.
September 1, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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New article!

The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context by Jennifer Bergman, @alexandrabuylova.bsky.social, @james7jackson.bsky.social, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink & Paul Tobin.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
August 19, 2025 at 6:17 AM
NEW PUBLICATION -w/ Jenny Bergman, Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Lisa Sanderink and Paul Tobin in @environmentalpol.bsky.social. We explore how Stockholm governs climate mitigation unilaterally and collaboratively with national and international actors - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The multilevel governance of polarised climate politics: how a pioneer city navigates a dynamic political context
Climate change governance entails many types of actors, requiring collaboration across different sectors, levels, and geographical spaces. However, this collaboration does not occur in a vacuum; it...
www.tandfonline.com
August 18, 2025 at 8:57 AM
This view that China ‘should’ move towards a different economic model for seemingly no other reason that the West did it 40 years ago is odd - www.theguardian.com/business/202...
China’s Leninist industrial policy is creating instability at home and abroad | George Magnus
Overcapacity – from electric vehicles to high-speed rail to housing – is destroying profits as well as GDP
www.theguardian.com
August 7, 2025 at 8:58 AM
🚨 New Publication 🚨 - w/ Ciara Kelly, Paul Tobin and Lizzie Bailes - we detail how NGO's face challenges in their attempts to act as intermediaries in the climate policy process in the UK. The article is based on a series of original interviews with these very NGOs - academic.oup.com/policyandsoc...
The ways that external and internal dynamics influence intermediaries in the climate policy process
Abstract. “Climate intermediaries” are important for climate governance, as they can strengthen mitigation efforts by drawing enable diverse insights into
academic.oup.com
June 9, 2025 at 8:25 AM
New Publication - with my BlueSky absent friend James Silverwood we detail how renewable energy markets were created by the environmental state in the UK - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
The environmental state: Analysing the ‘creation’ of renewable energy markets in the United Kingdom - James Silverwood, James Jackson, 2025
Following work on the green state, the environmental state has become a prominent analytical concept in recent decades commonly applied to understand the expand...
journals.sagepub.com
June 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨New Publication 🚨 in New Political Economy with the one and only@mathiaslarsen.bsky.social. We propose the term 'Green Financial Planning' to tie together many of the terms in political economy at the moment, and demonstrate that green finance is much more than a few loans/bonds with green names
June 2, 2025 at 8:10 AM
I shared some of my thoughts on the International Energy Agency (IEA) new EV report in an interview with CBC last week. My thoughts are based on my forthcoming book, which is hopefully of interest to many on here - www.cbc.ca/news/science...
1 in 4 new cars sold in 2025 will be electric, new report says, and China is the undisputed EV leader | CBC News
More than one in four cars sold worldwide in 2025 will be electric, according to the latest projections from the International Energy Agency, and will reach 40 per cent of all new cars by 2030.
www.cbc.ca
May 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
So, Oldoliberalism then?
May 18, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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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...
www.tandfonline.com
May 14, 2025 at 5:58 AM
It's quickly getting to the point in writing my book where I'm going to have to re-read what I've written, which might be the worst part for, as all my co-authors can attest, proofreading is not my strong suit....
April 24, 2025 at 1:18 PM
A cool video accompanying a blog I've written for @cepi-cips.bsky.social whilst working with @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social at the University of Ottawa. The blog is part of some ongoing work with @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social with more to follow.
📢New blog by @james7jackson.bsky.social - How the Insurance Sector is Practically Ignorant to Climate Risks

🔥Insurers are, of course, not blind to the fact that climate change is no longer a future event, but something that impacts policyholders in the here and now... 🔗https://bit.ly/42DiNGI
April 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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In America freedom means working three jobs to afford the same quality of life as a prisoner in Norway
April 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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@james7jackson.bsky.social @markdoidge.bsky.social & I writing a book on football & climate change. And then James & I run into one of the main protagonists.
April 14, 2025 at 7:40 PM
New Publication 🚨 - in which we outline the state of the ‘green’ central banking literature and possible avenues for the future.
New article!

This review surveys the state of knowledge regarding central bank activity on climate change, and argues that there is considerable indeterminacy in the trajectory of this activity & its potential to contribute to effective climate action.

doi.org/10.1080/0964...
April 1, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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We know energy transitions are disruptive. Mainstream models represent smooth lines - renewables going up, fossil fuels going down. How then should we think about the disruptive qualities of energy transitions? @manchestersci.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 1/
March 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM