Jacob Hasselbalch
@jhasselbalch.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Copenhagen Business School // Political economy, climate change, sustainability, plastics, circular economy, experts and expertise // https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-organization/staff/jhaioa
Our core message: the environmental state is not a monolith. Its differentiated apparatuses (from central banks to energy planners) hold untapped potential for Paris-aligned, state-led #decarbonization.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our core message: the environmental state is not a monolith. Its differentiated apparatuses (from central banks to energy planners) hold untapped potential for Paris-aligned, state-led #decarbonization.
3️⃣ The “lame duck” critique sees bureaucracies as inert or status-quo forces. But in practice, capable and well-coordinated agencies often drive decarbonization through planning, innovation, and risk-taking.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
3️⃣ The “lame duck” critique sees bureaucracies as inert or status-quo forces. But in practice, capable and well-coordinated agencies often drive decarbonization through planning, innovation, and risk-taking.
2️⃣ The “overburdening” critique claims states are too overwhelmed by crises to govern effectively. Yet many states have quietly expanded their economic and bureaucratic capacities — especially through green industrial and investment policies.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
2️⃣ The “overburdening” critique claims states are too overwhelmed by crises to govern effectively. Yet many states have quietly expanded their economic and bureaucratic capacities — especially through green industrial and investment policies.
Quick summary of the three critiques and our responses:
1️⃣ The “glass ceiling” critique says states can’t transform capitalist systems. We argue that while deep systemic change is tough, sequencing and targeting decarbonization first is both realistic and necessary.
1️⃣ The “glass ceiling” critique says states can’t transform capitalist systems. We argue that while deep systemic change is tough, sequencing and targeting decarbonization first is both realistic and necessary.
October 29, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Quick summary of the three critiques and our responses:
1️⃣ The “glass ceiling” critique says states can’t transform capitalist systems. We argue that while deep systemic change is tough, sequencing and targeting decarbonization first is both realistic and necessary.
1️⃣ The “glass ceiling” critique says states can’t transform capitalist systems. We argue that while deep systemic change is tough, sequencing and targeting decarbonization first is both realistic and necessary.
Tagging the rest of the authorship team on the 'decarbonization state' article: Daniel Hausknost, @alinabrad.bsky.social, Gabriel Eyselein, @mathiaskrams.bsky.social, Danyal Maneka, @melaniepichler.bsky.social and @etienneschneider.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Tagging the rest of the authorship team on the 'decarbonization state' article: Daniel Hausknost, @alinabrad.bsky.social, Gabriel Eyselein, @mathiaskrams.bsky.social, Danyal Maneka, @melaniepichler.bsky.social and @etienneschneider.bsky.social
Might be a useful companion piece to @ulrichbrand.bsky.social and co-authors recent, excellent article in Nature Climate Change: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... I think we largely agree, but we see more scope for bureaucratic agency to overcome the structural limitations of the #environmentalstate.
Structural limitations of the decarbonization state - Nature Climate Change
The implementation gap between national climate targets and actual policies has been seen as a main barrier for decarbonization. Here researchers show it is rooted in the structural limitation of stat...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Might be a useful companion piece to @ulrichbrand.bsky.social and co-authors recent, excellent article in Nature Climate Change: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... I think we largely agree, but we see more scope for bureaucratic agency to overcome the structural limitations of the #environmentalstate.
Who doesn't love a massive table?!
October 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Who doesn't love a massive table?!
In our new Ecological Economics paper (with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social), we map where green growth and degrowth diverge — and where they converge — across politics, world order, and technology.
Time to move past the binary and imagine a plurality of growth futures.
Time to move past the binary and imagine a plurality of growth futures.
October 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In our new Ecological Economics paper (with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social), we map where green growth and degrowth diverge — and where they converge — across politics, world order, and technology.
Time to move past the binary and imagine a plurality of growth futures.
Time to move past the binary and imagine a plurality of growth futures.
What happens when transformative innovation policy meets organizational realities? Organization theory can help address some key gaps of scholarship on transformative innovation policy while opening new directions for policymaking and research in this area.
August 13, 2025 at 3:12 PM
What happens when transformative innovation policy meets organizational realities? Organization theory can help address some key gaps of scholarship on transformative innovation policy while opening new directions for policymaking and research in this area.