Mahir Yazar
@mahiryazar.bsky.social
Scientist. Working on socio-political backlashes to climate policy/green transitions in Europe.
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#Green agenda success in #city cores may breed resentment in the periphery.
As @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & @mahiryazar.bsky.social argue in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, a moral hierarchy that punishes car-dependent suburbanites —often on lower incomes— is a recipe for #populism.
doi.org/10.1080/2162...
As @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & @mahiryazar.bsky.social argue in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, a moral hierarchy that punishes car-dependent suburbanites —often on lower incomes— is a recipe for #populism.
doi.org/10.1080/2162...
December 3, 2025 at 8:57 AM
#Green agenda success in #city cores may breed resentment in the periphery.
As @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & @mahiryazar.bsky.social argue in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, a moral hierarchy that punishes car-dependent suburbanites —often on lower incomes— is a recipe for #populism.
doi.org/10.1080/2162...
As @havardhaarstad.bsky.social & @mahiryazar.bsky.social argue in @rsa-tpg.bsky.social, a moral hierarchy that punishes car-dependent suburbanites —often on lower incomes— is a recipe for #populism.
doi.org/10.1080/2162...
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By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 3:22 PM
By me: ‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
We have a new paper critiques urban sustainability 🚨🏡. Amid rising discontent, we argue the backlash stems from an agenda that favours city centres while overlooking spatial dynamics and injustices fueling core-periphery divides that linger on.... 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Urban sustainability: a spatial justice critique
This article provides a spatial justice critique of the urban sustainability agenda. Reflecting on the apparent growing discontent against urban sustainability policies, we argue that this backlash...
www.tandfonline.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We have a new paper critiques urban sustainability 🚨🏡. Amid rising discontent, we argue the backlash stems from an agenda that favours city centres while overlooking spatial dynamics and injustices fueling core-periphery divides that linger on.... 👇
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Great to have scholars like @fromtga.bsky.social engaging in public debate about institutions we must fight for to keep our #democracy alive in times of authoritarian rise. We need to go back to the basics like independent judiciary or civil service neutrality
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
My guide to populist-proofing your democracy – before it’s too late | Timothy Garton Ash
From public service broadcasting to an independent judiciary, these are the things that we must fight to keep, says Guardian columnist Timothy Garton Ash
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great to have scholars like @fromtga.bsky.social engaging in public debate about institutions we must fight for to keep our #democracy alive in times of authoritarian rise. We need to go back to the basics like independent judiciary or civil service neutrality
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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📈 Cities growing, rural areas shrinking - or are they?
Mapping #population change across the Nordics over 30 years (1990-2022) shows:
🔹 #Growth around capitals
🔹 #Decline in many inland & northern areas
🔹 Pockets of renewal along coasts and small towns
🗺️ See more: nordregio.org/maps/total-p...
Mapping #population change across the Nordics over 30 years (1990-2022) shows:
🔹 #Growth around capitals
🔹 #Decline in many inland & northern areas
🔹 Pockets of renewal along coasts and small towns
🗺️ See more: nordregio.org/maps/total-p...
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
📈 Cities growing, rural areas shrinking - or are they?
Mapping #population change across the Nordics over 30 years (1990-2022) shows:
🔹 #Growth around capitals
🔹 #Decline in many inland & northern areas
🔹 Pockets of renewal along coasts and small towns
🗺️ See more: nordregio.org/maps/total-p...
Mapping #population change across the Nordics over 30 years (1990-2022) shows:
🔹 #Growth around capitals
🔹 #Decline in many inland & northern areas
🔹 Pockets of renewal along coasts and small towns
🗺️ See more: nordregio.org/maps/total-p...
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🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism
Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️
📖 #OA
Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️
📖 #OA
Perceived inequality and populism | European Journal of Political Research | Cambridge Core
Perceived inequality and populism
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October 22, 2025 at 11:03 AM
🆕 Perceived #Inequality and #Populism
Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️
📖 #OA
Evidence from 🇩🇰🇩🇪🇮🇹 show that people who perceive great inequality are more likely to hold populist attitudes according to @lstoetze.bsky.social, Johannes Giesecke & @heikekluever.bsky.social 🗣️
📖 #OA
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Norway remains one of the world’s most stable democracies. Yet rising populism and sharper debate in the 2025 election revealed growing strains beneath the surface. Read @katrif.bsky.social analysis of the recent general election in Norway for @illsp.bsky.social www.illiberalism.org/continuous-s...
Continuous “Safety”? Labour Succeeds in Norway’s 2025 Elections Amidst Polarization illiberalism.org |
Katrine Fangen on Norways election and the issues that animated the campaign, growing polarization, and the paradoxes inherent in the rise of the right-wing Progress Party.
www.illiberalism.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Norway remains one of the world’s most stable democracies. Yet rising populism and sharper debate in the 2025 election revealed growing strains beneath the surface. Read @katrif.bsky.social analysis of the recent general election in Norway for @illsp.bsky.social www.illiberalism.org/continuous-s...
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This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc...
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
October 15, 2025 at 11:54 AM
This book finally got published today - free for download here cssn.org/news-researc...
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
A monumental effort documenting climate obstruction across sectors, countries & governance levels, by 110 @cssn.org scholars
I was chuffed to contribute to one of the chapters (thread)
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Hitchcock was a visionary...
nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...
nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...
Birds are behaving strangely — and it could have dire implications for humanity, scientist warns
Is it the sign of the a-flock-alypse?
nypost.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Hitchcock was a visionary...
nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...
nypost.com/2025/10/07/s...
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After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde
After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde
This is no time for complacent exceptionalism. The UK is part of the fourth phase of the far right in the postwar era, and its politicians must respond, says political scientist Cas Mudde
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:06 AM
After the far-right mass rally in London, Britain must learn lessons from abroad – and fast | Cas Mudde
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The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
Most US adults think individual choices keep people in poverty, new AP-NORC/Harris poll finds
A new AP-NORC poll finds that most U.S. adults think personal choices are a major driver of poverty and homelessness, while fewer blame a lack of government support.
apnews.com
September 9, 2025 at 1:39 PM
The belief that poverty and homelessness are about "individual choices" didn't arise on its own. It was manufactured through decades of messaging designed to protect the policies and interests that create mass precarity.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
As this new poll shows, that propaganda campaign has been wildly successful.
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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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New report that maps the network of anti-offshore wind groups and their lawyers: www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...
Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States
Today we released a new CDL report: “Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States,” a deep look into litigation efforts against ...
www.climatedevlab.brown.edu
August 25, 2025 at 1:33 PM
New report that maps the network of anti-offshore wind groups and their lawyers: www.climatedevlab.brown.edu/post/legal-e...
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I recently found an interview with Bruno Latour I had been looking for for a long time and thought this might be a good idea: A list of all the interviews he did during his lifetime, plus some commentary. It's not yet finished, but useful enough to share, I hope.
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
Interviews with Bruno Latour
An ongoing, annotated list
open.substack.com
December 12, 2024 at 1:51 PM
I recently found an interview with Bruno Latour I had been looking for for a long time and thought this might be a good idea: A list of all the interviews he did during his lifetime, plus some commentary. It's not yet finished, but useful enough to share, I hope.
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
open.substack.com/pub/wondrous...
Great to be part of this collective effort! New transformation injustices overlap and intersect with legacy injustices — see our commentary published @Nature Energy 👇, led by @lukashermwille.bsky.social
We have a new comment out in @natureportfolio.nature.com Nature Energy in which we synthesise key findings of our 4-year CINTRAN project on structural change in coal and carbon-intensive regions across Europe.
A free read-only version is available here: rdcu.be/epxGW
#JustTransition #energysky
A free read-only version is available here: rdcu.be/epxGW
#JustTransition #energysky
Compounding injustices can impede a just energy transition
Nature Energy - Coal and carbon-intensive regions have lagged behind in socioeconomic development, long before any transition-related structural changes were foreseeable. Acknowledging and tackling...
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June 5, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Great to be part of this collective effort! New transformation injustices overlap and intersect with legacy injustices — see our commentary published @Nature Energy 👇, led by @lukashermwille.bsky.social
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My new piece for @science.org is about safety, technology and how we can't automate governance. A quick thread... 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Governance can’t be automated
On the corners of the Holborn viaduct in central London, there are four statues: Commerce, Agriculture, Fine Art, and Science. The figure representing Science looks like she should be in Ancient Greec...
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April 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
My new piece for @science.org is about safety, technology and how we can't automate governance. A quick thread... 🧵 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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1/ Yesterday the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights published its review on the #costofliving #crisis in #Europe. It provides an overview of the impacts of the crisis on #humanrights related to #socialprotection #housing #work #energy #food & of #groups most severely affected by the crisis
March 20, 2025 at 1:58 PM
1/ Yesterday the @coe.int European Committee of #SocialRights published its review on the #costofliving #crisis in #Europe. It provides an overview of the impacts of the crisis on #humanrights related to #socialprotection #housing #work #energy #food & of #groups most severely affected by the crisis
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I've just finished/delivered my new book on hauntology, landscape and music. Out Nov! The end of England, post-Brexit malaise, the decline of the left, strange music, weird walking, ghosts of the past. You probably won't like it, but be brave and have a listen: www.mixcloud.com/gypjh2000/li...
March 7, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I've just finished/delivered my new book on hauntology, landscape and music. Out Nov! The end of England, post-Brexit malaise, the decline of the left, strange music, weird walking, ghosts of the past. You probably won't like it, but be brave and have a listen: www.mixcloud.com/gypjh2000/li...
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Join us for our forthcoming webinar Legal Geography for Regions and Cities: A Place-first Approach, 26th March 2025, 13.00 GMT. In this webinar, the speakers will explore how law shapes and is shaped by the spaces we inhabit. Register here: bit.ly/RCI26Mar
February 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Join us for our forthcoming webinar Legal Geography for Regions and Cities: A Place-first Approach, 26th March 2025, 13.00 GMT. In this webinar, the speakers will explore how law shapes and is shaped by the spaces we inhabit. Register here: bit.ly/RCI26Mar
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"...the anti-immigrant campaigns of both centrist parties...did not win over any far-right voters. Nor did they inspire their core voters. To do that, they will need their own ideas and priorities, which means looking beyond immigration (which was only the third most important issue for voters..."
Germany has swung to the right. What does that mean for the country – and Europe? Our panel responds
Friedrich Merz’s CDU/CSU may have won the German election, but all eyes are on the far-right AfD after its huge gains, say Fatma Aydemir, Katja Hoyer and others
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 12:46 PM
"...the anti-immigrant campaigns of both centrist parties...did not win over any far-right voters. Nor did they inspire their core voters. To do that, they will need their own ideas and priorities, which means looking beyond immigration (which was only the third most important issue for voters..."
Great to see the pre-recorded guest lecture worked well for engaging with graduates at Groningen Uni on urban sustainability, justice, and populism. Thanks again for the invite @muhalefetserhi.bsky.social ! #CriticalApproaches25
Time flies, we are already done with the 3rd week of #CriticalApproaches25 w/ @raumplaner.bsky.social
So far, we had the privilege to host @mahiryazar.bsky.social (@uibcet.bsky.social) ) & @sgundogdu.bsky.social (Çukurova University) in our classroom. We are most grateful for their contributions 👏
So far, we had the privilege to host @mahiryazar.bsky.social (@uibcet.bsky.social) ) & @sgundogdu.bsky.social (Çukurova University) in our classroom. We are most grateful for their contributions 👏
February 21, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Great to see the pre-recorded guest lecture worked well for engaging with graduates at Groningen Uni on urban sustainability, justice, and populism. Thanks again for the invite @muhalefetserhi.bsky.social ! #CriticalApproaches25
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@senatorsurfer.bsky.social outlines the damage to Australian democratic processes & popular support for renewable energy rollout and climate policy of global #AtlasNetwork disinformation campaigns. Kindly quotes my submission to the Senate inquiry on Offshore Wind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tq...
Offshore Wind Farm Disinformation & the Atlas Network
YouTube video by Australian Greens
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February 17, 2025 at 3:52 AM
@senatorsurfer.bsky.social outlines the damage to Australian democratic processes & popular support for renewable energy rollout and climate policy of global #AtlasNetwork disinformation campaigns. Kindly quotes my submission to the Senate inquiry on Offshore Wind.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tq...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=32tq...
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In-depth Q&A: What is ‘climate justice’? | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive
Read: https://buff.ly/3MXl5HL
Read: https://buff.ly/3MXl5HL
January 5, 2025 at 11:32 AM
In-depth Q&A: What is ‘climate justice’? | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org #CBarchive
Read: https://buff.ly/3MXl5HL
Read: https://buff.ly/3MXl5HL
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4/ We often hear that radical protest will "just put people off your cause", but we now have evidence that's not true
The M25 motorway blockades by @just-stopoil.bsky.social led to a 3.3% increase in support for a moderate organisation, Friends of the Earth
Equivalent to 2 million people in the UK
The M25 motorway blockades by @just-stopoil.bsky.social led to a 3.3% increase in support for a moderate organisation, Friends of the Earth
Equivalent to 2 million people in the UK
December 22, 2024 at 7:24 PM
4/ We often hear that radical protest will "just put people off your cause", but we now have evidence that's not true
The M25 motorway blockades by @just-stopoil.bsky.social led to a 3.3% increase in support for a moderate organisation, Friends of the Earth
Equivalent to 2 million people in the UK
The M25 motorway blockades by @just-stopoil.bsky.social led to a 3.3% increase in support for a moderate organisation, Friends of the Earth
Equivalent to 2 million people in the UK
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I can’t wait for this to be out - a book of propositions on the politics of feeling in populism, liberalism and progressivism with @ajsecor.bsky.social Probably the work I’m most proud of so far - as I think it says something novel about this conjuncture
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...
The Politics of Feeling by Ben Anderson, Anna Secor: 9781915983299 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books
How today’s dominant political forms—right-wing populism, progressivism, and liberalism—offer differentiated responses to shared conditions of uncertainty. The Politics of Feeling argues...
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December 18, 2024 at 10:11 AM
I can’t wait for this to be out - a book of propositions on the politics of feeling in populism, liberalism and progressivism with @ajsecor.bsky.social Probably the work I’m most proud of so far - as I think it says something novel about this conjuncture
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...
www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/777472...