Maia King
@maiaking.bsky.social
Lecturer in Economics at KCL DPE. I usually post about economics, foreign aid, institutions & governance, policymaking, climate, #locallyledaid and #shiftthepower. The usual disclaimers apply. https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/maia-king
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Great coverage of our 🆕report on funding the #JustTransition away from fossil fuels in the @FT today.
Say it with us: “Public money is a non-negotiable part of the green transition." 💸 www.ft.com/content/8e5f...
Say it with us: “Public money is a non-negotiable part of the green transition." 💸 www.ft.com/content/8e5f...
June 23, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Great coverage of our 🆕report on funding the #JustTransition away from fossil fuels in the @FT today.
Say it with us: “Public money is a non-negotiable part of the green transition." 💸 www.ft.com/content/8e5f...
Say it with us: “Public money is a non-negotiable part of the green transition." 💸 www.ft.com/content/8e5f...
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One week left 🚨
We're hiring two senior economists to develop and lead research projects that generate arguments, policies and ideas to address the social and economic challenges that underpin poverty and household economic insecurity in the UK.
Apply now: jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
We're hiring two senior economists to develop and lead research projects that generate arguments, policies and ideas to address the social and economic challenges that underpin poverty and household economic insecurity in the UK.
Apply now: jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
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June 20, 2025 at 8:50 AM
One week left 🚨
We're hiring two senior economists to develop and lead research projects that generate arguments, policies and ideas to address the social and economic challenges that underpin poverty and household economic insecurity in the UK.
Apply now: jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
We're hiring two senior economists to develop and lead research projects that generate arguments, policies and ideas to address the social and economic challenges that underpin poverty and household economic insecurity in the UK.
Apply now: jrf.octo-firstclass.co.uk/candidates/c...
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Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
slate.com
June 19, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Thanks for the reminder @janemunday.bsky.social. Every summer, I repost this article DROWNING DOES NOT LOOK LIKE DROWNING. To date, I know of FOUR kids who were saved after someone who'd clicked on the link learnt how to spot actual drowning. Take time to read and pass on.
slate.com/technology/2...
slate.com/technology/2...
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Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
June 19, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Amazing: MIT researchers revealed how ChatGPT etc are destroying our brains and booby-trapped the report to expose those who want to use AI to ostensibly summarize the results.
t.co/JXeTALBPds
t.co/JXeTALBPds
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According to World Weather Attribution, "climate change has made a 32C day in the UK 100 times more likely than in the pre-industrial era. A June heatwave of three consecutive days above 28C was 10 times more likely to occur now." www.ft.com/content/650c...
June 20, 2025 at 6:10 AM
According to World Weather Attribution, "climate change has made a 32C day in the UK 100 times more likely than in the pre-industrial era. A June heatwave of three consecutive days above 28C was 10 times more likely to occur now." www.ft.com/content/650c...
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Honored to have been invited to my former work place to participate in stimulating discussions about democratic innovations. The basis of my intervention was our OA paper on public opinion about deliberative democracy (with @jbpilet.bsky.social). ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
June 18, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Honored to have been invited to my former work place to participate in stimulating discussions about democratic innovations. The basis of my intervention was our OA paper on public opinion about deliberative democracy (with @jbpilet.bsky.social). ejpr.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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🚨🚨Job alert!!🚨🚨
The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/
The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/
June 12, 2025 at 12:11 PM
🚨🚨Job alert!!🚨🚨
The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/
The Department of Political Economy at KCL is hiring 3(!) permanent education track lecturers. We are looking for outstanding scholars interested in research-led education in the following areas... 1/
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We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
AEP Lecturer in Politics and Research Methods
www.kcl.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
We’re hiring 3 permanent (tenured) lecturers in the Department of Political Economy at King’s College London. These are ‘education pathway’ posts (in Economics, Research Methods, & Comparative Politics) 1/4
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117268-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117245-...
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🚨 We're hiring!
King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway.
Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
Please share!
Happy to answer questions about the role/department!
King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway.
Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
Please share!
Happy to answer questions about the role/department!
AEP Lecturer in Economics
www.kcl.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨 We're hiring!
King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway.
Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
Please share!
Happy to answer questions about the role/department!
King's College London Department of Political Economy (@kcl-spe.bsky.social, @kingsqpe.bsky.social), is hiring a permanent lecturer in economics on the education pathway.
Details: www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/117209-...
Please share!
Happy to answer questions about the role/department!
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Sigh.
"the healthy food push was dropped after the Food and Drink Federation, which represents corporations including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Mars and Unilever repeatedly demanded the government ditch it."
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
"the healthy food push was dropped after the Food and Drink Federation, which represents corporations including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Mars and Unilever repeatedly demanded the government ditch it."
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
www.theguardian.com
May 18, 2025 at 1:17 AM
Sigh.
"the healthy food push was dropped after the Food and Drink Federation, which represents corporations including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Mars and Unilever repeatedly demanded the government ditch it."
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
"the healthy food push was dropped after the Food and Drink Federation, which represents corporations including Nestlé, Mondelēz, Coca-Cola, Mars and Unilever repeatedly demanded the government ditch it."
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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Late to this, but “being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal” is precisely why the topic of climate change needs leadership! It is a coordination problem! 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Climate plan based on phasing out fossil fuels doomed to fail, says Tony Blair
Former PM claims net zero policies losing public support and says there should be greater focus on carbon capture
www.theguardian.com
April 30, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Late to this, but “being asked to make financial sacrifices and changes in lifestyle when they know that their impact on global emissions is minimal” is precisely why the topic of climate change needs leadership! It is a coordination problem! 1/
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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📗 Call for papers!
The 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference this September is now inviting paper submissions on Public Finance & Development.
Keynote speakers: Tim Besley & Annette Alstadsæter
📅 Deadline: 15 May
Find out more: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
The 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference this September is now inviting paper submissions on Public Finance & Development.
Keynote speakers: Tim Besley & Annette Alstadsæter
📅 Deadline: 15 May
Find out more: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
April 16, 2025 at 1:02 PM
📗 Call for papers!
The 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference this September is now inviting paper submissions on Public Finance & Development.
Keynote speakers: Tim Besley & Annette Alstadsæter
📅 Deadline: 15 May
Find out more: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
The 7th World Bank/ODI Global/IFS Public Finance Conference this September is now inviting paper submissions on Public Finance & Development.
Keynote speakers: Tim Besley & Annette Alstadsæter
📅 Deadline: 15 May
Find out more: www.worldbank.org/en/events/20...
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🌟 Fantastic Day 1 of #PSA25, incl. a powerful opening keynote by Prof. Rosie Campbell @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on ‘What next for the study of #PoliticalRepresentation? Shifting identities, #CultureWars & the quality of #democracy’
Looking forward to Day 2! #politicalstudies #politics
Looking forward to Day 2! #politicalstudies #politics
April 14, 2025 at 6:15 PM
🌟 Fantastic Day 1 of #PSA25, incl. a powerful opening keynote by Prof. Rosie Campbell @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social on ‘What next for the study of #PoliticalRepresentation? Shifting identities, #CultureWars & the quality of #democracy’
Looking forward to Day 2! #politicalstudies #politics
Looking forward to Day 2! #politicalstudies #politics
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A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
April 7, 2025 at 4:13 AM
A tricky thing about modern society is that no one has any idea when they don’t die.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
Like, the number of lives saved by controlling air pollution in America is probably over 200,000 per year, but the number of people who think their life was saved by controlling air pollution is zero.
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A book co-authored by our academics, @bpiotrowska.bsky.social and @maiaking.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize 📚🏆
Read more 🔽
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/book-co...
Read more 🔽
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/book-co...
Book co-authored by academics is shortlisted for prestigious prize
A book co-authored by two King’s academics has been shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize.
www.kcl.ac.uk
March 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
A book co-authored by our academics, @bpiotrowska.bsky.social and @maiaking.bsky.social, has been shortlisted for a prestigious literary prize 📚🏆
Read more 🔽
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/book-co...
Read more 🔽
www.kcl.ac.uk/news/book-co...
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Aw shucks - and nice to be in such esteemed company.
WJM Mackenzie Book Prize 2024/25 - Shortlist Announced | The Political Studies Association (PSA)
We are pleased to announce the shortlisted books for the WJM Mackenzie Book Prize 2024/25!A huge thank you to all those who nominated a book for this esteemed prize that celebrates the distinctive con...
www.psa.ac.uk
March 7, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Aw shucks - and nice to be in such esteemed company.
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It's wonderful to see the news that my fantastic Department of Political Economy colleagues @maiaking.bsky.social and @bpiotrowska.bsky.social have been nominated for this esteemed prize. Huge congratulations guys!!!
📚 MacKenzie Book Prize 2025📚 ‘The Way the Money Goes’ by Piotrowska, Hood, King & McLean has been shortlisted for this PSA prize. Winner announced in April. buff.ly/OJo7p9u
@bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
@bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
March 7, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It's wonderful to see the news that my fantastic Department of Political Economy colleagues @maiaking.bsky.social and @bpiotrowska.bsky.social have been nominated for this esteemed prize. Huge congratulations guys!!!
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🚨 PSA25 KEYNOTE: ‘What next for the study of political representation? Shifting identities, culture wars & the quality of democracy’
Join us to hear from keynote speaker @profrosiecamp.bsky.social at #PSA25.
Register now: buff.ly/rtngDMa
Join us to hear from keynote speaker @profrosiecamp.bsky.social at #PSA25.
Register now: buff.ly/rtngDMa
March 4, 2025 at 12:50 PM
🚨 PSA25 KEYNOTE: ‘What next for the study of political representation? Shifting identities, culture wars & the quality of democracy’
Join us to hear from keynote speaker @profrosiecamp.bsky.social at #PSA25.
Register now: buff.ly/rtngDMa
Join us to hear from keynote speaker @profrosiecamp.bsky.social at #PSA25.
Register now: buff.ly/rtngDMa
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📚 MacKenzie Book Prize 2025📚 ‘The Way the Money Goes’ by Piotrowska, Hood, King & McLean has been shortlisted for this PSA prize. Winner announced in April. buff.ly/OJo7p9u
@bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
@bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
March 4, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📚 MacKenzie Book Prize 2025📚 ‘The Way the Money Goes’ by Piotrowska, Hood, King & McLean has been shortlisted for this PSA prize. Winner announced in April. buff.ly/OJo7p9u
@bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
@bpiotrowska.bsky.social @maiaking.bsky.social @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social #bookprize #politics #economy #books
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📢 Call for papers!
We are organizing the 5th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London!
Keynotes: Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick) and Peter van der Windt (NYU-Abu Dhabi).
No fee, travel grants available!
Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpeearly
We are organizing the 5th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London!
Keynotes: Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick) and Peter van der Windt (NYU-Abu Dhabi).
No fee, travel grants available!
Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpeearly
February 11, 2025 at 8:39 AM
📢 Call for papers!
We are organizing the 5th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London!
Keynotes: Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick) and Peter van der Windt (NYU-Abu Dhabi).
No fee, travel grants available!
Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpeearly
We are organizing the 5th Early Career Workshop in Quantitative Political Economy on 19-21 May 2025 at King’s College London!
Keynotes: Sonia Bhalotra (Warwick) and Peter van der Windt (NYU-Abu Dhabi).
No fee, travel grants available!
Submit at: tinyurl.com/qpeearly
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Britain has uniquely expensive housing, which is also a disproportionately large part of poorer households' spending.
This means that aggregate Purchasing Power Parities used to make income comparisons of living standards understate the true gap between poorer households in the UK and OECD peers.
This means that aggregate Purchasing Power Parities used to make income comparisons of living standards understate the true gap between poorer households in the UK and OECD peers.
January 18, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Britain has uniquely expensive housing, which is also a disproportionately large part of poorer households' spending.
This means that aggregate Purchasing Power Parities used to make income comparisons of living standards understate the true gap between poorer households in the UK and OECD peers.
This means that aggregate Purchasing Power Parities used to make income comparisons of living standards understate the true gap between poorer households in the UK and OECD peers.
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Nice to see that my paper on welfare weights is now in print at the AER.
October 30, 2024 at 2:10 PM
Nice to see that my paper on welfare weights is now in print at the AER.
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Link got broken - don't know why.... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
More than 1.6 million Brits call for pesticide ban to save bees from extinction
Experts have warned that without bees we may lose all the plants that bees pollinate, all of the animals that eat those plants and so on up the food chain wreaking havoc with ecosystems
www.mirror.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Link got broken - don't know why.... www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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1.6 million people stand alongside experts calling for bee-killing pesticides neonicotinoids to be banned, with no exceptions or exemptions
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk
January 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
1.6 million people stand alongside experts calling for bee-killing pesticides neonicotinoids to be banned, with no exceptions or exemptions
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER ALERT!!! 🚨
ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE
How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate
Link: gratton.org/papers/AddingF…
A short 🧵 👇1/6
ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE
How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate
Link: gratton.org/papers/AddingF…
A short 🧵 👇1/6
January 8, 2025 at 5:25 AM
🚨 NEW WORKING PAPER ALERT!!! 🚨
ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE
How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate
Link: gratton.org/papers/AddingF…
A short 🧵 👇1/6
ADDING FUEL TO THE (GUN)FIRE
How Politicians Polarize the Public Debate
Link: gratton.org/papers/AddingF…
A short 🧵 👇1/6