Robert Falkner

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Professor of International Relations at LSE & Academic Dean of TRIUM EMBA. Global environmental politics, international political economy & global business

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We have a publication date! "The Market in Global International Society: An English School Approach to International Political Economy" (with Barry Buzan) will be published by OUP on 31 Oct 2024! Further details are available at: global.oup.com/academic/pro...

How the great market experiment in the UK university sector went belly up. A searing analysis of the contradictions of recent HE policies and their unintended consequences. www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...

How the Tories pushed universities to the brink of disasterwww.theguardian.com The long read: Over the past 14 years, the Conservative dream of a free market in higher education has collided with the harsh reality of austerity and the cultural resentment of the radical right – d...

Join us at LSE - Monday 10th June, 13.00 - for a debate on the politics of the climate crisis. With award-winning author Kim Stanley Robinson & Prof Elizabeth Robinson, Director of GRI. Looking forward to chairing what is bound to be a lively debate. www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...

The ministry for the future: navigating the politics of the climate crisis | LSE Festivalwww.lse.ac.uk 1pm Monday 10 June | Kim Stanley Robinson, Elizabeth Robinson | Free event at the LSE Festival: Power and Politics | Ticket required

"Protest, too, is a mode of public speech." Worth reading Amia Srinivasan's piece in @londonreview.bsky.social on why some of the most ardent free speech defenders struggle to defend student protesters. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Amia Srinivasan · If We Say Yes: Campus Speechwww.lrb.co.uk A question: if universities and colleges ‘should’ condemn Hamas’s morally abhorrent attack, why ‘shouldn’t’...

1-year post in LSE International Relations Department: The David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellowship gives experienced practitioners in international politics, IPE and policy an opportunity to undertake a research project for one year. Deadline: 2 June 2024 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

The David Davies of Llandinam Research Fellowship in International Relationsjobs.lse.ac.uk

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The 6th Annual Cambridge Historical IR Conference Friday 10th of May 2024 Free and open to all Details here: polis.cam.ac.uk/histir.com

No future for Future of Humanity Institute at Oxford University. More on this in the Guardian story below: www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Oxford shuts down institute run by Elon Musk-backed philosopherwww.theguardian.com Nick Bostrom’s Future of Humanity Institute closed this week in what Swedish-born philosopher says was ‘death by bureaucracy’

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Has there ever been a more appropriate time to talk about the role of #responsibility in global politics? The paperback of The Rise of Responsibility is now out 📖

LSE is looking to hire two LSE Fellows in International Political Economy, fixed-term for 2 years and starting in September 2024. Apart from expertise in IPE, we are interested in young scholars with a focus on China and/or global business. Closing date 14 April: jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

LSE Fellow in International Political Economyjobs.lse.ac.uk

My new piece "The Longue Durée of International Environmental Norm Change: Global Environmental Politics Meets the English School of International Relations" has been published in Global Environmental Politics 24:1, 2024. You can watch an interview about it here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyLl...

It's happening - so excited... Just signed contract with OUP for new book on "The Market in Global International Society: An English School Approach to International Political Economy" (co-authored with Barry Buzan). Manuscript going into copyediting now, book hopefully out by late 2024.

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I'm on the committee for this year's APSA Virginia Walsh Dissertation Award. Please send in nominations of excellent science/tech/environmental politics dissertations (including your own!) by March 1st!

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An adapted excerpt from Saving Ourselves is up at the Irish Tech News on understanding all the broken climate promises: irishtechnews.ie/why-have-we-...

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Whoop! ENB is on BlueSky! @enb.iisd.org Follow for updates on all things environmental negotiations.

Interesting job for GEP/climate governance scholars at Manchester Uni: Reader/Professor in Climate Change Governance and Global Development. Closing date 27 February. Further details here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

Reader/Professor in Climate Change Governance and Global Development:Oxford Roadwww.jobs.manchester.ac.uk

Wow - not 1 but 2, and possibly 3(!), Professorships in International Relations advertised at the University of St Andrews. No specialism specified - "successful candidates will... have a range of interests which strengthen and complement those within the School". www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DFU578/p...

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Free to read and download: "Ukraine: Russia’s War and the Future of the Global Order" Edited by Mick Cox and published by LSE Press @lsepress.bsky.social - available now as the second anniversary of Russia's (second) invasion of Ukraine approaches.

The UK carbon price keeps on falling, reaching all-time low of £31.48/ton in January. This follows a generous allocation of permits by the government, U-turns over Net Zero policy, and weakening demand. By 2026, UK exporters may be paying carbon tax under the EU's CBAM. www.ft.com/content/959d...

At LSE Grantham Research Institute event on “It’s in the news: we’re decarbonising!” 4 Climate journalists debate why Net Zero has become drawn into culture war - and how to prevent further political polarisation in media reporting. #LSENetZeroNews

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Attention: Open call for a Ph.D. scholarship in my Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (we include all sub-fields). Excellent PhD Programme, great salary and it's in the middle of wonderful Copenhagen! Deadline for application: 25 February 2024. Start date: 1 September 2024

PhD scholarship at the Department of Political Science, University of Copenhagen (UCPH)jobportal.ku.dk

The Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill is to be debated in parliament today. The UK governments claims it will "boost energy security". Really? @carbonbrief.org analysis shows long-term decline of North Sea gas production. New licenses will make minimal difference, but harm UK climate leadership.

Germany's CO2 emissions continued to fall in 2023. Weak economy & reduced production by energy-intensive firms are important reasons. But the green energy transition is speeding up, not only in Germany but also in EU as I argue in this blog from last year: blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Harsh words about UK government’s misguided climate policy - by Tory MP who wrote recent Net Zero policy review. He should know. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Chris Skidmore resigns Conservative whip over Sunak’s oil and gas licence planwww.theguardian.com Former minister also resigns as an MP, which will trigger byelection in his Kingswood constituency

Why has the UK government failed - for the last 18 months - to appoint a new Chair of the Climate Change Committee? GRI's Policy Head Bob Ward warns of the harm to UK's climate reputation and the need to start work on the UK's next carbon budget. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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