📰 🇳🇴 Norway is often held up as the country to emulate in the global political economy and is often one of people's favourite countries (including mine). In this new article, I explore how the oil fund poses challenges to the Norwegian economy Link - lnkd.in/evQBsgYF

China is now the undisputed leader in green technologies, but how its political and economic model has shaped the transition is often unclear. In this new article in @ripejournal.bsky.social with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social, we provide a structured approach to understanding China's green transition.

Football and Climate Change. Forthcoming in January 2027 with @manchesterup.bsky.social, @markdoidge.bsky.social, @berglundoscar.bsky.social, @jennyamann.bsky.social, @samtoscano.bsky.social and I have a book that first comprehensive effort to account for this relationship.

A useful read to understand the behaviour of some of the largest actors in the global politicsl economy today. Enshitification, whilst giving us lisence to use a swear word in work discussions, gives us a useful term to describe the rise of AI, crypto and big tech.

We argue that this presents all others countries with essentially four options

An important contribution to the work on critical mineral extraction, clarifying an area I think a lot of us talk about in a very general way.

Read the current in book on China from 2025. The distinction between China’s focus on supply and the US’s on demand is nice. It still, predictably, goes for the ‘China is amazing at X but it should still be more like the US’ angle. The idea of the Engineering State is also a bit reductionist.

@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.

There is much reading to be done!

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨 first since I moved on here with with @danbaileypoleco.bsky.social and @matpaterson.bsky.social on how climate governance is politicising the Bank of England in New Political Economy - www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....