It's been just about a year since New York's legislature passed the Build Public Renewables Act through the budget, tasking the New York Power Authority to help the state meet its climate goals.

They've asked McKinsey to tell them how to do it: newrepublic.com/article/180775…

“What happened should go around the world; should shame and blame Germany everywhere.”

Israeli film maker Dror Dayan on the police crackdown on the Palestine Congress in Berlin.

lrb.co.uk/blog/2024/apri…

Advice for scholars: next time you lecture on Kant and revolutions at “Downing” (Darwin College) Cambridge, make sure your hair is neatly tied and that you’re not blonde. Or else your research impact will be on the The Spectator libido section.

It has been amazing to do a PhD with Keno Haverkamp! His work is brilliant and everyone should follow it.

Been very lucky to have such a supportive and fun gang of post grad colleagues at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose 🤗

thank you!!

thank you thank you for all the kind words on submitting (and the title)!! 🙏🏻

it was an obvious candidate but there was also so much in the book that spoke to [/I could read into] my research

¡Recién salido de imprenta! ⚡

🔶 El 6 de mayo ya en librerías Søren Mau 🇵🇸 y su 'Coacción muda. Una teoría marxista del poder econòmico del capital'

My piece on the rise of Chinese EVs and the business strategy and industrial policy underpinning it is finally out on Phenomenal World with plenty of contextual information and data to make sense of this seismic event bound to redefine the global economy.
phenomenalworld.org/analysis/byd/

Great to see journalism on UK universities in crisis.
But what still needs writing is an investigative piece on the 100s of millions spent by UK unis on private consultancies etc. Public money on corporate outsourcing is a key part of the picture.
smh.com.au/education/they…

Thank you both for organising such a brilliant few days!

Saila Stausholm and I had a fantastic time organizing and presenting at the “Political Economy of Consulting Conference” at MPIfG! Grateful to all participants for sharing their amazing research and insights on the topic!

why does this look like keir starmer wrote it

New Publication Alert 📢
I never thought in a million years that I would share my paper about sanitation in the Gaza Strip at a time when my fellow Palestinians are using makeshift toilets and dying of dehydration and water-borne diseases.
thirdworldq
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

From agriculture to energy to public health, every part of the economy depends on water. The water crisis demands an ambitious, systemic response. Mariam Zaqout 🇵🇸 and I apply the #CommonGood framework to our water challenge in our paper ➡️ ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/publi…

Global Commission on the Economics of Water

Job opportunity! 🚀
Passionate about creating an inclusive & sustainable economy through research and policy? Join me as a Research Assistant UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose!
Deadline: April 12
Apply ➡️ bit.ly/4cl6L99

The Big Con: How the Consulting Industry Weakens Our Businesses, Infantilizes Our Governments, and Warps Our Economies – review
blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocial…