Looking forward to speaking at the LSE China Development Forum on February 25th. Scan the QR code to register for the day-long event. I'll be talking about my research on the different approaches to green finance in China and the EU.

My latest article is out today in the Journal of International Development Journal_Int_Development. Co-authored with Tancrède Voituriez and Christoph Nedopil. We show that Chinese sovereign-backed overseas development funds have a severely lacking sustainability approach onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ji…

I'm in Addis the next month and would love to talk to people working on green transition from any angle. All help getting in touch with the right people is appreciated!

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New paper out in Review of International Political Economy Review of International Political Economy ! Through the case of China and the EU in green finance, I argue that diffusion theory needs to be revised to take into account 'origination' of policy norms. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

I'm in Rio for the next two months and would love to talk to people working on green transition from any angle. All help getting in touch with the right people is appreciated!

I'm in Beijing for six weeks and would love to talk to people working on green transition from any angle. All help getting in touch with the right people is appreciated!

New publication out as a book chapter on China in the Routledge Handbook of Green Finance, with Christoph Nedopil We account for China's top-down approach to greening the financial system and argue that China should be integrated into the global debate. taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

As CBS rightly points out, I have indeed just started a postdoc at Brown University's Watson Institute. There, I'll keep researching the role of the state in green transition, focusing on China and other countries outside the global North. cbs.dk/en/the-press/n…

I'm defending my PhD on March 13th at 15 at CBS! It's an open event so feel free to drop by if you're curious about green finance in China and the state's role in financing green transition. cbs.dk/forskning/inst…

I just got a PhD! On March 13th I successfully defended my PhD at Copenhagen Business School. I argue that Western countries can learn from China’s interventionist approach to steering a green transition. Download: research-api.cbs.dk/ws/portalfiles…

If you love political economy, environmental politics, and global governance, you'll love what we've got cooking tomorrow afternoon at ISA. Hope to see you there! Mathias Laure Gosselin Laurie Durel Inhwan Ko

I have a new article out in Third World Quarterly: 'How to integrate the Global South into the ‘green state’ concept'. To address Western-centrism, I present a theoretical scaffolding for broadening the scope to encompass the Global South. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

NEW ARTICLE OUT!: ‘Any alternative to the Wall Street Consensus? Comparing the infrastructure financing models of the US, the EU, and China’ published in New Political Economy tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

NEW ARTICLE OUT in Global Policy: 'Catching up with climate priorities: Understanding multilateral development banks' evolving approach to biodiversity.' onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/17…

"Here, I assess the green state concept’s ability to reflect the global plurality of potential green states." A new article from Mathias is now available online at TWQ: doi.org/10.1080/014365… #GreenState #GlobalSouth

Great news: the Climate Solutions Lab team, including new colleagues Jennifer Hadden & Chris Rea Watson Institute Brown University, has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to continue its work on Clean Energy & Society. Stay tuned! cc IBES: Institute at Brown for Environment & Society

NEW ARTICLE OUT in Regulation & Governance (Regulation & Governance): ‘Financialization and an emerging “green investor state”: Examining China's use of state-backed funds for green transition’ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/re…

NEW ARTICLE OUT in Energy Research & Social Science: 'The future of fossil fuels, chemicals, and feedstocks: Outlining a research agenda on the role of China in the global petrochemical industry' co-authored with Joachim Peter Tilsted sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The main driver of oil demand growth growth is the expansion of fossil-based petrochemical production, 50 % of which occurs in China🛢 Why, how, and with what implications? In this new paper, Mathias and I take on these issues. sciencedirect.com/science/articl… 1/8