Peter Wyckoff
@peterwyckoff.bsky.social
PhD student @LSEGovernment. Political economy of climate policy. Prev. @OECDsocial, @EUCompetition, & @TheWilsonCenter. he/him https://pwyckoff.github.io/
Merci @theodoretallent.bsky.social + @malojan.bsky.social pour l’organisation d’un super panel sur le backlash écologique à @asso-afsp.bsky.social. De nouvelles idées sur une typologie du backlash, et des cas variés présentés — des inondations aux éoliennes.
Belfast put on quite the (sunny) display for the end of the first @epssnet.bsky.social conference. A few more panel nuggets:
A great first day @epssnet.bsky.social, some points: - the post-peak Environmental Kuznets Curve comes down more for democracies than other regimes @svanhildur.bsky.social - income boosts from Swiss labour market access led to higher Green support in FR, DE, IT @markkayser.bsky.social
Update: all 130 constituencies have now declared. Among parties with a metropolitan equivalent, expat voters break sharply left: 148 broad-left seats vs 72 for centre + right + far right combined. Full analysis: pwyckoff.github.io/elections-consulaires-2026/
Élections consulaires 2026
Carte et graphiques des résultats par circonscription consulaire — FR / EN.
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Peter Wyckoff@peterwyckoff.bsky.social · 2mo ago61 of ~130 constituencies reported results so far. Interactive map and vote-share breakdown by political family (in FR and EN): pwyckoff.github.io/elections-consulaires-2026/
France held consular elections in May -- a peculiar, worldwide exercise that no other country has decided to do. The conseillers des Français de l'étranger represent overseas citizens on education, culture, consular services, and sit in the college that elects France's Senators.
Would passing PR through the current UK parliament be an affront to democracy? Absolutely not! If the next general election is held under PR, a majority of voters can choose immediately to return to FTPT simply by voting for parties that support that, thanks to the Westminster system. 1/2
YouGov's study of the 2026 local elections shows that just 46% of 2024 Labour voters who went to the polls remained loyal, with more backing the Greens (22%) than Reform (6%) two weeks ago The Conservatives retained 55% of their 2024 voters, with 33% switching to Reform yougov.com/en-gb/articl...
Many middle powers are fast diversifying trade ties away from the US • In May-Dec 2025 trade among UK, Canada, EU, Japan, South Korea and Switzerland rose by 12% • EU leads the way, as recent burst of free-trade deals with Mercosur, India and Australia illustrates www.economist.com/finance-and-...
Emma Haworth (British b. 1975), Under the Trees, 2016, Oil on canvas
Some good environmental pledges from Magyar. He wants to end dependency on Russian energy by 2035, & double renewables by 2040. Plans to improve energy efficiency in 25% of homes within 10-15 years. Introduce strict enviro sanctions, increase recycling & stop supporting polluting foreign investors
Thanks to Ember for some unpublished data, I made this chart showing the massive shift away from gas-linked power prices in Spain, relative to the increasingly gas-reliant market in Italy No wonder Italy wants to tackle high power prices! 7/8
Great read from @iea.org on energy + innovation: - 1 in 10 patents is related to energy – more than chemicals, pharmaceuticals, transport - Public energy R&D spending globally in 2024 dropped from 2023. 2025 estimate is down a further 2% to $55 bln (partly reflects US federal budget cuts)
dplyr 1.2.0 is out now and we are SO excited! - `filter_out()` for dropping rows - `recode_values()`, `replace_values()`, and `replace_when()` that join `case_when()` as a complete family of recoding/replacing tools These are huge quality of life wins for #rstats! tidyverse.org/blog/2026/02...
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dplyr 1.2.0 fills in some important gaps in dplyr's API: we've added a new complement to `filter()` focused on dropping rows, and we've expanded the `case_when()` family with three new recoding and re...
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🌍🇺🇸 Published Today in PNAS Nexus 🌍🇺🇸 How can we foster collective climate action? - led by @dgoldwert.bsky.social, @smconstantino.bsky.social & @madalina.bsky.social - 17 behavioral interventions, designed by 50 experts - tested on >30000 US participants academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar... 🧵 1/11
« France, il était une fois demain », sur France 2 : à l’horizon 2100, tout est imaginable
« France, il était une fois demain », sur France 2 : à l’horizon 2100, tout est imaginable
Le film de Michael Pitiot propose une vision subjective de notre avenir, sans IA, mais avec un positivisme affiché. Suivi d’un instructif making of.
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🥁 India Is Electrifying Faster Than China 🥁 Read our story on @ember-energy.org's analysis. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
NEW | Wind and solar generated more power than fossil fuels in the EU for the FIRST time ever. 🌪️ and ☀️ made up a RECORD 30% of 🇪🇺 electricity, up from 20% just five years ago. https://ember-energy.org/latest-insights/european-electricity-review-2026/
Quaternary UK offshore data digitised for the first time. The dataset will help users, particularly those in the offshore renewables sector, and can be used for reference when completing site investigations. Learn more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/quatern...
🎉 NEW PUBLICATION🎉 Our paper on "the effect of symbolic policies on climate policy support" has just been published in the APSR ! @apsrjournal.bsky.social (open access) The end of a long and rewarding journey with the best co-authors @malojan.bsky.social @luissattelmayer.bsky.social (1/6)
📣 Call for Papers: 🗓️ 23-24 April 2026 at LSE Submit full papers: forms.office.com/e/9qVWeNTK0p Please share with colleagues & early-career researchers!
Grid bottlenecks aren’t a failure of the energy transition — they’re proof it’s working. Renewables got cheap fast, and now the grid has to catch up. Time to build the wires for the clean energy system we already have.
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨 We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social Any questions, please reach out to me 📣 Please share! 📣 jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We estimate that EU emissions went down 3.8%, US edged down 0.6%, & Chinese emissions edged up 0.2%. Emissions were up more strongly in India 4.6% & international aviation 13.5%. The record growth in renewables is helping bend the curve, just not enough to get a peak in global emissions. 2/
Questionnaires, says one academic, have “changed how we view ourselves”. Not always, many felt, for the better
Question 1: why are questionnaires in trouble?
A literary genre that changed the world is struggling
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I was looking at some Scottish cause of death data yesterday and the extent to which transport accident deaths in young men have all but disappeared is pretty remarkable. Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
Looking forward for my postdocs and I to host the Oxford-London Environment and Public Policy workshop at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, tomorrow (October 1st). Thanks to @politicsoxford.bsky.social, @lsegovernment.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for support 💫 So many cool papers!
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said. “Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
Universities often serve as "anchor institutions" that deeply affect the character of their communities. In a new paper, we estimate how (and when) the establishment of a college influences local political and civic life. 🧵 osf.io/preprints/so...
