PSA Environmental Politics Specialist Group

Interested or involved in environmental politics research, teaching, activism? Want to be part of a diverse community of scholars researching & working to stem the ecological crisis? Join our group! 👇🏼🌍🌊 www.psa.ac.uk/specialist_g... @environmentalpol.bsky.social @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

When should climate activists be civil & when might incivility be justified? Matteo Bonotti, @stevezech.bsky.social & Alexander Faehrmann argue moral civility should take precedence over justification & politeness. OPEN ACCESS: buff.ly/TMfd9xQ #PSClimatePolitics 2/8 @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

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📣 #PSA27 deadline extended to 30 October! There’s still time help us make the habitability of our 🌍 a key conference theme! Gooo 👇🏼 www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Call for Papers for the PSA27 has been extended to Friday 30 October (12.00 GMT)! We look forward to receiving your abstracts for the IR Specialist Group panels! 📢 Full conference details are available at www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p... @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

🚨 Deadline closing soon! Select 'Environmental Politics' to be included in our section.

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#PSA27 Call for Papers - 3 weeks to submit 📢 Paper & panel proposals invited for the PSA27 Annual Conference at the University of Hull, 22-24 March 2027. 📆 CfP Deadline 12 October 2026 🌎️ Conference theme: 'Seismic Politics – impacts and responses from the global to the local'

#PSA27 Call for Papers - 3 weeks to submit 📢 Paper & panel proposals invited for the PSA27 Annual Conference at the University of Hull, 22-24 March 2027. 📆 CfP Deadline 12 October 2026 🌎️ Conference theme: 'Seismic Politics – impacts and responses from the global to the local'

📧 Our @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social mailing list is changing! 📣 If you want to keep getting updates from us, make sure you have done the following: ✅Logged into your account on the PSA Website. ✅Clicked on the 'Specialist Groups' tab. ✅Clicked 'Join Group' next to 'Environmental Politics'.

Last week SGR's Stuart Parkinson joined a brilliant panel at the PSA's event on "the environmental politics of war" in Warwick. Catch up on our presentation here if you missed it: www.sgr.org.uk/resources/mi... 🧪

#PSA27 Call for Papers 📢 Paper & panel proposals invited for the PSA27 Annual Conference at the University of Hull, 22-24 March 2027. 📆 CfP Deadline 12 October 2026 🌎️ Conference theme: 'Seismic Politics – impacts and responses from the global to the local'

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Fantastic first panel with talks by @cisk.bsky.social on the geopolitics & messy materialities of energy transitions, and Dr. Abraham Nunbogu on how critical mineral extraction for the 'green' transition is generating water injustices & geographies of vulnerability! 🌏 💧 ✊ @warwickpais.bsky.social

We have launched our survey on classism in the climate movement! Open to working class people & those from working class backgrounds aged 18+, based in the United Kingdom, & currently involved in the movement or have been in the past. 👉 Take the survey: tinyurl.com/tny7y7ff

'Can #AndyBurnham Succeed?' 📚 Read this #OpenAccess article by Kevin Hickson (Centre for British Politics at the University of Hull) & Ben Williams (Politics Lecturer, incl. visiting Lecturer at the University of Chester) in the latest issue of PSA #PoliticalInsight magazine. ➡️ buff.ly/xCFFPby

Protecting existing forests from disturbances, like selective logging and wildfires, are more cost-effective for biodiversity and climate than restoration a new study in Science shows. Read more 👉️ buff.ly/0hakcvS

Curious to know the psychology that drives me to relax from a PhD focussed on climate politics with an increasing addiction to climate fiction set in a near future of environmental collapse. This can't be entirely healthy?

⏰One week to go until our Environmental Politics of War workshop! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social @responsiblesci.bsky.social @ceobs.org @militaryemissions.org @psainter-relations.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

As a summer defined by extreme heat, drought and wildfires nears an end, it's more urgent than ever we mobilise to demand climate justice. We're supporting groups across Great Britain to get involved – and we need your help! Chip in to our Action Fund today 👇 climatejustice.uk/this-world-i...

📣 Looking for a role where your organisational skills can contribute to a fairer, more sustainable future? We're seeking a full-time Administrator to join the JUST Centre team! 👉 More information and apply: lnkd.in/e8S4bvBE

The Call for Papers for the 2027 PSA Conference closes on 12 October 2026. Please consider submitting a proposal on environmental politics! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...

⏰One week to go until our Environmental Politics of War workshop! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @warwickpais.bsky.social @responsiblesci.bsky.social @ceobs.org @militaryemissions.org @psainter-relations.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

Next month we will be hosting our Environmental Politics of War workshop @warwickpais.bsky.social. Join @cisk.bsky.social @responsiblesci.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @paulinesophieh.bsky.social @ritafloyd.bsky.social and many more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

The Call for Papers for the 2027 PSA Conference closes on 12 October 2026. Please consider submitting a proposal on environmental politics! @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social www.psa.ac.uk/conference/p...

We are excited to be collaborating with @psaenvironmental.bsky.social to host a workshop on ‘The Environmental Politics of War’ in September. Full details and sign up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

Next month we will be hosting our Environmental Politics of War workshop @warwickpais.bsky.social. Join @cisk.bsky.social @responsiblesci.bsky.social @chathamhouse.org @paulinesophieh.bsky.social @ritafloyd.bsky.social and many more! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

*PSA EVENT* 🌍️ The Environmental Politics of War: One-day workshop 📆 18 September 2026, University of Warwick Organised by the @psaenvironmental.bsky.social Specialist Group; aimed at fostering critical discussions around the #environment #politics & #war. ➡️Details online

"To get to a #climate safe future we need to decarbonize the economy five times faster than we currently are. How can we do that? Is it possible? Simon Sharpe's presentation [shows] the way forward."

📝 Don't miss this article out now! 'Representations of nuclear risk in the UK Parliament: Understanding the role of political discourse in the development of preparedness activity for nuclear accidents' by Lianna Roast & Christopher Baker-Beall 🔗 buff.ly/Ozajoyu @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Join us next month @warwickpais.bsky.social for our 'Environmental Politics of War' workshop @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social eventbrite.com/e/the-environmental-politics-of-war-tickets-1992632953805

🗞️ New article out in @uk.theconversation.com - with @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social to argue that if Andy Burnham wants to achieve the UK's climate objectives, he's going to need to forge better diplomatic ties with China - theconversation.com/wildfires-an...

Our workshop is just over a month away, and spots are filling up fast! Reserve yours! 🤩🌎👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro... #climatejustice #nowar @warwickpais.bsky.social

*PSA ECN Opportunity* 📢 Looking to develop your event and project management skills? The PSA Early Career Network is seeking a new committee member to lead on ECN events. 📆 Application deadline: 17 August 2026 ➡️ Full details buff.ly/5Sykodl @psaecn.bsky.social #ECR #EarlyCareerResearcher #PhdLife

“It’s time to make oil giants pay up to repair the climate breakdown they’re driving. Think how many fire and flood defences we could build, or how many solar panels we could install, if big oil paid their fair share in taxes.” www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...

My column on how capital becomes a death cult. Faced with a choice between profit and human life, the radical right chooses profit. Then it tries to persuade us that mass death is what we want. It's the new phase of climate denial: accept your fate, earthlings. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

New #OpenAccess article in PSA journal @polstudies.bsky.social exploring if preferential voting reforms weaken gender quotas? Do open lists help or hinder women’s representation? Learn more 👇

Our workshop is just over a month away, and spots are filling up fast! Reserve yours! 🤩🌎👇🏼 www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro... #climatejustice #nowar @warwickpais.bsky.social

📅 18 September 2026: The Environmental Politics of War Join SGR’s Dr Nico Edwards and others in a full day workshop exploring how conflict and militarism are destroying the ecosystems and climate that enable life on earth, and what we can do about it. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

We've just confirmed the final speakers at our 'Environmental Politics of War' workshop @responsiblesci.bsky.social @paulinesophieh.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social @ritafloyd.bsky.social Join us in September! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

We've just confirmed the final speakers at our 'Environmental Politics of War' workshop @responsiblesci.bsky.social @paulinesophieh.bsky.social @warstudieskcl.bsky.social @universityofessex.bsky.social @ritafloyd.bsky.social Join us in September! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

We are excited to be collaborating with @psaenvironmental.bsky.social to host a workshop on 'The Environmental Politics of War' in September. Full details and sign-up: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

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*NEW PSA BLOG* 'Labour’s Missing Mission: Five reasons why #AndyBurnham ought to make nature restoration one of the national missions of government', by Dr Nick Kirsop-Taylor, University of Exeter. ➡️ buff.ly/riSdo2C @psaenvironmental.bsky.social #Labour #Politics #EnvironmentalPolitics #PolSci

Join speakers from @warwickpais.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk @ununiversity.bsky.social @ceobs.org @militaryemissions.org @chathamhouse.org @uva.nl @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social at our 'Environmental Politics of War' workshop. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

In this week's newsletter: New research analysing the potential of top-down decentralised energy systems in Rugeley Keith Bell in the FT about managing the grid in heatwaves. Answer UKHyRES' ECR survey Plus jobs, funding and events in the sector: mailchi.mp/dc4600b72291...

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Join speakers from @warwickpais.bsky.social @ids.ac.uk @ununiversity.bsky.social @ceobs.org @militaryemissions.org @chathamhouse.org @uva.nl @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social at our 'Environmental Politics of War' workshop. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-enviro...

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