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Hanna Schwander @hannaschwander.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Can we have growth, democracy AND climate action? Come join the discussion this Wednesday! @aidanregan.bsky.social presents our new book with @cyrben.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas, with @gpicot.bsky.social discussing. Hosted by @ces-europe.bsky.social 👇 councilforeuropeanstudies.org/announcement...
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CES Webinar: Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism with Aidan Regan – Council for European Studies
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Hanna Schwander @hannaschwander.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Curious about Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? We’ve launched a dedicated website with the book’s core argument, reviews, events, media, and additional resources. 🌐 newtrilemma.com @cyrben.bsky.social @aidanregan.bsky.social Tim Vlandas @agendapub.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social
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Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? — The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism
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pw-portal @pw-portal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Der Text basiert auf dem jüngst erschienen Buch „Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism" von @hannaschwander.bsky.social, @aidanregan.bsky.social, @cyrben.bsky.social und Tim Vlandas, erschienen bei @agendapub.bsky.social.
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Romain Lachat @rlachat.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
📢 Job opening The Cevipof is recruiting an Assistant Professor in Political Science in the field of political institutions and contemporary transformations of democracy @cevipof.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social
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Recruitement : Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science
CEVIPOF / Sciences Po is recruiting an Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) in Political Science, Topic Immigration and Democracy / Political Theory. The application deadline is 18 September 2026.
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LSE European Politics @lseeuroppblog.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
Intentionally reducing economic growth could help tackle climate change, but could such a strategy ever win political support? ✍ @aidanregan.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social @cyrben.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...
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The challenge with climate action is not about the maths – it is about the politics
Economists who would abandon growth to prevent climate change have done their calculations on the planet, but they have not done them on voters.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
[📖Review] “One of the best books on the politics of climate change [...]. A compelling critique of liberal democracies and of the calls for authoritarian solutions. It should be read by all students of climate mitigation” writes Daniel Fiorino in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...
Growth, democracy or climate action? The new political trilemma of advanced capitalism
Aidan Regan, Hanna Schwander, Cyril Benoît, Tim Vlandas
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
💡'Growth, democracy or climate action? The new political trilemma of advanced capitalism' by @aidanregan.bsky.social @hannaschwander.bsky.social er.bsky.social @cyrben.bsky.social & Tim Vlandas (@agendapub.bsky.social) will be presented & discussed today today at 4 PM at the #SASE2026 conference ⤵️
Featured Book Salon: Growth, Democracy or Climate Action?The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism 
16:00 - 17:30 - 1st July, 2026
A.132 (Amphi Montesquieu) - Sciences Po

This book panel will feature a presentation and discussion of Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism. The book identifies a structural trilemma at the heart of contemporary capitalist democracies: governments cannot simultaneously pursue economic growth, democratic legitimacy, and effective climate action. They can achieve, at most, two of these three objectives. This is not a policy failure or a problem of political will. It is a structural condition of advanced capitalism.

The book develops this trilemma as a novel analytical framework for comparative political economy, and uses it to examine three pathways through which governments are attempting to navigate the trade-offs: the Liberal Status Quo, the Big Green State, and, more speculatively, Degrowth. Each pathway, the authors argue, misplaces political agency: in markets and technology, in technocratic institutions, or in scientific prescription. Each underestimates the centrality of organised political conflict to any viable transition.

The deepest challenge is not technical but political. The scale of structural transformation required to reach carbon neutrality cannot be achieved within the liberal rulebook that has governed the politics of democratic capitalism for the past century. Existing approaches in comparative political economy have largely treated the politics of ecological transition as a secondary concern. This book puts it at the centre, and insists that taking organised political conflict seriously is not optional. Without that, the trilemma cannot be resolved. It can only be evaded.

Cyril Benoît, CNRS, Sciences Po - Moderator
Aidan Regan, University College Dublin - Presenting Book Author 
Donato Di Carlo, LSE - Discussant
Elsa Massoc, University of St. Gallen - Discussant
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Hanna Schwander @hannaschwander.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Delighted to see Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action? reviewed in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social. Daniel J. Fiorino describes the book as "a thoughtful, insightful analysis of the politics of climate mitigation". Many thanks for the thoughtful review, Daniel! doi.org/10.1017/S153...
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Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action: The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism. By Aidan Regan, Hanna Schwander, Cyril Benoit, and Tim Vlandas. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2026. 192p. | Pe...
Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action: The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism. By Aidan Regan, Hanna Schwander, Cyril Benoit, and Tim Vlandas. New York, NY: Columbia University Press, 2026. 192p.
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Étienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
✨ We are hiring @crestumr.bsky.social ✨ Post-doc position, up to 3 years, in a Horizon project. Profile: at the intersection of NLP & Social Sciences. More information here: shorturl.at/TxDLN 🥰 RT appreciated 🥰
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Post-doctoral Position: Computational Analysis of Judicial Decisions (CREST/CNRS-Ecole polytechnique) – CSS @ IP-Paris
Site web de l'axe sciences sociales computationnelles du CREST-CNRS. Cours et tutoriels pour l'analyse des données numériques en sciences sociales.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
📚 Just published Growth, Democracy or Climate Action? The New Political Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism by @aidanregan.bsky.social, @hannaschwander.bsky.social, @cyrben.bsky.social and Tim Vlandas @agendapub.bsky.social @edinburghup.bsky.social Find out more: www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Diane Bolet @dianebolet.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
A reminder that applications for this 3-year fully funded PhD position close at the end of next week (May 17). This is a great opportunity to work on climate politics comparative politics in a vibrant environment, with loads of freedom to develop your own project. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Call for applications for a 3 years doctoral contract
For the ERC GREENLOSS Project - Application deadline: May 17, 2026
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Democracy Challenged @democracychall.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Out today: @aidanregan.bsky.social's co-authored new book: Growth, Democracy, or Climate Action? The New Trilemma of Advanced Capitalism @edinburghup.bsky.social @agendapub.bsky.social #Degrowth for workers, green growth for the rest is how you lose democratic consent for #climate action. 👇
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
🎓 Congratulations to Dr @luissattelmayer.bsky.social who just defended his thesis “Competition Between Equals: Mainstream Party Decline, Far-Right Evolution, and the Transformation of Party Competition in Western Europe”. 👉 www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude... cc @edr-sciencespo.bsky.social
Luis Sattelmayer applauded by his friends after his thesis defenseLuis Sattelmayer defending his thesis before his committee.
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Florence Faucher @ffaucher.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Come and join us at the CEE - Centre d'études européennes et de politique comparée: we are looking for a new assistant professor in political science working on ecological transitions. www.sciencespo.fr/centre-etude...
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Recruitment - Assistant Professor (tenure track) in Political Science 2026
Recruitment 2026 - Sciences Po is recruiting two Assistant Professors (tenure track) in Political Science / Politics and Policy in/of Europe and the European Union
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Le Monde @lemonde.fr · 29/10/2025
Cyril Benoît, politiste : « La proportionnelle n’engendre pas le compromis, elle le présuppose »
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Cyril Benoît, politiste : « La proportionnelle n’engendre pas le compromis, elle le présuppose »
Le fonctionnement des démocraties à dominante proportionnelle ne dépend pas de leurs systèmes électoraux, mais des institutions sociales qui les soutiennent, explique Cyril Benoît dans une tribune au « Monde ». Or, la France s’est éloigné de la culture de la concertation sociale.
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
📚 Now available in print Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope with Economic Transitions @oxfordacademic.bsky.social ed @ankehassel.bsky.social & @bpalier.bsky.social A comparative volume, with a chapter on the UK by @cyrben.bsky.social and Colin Hay. academic.oup.com/book/60872
Growth Strategies and Welfare Reforms: How Nations Cope with Economic Transitions
edited by  Anke Hassel and Bruno Palier
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The 31st International Conference of Europeanists is happening now in Philadelphia. Two of our researchers will be presenting ⤵️ @ffaucher.bsky.social today, online @cyrben.bsky.social tomorrow ces-temple.secure-platform.com/a/solicitati... @ces-europe.bsky.social @scpo-research.bsky.social
Values and Narratives in the EU
Day 2, 6/26/2025, 2:00 PM — 3:30 PM (Room: Mazur 26) - Paper Panel

The Symbolic of the European Union: Policy By Default ? (Online)
    Florence Faucher - Sciences Po, CEE, Paris
    Laurie Boussaguet - European University Institute

The "Europe of values" Narrative: a Lament for Political Disenchantment? (Online)
    Francois Foret - Université Libre de Bruxelles

Narratives of Democracy in the Context of Europe: Perspectives of Student Teachers
    Britta Breser - University of Vienna

Learning From A Legacy Of Futures: A Meta-Study Of Future Scenarios Of European Integration From The 1990s To The 2020s
    Andreas Wendlberger - Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

Memory Politics in the European Parliament: Sociological Insights and New Research Directions (Online)
    Andrea Apollonio - Institute for European Studies/Cevipol, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

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    Malgorzata Michalewska-Pawlak - University of WrocławNew Directions to Governance and Public Policy
Day 3, 6/27/2025, 9:00 AM — 10:30 AM (Room: Mazur 103) - Paper Panel

Appreciating Silver Generation. Aging Society as a Challenge for Public Policies in the European Union 
    Monika Katarzyna Klimowicz - University of Wroclaw

From “Peace-Builder” to “Paper-Pusher”? The Evolution of the EU’s Monitoring Role in Northern Ireland.
    Leah Rachel Rea - Transitional Justice Institute, Ulster University

Industrial Policy in Disguise: The French Treasury and the Technocratic Deregulation of the European Insurance Sector
    Cyril Benoit - Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics, CNRS, Sciences Po

The New EU Politics of Corporate Accountability and Transparency
    Daniel Kinderman - University of DelawareLegacies and ruptures: making sense of Europe
31st International Conference of Europeanists
25-27 June, 2025
Temple University
Philadelphia, United States
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Two of our researchers are presenting at the CBS-Princeton "Money in Politics" conference today and tomorrow: @cyrben.bsky.social and Sebastian Thieme ⤵️ Both are involved in the European project RESPOND (Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies) www.eu-respond.eu
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Political Studies Review @psrjournal.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
📰Online First Article!!!📰 What explains changes in the economic structures, institutions and policies of Advanced Capitalist Democracies (ACDs)? In this article @cyrben.bsky.social & Dr Tim Vlandas explore the role of electorates, political parties & producer groups.
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Ronja Sczepanski @ronjasczepanski.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Do referendums lead citizens to know more about the issue of the referendum after it was shockingly defeated by the public? I answer this question based on the EU Constitution referendum here: doi.org/10.1080/0703... a short thread below
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Do citizens know more about political issues after failed referendums? Evidence from the EU Constitution referendum
When citizens use a referendum to vote down a government-backed proposal on the European Union, it constitutes an unusual event that attracts interest from both the public and researchers. However,...
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Sebastian Diessner @sebdiessner.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Interested in teaching EU governance, political economy and crises—but don't know where to start? Then this one’s for you doi.org/10.1080/0703... Thanks to 3 excellent recent volumes by @manuelamoschella.bsky.social+co-authors @amyverdun.bsky.social @achimhurrelmann.bsky.social A Bongardt/F Torres
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Dóra Piroska @piroskadora.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
@ceu-polsci.bsky.social Central European University we celebrate the scholarship of Laszlo Bruszt with a conference with PERG. Please consider applying and presenting! events.ceu.edu/2025-04-11/t...
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Transforming Borders: Rethinking Post-Socialist Transitions, State-Market Dynamics, and European Integration
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
This evening our roundtable with the @sciencespo.bsky.social School of Public Affairs looks at the Campaign for the upcoming German federal elections 🇩🇪🗳️ Thanks to @iguinaudeau.bsky.social, @luissattelmayer.bsky.social and @egrossman.bsky.social #bundestagswahl2025
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Silja Häusermann @siljahausermann.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
‼️ Hiring ‼️ Two (!) positions in my group at @ipz.bsky.social in Zurich 📣 1 postdoc position (3+3 years) 📣 1 PhD position (3,5 years) Application deadline in early March. Job ads & details: tinyurl.com/3p6yhptk We are an international and friendly department with excellent working conditions
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Jean-Baptiste Bonnet @jbbonnet.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
Good opportunity to criticise the Prius and its hybrid technology. It came out in the 1990s at a time of strong interest in pure EVs & contributed to kill its momentum. This fence-sitting between climate and economics has delayed the rise of EVs for years as well as the broader energy transition.
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Emiliano Grossman @egrossman.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Médaille de bronze du CNRS pour ma coauteure et amie, @iguinaudeau.bsky.social. Félicitations à elle!
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Paulus Wagner @pauluswagner.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🚨It's finally out! The #SciencesPo_CEE starter pack :) Add Europe's coolest researchers in #polsci and #sociology right here 👇 Credits go to @malojan.bsky.social @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social go.bsky.app/54D9Bjk
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politiqueue.bsky.social @politiqueue.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
🎉 Politique européenne est maintenant sur Bluesky ! Suivez-nous pour découvrir des articles bilingues et des analyses originales dans le champs des études européennes
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Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics @sciencespo-cee.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Concerned about "Rescuing Democracy from Political Corruption in Digital Societies"? If so, please follow this research project @cyrben.bsky.social and Sebastian Thieme are part of. ⏩ www.eu-respond.eu 📧 The project is launching its newsletter this week: mailchi.mp/5e1de777359e...
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Follow @RESPOND_EU on LinkedIn, Facebook, Mastodon and XAdvances in anti-corruption. Current trends and future prospects
Monday 9 December 2024, 3-6 PM
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Elsa Clara Massoc @elsaclaramassoc.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
You know great students interested in a MA in International Affairs & Governance? Send them our way to the dual degree SciencesPoParis-St Gallen! Applications now open until Jan 28 👋 www.sciencespo.fr/psia/academi... Terrific program, awesome institutions + rumors say the pedagogical team is fun 😎
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LSE Blogs @lseblogs.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
Taking stock of the measures announced in #RachelReeves' recent #Budget @mikebrewerecon.bsky.social (@resfoundation.bsky.social & Visiting Professor at LSE Social Policy) considers: what will the impact be on #inequality in the UK? @lseinequalities.bsky.social
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The impact of Budget 2024 on inequality in the UK
While much of the focus ahead of Rachel Reeves’s first Budget was on growth, in the event, tax rises and public spending plans to the tune of over £40 billion were announced. Taking stock of the va…
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Jonas Fischer @jonasfischer.bsky.social · 22/08/2024
Thrilled to share the publication of our review article with @hannaschwander.bsky.social on public climate action as a new field for comparative political economy in Regulation & Governance: doi.org/10.1111/rego... 1/6
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From a cultural to a distributive issue: Public climate action as a new field for comparative political economy
This article reviews recent insights from the blooming Comparative Political Economy (CPE) literature on climate change with the aim to demonstrate the importance of integrating climate change into t....
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