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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

New paper out in Ecological Economics with @gonzalezrostani.bsky.social and @aklin.bsky.social! We look at how long-term labor market risk from automation shapes people's environmental attitudes and climate policy preferences 🧵

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

New paper out in Energy Policy: Energy insecurity doesn't just affect energy policy preferences—it spills over into climate and social policy support too.

To better understand these results Fig. 3 displays how the association
between individuals’ energy insecurity and climate policy preferences
translates into overall support for each policy type. Similar to Fig. 2 we
see that those experiencing and expecting energy insecurity have almost
identical policy preferences. However, unlike the results for energy pol-
icy, we also see that achieving majority support for a policy type depends
upon energy insecurity. We see that there is only a significant major-
ity supporting investment-based climate policy amongst those who are
energy insecure. In contrast, for those who did not previously experi-
ence energy insecurity or do not expect to be energy insecure, support
is not significantly different from indifference for investment-based cli-
mate policy. Turning to compensation based policy, we see a different
picture where there is a significant majority not supporting compensa-
tion based climate policy amongst those who did not experience and are
not expecting energy insecurity. In contrast, for those who have experi-
enced or expect energy insecurity, support is not significantly different
from indifference. This suggests that the patterns exhibited in Fig. 1, with
majority support for investment and a lack of support for compensation,
are driven by whether individuals are energy insecure or not.

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Later on Saturday: presenting new work on greenwashing with @jbeisermcgrath.bsky.social‬ 🌱 📍 East Meeting Level, East 18 🕑 14:00 🔗 tinyurl.com/ywbdkgf5 #APSA2025 #Greenwashing #ClimatePolitics #EnvPol #polisky

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

Excited to be heading to Vancouver for #APSA2025 this week! 🌲🇨🇦 Here’s what I’ll be up to ⬇️ #polisky #ClimatePolitics

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 24/07/2025

📢 Call for Papers! Join us at the Climate Change, Inequality, and Policy Contestation workshop, hosted by LSE’s @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social, @gsos-lse.bsky.social & the Sustainable Social Policy & Welfare States Hub. 🗓️ 10–11 Nov 2025, London

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Thrilled to share that I have been awarded tenure with promotion to Associate Professor @lsesocialpolicy.bsky.social I'm truly grateful for everyone who has helped me along the way and looking forward to the next phase of my career!

PROMOTIONS COMMITTEE
and Thursday 6 March 202t, following its meeting held on Tuesday 4 March, Wednesday 5 March
, the Promotions Committee has agreed that vou have successfulv
passed your Major Review and should be promoted to Associate Professor in the Department of
Social Policy with effect from 1 August 2025.

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Is support for #NetZero policies lower amongst the energy insecure? Cost of living concerns generally does not weaken support for Net Zero policies. The exception being from fossil fuel taxes, which were already politically contested, which sees some declines in support.

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

It's important to note that not all policies aiming for #NetZero are equal in terms of public acceptance. While subsidies and appliance receive majority support, fossil fuel taxes are highly contested.

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

The Labour Party, however, do not appear to be picking up these voters. While approximately 12% of previous Conservative voters intend to vote for Labour in the next election, this barely changes when considering those expecting energy insecurity and not.

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Individuals' expecting energy insecurity who previously voted Conservative are also significantly less likely to vote Conservative again. Only 43% of energy insecure individuals who voted Conservative in 2019 intend to vote for the Conservatives in the next election

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

This is consequential for the next election. Individuals' who expect to face such difficulties in the next year are significantly less likely to vote for the Conservative Party and more likely to simply not vote.

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

Is this being driven by cost-of-living concerns? In our survey we measure individuals' energy insecurity: difficulties paying energy bills. 34% of individuals in our survey expect to face difficulties paying their energy bills in the next 12 months

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

I probably don't need to tell you that the Conservatives are doing badly in the polls

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Liam F. Beiser-McGrath @liambeisermcgrath.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

A thread on the political logic of @RishiSunak and the @Conservative parties recent announcement about #NetZero Based on results from a recent survey, funded by LSE, working with @muzhouzhang polisky #EconSky

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