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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Thrilled to present my and co-author Steven Knauss research at @levyecon.bsky.social "Breaking the tragedy of the horizon? The emergence of #centralbanks and financial regulators as #environmental regulators and the #green turn in #monetary regimes" #monetarypolicy #transition #greenfinance

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

La situation actuelle offre une rente aux entreprises du secteur pétrolier et y encourage les investissements alors qu'il faudrait le démantèler. Avec plus de 30 économistes, je signe une lettre ouverte au #PremierMinistre pour une taxation de leurs #profits exceptionnels. #énergie #transition

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

Je me marre sur le trend Sarko en prison et en mm tps je trouve compliqué de parodier Sarko sans que ça ne devienne implicitement une parodie de la vie des êtres humains enfermés en prison. Plein de choses de la vie quotidienne sont effectivement un parcours du combattant en prison. Abolition !

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 11/12/2025

🍻🍻🍻Grateful to @carlsbergfondet.dk for supporting my visiting stay at @europeatharvard.bsky.social ! 🍻🍻🍻 I’m super thrilled to soon join CES' vibrant intellectual community! I’ll be working on a book exploring the European #GreenDeal through the lens of #EU and #Eurozone structural imbalances.

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Cédric Durand @cedricdurand.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Economic Planning in the Anthropocene - the videos and slides of the 25-27 sept 2025 Geneva conference are available here. Enjoy ! www.unige.ch/sciences-soc... @jksteinberger.bsky.social @louisoncf.bsky.social @cornelban.bsky.social @rosiecollington.bsky.social @ceciliarikap.bsky.social

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- Economic Planning in the Anthropocene - UNIGE

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Le @partisocialiste.bsky.social qui vend la #suspension de la #réforme des #retraites comme la 1ère victoire du mouvement social depuis le CPE en 2005... 👀👀👀 C'est con de ne pas avoir pensé à utiliser votre quinquennat sous @fhollande.bsky.social pour faire gagner le mouvement social😱💡💡💡😱

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Pontus Odmalm @podmalm.bsky.social · 14/10/2025

Thread 👇

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Au Danemark le gouvt a lancé une réforme de l'enseignement sup' qui fera passer un nombre substantiels de master de 2 à 1 an à partir de 2028 (et en ferme pas mal), avec le prétexte qu'il faut accélérer l'arrivée des étudiants sur le marché du travail. Guess who paye le gros de la note: les SHS.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Eux en revanche ils sont vraiment nés au hasard.

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EmmaSoso @emmasoso3.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

Recornu

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Au point où on en est on devrait presque l'espérer. Et puis j'aimerais bien un retour de Frédéric Lefebvre aussi. Vous vous souvenez de Frédéric Lefebvre ? Enfin, tant qu'il nous laisse Manuel...

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

L'avenir de la voiture c'est rendre la voiture superflue par le dvpt des transports publics partout, et du vélo; et de faire passer le parc résiduel à l'électrique. Pr être vmt écolo, une politique de voiture élec ne pt pas être isolée d'une politique de transformation social-écolo des transports.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Op-eds from wonderful colleagues @lauralohorn.bsky.social, Julia Suárez-Krabbe, @kerstincarlson.bsky.social, Michelle Pace and I, and endorsed by the other wonderful signatories. (dm if you want the full articles)

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

#Denmark politicians wage a #culture #war on #academia —with @roskildeuni.bsky.social as their go-to target. These attacks are assaults on #freedom, #rights and #democracy. We spoke out: @berlingske.bsky.social : www.berlingske.dk/synspunkter/... @politiken.dk : politiken.dk/debat/debati...

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Source: own back-of-the-enveloppe calculation using the following www.carbonbrief.org/ai-five-char... rdcu.be/eHfSC www.iea.org/reports/key-... www.iea.org/news/ai-is-s...

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

So #datacenters already use #electricity equal to about 10% of the total *final #energy footprint* of the world’s poorest 10%. With the #AI boom, #datacenters #electricity consumption could double within 5 years—about 10% of total #electricity demand growth.

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Caitlin McMullin @caitlinmcmullin.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Excellent summary and analysis of the current trainwreck going on at my university.

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Kim Lei-Jensen @gastronautdk.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

God tråd om udenlandske studerende og universiteterne

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Birgit Hartoft 🇩🇰🇫🇴🇬🇱🇪🇺 @bhartoft.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Vi skulle skamme os, skulle vi. Det fremmedhad, der her lægges til grund for jagten på de udenlandske studerende ved RUC, er så langt under lavmålet, at det kun kan betragtes som institutionaliseret racisme. Ingen tanker om andre faktorer, bare hænge ‘de andre’ ud. Føj.

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Christina Petterson @crankychris.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

I was really shocked at this story. What shocked me was not the new low of the Danish Socialdemocrats and yet another obnoxious example of their "one people, one culture, one faith" poison, but that @roskildeuni.bsky.social complied. 👇

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

The open letter asking to retract the statemeng by the Acting chair of RUC's board of directors can be signed here: forms.gle/Z4U6Z6qDePHm...

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Nikolaj Kornbech @nikolajkornbech.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

My university has shockingly proclaimed that it "should be primarily for students from Zealand and Denmark, not for Bangladesh or elsewhere". Colleagues, please support us in this difficult time by signing the staff's open letter to the Board of Directors and Rectorate: forms.gle/Z4U6Z6qDePHm...

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Open letter for a Global University - from Roskilde University Staff to the Roskilde University Board of Directors and Rectorate

To sign, please fill out the form below the letter. Current signatories. 17 September 2025 We strongly condemn the statement issued today by Dea Forchhammer, Acting Chair of the Board of Directors ...

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Nikolaj Kornbech @nikolajkornbech.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

My colleague Louison wrote a brilliant thread on the situation: bsky.app/profile/loui...

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Mikkel Flohr @mflohr.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Management abruptly shut down MA Business Management and Leadership this week and the chairperson of the board resigned, before the new one conceded to political pressure, announcing that Roskilde had failed to service Danes over foreigners. My colleague Louison explains in more detail.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

As academic staff at @roskildeuni.bsky.social, our immediate concern is to support our students in this hostile climate and make sure they feel welcome—regardless of citizenship. We have excellent programs deserving better than being shut down, and our students deserve better than being vilified.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Meanwhile, #Denmark keeps some of the toughest immigration laws in #Europe. Did authorities knowingly let this situation persist to secure cheap labor while maintaining a far-right stance on immigration? 19/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

And the hypocrisy? A lot of these students must work a lot of hours while studying to support themselves and their families after they paid tuition fees, resulting on higher drop-out rates. They are a cheap, docile labor supply for low-qualification jobs in a market desperate for workers. 18/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

"I agree with the Prime Minister that we lost control of the intake of foreign students and that we should have done more, earlier. Roskilde University should primarily be for young people from Zealand and Denmark, not for Bangladesh or elsewhere. There can be no two ways about that." 16/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Today, the Acting Chair of the university’s board issued a statement that deepens this false antagonism between educating international students and educating Danish students: 15/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

And the political bonus for whoever is desperate for racist votes? These students are racialized, brown, mostly Muslim, and politically invisible. They are the perfect easy scapegoat. 14/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

We see a familiar pattern: as general elections approach, the issue is weaponized by those who thrive on hostility toward #academia and #immigration. Lucky coincidence: @roskildeuni.bsky.social is the go-to entry door for harassing #academia in #Denmark. 13/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

(Sure, austerity in academia decided by the #Danish government does create a financial incentive for #Danish universities to get non-EU students in. With political will, that lack of funding too could be solved nearly overnight.) 12/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

This is not about education quality. It is a political expedient. The issue became a media scandal, with Danish universities—and @roskildeuni.bsky.social in particular—accused of profiting from non-EU students’ tuition fees. The Prime Minister #MetteFrederiksen herself has joined the chorus. 11/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

It may cost some colleagues their jobs due to reduced teaching needs. And it further stigmatizes an entire academic community, and a whole group of students—who now wake up to headlines vilifying them as the reason their program is being shut down. 10/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Closing the program does not solve the issue. It punishes staff and students for a problem they did not create. It disrespects years of dedicated teaching. 9/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The issue was an unfit admissions system, detrimental to all students: those rightly enrolled and those who should not have been and found themselves in difficult situations. Within the study board, we spent countless hours devising possible solutions within our limited power. 8/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

As a member of the study board overseeing BAL, I’ve seen colleagues work tirelessly to address these challenges in the fairest, most human, and non-stigmatizing way. Citizenship was never the issue. 7/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Admissions are handled centrally at uni level, without interviews or screening by academic staff. Danish universities flagged these legal issues for years to the government. Nothing changed. 6/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The problem lies elsewhere: admission rules set by law, beyond universities control. Students who were insufficiently prepared could still enroll—on paper, they met the legal requirements. 5/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

But thanks to their effort and the support of colleagues, some who start out struggling manage to progress and graduate with good results. Average thesis grade for the BAL Msc last year is above 7 ("good"; and theses are assessed together with an examiner external to the university). 4/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Yes, the number of Bangladeshi students in some Danish universities’ programs has risen sharply in recent years. Yes, their academic preparation is uneven, causing pedagogical challenges: some excel, others lack the required level for a master’s degree. 3/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The reason? A high intake of students from #Bangladesh. This is an academic, political and moral failure. 2/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

Hostility towards #academia and #immigrants is widespread. #Denmark is no exception. Under political and media pressure, earlier this week @roskildeuni.bsky.social decided overnight to close its Master's degree in Business Administration and Leadership (BAL) from 2026. 🧶 1/20

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

Looking forward to taking part in this amazing workshop next week! #anthropocene #climate #ecology #transformation

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

2. On veut réduire la #dette publique (et privée) significativement de façon pérenne. Il faut donc, a minima, un #capitalisme fortement régulé, avec contrôle des capitaux, harmonisation fiscale par le haut, et politiques environnementales et sanitaires à la hauteur. #confiance #Bayrou

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

1. On veut un #capitalisme dérégulé où le capital fait +/- ce qu'il veut, qui ⬆️ les #inégalités, détruit l' #environnement et pressurise les systèmes de #santé, avec instabilité accrue et concurrence fiscale. Des dettes publique et privée structurellement plus élevées en sont la contrepartie.

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Rappel 1. La #dette publique joue un rôle stabilisateur. Son ⬆️ récente s'accélère à cause de la crise financière de 2008 et du covid. 2. C'est surtt la dette privée qui est déstabilisatrice. Personne n'en parle, mais elle est à 212% du PIB (données FMI, 2023). Dc de deux choses l'une: 🧵 #Bayrou

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Louison Cahen-Fourot @louisoncf.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

C'est vrai que la grève ou le fait de bloquer n'ont jamais fait avancer ou préservé les droits sociaux et politiques, comme le montre bien l'histoire sociale... À un moment faut arrêter de croire qu'être centriste c'est être modéré hein. La société a toujours progressée par le rapport de force.

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