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Federica Genovese

@fgenovese.bsky.social

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Political scientist at University of Oxford • Leverhulme Trust awardee • cross-national policy, political economy, politics of climate and crises • mom of 2 • she/her https://www.federica-genovese.com/

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 3h

Local elections Monday:

Portugal resisted!

Will Tuscany resist (beyond expectations)?

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 4h

Oh the post was well taken :) what we don’t know is how many progressive localized environmental movements can lead (if at all) to a large wave of mobilization on climate, and this is exactly what people like me should study more

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 4h

There is a rich qualitative literature on local level mobilizations, and my meta reading of it is that success is more attainable around localized environmental problems where negative externality attribution is simpler and so is governance. Climate change is a whole different beast.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 5h

This also reminds me that it is basically impossible to teach climate politics holistically by teaching only the present without the past, the domestic side without the international one, the political economy aspects without the identity politics ones.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 5h

This brings me to my plea:

if we political scientists are (for obvious legit reasons) so obsessed with explaining the acceleration of far right success in the past decade, we should similarly track when progressive movements accelerated in history, taking actors by surprise, and how *that* worked.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 5h

As it appeared that those assumptions were actually not stable *at all*, or at least no longer in the GN, the fossil fuel establishment panicked at their marginal losses.

But bc at that point they had lost the control of the narrative, they could only engineer a violent backlash.

And here we are..

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 5h

Paris accord was meant to be small beans as the int’l community was recovering from many fiascos.

🟢 parties were meant to remain niche as kitchen table issues dominated post-2009 politics.

Scientists were meant to stay unpopular technocrats/geeks.

Chinas electrification was meant to take decades.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 5h

It’s so difficult to mobilize ppl on green things and the power balance between movements and industry/fossil fuels is super skewed

So it’s v hard to overstate how, in the incremental logic of 30+yrs of climate politics, *that* moment should have not happened, at least not then & that aggressively.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 5h

Going through some history of climate politics notes from last week, I realize we dont appreciate enough the climate mobilization of mid2010s and subsequent electoral green wave of late 2010s.

That moment was never really meant to be in the cards and we need to better study how we got there

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 8h

“it’s in the intranet”

🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

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Kate Mackenzie @katemac.bsky.social · 8h

Cool chart, turns out that “when the sun doesn’t shine” not so important already in California

Cool graphic of California elec supply (and storage charging) over 24-hour periods. Solar supplies majority during daylight but storage then provides a sizeable chunk for first few hours of evening.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 9h

(my linkedin)

derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · Aug 31

my bluesky

A dedication page to a book. The page says "To my family. Please don't read this."

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 1d

Mamdani videos are becoming some type of routine, like looking out for positive affirmations when I was pregnant

Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 1d

Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com

Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election

Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...

www.desmog.com

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🫧 Spark Elation 🫧 @tyranny.sparklenoise.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“a supply chain attack”

Queen Olivia III @queenoliviaiii.com · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“The tapes wouldn’t start”

Eleanor G @zaichishka.bsky.social · 1d

In honour of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.

“Translate 'yoroshiku onegai shimasu'”.

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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 1d

It’s pronounced cyclist.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

exactly. the q is how much restraint (which many people, I wanna believe, would say is morally good) can be strategically and electorally hurtful at the end of the day. tough times.

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

ok but the electoral benefits to moderation rely on the idea that there are many centrists/“independents” that would be mobilized by the wreck to vote for whatever opposition while asking that opposition to not retaliate. right?

alternatively independents shrink/dont vote and the left…backlashes?

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Politics_Oxford @politicsoxford.bsky.social · 2d

DPIR is celebrating its 25-year anniversary. Join us as we celebrate successes of staff and students and connect with our alumni from across the world.

Meet Professor of Political Science and International Relations @fgenovese.bsky.social: www.politics.ox.ac.u...

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

sigh

blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/2...

Will Macron’s gamble pay off? - EUROPP

Macron may be betting on the National Rally winning the 2024 elections then failing in office. But the record of populists in power paints a different picture.

blogs.lse.ac.uk

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

remember that this mayhem is a direct consequence of Macron’s post-EP elections gamble, which might well be the French version of Cameron’s “chaos with Ed Miliband” moment

Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

too bad for all you anglophones missing out on Lecornu government replacing Lecornu government memes on French social media

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

too bad for all you anglophones missing out on Lecornu government replacing Lecornu government memes on French social media

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

I do not know how you get out of this mess with party politics, even if the next election goes to the Ds. The tribal party lines are so deep and hurtful, the Ds will need a ton of self-discipline for not lashing back hard.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 2d

Really not that hard. A missed opportunity for Labour

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

“Britain is a nation of neighbours, not strangers — and it’s time we built a politics of hope that reflects that.”

Zack Polanski with a message of unity and hope having been out door knocking Handsworth today.

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Q: How many layoffs have you authorized?

TRUMP: It'll be a lot. And it'll be Democrat-oriented.

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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 2d

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 3d

I am sure Trump would have said the same

Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

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Katie Phang @katiephang.bsky.social · 3d

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 3d

The Department of Politics and IR (together with the Oxford School of Global and Area Studies and St Antony’s College) has opened an Associate Professor position in Latin America politics 🌎

Apply and become my departmental *and* college colleague:

my.corehr.com

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Federica Genovese @fgenovese.bsky.social · 3d

That’s both convenient AND adorable