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Federica Genovese
@fgenovese.bsky.social

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/

Economics 37%
Political science 33%

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Or maybe I have kids!?

but this too, dear reader, is only a partial explanation

(I am not exactly a Swiftie either)

“I want to live in the future, not in the past” — cit. @riazsascha.bsky.social

or maybe I am still stuck in the great recession, but I like this explanation less

Reposted by Federica Genovese

The only time Article 5 of the NATO Treaty was invoked was to defend us, not for us to defend Europe. European soldiers and civilians died fighting with us and working next to us in Afghanistan. Europe was not attacked on September 11, 2001.
Study after study shows campaign ads barely move the needle. So where does money’s real power come from? I ranked the five ways money corrupts politics—from least to most corrosive. What I’ve learned from 15 years of tracking political money:
Money Doesn't Buy Elections. It Does Something Worse.
Campaign ads barely move the needle. The real influence is hiding in plain sight.
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3-year PostDoc positions (aka Research Officers) at @lsegovernment.bsky.social to work with me on the local consequences of border change. Please reach out for questions and apply by Jan 4th to join the team and department: I’d love to hear from you!

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Research Officer
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FIFA just destroyed any last shreds of credibility it had and now stands fully exposed as a corrupt organisation prepared to suck up to anyone with power and money

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...
Donald Trump: US president named inaugural Fifa Peace Prize winner
US President Donald Trump receives the inaugural Fifa Peace Prize before the draw for the 2026 Fifa World Cup.
www.bbc.co.uk

Infantino truly embodying the jester at the king's court

this shit is just beyond parody, man
this shit is just beyond parody, man
1/Quick thoughts of implications of US National Security Strategy for Europe -- weaponized interdependence meets nationalist international. The US will use its tools (economic, technology, and financial dominance) to press for far right agenda.
www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
www.whitehouse.gov

thank goodness it is friday

So not looking forward to seeing Infantino give Trump the FIFA peace prize today

Code for actively backing far right populist parties.

The US Treasury has temporarily eased sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil, extending a license that allows its overseas gas stations to operate without restrictions until April 2026.

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True that.

But also, when do we stop trusting anything they write? I think levels of trust in America are dropping fast among many Europeans

Washington DC wanting to relive the 20th century all over again.

Reposted by Stacy D. VanDeveer

My brain says I should read this, but my heart and stomach say I should really not
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED

There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
NATIONAL SECURITY STRATEGY DROPPED

There is a LOT here, but omg NATO allies are going to seethe at this paragraph

www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/u...
The US Treasury has temporarily eased sanctions on Russian oil giant Lukoil, extending a license that allows its overseas gas stations to operate without restrictions until April 2026.

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Norway finds more oil in the Barents Sea. Despite climate concerns, the country will in 2026 boost its investments in the oil industry with 7% to about €23,34 billion
New finding is making 'Goliat' even bigger
The Vår Energi oil company has made a discovery near its Goliat field in the Barents Sea. Despite climate concerns, Norway will in 2026 boost its oil investments with 7% to about 275 billion kroner (€...
www.thebarentsobserver.com

Boom - congrats!

Yes.

But glad the top players now acknowledge that weakness is a double edged sword at the UNFCCC, as some of us (well, I) have argued for years:

www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The EU, consistently scapegoated by its member states, scapegoating the UN

super paper!

almost cathartic how much of the discussion around it is typical of causal inference scholars commenting on descriptive work :)
New paper! @william-dinneen.bsky.social @guygrossman.bsky.social Yiqing Xu and I use GPT to code 91k articles from 174 polisci journals (2003–2023)and track research designs, transparency practices, and citations. How has the credibility revolution reshaped the discipline? doi.org/10.31235/osf...
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What could possibly go wrong in the era of hyper automatization and collapse of social norms
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."

The fact that a Southern European state-owned railway company is entering the German rail market and credibly competing with Bahn is not only objectively funny if you grew up during the financial crisis, but also another clear symptom we now live in a world where more state-planning eventually wins.
The co-founder of Kalshi says: " The long-term vision is to financialize everything and create a tradable asset out of any difference in opinion."
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament