Peter Wyckoff
@peterwyckoff.bsky.social
PhD student @LSEGovernment. Political economy of climate policy. Prev. @OECD_Social, @EU_Competition, & @TheWilsonCenter. he/him
https://pwyckoff.github.io/
https://pwyckoff.github.io/
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🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
November 25, 2025 at 8:38 AM
🚨 LSE Assistant Professor in Political Science 🚨
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
We’re hiring a tenure-track assistant professor - any area of empirical political science - to join our wonderful Government Dept @lsegovernment.bsky.social
Any questions, please reach out to me
📣 Please share! 📣
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
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We estimate that EU emissions went down 3.8%, US edged down 0.6%, & Chinese emissions edged up 0.2%.
Emissions were up more strongly in India 4.6% & international aviation 13.5%.
The record growth in renewables is helping bend the curve, just not enough to get a peak in global emissions.
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Emissions were up more strongly in India 4.6% & international aviation 13.5%.
The record growth in renewables is helping bend the curve, just not enough to get a peak in global emissions.
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November 13, 2024 at 7:15 AM
We estimate that EU emissions went down 3.8%, US edged down 0.6%, & Chinese emissions edged up 0.2%.
Emissions were up more strongly in India 4.6% & international aviation 13.5%.
The record growth in renewables is helping bend the curve, just not enough to get a peak in global emissions.
2/
Emissions were up more strongly in India 4.6% & international aviation 13.5%.
The record growth in renewables is helping bend the curve, just not enough to get a peak in global emissions.
2/
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This is very good.
October 23, 2025 at 5:41 AM
This is very good.
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Questionnaires, says one academic, have “changed how we view ourselves”. Not always, many felt, for the better
Question 1: why are questionnaires in trouble?
A literary genre that changed the world is struggling
econ.st
October 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Questionnaires, says one academic, have “changed how we view ourselves”. Not always, many felt, for the better
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I was looking at some Scottish cause of death data yesterday and the extent to which transport accident deaths in young men have all but disappeared is pretty remarkable.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
October 16, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I was looking at some Scottish cause of death data yesterday and the extent to which transport accident deaths in young men have all but disappeared is pretty remarkable.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
Nice to find a good news story in this data for a change.
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Looking forward for my postdocs and I to host the Oxford-London Environment and Public Policy workshop at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, tomorrow (October 1st).
Thanks to @politicsoxford.bsky.social, @lsegovernment.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for support 💫
So many cool papers!
Thanks to @politicsoxford.bsky.social, @lsegovernment.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for support 💫
So many cool papers!
September 30, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Looking forward for my postdocs and I to host the Oxford-London Environment and Public Policy workshop at St Antony’s College, University of Oxford, tomorrow (October 1st).
Thanks to @politicsoxford.bsky.social, @lsegovernment.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for support 💫
So many cool papers!
Thanks to @politicsoxford.bsky.social, @lsegovernment.bsky.social, and @leverhulme.ac.uk for support 💫
So many cool papers!
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The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
October 1, 2025 at 7:53 PM
The world-renowned primatologist Jane Goodall has died at the age of 91, her institute has said.
“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
“Dr Goodall’s discoveries as an ethologist revolutionised science,” the statement read. “She was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world.”
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Universities often serve as "anchor institutions" that deeply affect the character of their communities. In a new paper, we estimate how (and when) the establishment of a college influences local political and civic life. 🧵
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July 17, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Universities often serve as "anchor institutions" that deeply affect the character of their communities. In a new paper, we estimate how (and when) the establishment of a college influences local political and civic life. 🧵
osf.io/preprints/so...
osf.io/preprints/so...
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Big milestone in Poland, where renewables overtake coal
www.ft.com/content/ae92...
www.ft.com/content/ae92...
July 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Big milestone in Poland, where renewables overtake coal
www.ft.com/content/ae92...
www.ft.com/content/ae92...
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Our 2025 report on global trends in climate change litigation by Joana Setzer and Catherine Higham is out now!
It features an overview of the latest global developments and insights into recent international cases heard by Supreme Courts.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
It features an overview of the latest global developments and insights into recent international cases heard by Supreme Courts.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
June 25, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Our 2025 report on global trends in climate change litigation by Joana Setzer and Catherine Higham is out now!
It features an overview of the latest global developments and insights into recent international cases heard by Supreme Courts.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
It features an overview of the latest global developments and insights into recent international cases heard by Supreme Courts.
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
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My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@[email protected], Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
June 13, 2025 at 2:25 AM
My team and I at the Crowd Counting Consortium (@[email protected], Soha Hammam, & Chris Shay) have a new piece out: wagingnonviolence.org/2025/06/amer.... In it, we show that through May 2025, the size and scale of anti-Trump protests have dwarfed those in 2017. 🧵
Some similar fun with data from Paris' Vélib here: pwyckoff.github.io/posts/2023/0...
April 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Some similar fun with data from Paris' Vélib here: pwyckoff.github.io/posts/2023/0...
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There are so many ways one could provide context for this data.
For example, in the last five years universities have received 52-55% of their research funding from the federal government. That's the lowest percentage since the 1950s. 1/x ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...
For example, in the last five years universities have received 52-55% of their research funding from the federal government. That's the lowest percentage since the 1950s. 1/x ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...
How Universities Became So Dependent on the Federal Government
For decades, universities got billions in federal dollars for research. The relationship was mutually beneficial, until President Trump decided it wasn’t.
www.nytimes.com
April 19, 2025 at 3:28 PM
There are so many ways one could provide context for this data.
For example, in the last five years universities have received 52-55% of their research funding from the federal government. That's the lowest percentage since the 1950s. 1/x ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...
For example, in the last five years universities have received 52-55% of their research funding from the federal government. That's the lowest percentage since the 1950s. 1/x ncses.nsf.gov/surveys/high...
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New study finds that 25 million could die in the next 15 years if US cuts off global health spending via @nature.com
Study:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Study:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
April 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
New study finds that 25 million could die in the next 15 years if US cuts off global health spending via @nature.com
Study:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Study:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Who does Spiderman vote for? Who you vote for.
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
March 19, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Who does Spiderman vote for? Who you vote for.
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
In a new paper w/ @markuswagner.bsky.social we show that people engage in motivated projection of political identities. In the absence of explicit info on politics, individuals rely on valence to infer the politics of others
doi.org/10.1017/psrm...
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Canada is strong. Together with our allies, we are even stronger.
Good to meet with you in France, President Macron. The friendship between our two countries is the envy of the world.
Good to meet with you in France, President Macron. The friendship between our two countries is the envy of the world.
March 17, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Canada is strong. Together with our allies, we are even stronger.
Good to meet with you in France, President Macron. The friendship between our two countries is the envy of the world.
Good to meet with you in France, President Macron. The friendship between our two countries is the envy of the world.
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🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
March 5, 2025 at 7:57 AM
🎉 New paper in PNAS: Urban highways are barriers to social ties
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.2408937122
Highways are barriers that cut opportunities for social ties. We quantify this effect by overlaying the US highway network with millions of social ties from Twitter.
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New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia:
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February 27, 2025 at 2:06 PM
New working paper! In this research note, @bogatyrev.bsky.social, @tabouchadi.bsky.social, @heikekluever.bsky.social, @lstoetze.bsky.social, and I present the first systematic test that causally identifies the electoral consequences of state-sponsored homophobia:
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Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species
Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species
Study shows funding bias towards animals like rhino while other endangered species including amphibians and algae disregarded
buff.ly
February 25, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Most conservation funds go to large vertebrates at expense of ‘neglected’ species
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“The push to make Canada part of the U.S. reached a fever pitch following passage of the highly protectionist McKinley Tariff in 1890.”
For @time.com I discuss the last time the GOP tried to use tariffs to annex Canada.
*spoiler: it didn’t go well
time.com/7212675/tari...
For @time.com I discuss the last time the GOP tried to use tariffs to annex Canada.
*spoiler: it didn’t go well
time.com/7212675/tari...
Using Tariffs to Try to Annex Canada Backfired in the 1890s
Instead of compelling Canada to become an American state, the 1890 McKinley Tariff drove Canada into British hands.
time.com
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“The push to make Canada part of the U.S. reached a fever pitch following passage of the highly protectionist McKinley Tariff in 1890.”
For @time.com I discuss the last time the GOP tried to use tariffs to annex Canada.
*spoiler: it didn’t go well
time.com/7212675/tari...
For @time.com I discuss the last time the GOP tried to use tariffs to annex Canada.
*spoiler: it didn’t go well
time.com/7212675/tari...
The @lsegovernment.bsky.social / STICERD political science & political economy WiP seminar resumes tomorrow with @dang11.bsky.social, and an exciting line up for the Winter Term
January 21, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The @lsegovernment.bsky.social / STICERD political science & political economy WiP seminar resumes tomorrow with @dang11.bsky.social, and an exciting line up for the Winter Term
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Submit your paper to our LSE/Imperial Workshop in Environmental Economics!
📅 June 10-11, 2025 | LSE, London
📬 Deadline: Feb 1
🌟 Collegial setting with cutting-edge research
📄 Full papers & ⏳ egg-timers for early careers
🎤 Keynote: Josh Graff Zivin
💵 No fee & 🏨 accommodation +🍴 meals covered
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📅 June 10-11, 2025 | LSE, London
📬 Deadline: Feb 1
🌟 Collegial setting with cutting-edge research
📄 Full papers & ⏳ egg-timers for early careers
🎤 Keynote: Josh Graff Zivin
💵 No fee & 🏨 accommodation +🍴 meals covered
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📢 Call for Papers!
The 8th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics will be held in person at LSE on June 10-11, 2025.
✅ Submissions by Feb 1
📄 Full papers only (no abstracts)
🎤 Keynote: Prof. Josh Graff Zivin
🔗 Submit here: forms.gle/577G9RBZ1V79... #EnvEcon #EconSky
The 8th Annual LSE/Imperial Workshop on Environmental Economics will be held in person at LSE on June 10-11, 2025.
✅ Submissions by Feb 1
📄 Full papers only (no abstracts)
🎤 Keynote: Prof. Josh Graff Zivin
🔗 Submit here: forms.gle/577G9RBZ1V79... #EnvEcon #EconSky
January 14, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Submit your paper to our LSE/Imperial Workshop in Environmental Economics!
📅 June 10-11, 2025 | LSE, London
📬 Deadline: Feb 1
🌟 Collegial setting with cutting-edge research
📄 Full papers & ⏳ egg-timers for early careers
🎤 Keynote: Josh Graff Zivin
💵 No fee & 🏨 accommodation +🍴 meals covered
1/2
📅 June 10-11, 2025 | LSE, London
📬 Deadline: Feb 1
🌟 Collegial setting with cutting-edge research
📄 Full papers & ⏳ egg-timers for early careers
🎤 Keynote: Josh Graff Zivin
💵 No fee & 🏨 accommodation +🍴 meals covered
1/2
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Students at Brown have used the Google Maps API to create a live tracker for traffic flows under congestion pricing in NYC. It includes a real-time diff-in-diff type comparison between NYC, Boston, and Chicago:
www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com
www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com
Congestion Pricing Tracker | Benjamin and Joshua Moshes
This project is run by Joshua Moshes and Benjamin Moshes, under the supervision of Brown University Professor Emily Oster
www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com
January 5, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Students at Brown have used the Google Maps API to create a live tracker for traffic flows under congestion pricing in NYC. It includes a real-time diff-in-diff type comparison between NYC, Boston, and Chicago:
www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com
www.congestion-pricing-tracker.com