Associate Prof for Ecological Economics & Political Economy | @envleeds.bsky.social, SRI | Co-lead, Research Group: https://tiny.cc/leeds_econopol | Associate Editor: https://tiny.cc/s_spp I Webpage: www.richardbarnthaler.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3mm4gpmehfs2qRe-advertised & open until 30 June: - Fully funded PhD @ University of Leeds (UK students only) - Focus: UK production & consumption transformations (scope to shape your project) - Strong political economy angle - 6-month secondment with Dept for Energy Security & Net Zero tinyurl.com/3d7s9ydx https://phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2418-political-economy-of-production-and-consumption-transformations18 May 2026 08:15 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4gpmehfs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3mgmgtkerec22Left: FT on March 6, 2026. Right: FT on August 11, 2025. Spot the connection?09 Mar 2026 08:29 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgmgtkerec22https://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3mgeqf5pp7c2cVast sums of public & private finance have been allowed – even encouraged – to flow into LNG terminals, AI data centres & military expansion, while the material foundations of energy security – renewable grids and storage capacity – remain deficient. This was not unavoidable but a political choice.06 Mar 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgeqf5pp7c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3mg7smcqvl22gWe seem stuck in a loop, but it needs repeating again & again: a progressive European project must (i) clearly oppose ongoing US‑Israeli aggression & (ii) recognise that energy security depends not on shifting fossil suppliers but on rapidly scaling renewables alongside demand‑reduction strategies.04 Mar 2026 07:55 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mg7smcqvl22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3mcr7anl5xk2mI was never entirely convinced by the TACO (Trump Always Chickens Out) thesis. It obscures that, even when the US jumps 10 steps forward & then retreats 8, concrete 'next best steps' are still made that reshape the terrain & create conditions for further shifts that extend US power & dominance. 1/219 Jan 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcr7anl5xk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3mbqgwxhgwk26Fully funded PhD in Political Economy of Production and Consumption Transformations @envleeds.bsky.social The PhD is part of the PACT Centre (shorturl.at/XrzOi) & includes an optional secondment of up to six months at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. More info: shorturl.at/5GkEQ06 Jan 2026 07:35 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqgwxhgwk26https://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3m5sqfqbxnc2qFixing housing means tackling the market shift that made homes tradeable assets tinyurl.com/4resamkz Good comment but profit-driven artificial scarcity isn’t just about too few homes built but also about affordability & use of existing stock. Distribution & use matter as much as quantitative supply https://www.ft.com/content/242f5e5c-0918-4645-8e61-5727656069f317 Nov 2025 07:49 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5sqfqbxnc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3m3c7nea4xc2dThis is precisely why (a) ESG has always been problematic by turning public policy issues into profit-making ventures & (b) credit guidance is necessary to direct commercial bank and non-bank financial sector finance toward public purpose (Screenshot from R. Armstrong’s FT “Unhedged” newsletter)16 Oct 2025 07:16 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3c7nea4xc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3m2izieznns2kWorth watching the Net Zero Industrial Policy Lab’s (@bentleyallan.bsky.social) presentation of “China’s Green Leap Outward” by @70sbachchan.bsky.social, @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social & Xiaokang Xue https://youtu.be/Pc2eu6YT2O0?si=jwvYdgWMLX6csHzB Some key takeaways, and a broader question that deserves more attention: 1/706 Oct 2025 06:50 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2izieznns2khttps://bsky.app/profile/rbaernthaler.bsky.social/post/3m24jaso6hk2a„Öffentlicher Luxus für alle“ – Beitrag von Lukas Warning und mir im @surplusmagazin.bsky.social Was Mamdani vorschlägt, steht für ein neues Verständnis von Daseinsvorsorge. Nicht nur Verteidigung, sondern Weiterentwicklung öffentlicher Infrastruktur. 1/6 https://www.surplusmagazin.de/offentlicher-luxus-zohranmamdani-daseinsvorsorge-supermaerkte/01 Oct 2025 07:27 +0000at://did:plc:6fr7lkd3ssun5hgx6tk3j2eo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m24jaso6hk2a