Senior Policy Fellow at LSE's Grantham Research Institute. I work on the political economy of financing a green transition in China and other global South countries
Mathias Larsen
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New article out in Climate Policy with @james7jackson.bsky.social: "Subsidizing global decarbonization: how Chinese state support for clean technologies enables and (potentially) obstructs a worldwide green transition."
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Mathias Larsen
Applications are open for the Finance & Democracy Summer Workshop! Looking forward to teaching the session on 'Finance and the Chinese State'
New article out in @ripejournal.bsky.social with @james7jackson.bsky.social"The political economy of China’s green transition." To support non-China specialists working on climate change, we provide a structured approach to understanding China's green transition:
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New op-ed out in @prospectmagazine.co.uk with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social: "Green growth versus degrowth is a false choice: The growth split in the climate movement only benefits the far right"
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/econom...
5 postdocs just advertised: Come work with us at the LSE Global School of Sustainability @gsos-lse.bsky.social. With 150 people working full-time on the political economy of decarbonisation, you'd be joining the largest research community on the topic.
jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...
New commentary article out, published by @gsos-lse.bsky.social @granthamlse.bsky.social
I argue that while China has reduced its climate ambitions in its new five-year plan (which is indeed disappointing), this does not mean the country has given up on a green transition.
New article out in Politics & Society with @danieldrisc.com and @maxkiefel.bsky.social : "Internationalizing Industrial Policy: How China and the United States Use State Capacity to Secure Critical Minerals for Electric Vehicles"
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Pleased to be quoted in today's @nytimes.com, supporting their reporting on the Iran war with a China angle: “China’s push for renewable energy is not motivated by the environment but by the need for energy security and also as a driver of growth.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/14/b...
New article out in @socioeconreview.bsky.social with @danieldrisc.com: "The states–markets–decarbonization nexus: reviewing an emerging political economy agenda"
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New op-ed out in the Danish media oulet Børsen: "Selling off the state-owned company Ørsted will weaken Danish energy security."
Co-authored with @jhasselbalch.bsky.social, @rosiecollington.bsky.social, @voldsgaard.bsky.social, and Søren Lund Frandsen
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Abstract. The problem of climate change further confounds the already complex relationship between states and markets in modern capitalism. In this state o
“Et frasalg af Ørsted vil svække Danmarks energisikkerhed”Konservative, Liberal Alliance, Dansk Folkeparti og Danmarksdemokraterne har for nylig markeret sig i valgkampen med et fælles udspil om at fr
As China increasingly leads the world in green industries, the country is a critical case for the debate on climate change in political economy. While climate change is now less of a blind spot tha...
Over the last decade, green technologies have been deployed at record-breaking speeds across the world. No actor has been more important to this process than China, which now dominates what is cons...
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China’s 15th Five-Year Plan contains less ambitious climate targets in the near term but this does not mean that China has given up on a green transition argues @mathiaslarsen.bsky.social
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🚨 The political economy of finance summer school is back, 3rd year running! Better still: We're bringing it to London via @lse-ei.bsky.social.
𝐓𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜: Finance & democracy
𝙳̲̲𝚊̲̲𝚝̲̲𝚎̲: 4-5 June 2026
𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘦: March 1. Link below.
We've got brilliant instructors as usual. Please spread the word!
