Media & press

GP Opinion (with Elise Antoine) on Scotland’s and the US national AI frameworks published the same day, scored via the x.Machina corpus: functional and governance distances between Scotland, China, Ireland, and the US, and why tidy East–versus–West narratives do not fit the data.

With Robyn Klingler-Vidra, Berlin Tran, and Robert Wade. Critical minerals (lithium, rare earths) now anchor economic and military power; the US builds alliances to escape China’s supply chains while Vietnam restricts raw exports and invests in domestic refining for industrial capacity and autonomy—a fragmenting system of U.S.-led networks versus states carving out niche “superpower” roles.

Systematic analysis of how EU consultancies are adopting and governing AI, drawing on Transparency Register data, large-scale web scraping, and text analysis to assess capabilities, discourse framing, and regulatory readiness.

How AI and NLP are used to analyse over 200,000 corporate sustainability reports to detect vague language, benchmark reporting quality, and assess transition readiness.

Discussion on how AI is reshaping advocacy, including real-world applications, ethical challenges, and strategies for clarity and impact.

Analysis of 700 CSR documents reveals a peak in progressive language around 2020 followed by decline, highlighting political and reputational backlash effects and shifts in corporate communication strategies.

A discussion on US AI strategy, focusing on the balance between innovation, governance, and global strategic competition.

Research showing how inconsistent language patterns reduce credibility and trust in corporate sustainability reporting, with implications for disclosure quality and stakeholder confidence.

GP Opinion (with Robyn Klingler-Vidra) comparing ESRS language to the Carrots & Sticks policy corpus: interoperability with existing frameworks rather than maximal linguistic novelty.

GP Opinion on sustainable finance policy language (with Robyn Klingler-Vidra, David Aikman, Karlygash Kuralbayeva, and Timothy Foreman): text-as-data across 1,070 policies (2001–2021) tracing the rise of environmental themes relative to social and governance framing.

With Ece Özlem Atikcan, Achim Hurrelmann, and Céline Viju-Miljusevic. Knowledge Synthesis Grant final report on trade politicisation and implications for UK policy after Brexit.

With Lisa Dellmuth: policy-facing synthesis on EU spending and public support (companion themes to the EJPR spending paper).

With Lisa Dellmuth (EUROPP / LSE European Politics blog): when regional EU funding matches economic need, support for the EU rises—redistributive vs distributive spending.

With Lisa Dellmuth. EUROPP piece on EU spending, identity, and support for integration (PDF via LSE Research Online).

Why Europe’s New Cohesion Policy Is Unlikely to Enhance the Effectiveness of EU Structural and Investment Funds

With Lisa Dellmuth. Critical commentary on cohesion policy design and structural funds effectiveness.

Special Interests and Integration: Changes in Patterns of Lobbying since Lisbon

Policy brief on lobbying patterns in the context of post-Lisbon EU decision-making.

SWP Working Paper on interest groups and the European Citizens’ Initiative.

With Richard Parkes. German Euractiv commentary on Parliament ethics and lobbying rules.