Welcome
Welcome to michaeljacobs.org. Here you'll find information on my current activities and some of the things I've done in the past.
Since 2018 I have been Professor of Political Economy in the Department of Politics and International Relations and Professorial Fellow in the Sheffield Political Economy Research Institute (SPERI) at the University of Sheffield. My research focuses on the idea of a post-neoliberal 'paradigm shift' in economic theory, discourse and policy. I am particularly interested in the role of institutions in economic theory and policy, the subject of my 2023 Political Quarterly Annual Lecture and subsequent research and writing. I teach policy studies, political economy and political theory at undergraduate and postgraduate level. I am also a Visiting Senior Fellow at the global affairs think tank ODI (formerly the Overseas Development Institute), where I work principally on global development and climate finance. I am a co-founder of the Economic Change Unit, a small not-for-profit organisation which supports those seeking fair, sustainable and resilient economies through strategic convening, campaigning and communication. From October 2016 to October 2018 I was Director of the IPPR Commission on Economic Justice at the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). The Commission's Final Report, Prosperity and Justice: A Plan for the New Economy, was published as a Polity / IPPR book in September 2018. Prior to that my most recent book was Rethinking Capitalism: Economics and Policy for Sustainable and Inclusive Growth, co-edited with Mariana Mazzucato and published by Wiley Blackwell in 2016. From 2013-16 I was a Senior Adviser at IDDRI (Institut du développement durable et des relations internationales) in Paris and to the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate and its New Climate Economy project, which I helped to found. In those roles I worked closely with a number of governments, international organisations and NGOs in the run-up to the UN conference on climate change in Paris in December 2015. I was a lead author of and director of strategy for the Global Commission's report Better Growth, Better Climate, published in September 2014, and directed its second report, Seizing the Global Opportunity: Partnerships for Better Growth and a Better Climate, published in July 2015. I was from 2012 to 2014 Co-Editor of The Political Quarterly, and I remain on its editorial board. From 2010-16 I was a Visiting Professor in the Department of Political Science and School of Public Policy at University College London, and at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. Prior to 2010 I was a Special Adviser to Prime Minister Gordon Brown (2007-10) and a member of the Council of Economic Advisers at the Treasury (2004-7). I was General Secretary of the Fabian Society from 1997-2003. This site includes information on my work over the last few years on economic policy and political economy, on international climate change policy and energy, climate and environmental policy in the UK; my various writings on social democratic and progressive political thought; and other observations on British politics. It also includes my biographical details and a list of my writing and publications, recent and older. I’m always grateful to receive feedback and comments, and information on interesting ideas and initiatives in my fields. My contact details are also here. I post occasionally on Twitter/X @michaelujacobs. Michael Jacobs |
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