Assistant Professor @TUDelftTBM. Policy Innovation | Sustainable Energy Transition | Computational Text Analysis. Views personal. RT ≠ endorsement.

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In this new article in @PolicySciences, Rory Hooper, @KornelisBlok, Lisa Scholten, and I propose a semi-automated approach for synthesising policy-relevant evidence using natural language processing, causal mapping, and graph analytics. @TPMTUDelft tinyurl.com/mr46tx22
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At #JCPA_ICPA we are relaunching the Policy Innovation section of this journal, responding to a need amid global challenges. If your work is cutting-edge, rigorous, or actionable, send it through our portal and read this editorial by @nihitgoyal and @PattynValerie to obtain more information: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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Dear all, remember the call for papers for @_IPPA_'s ICPP2025 (Chiang Mai) is now open: ippapublicpolicy.org/confere… Guy Peters, José Luis Méndez and I look forward to your proposal for this panel and forthcoming Handbook on Public Policy in the Global South: ippapublicpolicy.org/confere…
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Are you interested in pursuing a PhD in public policy? Are you passionate about public policy research? I have an open PhD position @sspunil @unil and look forward to receiving your applications: shorturl.at/phNGY #Careers

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🇹🇭CfP Alert for panel on "Subnational Transportation and Sustainability Policy" at #ICPP7 in Chiang Mai (May 2025) local challenges & solutions for sustainable mobility and infrastructure! Deadl.: 31.1.2025 @sofieklingner, @IlanaSchroder, @nihitgoyal More: shorturl.at/g2mlX
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🚨 We have TWO fantastic articles trending 🚨 @nihitgoyal & @howlettm: Types of learning and varieties of innovation: how does policy learning enable policy innovation? 🔓Open Access until Oct 31 doi.org/10.1332/030557321X16…
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Trending in #PoliSci: ooir.org/index.php?field=Soc… 1) Class Formation after Deindustrialisation (@histmat) 2) Affective polarization & democratic support (@ejprjournal) 3) Support for Authoritarian Regimes in Crisis (@cps_journal) 4) Ad hoc groups during crises (@policy_politics)
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🔙 This week's #ThrowbackThursdayArticle is from 2019 by @nihitgoyal @howlettm & @namratarc on policy innovation and entrepreneurs in #Gujarat #India . #FullAccess 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
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In this new study in @PLOSONE, @john_m_brandt, M Moroney, @sophiejanaskie, @ecoangelhsu, and I find that higher ambient ozone pollution is associated with lower retail spending, an unaccounted microeconomic cost of air pollution. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar… @TUDelftTPM @WHO
Air pollution is the leading environmental killer worldwide; its microeconomic impact, however, is not well understood. In our first pub of 2024, we explore the relationship between consumer spending and ambient air pollution using data from Spain: 🔗journals.plos.org/plosone/ar…
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📯Call for PANELS and PAPERS at the @ECPR General Conference 2024 in Dublin 📯 Our network is organizing 2⃣ sections, one focused on the politics of #ClimateAction, the other on #EnergyTransition Check out the sections here: ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Section… ecpr.eu/Events/Event/Section…
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In this new article, @howlettm and I shed light on the (complicated) relationship between learning and policy innovation by differentiating varieties of innovation and synthesising research on policy learning with policy change. twtr.to/my8qw
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Just out - Nihit Goyal & Michael Howlett - "Types of learning and varieties of innovation: how does policy learning enable policy innovation?" in Policy & Politics, Jan 7, 2024 @howlettm @nihitgoyal bristoluniversitypressdigita…

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Now out in issue: "Brown-out of policy ideas? A bibliometric review and computational text analysis of research on energy access" by Nihit Goyal & Michael Howlett @nihitgoyal @howlettm Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy doi.org/10.3389/fsuep.2023.1…

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🌡️  ERA5 data from @CopernicusECMWF indicates that 17 November was the first day that the global temperature exceeded 2°C above pre-industrial levels, reaching 2.07°C above the 1850-1900 average and the provisional ERA5 value for 18 November is 2.06°C.
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In this new article in @ElsevierEnergy Policy, @namratarc and I examine the effect of a state-level rural electrification policy in India on electricity access using night-time lights and granular implementation data. doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2023… @tudelftTBM @tudelftglobal (1/3)

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We find that the overall effect of the policy on (night-time) electricity consumption was not substantial. More likely, the policy had a slight re-distributive effect, increasing electricity consumption in some villages (in some districts) while reducing it in others. (2/3)
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A reason for the discrepancy between the perceived benefit of the policy and its limited effect on electricity consumption might be the focus of the policy on electricity supply; we recommend more emphasis on demand characteristics and tariff design for realising SDG7. (3/3)
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In this new article in @FrontiersIn, @howlettm and I analyse ~7500 articles on energy access through a bibliometric review and computational text analysis; we conclude that the field might be in a 'brown-out' of policy ideas. @tudelftTBM @tudelftglobal journal.frontiersin.org/arti…
Just out - "Brown-out of policy ideas? A bibliometric review and computational text analysis of research on energy access" by Nihit Goyal & Michael Howlett, in Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy @nihitgoyal @howlettm journal.frontiersin.org/arti…
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We argue three, relatively overlooked, strands from policy studies can add value to this research area: policy process research, policy design studies, and the literature on policy evaluation.
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Among other things, this might require (even more) cross-disciplinary effort and scholarly exchange; we call on scholars in energy studies and policy studies to address this gap in the future.
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