My article on Aging Advanced Capitalist Democracies has just been published by World Politics.
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Sina news mentions my research
Sina news, one of China’s largest and most influential online financial news and data platforms, has recently cited my research:
“Tim Vlandas, Professor of Comparative Political Economy and Social Policy at Oxford University, points out that as the proportion of older voters rises, politicians have less direct electoral incentive to pursue long-term economic growth strategies. Safeguarding the interests of retirees is seen as safer than investing in green transitions, education, or childcare. This creates a vicious cycle: declining birth rates and a growing disinterest among young people in a political arena that fails to meet their own needs. Meanwhile, pensions are becoming increasingly difficult to fund, yet are becoming more crucial for retired voters.” (google translated from Chinese)
The full source in Chinese is here: https://finance.sina.com.cn/roll/2025-12-05/doc-infztcen7887280.shtml
Recent Vox article cites my research on ageing
Great to see my research on the political economy of ageing cited in a recent vox article exploring the impact of America’s ageing population on economic policy and growth. A more extensive version of my argument that ageing changes the electoral politics of economic stagnation is forthcoming in World Politics.
EBRD report mentions my research on ageing
The EBRD has just published an interesting report on demographic change. There is a very good chapter on the political economy of demographic change where they build on my research to argue that addressing the challenges that ageing creates is complicated by the different policy priorities of different age groups.
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A recent Bloomberg article “Untouchable Baby Boomers Have Europe in a Choke Hold” mentions my research on the political economy of ageing, which I discussed in a recent LSE blog.
You can read the underlying research, which is forthcoming in World Politics, on ResearchGate.
Guardian article mentions my research on welfare state and far right party support
A recent Guardian article “Welfare cuts have fuelled rise of far right and populism” mentions my research on how welfare state policies shape far right party support among insecure individuals.
Continue reading “Guardian article mentions my research on welfare state and far right party support”My research mentioned in report of UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
My research has been mentioned in the report of the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, authored by Olivier De Schutter, It’s an excellent document well worth a read.
Continue reading “My research mentioned in report of UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights”Grey power, pension reforms and the politics of slow growth in Europe
Ageing populations and the power of the “grey vote” are undermining Europe’s economic growth, as I write in a recent LSE blog. Yet an ageing Europe need not be a stagnant one if policymakers confront the sources of the grey power trap.
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My forthcoming article “Ageing Advanced Capitalist Democracies: the new Electoral Politics of Economic Stagnation” in World Politics is now available on Research Gate.
Continue reading “New article “Ageing Advanced Capitalist Democracies” forthcoming in World Politics now on Research Gate”New LSE blog: Even honest research results can flip – a new approach to assessing robustness in the social sciences
Reposted from LSE Blog. When academic studies get things wrong, it is often blamed on misconduct and fraud. Yet, as we argue in a recent post with Michael Ganslmeier , even good-faith research, conducted using standard methods and transparent data, can produce contradictory conclusions.
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