Articles by Vlad Surdea-Hernea

April 20, 2023

Curb your climate enthusiasm, here come the populists!

Vlad Surdea-Hernea

Far-right populist parties have become crucial actors in shaping domestic policymaking across European democracies. Vlad Surdea-Hernea argues that populists have sensed an opportunity in the increasing salience of climate change. They have turned their attention towards limiting ambitious climate policy, thereby impeding or even reversing pro-environmental progress

Vlad Surdea-Hernea

PhD Candidate, Central European University

Vlad is a political economist with a particular interest in combining quantitative and qualitative methods to explore complex social phenomena.

He is enthusiastic about causal inference, formal modelling, and, more broadly, applications of mathematics in social sciences.

His substantive work lies at the intersection of environmental sciences, applied microeconomics, ethics, and political behaviour.

He tweets @vlad_surdea

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