Paul Tobin

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• 2025

  Conclusions for Stability and Re/politicization in Climate Governance

  VanDeveer, S. D., Tobin, P. & Paterson, M., Jun 2025, Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance. Tobin, P., Paterson, M. & VanDeveer, S. D. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Introduction: Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

  Paterson, M., Tobin, P. & VanDeveer, S. D., Jun 2025, Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance. Tobin, P., Paterson, M. & VanDeveer, S. D. (eds.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

  Tobin, P. (Editor), Paterson, M. (Editor) & VanDeveer, S. D. (Editor), Jun 2025, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

• The ways that external and internal dynamics influence intermediaries in the climate policy process

  Kelly, C., Tobin, P., Bailes, E. & Jackson, J., 18 Apr 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Policy & Society.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Nongovernmental Organizations 100%
  • Policy Process 100%
  • Climate Policy 100%
  • Non-Governmental Organization 100%
  • Nongovernmental Organization 100%

• “When You Think About Climate Change, it is a Social Justice Issue”: Between the Rock of Stability and the Hard Place of Politicization for Muslim Climate Actors

  Tobin, P., Ali, N., MacGregor, S. & Ahmad, Z., Jun 2025, Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance . Tobin, P., Paterson, M. & VanDeveer, S. (eds.). Cambridge University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2024

  Exploring the Role of Businesses in Polycentric Climate Governance with Large-N Datasets

  Tobin, P., Duit, A., Kelly, N. & Kelly, C., 2 Aug 2024, In: Global Environmental Politics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Programming Language 100%
  • Empirical Research 100%
  • OECD Countries 100%
  • United Nations 100%
  • Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development 100%
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• Navigating the Backlash: The Future of British Climate Strategy

  Paterson, M., Tobin, P., Brazier-Tope, H., Burns, C., Kuzemko, C., Lockwood, M., McDaniel, S., Peters, J., Sullivan-Thomsett, C. & Willis, R., 20 Jun 2024, University of Manchester, Sustainable Consumption Institute. 8 p.

  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

  • UK 100%
  • Net Zero 100%
  • Climate Change 75%
  • Nongovernmental Organizations 25%

• The Empirical Realities of Polycentric Climate Governance: introduction to the Special Issue

  Tobin, P., Huitema , D. & Kellner, E., 12 Aug 2024, In: Global Environmental Politics. p. 1 - 23

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Climate Change 100%
  • Conceptual Development 100%
  • Operationalization 50%
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• The urgent need for social science and humanities knowledge for climate action in Europe

  Rosamond, J., Dupont, C., Boasson, E. L., Burns, C., Maltby, T., Oberthür, S., Parks, L., Szulecki, K., Tobin, P. & Torney, D., 10 Jul 2024, In: PLOS Climate.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate › peer-review

  Open Access
• 2023

  EU Climate Leadership: Global and Domestic Dimensions

  Tobin, P., Torney, D. & Biedenkopf, K., Jul 2023, Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics. Rayner, T., Szulecki, K., Jordan, A. & Oberthür, S. (eds.). Cheltenham: Edward Elgar

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Intermediating climate change: conclusions and new research directions

  Tosun, J., Tobin, P. & Farstad , F., 17 Jul 2023, In: Policy Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Policy Process 66%
  • Interaction Strategy 33%

• Intermediating climate change: The evolving strategies, interactions and impacts of neglected ‘climate intermediaries’

  Tobin, P., Farstad , F. & Tosun, J., 17 Jul 2023, In: Policy Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Interaction Strategy 100%
  • Policy Process 33%
  • Conceptual Framework 33%
  • Interest Groups 33%

• Leaders, Pioneers and Followers in Environmental Governance

  Liefferink, D., Skou Andersen, M., Gheuens, J., Tobin, P., Torney, D. & Wurzel, R. K. W., Jun 2023, Handbook of Environmental Policy. Jörgens, H., Knill, C. & Steinebach, Y. (eds.). Abingdon: Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Overlooked yet ongoing: policy termination in the European Union

  Brandsma, G.-J., Pollex, J. & Tobin, P., 1 Sept 2023, In: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. 61, 5, p. 1360-1376

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • European Community 100%
  • Legislation 25%
  • Decision Making 25%
  • Policy Making 25%
  • Government Policy 25%

• The rise of anti-net zero populism in the UK: comparing rhetorical strategies for climate policy dismantling

  Paterson, M., Wilshire, S. & Tobin, P., 23 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Dismantling 100%
  • Net Zero 100%
  • UK 100%
  • Conceptual Framework 16%
  • Policy Area 16%

• “The religions are engaging: tick, well done”: the invisibilisation and instrumentalisation of Muslim climate intermediaries

  Tobin, P., Ali, N., MacGregor, S. & Ahmad, Z., 10 Apr 2023, In: Policy Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Religion 100%
  • Intermediaries 100%
  • Instrumentalization 100%
  • United Kingdom 100%
  • Policy Making 100%
• 2022

  Brace for turbulence: EU Member States’ climate strategies in the aviation sector

  Schmidt, N. M., Tobin, P. & Moore, B., 12 Jul 2022, (Accepted/In press) In: Climate Action.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Emissions 100%
  • Biofuel 100%
  • European Community 100%
  • Member State 100%
  • Europeans 100%

• Climate Governance Antagonisms: Policy Stability and Repoliticization

  Paterson, M., Tobin, P. & VanDeveer, S. D., 1 May 2022, In: Global Environmental Politics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Climate Change 100%
  • Repoliticization 100%
  • Political Conflict 100%
  • Tuition Fee 33%
  • Policy Making 33%
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• 2021

  Conclusion: Pioneers, leaders, and followers in multilevel and polycentric climate governance re-assessed

  Tobin, P., Wurzel, R. & Andersen, M. S., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Climate Governance Across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers. Wurzel, R. K. W., Andersen, M. S. & Tobin, P. (eds.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Theoretical Framework 100%
  • Draw Conclusion 100%
  • Climate Governance 100%
  • Followership 100%
  • Polycentricity 100%

• European leadership before, during and after the Paris Climate Conference

  Tobin, P. & Schmidt, N., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Climate Governance Across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers. Wurzel, R. K. W., Andersen, M. S. & Tobin, P. (eds.). Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Paris 100%
  • Europeans 100%
  • Budget Contributions 20%
  • Paris Agreement 20%
  • Diplomatics 20%

• Introduction: Climate Governance Across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers

  Wurzel, R. K. W., Andersen, M. S. & Tobin, P., 2021, (Accepted/In press) Climate Governance Across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers. Wurzel, R. K. W., Andersen, M. S. & Tobin, P. (eds.). Routledge, (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Paris Agreement 100%
  • Environmental Problem 100%
  • Followership 100%
  • European Community 100%

• National Climate Mitigation Policy in Europe

  Tobin, P. & Wylie, L., Aug 2021, The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Environmental Politics. Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• The Need for Urgency at ‘The Next Paris.’

  Tobin, P. & Barritt, J., Sept 2021, In: Political Insight. 12, 3, p. 4 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  • Temperature Increase 100%
  • Global Temperature 100%
  • Financial Support 100%

• The ‘Stifling’ of New Climate Politics in Ireland

  Fitzgerald, L., Tobin, P., Burns, C. & Eckersley, P., 19 Mar 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Politics and Governance .

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Natural Gas Exploration 100%
  • Semi-Structured Interview 100%
  • Semistructured Interview 100%

• “A veto for the government”: The Money Message as a foil to new legislation

  Fitzgerald, L. M. & Tobin, P., 20 Apr 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Irish Political Studies.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • Democracy 100%
  • Veto Player 100%
• 2020

  Climate Governance Across the Globe: Pioneers, Leaders and Followers

  Wurzel, R. K. W., Andersen, M. S. & Tobin, P., 31 Dec 2020, Routledge. 320 p. (Routledge Research in Comparative Politics)

  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

  • Followership 100%
  • Practitioners 100%
  • Climate Change 50%
  • Global South 50%
  • International Relations 50%

• Economics from zero-sum to win-win

  Tobin, P., 20 Apr 2020, In: Nature Climate Change. 10, p. 386-387

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate

  • Climate Change 100%
  • Economic Growth 50%
• 2019

  Crisis, Climate Change and Comitology: Policy Dismantling via the Backdoor

  Burns, C. & Tobin, P., 1 Nov 2019, In: Journal of Common Market Studies. 58, 3, p. 527-544 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Climate Change 100%
  • Comitology 100%
  • Policy Instrument 100%
  • Legislative Procedure 100%
  • EU Policy 50%
  24 Downloads (Pure)

• EU Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis

  Burns, C., Eckersley, P. & Tobin, P., 11 Jan 2019, In: Journal of European Public Policy. 27, 1, p. 1-19

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Environmental Policy 100%
  • European Community 100%
  • Economic Recession 50%
  • Economic Crisis 50%
  • Financial Crisis 16%

• The Impact of Austerity on Policy Capacity in Local Government

  Eckersley, P. & Tobin, P., 16 Jul 2019, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Policy & Politics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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  • Austerity 100%
  • Public Goods 50%
  • Environmental Policy 50%
  • Popular Front 50%
  189 Downloads (Pure)
• 2018

  European environmental policy at a time of crisis: Benign neglect, or a leader losing pace?

  Burns, C., Tobin, P. & Sewerin, S., 7 May 2018, (Accepted/In press) The Impact of the Economic Crisis on European Environmental Policy. Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Mapping states’ Paris climate pledges: Analysing targets and groups at COP 21

  Tobin, P., Schmidt, N., Tosun, J. & Burns, C., 2018, In: Global Environmental Change. 48C, p. 11 21 p., 48C.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • India 100%
  • Brazil 100%
  • Network Analysis 100%
  • Global Climate 100%
  • Landscape Policy 100%
  67 Downloads (Pure)

• Measuring the impact of the crisis on European environmental policy

  Burns, C., Tobin, P. & Sewerin, S., 7 May 2018, (Accepted/In press) The Impact of the Economic Crisis on European Environmental Policy. Oxford University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Impact of the Economic Crisis on European Environmental Policy

  Burns, C., Tobin, P. & Sewerin, S., 7 May 2018, (Accepted/In press) Oxford University Press.

  Research output: Book/Report › Book

  • Economic Recession 100%
  • Environmental Policy 100%
  • European Environmental Policy 100%
  • Economic Crisis 100%
  • European Community 75%
• 2017

  Environmental Degradation

  Burns, C. & Tobin, P., 20 May 2017, (Accepted/In press) The Violence of Austerity. Cooper, V. & Whyte, D. (eds.). London, UK: Pluto Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Green States and Environmental Politics in the Global North and South: Beyond Wester IR?

  Death, C. & Tobin, P., 2017, Traditions and Trends in Global Environmental Politics: International Relations and the Earth. Corry, O. & Stevenson, H. (eds.). Abingdon: Earthscan , p. 63-80 18 p. (Routledge Research in Global Environmental Governance).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Leaders and Laggards: Climate Policy Ambition in Developed States

  Tobin, P., 2017, In: Global Environmental Politics.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

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  • Comparative Analysis 100%
  • Austria 100%
  • Tourism Industry 100%
  • Comparative Systems 100%
  • Climate Change 50%
  231 Downloads (Pure)

• The Limits of Ambitious Environmental Policy in Times of Crisis

  Burns, C. & Tobin, P., 17 Oct 2017, European Union External Environmental Policy: Rules, Regulations and Governance Beyond Borders. Palgrave Macmillan Ltd

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• 2016

  The Impact of the Economic Crisis on European Union Environmental Policy

  Burns, C. & Tobin, P., 1 Nov 2016, In: JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies. 54, 6, p. 1485-1494 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  Open Access

  • Economic Recession 100%
  • Environmental Policy 100%
  • European Community 100%
  • Economic Crisis 100%
• 2015

  Last Word: The Paris Climate Conference

  Tobin, P., Nov 2015, In: Political Insight. 6, 3, p. 40 1 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Commentary/debate

  • Climate Change 100%

• The Politics of Climate Change: Can a Deal be Done?

  Tobin, P., 19 Mar 2015, In: Political Insight. 6, 1, p. 32-35

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

  Open Access

  • Climate Change 100%

• Yellow and Blue Makes Green? Ecological Modernisation in Swedish Climate Policy

  Tobin, P., Aug 2015, Rethinking the Green State: Environmental Governance towards Climate and Sustainability Transitions. . Bäckstrand, K. & Kronsell, A. (eds.). Earthscan , p. 141-155

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review