James Jackson

James is a Lecturer and Hallsworth Research Fellow at the School of Social Sciences (SOSS) and the Sustainable Consumption Institute (SCI) at the University of Manchester. . He is also a visiting professor at the School of International Studies at Peking University in China, where he explores China’s role in the global green transition within the BRICS and its relationship to the UK. He also has a visiting professor at the University of Ottawa, Canada, where he currently holds an SSHRC Insight Grant alongside Professor Ryan Katz-Rosene to explore the subject of climateflation in the global political economy. A political economist with a focus on the intersection of fiscal, monetary and climate policy, his work explored numerous issues related to the political economy of the green transition.

James’ research has several strands which he has published. These include:

The political economy of the green transition, with a particular emphasis on the electric vehicle (EV) transition. His research had previously focused on the Global North, particularly Australia, Canada, Europe, the Nordics and the UK, but is now focused on the Global South, particularly China, Brazil, India and the BRICS countries.

Green monetary policy and the role of central banks in addressing reoccurring events of climateflation

Multi-level climate governance of how different political systems allow for different outcomes at the city level.

The climate and environmental impacts of football and sport more broadly.

James is the author of four forthcoming books: The first is a co-authored monograph on the environmental unsustainability of European Men’s football with Manchester University Press to be published in 2027. The second is a single-authored monograph on the international political economy of the EV transition with Cambridge University Press to be published in 2027. The third is a co-authored monograph on Multi-Level Climate Governance to be published with Oxford University Press in 2027. Finally, the fourth is on climateflation and the inflationary impacts of climate change, to be published with Cambridge University Press to be published in 2028.