Twitter: @jjfinnegan

I study how governments, voters, and businesses understand and address long-term policy challenges, particularly climate change.

I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Public Policy in the Department of Political Science at University College London.

Previously, I held postdoctoral fellowships at UC Berkeley and Princeton University. I have also been a Visiting Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE.

I received my PhD in Political Science from the LSE’s Department of Government in 2019. During my PhD, I was a visiting research student at UC Berkeley’s Department of Political Science.

My work has appeared in The Journal of Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Science, Nature Energy, Socio-Economic Review and Climate Policy.

I hold an MRes in Political Science from LSE, an MSc in Philosophy and Public Policy from LSE, and a B.A. in Latin American and Latino Studies and Sociology from the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Before my doctoral studies, I was a Research Analyst at the World Resources Institute in Washington, DC where I worked on climate policy design and evaluation, particularly related to measurement, reporting and verification (MRV).