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Théodore Tallent

PhD Candidate


Théodore Tallent is a PhD student at the Center for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE) at Sciences Po since September 2022. He previously studied at Sciences Po, as both an undergraduate and postgraduate student at the School of Public Affairs (MA in European Affairs), with an exchange year (2017-2018) at the Stern School of Business, New York University. In 2021-2022, he completed a MPhil in Environmental Policy at the University of Cambridge. Since February 2023, Theodore is also a Visiting Researcher affiliated with the Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resource Governance (C-EENRG), a research centre within the University of Cambridge specialising in the governance of environmental transitions. 

He is a member of Social-Ecological Transitions (SET). A research initiative, supported by Sciences Po, on the interaction between social and ecological issues in the context of just transition.
Theodore has also co-created and co-led a doctoral network on the study of rural worlds in the social sciences.
From January to March 2024, Theodore was a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics (LSE).

Research work

After a Master's dissertation on the governance of Nature-based Solutions (“Incorporating pluralism in the governance of Nature-based Solutions: a study of IUCN pilot projects” under the supervision of Aiora Zabala (MPhil in Environmental Policy, University of Cambridge), Theodore Tallent is working on his PhD thesis under the supervision of Florence Faucher (CEE, Sciences Po / CNRS) and the co-supervision of Davide Luca (University of Cambridge). He studies citizens' attitudes towards climate policies in Europe and the role of ‘place’ and spatial divides in shaping these perceptions. Mixing quantitative and qualitative methods and a comparative French-English approach, his thesis thus aims to understand the negative drivers of the acceptability of climate policies in certain territories (especially outside major urban centres) and to contribute to the discussion around the "just transition" in Europe.

Teaching

  • 2023-2024 - “Comparative Politics”, seminars’ teacher (2nd year undergrads.), Sciences Po (2 x 24h)
  • 2023-2024 - Tutor of two students in apprenticeship (2nd year master’s), School of Public Affairs, Sciences Po
  • 2022-2024 - “Ecological Literacy”, Teaching assistant, core bachelor’s course (1st year undegrads), Sciences Po (16h)
  • 2022-2023 -“Introduction to political science”, seminars’ teacher (1st year undergrads), Sciences Po (2 x 24h)

Conferences and seminars

conferences

2023-2024

  • Tallent T, ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lünenburg – Communication: “The roots of green discontent in peripheral areas: making sense of citizens’ perceptions of climate policies”, March 2024
  • Co-organisation of an international PhD workshop, « A Space for ‘Place’ in social sciences », CEE & Young Scholars Initiative, Sciences Po. Paris, 13 and 14 December 2023.
  • Tallent T., “Urban-rural divide in climate policy attitudes in Europe”, 2023, Conference ‘Research on urban-rural divides’. Frankfurt, November 2023.
  • Tallent T., « The politics of climate change: a difficult path towards decarbonisation », 2023, Cambridge Climate & Sustainability Forum. Cambridge, October 2023.

2022-2023

  • Tallent T., « The Role of Place in the Expression of Climate Political Discontent in Europe », 2023, European Society for Rural Sociology Congress. Rennes, July 2023.
  • Tallent T., « The urban-rural divide in climate policy attitudes in Europe: towards a geography of climate political discontent? », 2023, Regional Studies Association. Ljubljana, June 2023.
  • Tallent T., « Spatial divides and the perceptions of climate policies: towards a new geography of (climate) political discontent? », 2023, Political Studies Association. Liverpool, April 2023.

2021-2022

  • Tallent T., « Nature by the People: Incorporating Pluralism in the Governance of Nature-Based Solutions », 2022, Cambridge Zero Postgraduate Academy Student Symposium. Cambridge, June 2022.

Seminars participations

2024

CEENRG seminars, Cambridge Centre for Environment, Energy and Natural Resources Governance, Department of Land Economy, University of Cambridge (March 2024)– Presentation: “Green Discontent in the Periphery: Exploring the Multifaceted Resistance to Climate Policies”

Environment and Public Policy seminar,King’s College London (March 2024) –Presentation: “Unveiling green discontent: the (non)material roots of citizens’ perceptions of climate policies in peripheral areas” 

publications

Scientific articles

Théodore Tallent. Green discontent along the urban-rural divide: understanding the geography of climate policy attitudes in Europe. Under review

Theodore Tallent, Aiora Zabala. Social equity and pluralism in Nature-based Solutions: Practitioners' perspectives on implementation. Environmental Science & Policy, 151, 2023

Original datasets

Éric Pautard; Nicolas Sauger; Luc Rouban; Maël Ginsburger; Emiliano Grossman; Malo Jan; Luis Sattelmayer; Théodore Tallent; Lucien Thabourey; Simon Audebert, 2024, "Baromètre Écologie Environnement (ELIPSS 2023)", https://doi.org/10.21410/7E4/ OH0RKI, data.sciencespo, V1. 

Work in progress

  • “The online geography of discontent: Internet, polarization and elections in French cities”, with G. Risi and A. Musso.
  • “Do symbolic policies affect support for costly policies? A survey experiment”, with M. Jan and L. Sattelmayer. 
  • “The roots of green discontent in peripheral areas: making sense of citizens’ perceptions of climate policies”, only author.   
  • “The challenges of the green transition for the rural youth in France: addressing discontent, building a just transition”, chapter in the Youth Knowledge Book, Youth and Democracy in Crisis. European Commission and Council of Europe.


Media and research blogs

Research Topics

Environmental Policy, Comparative politics, Political geography, Political sociology, Climate policies, Individual perceptions, Territorial cleavages, Just transition

Thesis

Spatial cleavages and citizens' perceptions of climate policies: An impediment to the success and acceptability of the low-carbon transition in Europe? under the supervision of Florence Faucher and Davide Luca
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