Noah Zucker

I am an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics. Prior to joining LSE, I was a postdoctoral fellow at the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance at Princeton University. I received a PhD in political science from Columbia University in 2022.

I study the political economy of climate change and decarbonization, primarily through the lenses of labor, identity, and bureaucratic politics. My work has appeared in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, and World Politics. I have provided commentary for outlets including Devex, The Economist, and The Washington Post.

I have received the APSA Walsh Award for Best Dissertation on Science, Technology, and Environmental Politics; McGillivray Award for Best Paper in Political Economy; Sage Prize for Best Paper in Comparative Politics; Award for Best Paper on Women, Gender, and Politics; and Award for Best Paper on Democracy and Autocracy; as well as the IPUMS USA Award for Best Published Research.

Publications

Identity, Industry, and Perceptions of Climate Futures. Journal of Politics, forthcoming.

Global Governance under Populism: The Challenge of Information Suppression. World Politics 76.4 (2024): 639–66 (with Allison Carnegie and Richard Clark).

Climate Cascades: IOs and the Prioritization of Climate Action. American Journal of Political Science 68.4 (2024): 1299–314 (with Richard Clark).

Gender After Genocide: How Violence Shapes Long-Term Political Representation. World Politics 75.3 (2023): 439–81 (with Nikhar Gaikwad and Erin Lin).

Group Ties amid Industrial Change: Historical Evidence from the Fossil Fuel Industry. World Politics 74.4 (2022): 610–50.

Free Trade and Forms of Democratization. Journal of Politics 83.4 (2021): 1867–71.

Working Papers

Breadwinner Backlash: The Gendered Effects of Industrial Decline. American Political Science Review, revise and resubmit (with Richard Clark and Roza Khoban).

Do Pledges Bind? The Mass Politics of International Climate Targets. British Journal of Political Science, revise and resubmit (with Don Casler and Richard Clark).

Climate Canvassing in Divided Democracies: Field Experimental Evidence from India. Working paper (with Nikhar Gaikwad).

Greener Pastures? A Labor Market Theory of Climate Governance. Working paper (with Simran Singh and Calvin Thrall).

Research in Progress

Industry and Identity in an Era of Climate Crisis. Book project.

Reimagining Climate Governance: Institutional Evolution for a Sustainable Future. Book project (with Richard Clark).

Bureaucratic Alignment and Modes of Climate Action: Evidence from Central Banks. In progress (with Aditi Sahasrabuddhe).

Transboundary Pollution and the Sources of Climate Inaction. In progress (with Erik Voeten).

Teaching

At LSE, I lead an original course on the political economy of climate change. The course familiarizes students with the frontier of climate politics scholarship and teaches skills relating to theory development and empirical analysis.