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Thomas Hale is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research spans several interconnected fields with a focus on economics, epidemiology, and environmental sustainability. With a primary concentration in economics, econometrics, and finance, Hale's work bridges multiple subfields including economics and econometrics, modeling and simulation, epidemiology, global and planetary change, and renewable energy, sustainability, and the environment.

Their publication record includes contributions to prominent research topics such as climate change policy and economics, COVID-19 epidemiological studies, pandemic impacts, bacterial infections and vaccines, vaccine coverage and hesitancy, pneumonia and respiratory infections, and respiratory viral infections research.

Thomas Hale has authored and coauthored several papers. Notable recent publications include:

  • A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker), 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • The meaning of net zero and how to get it right, 2021, Nature Climate Change
  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data, 2021, The Lancet Digital Health
  • A worldwide assessment of changes in adherence to COVID-19 protective behaviours and hypothesized pandemic fatigue, 2021, Nature Human Behaviour
  • Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions, 2020, Climate Policy

Collaborative efforts form a significant part of their research output, frequently working with several coauthors, among whom are Anna Petherick, Jessica Green, Toby Phillips, Sander Chan, and Angela B. Brueggemann.

Thomas Hale's research has been disseminated through various publication venues, with a consistent presence in:

  • Climate Policy
  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Nature Human Behaviour
  • Nature Climate Change
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Best Publications

  • A global panel database of pandemic policies (Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker).

    Thomas Hale;Noam Angrist;Rafael Goldszmidt;Beatriz Kira

  • Oxford COVID-19 Government Response Tracker

    Thomas Hale;Samuel Webster

  • Transnational Climate Change Governance

    Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana B Andonova;Michele Merrill Betsill;Daniel Compagnon

  • Changes in the incidence of invasive disease due to Streptococcus pneumoniae, Haemophilus influenzae, and Neisseria meningitidis during the COVID-19 pandemic in 26 countries and territories in the Invasive Respiratory Infection Surveillance Initiative: a prospective analysis of surveillance data.

    Angela B. Brueggemann;Melissa J. Jansen van Rensburg;David Shaw;Noel D. McCarthy

  • Gridlock: Why Global Cooperation is Failing when We Need It Most

    Thomas Hale;David Held;Kevin Young

  • “All Hands on Deck”: The Paris Agreement and Nonstate Climate Action

    Thomas Hale

  • Orchestration and transnational climate governance

    Thomas Hale;Charles Roger

  • A worldwide assessment of changes in adherence to COVID-19 protective behaviours and hypothesized pandemic fatigue.

    Anna Petherick;Rafael Goldszmidt;Eduardo B Andrade;Rodrigo Furst

  • Transparency, Accountability, and Global Governance

    Thomas N. Hale

  • Reinvigorating International Climate Policy: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Nonstate Action

    Sander Chan;Harro van Asselt;Thomas Hale;Kenneth W. Abbott

  • Sensitive intervention points in the post-carbon transition.

    J. D. Farmer;J. D. Farmer;C. Hepburn;M. C. Ives;T. Hale

  • National Policy and Transnational Governance of Climate Change: Substitutes or Complements?

    Liliana B. Andonova;Thomas N. Hale;Charles B. Roger

  • Thinking Globally and Acting Locally: Can the Johannesburg Partnerships Coordinate Action on Sustainable Development?

    Thomas N. Hale;Denise Leonore Mauzerall

  • Beyond national climate action: the impact of region, city, and business commitments on global greenhouse gas emissions

    Takeshi Kuramochi;Mark Roelfsema;Angel Hsu;Swithin Lui

  • A research roadmap for quantifying non-state and subnational climate mitigation action

    Angel Hsu;Angel Hsu;Niklas Höhne;Takeshi Kuramochi;Mark Roelfsema

  • Government responses and COVID-19 deaths: Global evidence across multiple pandemic waves.

    Thomas Hale;Noam Angrist;Andrew J. Hale;Beatriz Kira

  • Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact

    Thomas N. Hale;Sander Chan;Angel Hsu;Andrew Clapper

  • Handbook of transnational governance : institutions and innovations

    Thomas Hale;David Held

  • The Comparative Politics of Transnational Climate Governance

    Charles B. Roger;Thomas Hale;Liliana B Andonova

  • Transition, hedge, or resist? Understanding political and economic behavior toward decarbonization in the oil and gas industry

    Jessica Green;Jennifer Hadden;Thomas Hale;Paasha Mahdavi

  • Transnational Actors and Transnational Governance in Global Environmental Politics

    Thomas Hale

  • Promises and risks of nonstate action in climate and sustainability governance

    Sander Chan;Idil Boran;Harro van Asselt;Gabriela Iacobuta

  • Gridlock: From Self‐reinforcing Interdependence to Second‐order Cooperation Problems

    Thomas Hale;David Held;Kevin Young

  • Are Europeans ready for a more democratic European Union? New evidence on preference heterogeneity, polarisation and crosscuttingness

    Thomas Hale;Mathias Koenig-Archibugi

  • Gridlock and Innovation in Global Governance: The Partial Transnational Solution

    Thomas Hale;David Held

  • Reversing the Marginalization of Global Environmental Politics in International Relations: An Opportunity for the Discipline

    Jessica F. Green;Thomas N. Hale

  • Transnational Climate Change Governance: Understanding Authority and Legitimacy in Transnational Climate Change Governance

    Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana B. Andonova;Michele M. Betsill;Daniel Compagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Michele M. Betsill
Michele M. Betsill University of Copenhagen
Matthew Paterson
Matthew Paterson University of Manchester
Peter Newell
Peter Newell University of Sussex
Harro van Asselt
Harro van Asselt University of Eastern Finland
Stacy D. VanDeveer
Stacy D. VanDeveer University of Massachusetts Boston
Niklas Höhne
Niklas Höhne Wageningen University & Research
David Held
David Held Durham University
Kenneth W. Abbott
Kenneth W. Abbott Arizona State University
Karl G. Kristinsson
Karl G. Kristinsson University of Iceland
Norman K. Fry
Norman K. Fry Public Health England

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