The Misinformation Challenge: How Information Freedom Promotes Democratic Discourse
Rice, James Kennon. (2026). "The Misinformation Challenge: How Information Freedom Promotes Democratic Discourse." Journal of Libertarian Studies, 29(2), 176-208.
CV
Education
- Ph.D in Government, The University of Essex, 2027 (expected)
- MSc in Philosophy of the Social Sciences, The London School of Economics and Political Science, 2024
- MSc in Philosophy, Science and Religion, The University of Edinburgh, 2023
- Postgraduate Certificate in Philosophy and Ethics, Harvard University, 2022
- B.S. in Economics, The University of Connecticut, 2020
Work experience
- January 2026 - Present: Affiliate
- Hayek Programme at the London School of Economics and Political Science
- December 2025 - Present: Teaching Assistant
- University College London (UCL) Department of Political Science
- Introduction to Quantitative Research Methods (POLS0008)
- Science, Scientific Discovery and Statistics (POLS0060)
- University College London (UCL) Department of Political Science
- November 2025 - Present: Research Fellow
- Earth System Governance Project
- August 2025 - Present: Ronald Coase Fellowship
- The Mercatus Center at George Mason University
- July 2025 - August 2025: Teaching Assistant
- Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (TA for two courses)
- Introduction to Quantitative Text Analysis
- Quantitative Data Analysis and Statistical Graphics with R
- Essex Summer School in Social Science Data Analysis (TA for two courses)
- March 2025 - Present: Research Associate in Online Moral Contagion at Oxford Internet Institute (OII)
- Oxford Computational Political Science Group
- September 2023 - June 2024: Frédéric Bastiat Fellowship
- The Mercatus Center at George Mason University
Skills
- Programming:
- R
- Python
- LaTeX
- Version Control:
- GitHub
- Git
- Other Skills:
- MS Office
Publications
Knowledge Asymmetries and Climate Finance: An Inquiry into Environmental Market Failures and Political Legitimacy
Rice, James Kennon. (2025). "Knowledge Asymmetries and Climate Finance: An Inquiry into Environmental Market Failures and Political Legitimacy." Cambridge Journal of Climate Research, 2(2), 117-135.
The Prospect of Just Emissions as an International Norm of Environmental Governance
Rice, James Kennon. (2024). "The Prospect of Just Emissions as an International Norm of Environmental Governance." Cambridge Journal of Climate Research, 1(2), 194-203.
Working Papers
To What Extent Are Religious Political Actors Constrained by Political Neutrality?
Rice, James Kennon. (2025). "To What Extent Are Religious Political Actors Constrained by Political Neutrality?" Under Review at Political Theology.
The Liberal Order in Complex Societies Marred by Climate Change: A Heterodox Liberalism for the Anthropocene
Rice, James Kennon. (2025). "The Liberal Order in Complex Societies Marred by Climate Change: A Heterodox Liberalism for the Anthropocene." Revise and Resubmit at Review of Evolutionary Political Economy.
Climate Change and Complexity in Classical Liberal Theories of Development
Rice, James Kennon. (2025). "Climate Change and Complexity in Classical Liberal Theories of Development." Work in Progress.
Does Climate Misinformation Affect ESG Performance? Evidence from Social Media and Firm-Level Data
Rice, James Kennon. (2025). "Does Climate Misinformation Affect ESG Performance? Evidence from Social Media and Firm-Level Data." Under Review at Ecological Economics.
Beyond Post-Truth: Projecting the Future Trajectory of Climate Misinformation
Rice, James Kennon. (2025). "Beyond Post-Truth: Projecting the Future Trajectory of Climate Misinformation." Under Review at PLOS Climate.
Interdisciplinarity in International Sustainable Business
Rice, James Kennon and Mensah, Charles. (2025). "Interdisciplinarity in International Sustainable Business." Work in Progress.
The Social Construction of Religious Political Morality
Rice, James Kennon. (2024). "The Social Construction of Religious Political Morality." Working Paper.
An Ecological Ethics for the Anthropocene: Environmental Justice and Religion
Rice, James Kennon. (2024). "An Ecological Ethics for the Anthropocene: Environmental Justice and Religion." SRF Conference Paper 2024.
Climate Change Misinformation and Integrity in Environmental Communication
Rice, James Kennon. (2024). "The Social Justification of Climate Change Beliefs and Environmental Commuinication." Working Paper.
Talks
Does Climate Misinformation Affect ESG Performance? Evidence from Social Media and Firm-Level Data
Talk at Climate, Finance, and Economic Sustainability workshop (University of Leicester),
Does Climate Misinformation Exacerbate Information Asymmetry?
Talk at JARGON (Essex internal seminar),
Cutting Edge Artificial Intelligence Research: Attention, Transformers, Embeddings, and MLOps
Talk at HEROES (Essex Internal Seminar),
Panel talk on Climate Misinformation
Talk at BioYUFE meeting (Essex),
Does Climate Misinformation Affect ESG Performance? Evidence from Social Media and Firm-Level Data
Talk at EBS Research Conference (Essex),
The Corrupting Effect of Climate Misinformation on both Markets and Policy Making
Talk at ClimateNLP Seminar,
To What Extent Are Religious Political Actors Constrained by Political Neutrality?
Talk at ECPR General Conference,
Literature Gaps in Moral Contagion Theory
Talk at Oxford OCPSG internal presentation,
The Liberal Order in Complex Societies Marred by Climate Change: A Heterodox Liberalism for the Anthropocene
Talk at Association for Heterodox Economics General Conference (London),
Does Climate Misinformation Affect ESG Performance? Evidence from Social Media and Firm-Level Data
Talk at Sustainable Transitions Conference (Essex),
Frontier Methods in Political Methodology
Talk at HEROES (Essex Gov internal seminar),
International Norms of Environmental Governance: The Prospect of Just Emissions in English School Political Economy
Talk at Department of Government Conflict/IR Seminar, University of Essex, Colchester, UK
International Norms of Environmental Governance
Talk at Conflict/IR Seminar (Essex),
Ecological Ethics and Religion
Talk at Science & Religion Forum General Conference,
The Social Construction of Religious Political Morality
Talk at The London School of Economics and Political Science , London, UK
Newsflash on Climate Change Misinformation
Talk at The London School of Economics and Political Science , London, UK
Complex Environmental Systems
Talk at The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Political Liberalism and Moral Pluralism
Talk at The London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK
Darwin and Natural Theology
Talk at The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK
St. Augustine’s Confessions
Talk at Harvard Extension School, Cambridge, Massachusetts
American Derivative Securities
Talk at The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Using Machine Learning for Macroeconomic Prediction
Talk at The University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Stabilizing Monetary Policy in an Uncertain World
Talk at The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, Boston, Massachusetts
ESG Investing and Carbon Footprint Measurement
Talk at The University of New Hampshire, Durham, New Hampshire