Our collaborative piece, "Supporting the Next Generation of Global Environmental Politics Research: A Call to Dialogue and Action," has been accepted at Global Environmental Politics!

"How is your day going?" "You know, just another day in academia spent cutting 15 words to get everything fit under 4 pages, not 4.05 pages."

In Edmonton, the IKEA cafeteria has switched from reusable dinnerware to compostable ones and Starbucks no longer accepts my reusable mug for health safety reasons. Are businesses regressing on sustainability because there’s not enough pressure?

This summer, I have had to write several reports on my work over the last three years. While tedious, it’s also allowed to pause and realize I have accomplished a lot. As I am currently wrapping up one of those reports, my eyes linger on the breast pump still sitting in my office,…

I have had issues of short-term memory loss for a few years (thanks, kiddos), but I am 99% sure I have never written this paper. I guess thanks for thinking of me, chatGPT.

Someone posting how sometime research is slow sounds like a useful post… Until they end up listing the three article manuscripts and two book chapters they submitted over the summer.

Congratulations Dr. @devoncantwell.bsky.social for a fantastic defence! Devon is doing excellent work in the field of global urban climate governance, follow her and her research!

A pool in our back yard. Officially living the North American dream 🤩

One thing that always makes me feel good is visiting a public library.

Buckle in for some @apsa.bsky.social Grad Status Committee updates! First up: you can finally sign up for our newsletter updates without being an APSA member! We send around 3-5 emails per year with PDFs of job postings, upcoming workshops, and $ opportunities. connect.apsanet.org/graduate/new...

As someone who has moved a lot in the last 15 years, building community was not on the top of my mind. But the more I think about the climate crisis in a context of polarization, the more I believe creating/strengthening community is key. More knowledge mobilization on that topic is needed.

Maybe everyone understands that AI doesn’t “think”, but everyone also understands that soy doesn’t make “milk” and yet we’ll all drinking soy beverage, so maybe we should revise the standards for what companies associate with “thinking”.

Perhaps not the most informative animation, but it shows that IPBES is taking social sciences seriously, something other international scientific bodies haven't always done.

In other news, I got married 10 years ago today.

How I'm thinking about gen-AI in a university context. Thoughts?

Such a great crowd! Big thanks to Jean-Frédéric and Steven! Environmental politics, come for the problems, stay for the people (and the problems).

One thing about AI in research is that it is being used to get more grants, write literature reviews more quickly, analyze data more efficiently. Beyond ethical concerns, by doing that, we are perpetuating a publish-or-perish logic where we need to produce more and faster 1/3

US climate scientists need all the help they can get. Including from foul-mouthed comedians! 🤡😱😱 Watch Emmy Award-Winning David Cross team up with Prof Michael Oppenheimer in the US launch of the hit series "Climate Science Translated". #climate #arresteddevelopment #climatescience

www.sfexaminer.com/news/technol... Thanks for sharing @devoncantwell.bsky.social

My new home office has birds and everything.

🚨 New WP! 📄 "Publish or Procreate: The Effect of Motherhood on Research Performance" (w/ @valentinatartari.bsky.social 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 We investigate how parenthood affects scientific productivity and impact — and find that the impact is far from equal for mothers and fathers.

I am thrilled to announce that I am running for re-election for Edmonton City Council to represent the incredible people of #WardMétis, and all Edmontonians. I love this city, and I’m ready to continue building a sustainable, equitable, and prosperous Edmonton for everyone. ashleysalvador.com

My Mother’s Day so far is my 2.5 yo waking up at 5.10 am, demanding to nurse, then me not being able to go back to sleep, giving up and taking her on a stroller walk, and one of us falling asleep during said walk. I love her so much, and I'm exhausted.

Working on my codebook for qualitative content analysis and this is what I was made to do.

Happy 🇨🇦 Election Day to those who celebrate! I wish I could say I do, but maybe next time? In the meantime, I will post this read about climate change and Canadian politics: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-e...

Dear US-based profs and post-docs, Tired of the attacks on universities? Come spend a semester at @ulaval.ca in beautiful Québec City. Fulbright research position in international studies: $25K USD for a 4-month stay starting in Sept 2026 or Jan 2027. www.fulbright.ca/programs/ame...

Tell women about your miscarriage(s). They will start telling you their stories. So many stories.

It’s not enough for them to stop or prevent climate action and policy, they will actively go after those who act. This is next-level climate obstructionism.

Subnational actors have been historically filling in where the federal government has fallen short. This was one of our biggest silver linings last Trump admin and this one.

As a political scientist, I’m generally skeptical about cuts in healthcare. As a parent who frequently visits hospitals, I’m even more skeptical when those cuts regard popsicles.

Being an American in Canada right now is watching your country go up in flames while hoping the country you are in doesn't try to light their country on fire using the same blueprint

The Wayback Machine is one of the best things that happened to my dissertation and I am forever grateful to its team 💚💚

Come join us (again!) @uompol.bsky.social. We have a new permanent lectureship (asst prof) in Environmental Politics to join the already excellent group here, including @sherilynmacgregor.bsky.social, Carl Death, and Paul Tobin. @manchestersci.bsky.social www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

First item also true, to an ever greater extent, for the life-saving climate science.

"[T]he Conservative leader said his government would pay for this by eliminating government waste and cutting the federal bureaucracy. We don't need to imitate our Southern neighbour. We shouldn't imitate our Southern neighbour.

QUESTION: Are starter packs still BIG here on Bluesky? In the month or 2 of the “Big Migration” from Twitter/X in November/December after the Election, they were huge in growing the urbanist community (I made 5, like this one with @katharinehayhoe.com). Are new arrivals still using starter packs?

Apropos of nothing: wellbeing should be the end of any climate policy ⬇️ doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Tackling climate change through urban wellness policies implies leaving behind the idea of economic growth as the goal and shaping cities as human and humane places. This is a paradigmatic change that won't happen without contestation.

As Marks Carney is the new PM of Canada, let’s remember the economy is a means, not an end.

Dear friends and colleagues - if anyone is interested, may I highly recommend:

I actually used the word “life-changing” to refer to the new cutlery in my Department’s kitchen...

It took me a while, but I've got my inbox under control again. Nobody send me an email!

I have received enough emails from predatory journals/conferences to say I prefer those starting with "dear respected researcher" than with "dear Papin, M.". It's 2025, you can figure out where my first name should go.

Tomorrow is #IWD25, and I'm going to do the opposite of what we're encouraged to do. Instead of celebrating and sharing how other women have inspired me and my career, I want to say that the "road to success" is generally very hard, full of challenges, conflicts, being under-appreciated... 1/2

If you're a graduate student in Canada whose paper was on the ISA program, consider submitting to our Graduate Paper Prize for 2025 by July 15!

Tomorrow is #IWD25, and I'm going to do the opposite of what we're encouraged to do. Instead of celebrating and sharing how other women have inspired me and my career, I want to say that the "road to success" is generally very hard, full of challenges, conflicts, being under-appreciated... 1/2

Hey #ISA2025, ever wonder how our growing dependence on the internet is impacting the environment? We have answers: Implications of Digitalization for Environmental Governance. Today, 1:45-3:30, in Conference Room 5H, Chicago Hilton. Come for the panel, stay for the collective hatred of Elon Musk.

Well, #ISA2025 is over for me! First child-free academic conference in years and I gave it all I had, in an amazing city! A lot of great convos and (re)connecting with folks, I’m grateful for such a generous community even in dire times and excited to get back to my little ones.

Totally non-theatrical regular-size room for this first #ISA2025 panel on planetary health. Looking forward to the presentations!