📢 CfA: Two fully funded PhD positions on China’s Science Silk Road and the new geopolitics of knowledge. One on environmental issues🌱, the other on outer space 🚀 🎓 Competitive stipend 🌍 Intl project (Québec–Berlin–Oslo) Encourage your MA students to apply! www.cirgom.ulaval.ca/call-applica...

📣Appel à candidatures: Deux bourses💰 pour commencer un doctorat👩‍🎓 en sept 2026 sur la Route de la soie scientifique de la Chine et la nouvelle géopolitique de la production de connaissances. 🌏🔬https://www.cirgom.ulaval.ca/appel-candidature-deux-bourses-pour-commencer-un-doctorat-en-septembre-2026

The UNFCCC and the Paris Agr are not the only game in town. Hundreds of non-climate treaties (incl. on freshwater and oceans) generate climate-related decisions. In this IDOS policy brief, A. Olivier and I explore their contributions to climate governance. www.idos-research.de/policy-brief...

Le premier colloque étudiant du CIRGoM fut un franc succès. 14 présentations sur différents aspects de la gouvernance mondiale, incluant la sécurité humaine, l'environnement, les alliances et les conflits territoriaux. Bravo à tous/tes les participant/e/s!!

Louise Fréchette, ancienne vice-secrétaire générale des Nations unies, était conférencière invitée pour inaugurer le Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale @cirgom.bsky.social @jfmorin.bsky.social @jpaquin.bsky.social

📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉

Entre janvier et juin, la Chine a installé plus du double de la capacité en énergie solaire que l’ensemble des autres pays du monde. Et je ne suis pas sûr qu’on prenne la mesure de ce qui est en train de se jouer. 1/..

So proud of this collaboration led by @cssn.org 110 top experts from around the world 13 chapters on who is blocking or slowing action on climate change A quantum leap in our understanding of why society has failed to solve this Will be free online Oct 14 1/x global.oup.com/academic/pro...

ICYMI, it may too late for the polar ice sheets ...

📢 Student essay competition on environmental agreements 🌱📝. Submit your paper using the IEADB dataset; You could win the $500 R Mitchell Prize 🏆.More info at www.iea.ulaval.ca/en/essay-com...

Another piece I’ve been working on for a while… many parts of North America used to burn as much (or even more) than present, but climate change is also making wildfires worse… so how do we explain this? I spoke to experts and dive into the details:

In a recent article, @jfmorin.bsky.social and I argued that the rise of private space organizations like SpaceX was not primarily driven by ingenious tech entrepreneurs. At its heart, their rise was made possible by the support of public organizations like NASA 👩‍🚀 www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

"In an act of hubris, NASA gave life to a creature called SpaceX, believing it could help achieve humanity’s loftiest ambitions. But, as in all great parables about technology, the creation eclipsed the creator." 🛰️🧵 www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

"For half an hour, I vented everything I had been holding in for months … my supervisor … then calmly offered a line I’ll never forget: 'You are here to learn to ride a bicycle, not to invent a bicycle.' That one sentence landed softly, but it cracked something open." https://scim.ag/4lt1Ru0

Is there a discernible pattern to how states structure the sequence of their binding and non-binding agreements? @paulinepic.bsky.social and I explore this question in a new @internatltheory.bsky.social paper, available in Open Access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🌠 Le CIRGoM dans Le Soleil ! « Les satellites sont utiles, mais ils transforment notre ciel nocturne », rappelle Jean Frederic Morin, le directeur de CIRGoM. Avec Cynthia Couette, membre étudiante, il éclaire les enjeux d’un ciel étoilé face à la prolifération des satellites. 💫

Ravi de voir notre BD scientifique (avec Jamie Michaels) mise en valeur dans "Affaires Universitaires". J’espère voir d'autres scientifiques utiliser ce médium pour communiquer des idées complexes. Merci à ESG @esg-journal.bsky.social pour oser innover. universityaffairs.ca/news/holy-eu...

#OpenAccess - Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance - cup.org/45BX2K4 - @jfmorin.bsky.social & @paulinepic.bsky.social #FirstView

Looking at COP decisions outside the UNFCCC, we find evidence of climate mainstreaming in environmental treaties. In some regimes, such as freshwater and oceans governance, up to 60% of decisions are climate-related. Check out our policy brief: www.iea.ulaval.ca/sites/iea.ul... @unep.org

Justine Veilleux et moi partageons dans cet article les plus récentes tendances observées dans la base de données www.IEADB.com. 📉 Malheureusement, les nouvelles ne sont pas bonnes.☹️ www.ledevoir.com/opinion/libr...

Trump is closing all four climate observatory stations in Alaska, Hawaii, American Samoa, and Antartica. Because you can't have high CO2 levels if you don't *measure* CO2 levels. roll_safe.gif

This is an exciting initiative of @esgproject.bsky.social to develop a useful resource for researchers and practitioners of environmental governance. If you have created or are creating an environmental governance-related dataset/database, please join us by sharing the info of your dataset/datsbase!

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...

Please share! Amazing opportunity at @mcgill.ca We are looking to recruit an internationally recognized, interdisciplinary scientist with a strong track record in innovation and research to direct a new program in climate, environment, and health mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

📣 Got an env governance dataset others should know about? We’re building the ESG Data Directory—an open resource to make datasets more visible and usable, esp. for early-career researchers. 🔗 Submit: forms.gle/8tRFuV4Ubx7L... 🔗 Become an ESG Fellow: www.earthsystemgovernance.org/apply-to-bec...

Comme pédagogue, je suis ébloui par @npr.org; Comme intellectuel, je suis admiratif de @franceculture.fr; Comme scientifique, je suis fan de BBC4; Comme Canadien, je suis inquiet des éventuelles coupes au budget de @iciradiocanada.bsky.social

Expanding human influence in outer space will require an ethical compass that is more expansive than the one conventionally used https://go.nature.com/46yqYYr

Wow! Une heure entière consacrée à Susan Strange (avec @mariekeliesbeth.bsky.social et Mehdi Abbas). La France n’a peut-être pas la plus forte concentration d’expert.e.s en économie politique internationale, mais elle a une radio publique exceptionnelle ! www.radiofrance.fr/francecultur...

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.

Excited to join the team of associate editors at the journal Earth System Governance @esg-journal.bsky.social ! I'll be leading the development of a new manuscript type called Dataset Insights. More details coming soon. www.sciencedirect.com/journal/eart...

So, top lesson is that left-behind places do not all hate IOs in the same way/intensity. Regional politics configurations matter. Silver lining: proportional electoral systems and meaningful federalism may be ways to combat the political forces that are waging war against in'lt cooperation. /End

🚨Global public action (climate!) is most effective when countries do it together yet we're in a period of IO backlash rooted in left-behind places Does it mean all left-behind regions hate IOs the same? @patrickbayer.bsky.social & I have a paper accepted @bjpols.bsky.social abt this🧵 osf.io/rtymv

A fun and productive 3-day grant writing retreat in Wendake! (organized with Steven Bernstein). SSHRC-CRSH, get ready to receive 6 grant applications and 8 postdoc fellowship proposals on environmental politics, all equally strong and deserving.

🎥 New video! 👀 @jfmorin.bsky.social and I summarize the key elements of our new publication in @gepjournal.bsky.social, where we assess the viability of a #polycentric governance system to address the urgent #environmental problem of #spacedebris. 🌎🛰️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDpK...

(1/6) 📣🎉New publication alert: @cyncouette.bsky.social and I have just published an article on the polycentric governance of space debris 🛰️🚀 in @gepjournal.bsky.social. Available in open access: direct.mit.edu/glep/article...

Our May issue is live! Featuring new work on orbital debris, VSS, climate migration, feminist decolonial perspectives on climate governance, agricultural at COP27, & more by @jfmorin.bsky.social, @vegardtorstad.bsky.social, Cezar, Maboudi, Gay-Antaki, Hrabanski, & Zambianchi et al.

Wildfires in the Canadian province of Manitoba, which shares a border with the United States, have prompted authorities to declare a state of emergency and order tens of thousands of people to leave their homes. Winds will likely blow wildfire smoke into Midwestern states.

Yes! A peer-reviewed comic on wildfires and climate politics! 🔥A fun project on a deadly serious topic, grounded in science and field experience. Featuring Miss Pigy, André the Giant, Harold Lasswell, and my co-author Jamie Michaels ! In open access here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

🔥💦 A bold and creative take on climate storytelling: check out this comic on wildfires and climate change by Jamie Michaels & @jfmorin.bsky.social. Original, insightful, and beautifully illustrated. Available open access in the ESG Journal: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Yes! A peer-reviewed comic on wildfires and climate politics! 🔥A fun project on a deadly serious topic, grounded in science and field experience. Featuring Miss Pigy, André the Giant, Harold Lasswell, and my co-author Jamie Michaels ! In open access here: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

These are the striking winners of our 2025 Scientist At Work photo competition, taking viewers on a voyage of discovery that includes the Arctic and Antarctic circles, and a shot from atop a Greek mountain Read the full stories of these images: https://go.nature.com/44LkdSl

The International Environmental Agreements Database (www.IEADB.com) has a new policy brief series. The first one, coauthored with Justine Veilleux, looks at the global decline in environmental treaty-making. ➡️https://www.iea.ulaval.ca/en/about/policy-briefs

The International Environmental Agreements Database (www.IEADB.com) has a new policy brief series. The first one, coauthored with Justine Veilleux, looks at the global decline in environmental treaty-making. ➡️https://www.iea.ulaval.ca/en/about/policy-briefs

It was such a pleasure to host with @jfmorin.bsky.social and @swatisrivastava.bsky.social a stellar group of scholars to discuss the governance of emerging technologies at l'@enap-qc.bsky.social last week. More to come from this event in the coming weeks!

Un enjeu qu'on évoque rarement mais qui nous affecte au quotidien. 🛰️🚀🔭 Mon avis sur la prolifération des satellites dans @lapresse.ca ce matin. www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi...

💡"Just transition" gained prominence when it was included in the #ParisAgreement in 2015. The number of countries that explicitly include #JustTransition in their climate plans has increased from just one (South Africa) in 2015 to 66 (as of April 2025). Find out more: go.wri.org/just-transition-bk

📣Ca y est! Le centre de recherche de @ulaval.ca sur la gouvernance mondiale a un site web! Venez nous visiter à www.cirgom.ulaval.ca

In the past, NPR has hired many excellent 🍁 journalists and producers from the CBC. I wonder if CBC could hire some of the staff @npr.org will let go and help keep their show alive. www.npr.org/2025/05/02/n...

Here’s another podcast recommendation: Powerline — it's about hydropower, Quebec nationalism, Indigenous communities, and how emancipation for some can exacerbate colonialism for others. Well-researched, empathetic, and nuanced. Not a good guys vs. bad guys narrative. outsideinradio.org/powerline