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Jean-Frédéric Morin

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Prof, Université Laval (Québec) | International institutions and global environmental governance / Institutions internationales et gouvernance mondiale de l'environnement | il/he | www.chaire-epi.ulaval.ca/en/jean-fr…

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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
🌍 @jfmorin.bsky.social, directeur du CIRGoM, en entrevue avec l'UNU-CPR sur l'innovation réglementaire en gouvernance mondiale. 👉 unu.edu/cpr/feature/invention-innovation-global-governance @esei-ul.bsky.social #CIRGoM #gouvernancemondiale #ulaval #NationsUnies
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From Invention to Innovation in Global Governance
Jean-Frédéric Morin on invention, experimentation and institutional diversity.
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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
🧵 1/4 📢 New publication! With @jonasheering.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social, we challenge the "clash of systems" framing and the Brussels Effect thesis, which portrays the EU as a unilateral rule-exporter 🌍⚖️
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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
🚀 Le Canada prévoit lancer des fusées. Quelles responsabilités sociales et environnementales cela implique-t-il ? @pevoy.bsky.social et @jfmorin.bsky.social répondent dans @lapresse.ca 📰 @esei-ul.bsky.social À lire 👇👇 #CIRGoM #gouvernancemondiale #ulaval
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Occuper l’espace en respectant la planète
L’actualité spatiale canadienne ne se limite pas à la participation de l’astronaute Jeremy Hansen à la mission Artemis II. Le mois dernier, le gouvernement fédéral annonçait un investissement de 200 m...
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Earth System Governance Journal @esg-journal.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
📊 New paper by @jfmorin.bsky.social et al. showing how #datasets enhance transparency and replicability in #ESG. They map efforts and identify best practices, arguing dataset design is not neutral but shapes how global environmental governance is studied. 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Working on a new dataset related to Earth governance? The @esg-journal.bsky.social is launching a new manuscript type, called “Dataset Insights”. Submit yours. More information here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @esgproject.bsky.social @isaess.bsky.social
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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
🌍 90 participant·e·s réuni·e·s autour de François Crépeau pour discuter de l’avenir du HCR et des transformations du droit et de la gouvernance des migrations. Merci à Danielle Belanger à la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les dynamiques migratoires mondiales et Adele Garnier, au CELAT 👏👏
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Centre de recherche Cultures – Arts – Sociétés @celat.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
✨ Le CIRGoM, en partenariat avec la Chaire DYMIG et le CELAT, vous invite à une conférence de François Crépeau (U. McGill), animée par @adelegarnier.bsky.social (CELAT), sur l’avenir du UNHCR le 16 février à 11h30 à l’Université Laval (salle DKN-5128) et en ligne. ℹ️ tinyurl.com/bdzh3ddp
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
🏆Notre papier sur l'utilisation du commerce à des fins environnementales retenu comme l'une des 10 découvertes de l'année 2025 par Quebec Science @quebecscience.bsky.social ✅Votez pour nous! www.quebecscience.qc.ca/decouvertes2... @ulaval.ca @esei-ul.bsky.social
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Université Laval @ulaval.ca · 08/01/2026
3 découvertes de l'Université Laval au palmarès du magazine Québec Science Jean-Frédéric Morin
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Trois découvertes de l'Université Laval au palmarès du magazine Québec Science
L'utilisation de filtres à air de voitures pour étudier les gènes de résistance bactériens, l'idée d'intégrer des accords commerciaux au sein des traités climatiques et la mise au point d'une minipuce optique ultrarapide font partie des avancées ayant reçu la faveur du jury
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The US is withdrawing from several international organizations, including 31 UN org and 35 other org. A few reactions: lnkd.in/e8hTYcny
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 23/12/2025
Quelle est la différence entre un réveillon de Noel et une COP sur le climat ? 🤔 Mon plus récent papier dans La Presse: www.lapresse.ca/dialogue/opi... @ulaval.ca @esei-ul.bsky.social @cirgom.bsky.social
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Ce qu’un réveillon peut nous apprendre d’une COP réussie
Si à Noël on réunit la famille autour d’un repas, personne ne jugerait la réussite de la soirée à la qualité de la dinde. Ce qui importe dans un tel cas, ce sont les multiples interactions entre les m...
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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance - cup.org/44kNTV8 - @jfmorin.bsky.social & @paulinepic.bsky.social
International Theory abstract discussing bilateral agreements between states, focusing on the example of space governance and its impact on trust and commitment patterns in international relations.
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 05/12/2025
📢 Student essay competition on environmental agreements. 🥇 The Ronald Mitchell Prize 📅 Deadline : Feb 1, 2026 💰 500 $ ℹ️ www.iea.ulaval.ca/en/essay-com... @isaess.bsky.social @esgproject.bsky.social @gepjournal.bsky.social
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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
#OpenAccess from our latest issue - Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance - cup.org/44kNTV8 - @jfmorin.bsky.social & @paulinepic.bsky.social
International Theory abstract discussing bilateral agreements between states, focusing on the example of space governance and its impact on trust and commitment patterns in international relations.
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
✅ Être marathonien! Un peu moins de 4 heures pour un gars qui a un peu moins de 50 ans: pas si mal pour une première fois! 🦚 J’avais surestimé le fameux mur des 30 km… mais sous-estimé les deux derniers km !
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Earth System Governance Project @esgproject.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
📊 Launch of the Earth System Governance Data Directory A living and collaborative open-access resource to help researchers and practitioners find and share existing and upcoming datasets relevant to global environmental governance. 🔗 www.earthsystemgovernance.org/news/launch-...
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Review of International Political Economy @ripejournal.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations, by Lukas Linsi, Seiki Tanaka, Francesco Giumelli, & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social
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Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations
International organisations (IOs) collect and disseminate a wide array of statistics. In many cases, the phenomena these statistics seek to quantify defy precise measurement. Hard-to-measure statis...
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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
About twenty leading scholars came together at ENAP to reflect on the future of AI and emerging technologies governance. Here’s what it looks like when they answer my questions for you (in French and English). 👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6s...
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Gouverner l'IA et les nouvelles technologies | Guillaume Beaumier et invité·es | Rétroaction
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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Le CIRGoM est fier d'avoir soutenu cette vidéo sur la gouvernance mondiale des technologies, produite par notre membre associé @gbeaumier.bsky.social (avec la participation d'autres membres, dont @prleblond.bsky.social et @jfmorin.bsky.social) www.youtube.com/watch?v=9g6s...
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Gouverner l'IA et les nouvelles technologies | Guillaume Beaumier et invité·es | Rétroaction
YouTube video by ENAPtv
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IE Political Science Department @iepolisci.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
🚨🚨 We’re hiring! 🚨🚨 We have 3 lines open in CP, IR and IPE — all tenure-track. We offer competitive salaries, a 2:1 teaching load, in a friendly (and fully in English) environment, at one of Europe’s most sought-after cities.
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Thiru Balasubramaniam @thirugeneva.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
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BREAKING: UN Declaration On Noncommunicable Diseases Fails To Win Approval After US Foils Consensus - Health Policy Watch
NEW YORK CITY - A painstakingly negotiated Political Declaration on Noncommunicable Diseases with overwhelming support from UN member states failed to win
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🚨 New paper: Will global environmental governance survive Trump? @rakhyunkim.bsky.social and I argue that its high complexity makes it more resilient than other governance systems. We give hegemonic stability theory a complexity science twist. 📖 Open Access: doi.org/10.1111/1758...
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Too Complex to Fail: The Stability of Global Environmental Governance Beyond Hegemony
The recent US disengagement from global governance has revived concerns—first theorized in the 1970s and 1980s—about the vulnerability of international institutions to hegemonic decline. While these ...
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
📢 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...
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Call for Applications: Two Scholarships to Start a PhD in Sept 2026
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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
📣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
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Appel à candidature: Deux bourses pour commencer un doctorat en septembre 2026
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
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...
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Climate mainstreaming in environmental treaties
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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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!!
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Université Laval @ulaval.ca · 19/09/2025
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
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Vers la fin du multilatéralisme?
Louise Fréchette, ancienne vice-secrétaire générale des Nations unies, était conférencière invitée pour inaugurer le Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale
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Association of Law and Political Economy @a-lpe.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
📢 Heads up! The Association of Law & Political Economy is accepting submissions for our first-ever conference starting THIS Friday 🎉
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François Gemenne @gemenne.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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/..
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Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
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...
Cover of new book Climate Obstruction: A Global Assessment from Oxford University Press. Shows cows, smokestacks, jets, oil refineries, cell phones and a man in a suit talking to an audience
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Bob Berwyn @bberwyn.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
ICYMI, it may too late for the polar ice sheets ...
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Paris Agreement Target for Warming Won’t Protect Polar Ice Sheets, Scientists Warn - Inside Climate News
New research suggests the Earth will pass multiple dangerous tipping points at 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, the U.N. limit exceeded for much of the last two years.
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
📢 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...
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Essay Competition
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Ryan Katz-Rosene, PhD @ryankatzrosene.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
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:
https://thetradeoff.substack.com/p/north-americas-forests-used-to-burn
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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
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...
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The organizational ecology of the global space industry
The global space industry is booming. While governmental agencies used to dominate outer space activities, private space organizations (PSOs) now launch rockets, operate strategic satellites, and e...
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Guillaume Beaumier @gbeaumier.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
"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...
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How NASA Engineered Its Own Decline
The agency once projected America’s loftiest ideals. Then it ceded its ambitions to Elon Musk.
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Science Magazine @science.org · 18/08/2025
"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." scim.ag/4lt1Ru0
An illustration of a man riding a bike surrounded by wheels and other bike parts, with text: How a Ph.D. is like riding a bike
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
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...
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Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance | International Theory | Cambridge Core
Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance
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Centre de recherche sur la gouvernance mondiale (CIRGoM) @cirgom.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
🌠 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. 💫
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Les étoiles filantes éclipsées par les satellites
Entre le 11 et le 14 août, éloignez-vous des lumières de la ville et tournez le regard vers le ciel. Le spectacle des Perséides, une pluie de météores, se produira sous vos yeux.
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
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...
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Holy Eureka, Batman!  - University Affairs
How academics are using comic strips to share their research
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International Theory @internatltheory.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
#OpenAccess - Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance - cup.org/45BX2K4 - @jfmorin.bsky.social & @paulinepic.bsky.social #FirstView
Logo of International Theory with the hashtag OpenAccess, featuring a stylized globe in the background.
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
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
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
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...
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Le recul alarmant de la coopération environnementale internationale
Les dernières années ont été marquées par une tendance générale à la démobilisation des États.
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Waldo Jaquith @waldo.net · 19/07/2025
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
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After 7 Decades of Measurements From a Peak in Hawaii, Trump’s Budget Would End Them
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Yixian Sun @yixiansun.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
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!
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
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...
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
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...
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Earth System Governance Project @esgproject.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
📣 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...
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Input to Earth System Governance Data Directory
Researchers in the environmental governance field have developed a wide range of valuable datasets and databases—but these resources are often difficult to find or not widely known. The Earth System G...
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Jean-Frédéric Morin @jfmorin.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
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
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Nature @nature.com · 08/07/2025
Expanding human influence in outer space will require an ethical compass that is more expansive than the one conventionally used go.nature.com/46yqYYr
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How to chart a moral future for space exploration
Expanding human influence in outer space will require an ethical compass that is more expansive than the one conventionally used.
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