Jean-Frédéric Morin

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...

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🌍 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 👏👏

✨ 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.
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🏆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!

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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

3 découvertes de l'Université Laval au palmarès du magazine Québec Science
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7. These withdrawals will affect research and science. Many of these bodies (such as UNCTAD and IUCN) generate widely used data, while others (notably IPCC and IPBES) are leading science/policy org.

6. Several of these org are hybrid. They are not purely intergovernmental bodies, but operate as public private partnerships or multi stakeholder platforms. This includes IUCN, REN21, and the 24/7 Carbon Free Energy Compact. It is surprising to me that such organizations appear on the list.

5. I do not find the cost argument convincing. US contributions represent a negligible share of the federal budget, and several of these org rely on voluntary funding. If the objective were to reduce spending (to hurt their mission), this could be done without withdrawing from membership.

4. Several of these org function more as deliberative forums than as regulatory agencies. They have no mandate to impose rules on the US in any way. It is difficult to see how they could run against US interests. It is generally in the US best interest to remain "in the room where it happens".

3. Some of these organizations were created under US political leadership, including the CEC, the Global Counterterrorism Forum, the Partnership for Atlantic Cooperation, and the UN Democracy Fund.

2. At least 16 are directly related to environmental protection, including major ones such as UN-REDD, the CEC, the IPCC, the UNFCCC, IRENA, IPBES, and the IUCN.

1. Several of these org rarely make the headlines. They are not controversial. Conversely, some politically sensitive organizations are not listed, such as the WTO. Is this a strategy to create leverage over organizations in which the US remains a member.

The US is withdrawing from several international organizations, including 31 UN org and 35 other org. A few reactions:

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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...

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...

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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.

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance - https://cup.org/44kNTV8

- @jfmorin.bsky.social & @paulinepic.bsky.social

📢 Student essay competition on environmental agreements.
🥇 The Ronald Mitchell Prize
📅 Deadline : Feb 1, 2026
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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.

#OpenAccess from our latest issue -

Sequencing binding and non-binding agreements: the case of outer space governance - https://cup.org/44kNTV8

- @jfmorin.bsky.social & @paulinepic.bsky.social

✅ 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 !

📊 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-...

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...

Governing through guesstimates: mock precision in international organisations, by Lukas Linsi, Seiki Tanaka, Francesco Giumelli, & @lenseabrooke.bsky.social

YouTube video by ENAPtv Gouverner l'IA et les nouvelles technologies | Guillaume Beaumier et invité·es | Rétroaction

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). 👇
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YouTube video by ENAPtv Gouverner l'IA et les nouvelles technologies | Guillaume Beaumier et invité·es | Rétroaction

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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To be clear, we are not naïve optimists. Damage has been done and will be done. However, under a different institutional architecture, the outcome could have been even worse.

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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 ...

🚨 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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📢 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 🚀
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Encourage your MA students to apply!
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