I am an Associate Professor at the European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL) in France, where I teach undergraduate and postgraduate courses on environmental governance, development studies, and food/agricultural politics (see teaching section). As the Director of Master’s Programs in Global and European Politics, I oversee postgraduate programs with approximately 50 students and involving 15 lecturers. I am also a member of the Global Environmental Justice Group (University of East Anglia, UK), an interdisciplinary group of scholars interested in the linkages between social justice and environmental change.
I have a PhD in Political and Social Sciences from the University of Louvain (Belgium) on environmental justice and agrobiodiversity conservation. I obtained my Master degree in Environmental Studies from the Free University of Brussels (ULB).
Other academic positions & affiliations
- 2016 – present: scientific advisor at the Belgian Federal Council for Sustainable Development (FRDO-CFDD), Brussels, BE
- 2015 – present: Member of the Louvain Partnership Research on Ecological and Social Transition (LPTransition), Louvain-la-Neuve, BE
- 2014 – present: Research Fellow with the Earth System Governance Project, the largest social science research network in the area of governance and global environmental change
Past academic positions & affiliations
- 2016 – 2017: Senior Research Associate, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK
- 2016 – 2017: Associate Tutor, Lancaster Environment Centre, Lancaster University, UK
- 2016 – 2017: Associate Tutor, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK
- 2015: External Research Associate, School of International Development, University of East Anglia, UK
- 2012 – 2016: Researcher, Biodiversity Governance Unit, Centre for Philosophy of Law, Université catholique de Louvain, BE