PhD in
Political Science
and International Relations
Research Associate, Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Central Lancashire.
Contact
Research interests and competences:
Development:
-Development
assistance
-World Bank development projects
-Development and indigenous peoples
-Development and the role of participation
-Evolution of the concept of development
-Sustainable development: definition, implications
-Critical schools of development and modernity
Environment:
-Climate change
-International environmental politics and policies
-Environmental migration
-Environmentalism
Security:
-Environmental sources of conflict
-Identity conflicts
-Military humanitarian interventions
Education:
December 2008:
PhD in political science, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies (The Graduate Institute, former GIIS), Geneva. Thesis on the
impacts of development projects on indigenous peoples, taking the example of World Bank development projects, and with an emphasis on the importance of participation.
PhD defence: 12 December 2008 (Very Good/Summa Cum Laude). Imprimatur: 28
January 2009.
October 2002:
Obtaining the Master of Research (MRes) in political science, GIIS. Title of the thesis: Environmental degradations and international migrations, in a context of security studies: questioning the
correlation.
October 2000:
Obtaining the Master of Art (MA) in international relations, GIIS/University
of Geneva. Domain of studies: international law, political science and international organization, international economy, history of international
relations.
April 1998:
Intensive seminar on humanitarian aid, Faculty of Economics and Social
Sciences, University of Geneva.
June 1995:
Obtaining the French Baccalaureat (high school diploma), with distinction,
literary section, Thonon-les-Bains, France.
Publications, Conference papers and other talks:
Chair and Discussant of the "Indigenous Perspectives on
Climate Change and the Environment" Panel
International Studies Association 51st Annual Convention, New Orleans, 17-20 February
2010.
"Climate Change Discourses: A Critical Reflexion on Motivations, Interpretations and
Solutions",
co-authored with Pr. Joe Howe,
- Paper to be presented at the International Studies Association 51st Annual Convention, New Orleans, 17-20 February
2010.
"Discourses of Climate Change: A Critical Evaluation"
co-authored with Pr. Joe Howe,
- Paper to be presented at the Sixth International Conference on Environmental, Cultural, Economic and Social Sustainability, Cuenca, Ecuador, 5-7 January
2010.
"Interventions de développement et responsabilité éthique: le cas du projet d'oléoduc
Tchad-Cameroun"
- Paper presented at: XXVèmes Journées de l'Association Tiers-Monde, Attractivité, gouvernance et développement,
Luxembourg, 3-5 Juin 2009.
"Les interventions de développement et leurs répercussions conflictuelles: transformation et diminution de la cohésion sociale chez les peuples
autochtones"
- Paper presented at the Third Congress of the French Association of Sociology, Working Group on the Sociology of conflicts, University Paris Diderot, Paris, 14-17 April 2009.
"Invariabilities and changes in the development discourse: towards a post-development era?
- Paper presented at the 50th Annual International Studies Association Convention, New York, 15-18 February 2009.
"Development interventions
and military humanitarian interventions: similarities in the rhetoric, practice and effects"
co-authored with B.
Germond
-Published as a book chapter in Humanitarian interventions - An international law perspective, Amicus Books, ICFAI University Press, Hyderabad, September 2008, forthcoming.
"Transparence et participation comme clés du développment durable? Réflexion à partir de projets hydroélectriques de la Banque mondiale"
-Published in Cahiers
PRELUDES, No.11, 2007, pp.15-28.
"Construction and Representation of Indigenous Peoples:
The Contribution of Discourse Analysis"
-Paper presented at the 2007
American Political Science Association (APSA) Meeting, Chicago (IL), 30 August-2 September 2007.
"Development Interventions and Indigenous Peoples: The Power of Destabilization"
-Paper presented at the 2006 APSA Meeting, Philadelphia (PA), 31-August-3 September 2006.
-Published in Indigenous Policy Journal, Vol.XVIII, No.1, Spring 2007.
"La logique
normalisatrice des interventions de développment: le cas des peuples autochtones"
-Communication given in the context of the AGFDU Monthly Lunches (Association Genevoise de Femmes Diplômées des Universités/Geneva Association of University Women), 5 December
2006.
"Economic of Climate Policy and Collective Decision
Making",
co-authored with B. Bürgenmeier (coord), A. Baranzini, C.
Ferrier, K. Ingold, S. Perret, P. Rafaj, S. Kypreos, A. Wokaun
-Published in Climatic Change, Vol.79, No.1-2, November 2006, pp.143-162.
"Similarités dans la rhétorique, les effets et la pratique des interventions de développment et des interventions militaires humanitaires",
co-authored with B. Germond
-Paper presented at the XXIIe Journées de l'Association Tiers-Monde (Third Word Association), Urgence, Solidarité, Gouvernence et Développment, University of Artois, Arras,
France, 22-24 May 2006.
-Published in Revue juridique et politique des Etats francophones, Vol.60, No.2, Avril-Juin 2006, pp.301-331.
"Similarities in rhetoric, practice and effects of development interventions and military humanitarian
interventions",
co-authored with B. Germond
-Paper presented at the 47th Annual International Studies Association Convention, San Diego (CA), 22-25 March 2006.
"Progress and obstacles on the way towards sustainable development: the World Bank and its Inspection Panel, with a special attention to
hydroelectric projects"
-Paper presented at the 11th Annual
International Sustainable Development Research Conference, Helsinki, 6-8 June 2005.
"Acceptation des instruments de marché dans la politique climatique suisse: enquête auprès de principaux acteurs économiques suisses"
co-authored with B. Bürgenmeier, C. Ferrier, K. Ingold, S. Perret, CUEH/NCCR-Climate, 2004,
mimeo.
"Approche multidimensionnelle à adopter face à l'analyse de problèmes
d'environnement"
-Published in World Jungle, No.7, Avril 2001
(under the name Céline Duret).
Ad hoc teaching:
"Sustainable Development: History and International
perspective"
-Issues in Sustainability, UCLAN, 6 October
2009.
Sustainable Development Module
Coordination, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy (University
of Geneva/UNEP), 25 August 2009.
"The World Bank Inspection Panel and Indigenous Peoples"
-Invited talk, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Indigenous and Minorities Unit.
Lecture given to Indigenous Peoples and Minorities Fellows, 11 April 2008.
"Progrès et
obstacles vers le développement durable: le rôle de la participation"
-Lecture given in the context of the Course "L'économie du développement durable", MA of Globalization and social regulation, University of Geneva, 23 November
2005.
"Changement climatique et instruments du développement
durable",
in collaboration with C. Ferrier and S. Perret
-Lecture given in the context of the first module "Concept et instruments du développement durable", Certificate of continuous training in sustainable development, CUEH, University of Geneva, 12
November 2004.
"Politiques du changement climatique",
in collaboration with C. Ferrier and K. Ingold
-Lecture given in the context of the Seminar "L'évalution et les valeurs de l'environement dans la perspective du développement durable", 2nd Part, CUEH, University of Geneva, 14 October
2004.
"L'acceptation des instruments économiques dans le domaine climatique en
Suisse",
in collaboration with K. Ingold
and S. Perret
-Lecture given in the context of the first module "Concepts et instruments du développement durable", Certificate of continuous training in sustainable development, CUEH, University of Geneva, 14
November 2003.
Professional and other experiences:
Visiting Research Fellow, Institute for Environmental History, University of St Andrews (May -
September-2009)
Research Assistant (January 2003 - August 2007) and
Scientific Collaborator (September 2007 - June 2009), University of Geneva (CUEH/Department of Political Economy). Tasks:
-April 2006 - ongoing: University Coordinator of the Certificate of
Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy, organized in partnership with the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
-January 2003 - March 2006: Collaboration on a Climate Change project: research, literature review, elaboration of a national survey on the social acceptability of the Kyoto Protocol mechanisms;
ad hoc teaching activities on sustainable development and climate change
Mission Officer, Green Cross International, Geneva (August 2001 - April 2002). Tasks:
-In charge of the activities linked to the
preparation of the World Summit on Sustainable Development: contacts, research, elaboration of documents, writing of articles for an management of the Website
-Assistance in the organization of the Earth Dialogues devoted to: "Globalization and sustainable development: is ethics the missing link?", Lyon, February 2002; participation of the writing of
the final report (special rapporteur of this event on the "media" workshop)
Responsible of the administration, Tradelec-Conseils SA, consulting engineers, Geneva (May 1997 - July 2001 / April - December 2002). Tasks:
-Administrative management and accounting
Intern, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Research and Development branch, Geneva (July - September 1999). Tasks:
-Following of the meetings of the 51st session of the Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights; writing of reports, mainly on minorities
and on transnational societies
Opening of the first orphanage for girls of Yemen, in Sanaa, with the Association JATUR (Jeunes Associés Temporairement à Une Région / Young people
temporarily associated with a region), Geneva (Spring - Summer 1998). Tasks:
-Fund-raising and equipment collecting; travel to Yemen to contribute to and supervise the installation and the opening
Miscellaneous:
Co-coordinator of the Sustainable Development Module, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy (University of Geneva / UNEP)
Member of the Scientific Committee, Certificate of Advanced Studies in Environmental Diplomacy (University of Geneva / UNEP)
Peer reviewing for the journal Society and Natural Resources, Taylor & Francis.
Interviewed (as a course coordinator) by the Swiss Radio RSR on the
plagiarism phenomena at the University, "Enquête sur le phénomène du plagiat à l'Université", 28 June 2007
Memberships:
American Political Science Association (APSA)
International Studies Association (ISA)
Association Tiers-Monde [Third World Association] (ATM)
Association Genevoise de Femmes Diplômées de l'Université (AGFDU)
Cellule Verte Haute-Savoie
Hobbies:
Birdwatching and photography
Cooking
Music / Listening to music
Painting
