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Research Centre Paris

About the Research Centre

The Paris Research Centre brings together researchers that study environmental questions across the social sciences at Sciences Po and its different institutes and units.

Sciences Po is an international research university, one of the key political sciences universities globally. Based in Paris and with campuses in other major French cities, Sciences Po has developed a transversal programme on Planetary Transformations, in order to integrate global environmental and social challenges in all its education and research components. CERI is SciencesPo’s Center for International Studies, France’s principal research center dedicated to the study of international/transnational relations and regional area studies. Based at Sciences Po, IDDRI is the Institute for sustainable development and international relations, an independent policy research institute (“think tank”) focusing on conditions and tools to put sustainable development at the heart of international relations and public and private policies.

Recent publications

Special Issue: Knowledge Cumulation in Environmental Governance Research

Environmental governance research has expanded rapidly in recent years in response to mounting sustainability challenges. At the same time, concerns…

Special Issue: Is Goal-setting an Effective Strategy for Global Sustainability Governance?

In 2015, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with 17 Sustainable Development Goals…

Earth System Governance – Volume 26

The twenty-sixth volume of Earth System Governance is out now.  The Earth System Governance is an open-access journal for all…

Special Issue: Locating the ‘Global South’ in Earth System Governance

The special issue “Locating the ‘Global South’ in Earth System Governance” is now completed. The Earth System Governance network’s South-South…