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Joseph Earsom serves as Lecturer in Environmental and Climate Policy and Head of the Master's in Climate and Sustainability Politics at the European School of Political and Social Sciences (ESPOL), Catholic University of Lille. His work bridges academic research and policy practice in global climate governance.
- Master's in European Public Policy, KU Leuven (Belgium)
- PhD in Political Science, UCLouvain (Belgium); dissertation: Connecting the dots? The European Union's diplomacy across the international regime complex on climate change
- Visiting Researcher, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado - Boulder (USA)
His research examines how states—particularly the European Union—navigate the fragmented landscape of international climate institutions. Key interests include bureaucratic politics within EU climate diplomacy, transport decarbonization (focusing on IMO and ICAO), and accountability mechanisms in Just Energy Transition Partnerships. He analyzes how the European Green Deal reshapes EU engagement across climate regimes, with emphasis on policy coherence challenges and diplomatic strategy evolution.
Recent publications (2023-2025) reveal a concentrated focus on EU climate diplomacy's adaptation to complex governance structures. His work systematically investigates the Green Deal's ripple effects in transport sectors (IMO/ICAO), energy transition partnerships, and multilateral forums, highlighting tensions between bureaucratic compartmentalization and cross-forum coherence. Methodologically, he combines regime complex theory with diplomatic practice analysis.
No scientific awards are documented in the provided materials.
Earsom has contributed expertise to WTO research on virtual negotiations and multilateral environmental capacity-building projects. His affiliation as Scientific Collaborator with UCLouvain's Institute of Political Science - Louvain Europe facilitates collaborative grant applications, though specific funding sources aren't detailed. His leadership of ESPOL's Climate and Sustainability Politics Master's program represents significant institutional investment in climate education.
He operates within ESPOL-Lab's research ecosystem and UCLouvain's political science networks, contributing to thematic clusters on European climate governance and international regime complexity. His work increasingly addresses COP implementation challenges and virtual negotiation methodologies in post-pandemic diplomacy.
