Experts

Co-director of the Observatory

JULIA TASSE

Julia Tasse is a senior research fellow and and head of the Climate, Energy and Security programme at IRIS. Her research focuses on maritime affairs and the ocean from a geopolitical stance. She specialised in these issues during her earlier work for the World Ocean Council, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and Agence française de développement (AFD Group).
Geopolitics
Climate
Ocean
Maritime security
tasse@iris-france.org
Co-director of the Observatory

FRANÇOIS GEMENNE

François Gemenne is a researcher in environmental geopolitics at the University of Liège, where he is Director of the Hugo Observatory, a research centre committed to the study of interactions between human migration and the environment. A member of the IPCC and president of Climate Voices, he teaches at Sciences Po (Institut d'études politiques de Paris) and at the Université libre de Bruxelles.
Geopolitics
Environment
Migrations
francois.gemenne@sciencespo.fr
Scientific Director of the Observatory

MARINE DE GUGLIELMO WEBER

Marine de Guglielmo Weber is a Research Fellow at IRSEM - The Institute for Strategic Research at the Military School, and PhD in Information and Communication Sciences. She defended a thesis entitled: "Lutte anti-grêle" v.s. "meteorological risk management: practices, promises and media coverage of cloud seeding". She works on strategic and security issues related to climate change. She also specialises in the study of technological responses to climate change, including weather and climate modification practices and techniques.
Geopolitics
Climate
Environmental safety
Geo-engineering
marine.de-guglielmo@irsem.fr
Research Fellow, member of the Scientific Committee of the Observatory

Éléonore Duffau

Éléonore Duffau is a junior researcher at IRIS in the Climate, Energy and Security program, she specializes in strategic and security issues related to climate change. She holds a Master's degree in European Affairs from the Institut d'études politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), she studied the European Union's external action and in particular European policies in the Middle East. Before joining IRIS, Éléonore Duffau completed an internship at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs in the decentralized cooperation sector.
ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY
CLIMATE
SOUTHERN EUROPE AND THE MEDITERRANEAN
EU EXTERNAL ACTION
EUROPEAN POLICIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST
duffau@iris-france.org
Research Fellow, member of the Scientific Committee of the Observatory

SOFIA KABBEJ

Sofia Kabbej is a PhD student at the University of Queensland’s School of Political Science and International Studies, where she is studying the French approach to climate security as it relates to political modernity and sovereignty issues in particular. She is also working on the security implications of climate change, and on climate geoengineering.
Climate
Climate security
Environmental policy
Environmental policy
kabbej@iris-france.org
Research Fellow, member of the Scientific Committee of the Observatory

ALEXANDRE TAITHE

Alexandre Taithe is head of the environment and security unit at the Foundation for Strategic Research. He is working on renewable natural resource governance, the social and political instabilities that stem from environmental damage or major infrastructure projects, and the security and operational repercussions of climate disruption.
Climate
Environmental safety
Energy
Natural resources
a.taithe@frstrategie.org

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