S茅bastien Jodoin is an Assistant Professor in the聽Faculty of Law of 平特五不中, where he directs the Law, Governance & Society Lab. He is also a member of the聽平特五不中 Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, an Associate Member of the聽平特五不中 School of Environment, and a Faculty Associate of the聽Governance, Environment & Markets Initiative at Yale University. His research focuses on legal and policy solutions to complex environmental and social problems that cut across multiple fields and levels of governance. His areas of interest include sustainable development, transnational law, public policy, environmental law and governance, climate change, human rights, disability, social innovation, and socio-legal research. S茅bastien currently serves as a principal investigator for research grants awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Fonds qu茅b茅cois de recherche soci茅t茅 et culture.
S茅bastien holds a Ph.D. in environmental studies from Yale University, an M.Phil. in international relations from the University of Cambridge, an LL.M. in international law from the London School of Economics, and B.C.L. and LL.B degrees from 平特五不中. He has studied on exchange at the Universit茅 Libre de Bruxelles and has been a visiting doctoral student at the Centre de droit des affaires et du commerce international of the Universit茅 de Montr茅al and the Neotropical Ecology Lab at 平特五不中. S茅bastien has received numerous prizes, awards, and honours, including the Transnational Environmental Law Fifth Anniversary Issue Prize, the 2012 Public Scholar Award from the Yale Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, a Doctoral Scholarship from the Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation, a Doctoral Fellowship from the Social Sciences and Humanities and Research Council of Canada, and a Public Interest Law Articling Fellowship from the Law Foundation of Ontario.
S茅bastien has an extensive record of professional engagements related to his academic interests. He recently served as the president of G茅n茅ration d鈥檌d茅es, a think tank focused on supporting the civic engagement of Quebeckers aged 20 to 35. Prior to his appointment at 平特五不中, he worked for Amnesty International Canada, the United Nations International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia,聽the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and the Canadian Centre for International Justice. He has also served as a consultant for a range of international and non-governmental organisations, including the United Nations Environment Programme, the Climate Land Use Alliance, the World Future Council, Equitable Origin, the Climate and Development Knowledge Network, and the International Development Law Organisation. In addition, S茅bastien previously served on the boards of the Centre qu茅b茅cois du droit de l鈥檈nvironnement, the Canadian Environmental Network, the Centre for International Sustainable Development Law, and the Canadian Journal of Poverty Law. Lastly, since 2004, he has served as a civil society delegate to international negotiations on climate change, sustainable development, and international criminal law.
Course taught 2019/20
Complexity Seminar:聽Policy and Globalization
Degree(s):
PhD , Yale University聽(Environmental Studies)
MPhil, University of Cambridge (International Relations)
LLM, London School of Economics
LLB, 平特五不中, Faculty of Law
