Erin Graham
@erinrgraham.bsky.social
associate professor of global affairs @ Univ. of Notre Dame
studying international organizations & law & climate finance
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studying international organizations & law & climate finance
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Erin Graham
@erinrgraham.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Multilateral Climate Finance in Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda Is Changing International Organizations
Abstract. In the last decade, international financial institutions have advocated that multilateral funding be leveraged to reduce the risk of institutional investors, such as pensions and mutual fund...
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New paper @gepjournal.bsky.social
“Multilateral Climate Finance and the Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda is Changing IOs”
Thanks to @kellogginstitute.bsky.social for research support!
“Multilateral Climate Finance and the Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda is Changing IOs”
Thanks to @kellogginstitute.bsky.social for research support!
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I’m co-organizing this interdisciplinary @europeanisa.bsky.social workshop on the UNSC in gorgeous Izmir this summer July 1-3, alongside Stefano Recchia (SMU). Still a few days left to submit abstracts (Feb 11). Consider sending yours in!
February 6, 2026 at 11:22 AM
I’m co-organizing this interdisciplinary @europeanisa.bsky.social workshop on the UNSC in gorgeous Izmir this summer July 1-3, alongside Stefano Recchia (SMU). Still a few days left to submit abstracts (Feb 11). Consider sending yours in!
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In California, a handful of billionaires are pouring tens of millions into campaigns to block a one-time 5% wealth tax—money that would fund health care cut by the federal government. From @prospect.org ⬇️
February 2, 2026 at 3:24 PM
In California, a handful of billionaires are pouring tens of millions into campaigns to block a one-time 5% wealth tax—money that would fund health care cut by the federal government. From @prospect.org ⬇️
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WORK WITH US 🇺🇳
Multiple UNU #vacancies, including senior roles, are available in Canada, Germany, Ghana, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa and Venezuela.
👉 Visit careers.unu.edu to learn more and apply!
#UNCareers #UNinternship #JobOpportunities #NowHiring
Multiple UNU #vacancies, including senior roles, are available in Canada, Germany, Ghana, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa and Venezuela.
👉 Visit careers.unu.edu to learn more and apply!
#UNCareers #UNinternship #JobOpportunities #NowHiring
February 2, 2026 at 12:43 PM
WORK WITH US 🇺🇳
Multiple UNU #vacancies, including senior roles, are available in Canada, Germany, Ghana, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa and Venezuela.
👉 Visit careers.unu.edu to learn more and apply!
#UNCareers #UNinternship #JobOpportunities #NowHiring
Multiple UNU #vacancies, including senior roles, are available in Canada, Germany, Ghana, Malaysia, the Netherlands, South Africa and Venezuela.
👉 Visit careers.unu.edu to learn more and apply!
#UNCareers #UNinternship #JobOpportunities #NowHiring
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I’m very happy to receive my hardcopy of the new Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law (@elgarpublishing.bsky.social ), co-edited with Michael Mehling.
A free access version of our intro chapter is available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
A free access version of our intro chapter is available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
January 27, 2026 at 6:33 PM
I’m very happy to receive my hardcopy of the new Research Handbook on Climate Finance and Investment Law (@elgarpublishing.bsky.social ), co-edited with Michael Mehling.
A free access version of our intro chapter is available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
A free access version of our intro chapter is available here: www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
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“Most Americans don’t agree with Mr. Trump’s trying to buy Greenland, and many more oppose the idea of taking it by force. Fantasies deflate quickly once real costs become obvious, but it is impossible for Europe to impose costs without incurring risks itself.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
Opinion | Europe Has a Bazooka. Time to Use It.
www.nytimes.com
January 21, 2026 at 11:49 AM
“Most Americans don’t agree with Mr. Trump’s trying to buy Greenland, and many more oppose the idea of taking it by force. Fantasies deflate quickly once real costs become obvious, but it is impossible for Europe to impose costs without incurring risks itself.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/21/o...
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“The American-dominated liberal world order is over. The United States has decided it no longer wishes to play its role of providing global security. The American might that upheld the world order of the past 80 years will now be used to destroy it.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 2:21 PM
“The American-dominated liberal world order is over. The United States has decided it no longer wishes to play its role of providing global security. The American might that upheld the world order of the past 80 years will now be used to destroy it.”
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
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The Age of Academic Slop is Upon Us
what happens when AI automates "normal science"?
open.substack.com
January 13, 2026 at 3:38 PM
I just finished a three-year term as an editor at an international relations journal. I began at the start of the LLM era but ended right in the middle of it. Our volume of submissions tripled and our desk reject rate rose to 75%. I have some thoughts.
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
open.substack.com/pub/hegemon/...
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You can read my take on Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela here: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation
A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro.
www.newyorker.com
January 3, 2026 at 11:02 PM
You can read my take on Trump's illegal invasion of Venezuela here: www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...
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Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!
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Read the latest articles of Food Policy at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature
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September 12, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Call for papers! @danielleresnick.bsky.social , @philbakernz.bsky.social and I are co-editing a special issue in the journal Food Policy on "Rebuilding Global Food Governance amidst a Crisis of Multilateralism" - Papers due Feb.1, 2026. For more info, see link!
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu...
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BREAKING: Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort
Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort
The redistricting bill would have likely given the GOP two more seats in Congress.
www.axios.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:54 PM
BREAKING: Indiana Senate rejects Trump's redistricting effort
5/Leap-of-faith may or may not be effective, but the structure raises accountability issues and represents a fundamental break from trends of contributors tightening control over IO resources through stringent monitoring and reporting requirements and earmarked funding arrangements.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
5/Leap-of-faith may or may not be effective, but the structure raises accountability issues and represents a fundamental break from trends of contributors tightening control over IO resources through stringent monitoring and reporting requirements and earmarked funding arrangements.
4/We call this the “leap-of-faith” approach: Through their investments, IOs are attempting to increase the ability of other actors—such as commercial banks or limited liability —to finance climate projects.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
4/We call this the “leap-of-faith” approach: Through their investments, IOs are attempting to increase the ability of other actors—such as commercial banks or limited liability —to finance climate projects.
3/when de-risking, IOs allocate funds through guarantees, equity investments, loans, and other instruments, often (not always) intending to mobilize private capital for mitigation/adaptation efforts that will materialize DOWNSTREAM (rather than for projects identified and vetted in advance)
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
3/when de-risking, IOs allocate funds through guarantees, equity investments, loans, and other instruments, often (not always) intending to mobilize private capital for mitigation/adaptation efforts that will materialize DOWNSTREAM (rather than for projects identified and vetted in advance)
2/de-risking projects expand the work of env/climate IOs to include economic and financial policy; this often includes advice to states and domestic banks more often associated with institutions like IMF and WB.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
2/de-risking projects expand the work of env/climate IOs to include economic and financial policy; this often includes advice to states and domestic banks more often associated with institutions like IMF and WB.
Takeaways: 1/de-risking and institutional investor language has risen across ALL five IOs in our study: (MDB and UN; development and climate; regional and global) since around 2016. The language is as prevalent or more prevalent at the UNFCCC financial mechanisms and UNDP than at the MDBs.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
Takeaways: 1/de-risking and institutional investor language has risen across ALL five IOs in our study: (MDB and UN; development and climate; regional and global) since around 2016. The language is as prevalent or more prevalent at the UNFCCC financial mechanisms and UNDP than at the MDBs.
We document the rise in the language of de-risking and institutional investors at 5 IOs (GCF/GCF/IDA/ADB/UNDP) that deliver climate finance and evaluate how de-risking projects are changing the work of the GCF and GEF.
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
We document the rise in the language of de-risking and institutional investors at 5 IOs (GCF/GCF/IDA/ADB/UNDP) that deliver climate finance and evaluate how de-risking projects are changing the work of the GCF and GEF.
New paper @gepjournal.bsky.social
“Multilateral Climate Finance and the Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda is Changing IOs”
Thanks to @kellogginstitute.bsky.social for research support!
“Multilateral Climate Finance and the Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda is Changing IOs”
Thanks to @kellogginstitute.bsky.social for research support!
Multilateral Climate Finance in Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda Is Changing International Organizations
Abstract. In the last decade, international financial institutions have advocated that multilateral funding be leveraged to reduce the risk of institutional investors, such as pensions and mutual fund...
direct.mit.edu
November 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
New paper @gepjournal.bsky.social
“Multilateral Climate Finance and the Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda is Changing IOs”
Thanks to @kellogginstitute.bsky.social for research support!
“Multilateral Climate Finance and the Pursuit of Private Capital: How the De-Risking Agenda is Changing IOs”
Thanks to @kellogginstitute.bsky.social for research support!
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BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
Pennsylvania voters retain three state Supreme Court justices, preserving Democrats' 5-2 majority
NBC News projects the incumbents survived an up-or-down vote to keep their seats on the battleground state’s high court.
nbcnews.to
November 5, 2025 at 1:42 AM
BREAKING: Pennsylvania voters approve to retain three state Supreme Court justices, NBC News projects, preserving Democrats’ 5-2 majority on the state’s high court.
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Come work with me and the great climate community at Brown University, incl @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Please share widely! Deadline Jan 9, 2026.
Please share widely! Deadline Jan 9, 2026.
We're hiring! Postdoctoral Research Associate in Climate Solutions, Thomas J. Watson Jr. School of International and Public Affairs 2026-2028 apply.interfolio.com/176144
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October 29, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Come work with me and the great climate community at Brown University, incl @jenniferhadden.bsky.social @timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Please share widely! Deadline Jan 9, 2026.
Please share widely! Deadline Jan 9, 2026.
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"Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment" via The #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment
With the decision, Penn becomes the third university to decline the offer.
www.thedp.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:06 PM
"Penn rejects White House proposal for special funding treatment" via The #DailyPenn: www.thedp.com/article/2025...
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Do you have a student that would be a great candidate for a MA in European Studies at Georgetown? Nominate them for a Flynn Scholarship to come and study with us at the BMW Center for German and European Studies.
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Georgetown University M.A. in European Studies Flynn Memorial Scholarship Nomination
This form should be used to submit your nomination for the Flynn Memorial Scholarship at the BMW Center for German and European Studies. This scholarship will cover tuition for the top applicant for t...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Do you have a student that would be a great candidate for a MA in European Studies at Georgetown? Nominate them for a Flynn Scholarship to come and study with us at the BMW Center for German and European Studies.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
October 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A master class from MIT in responding to authoritarian overreach:
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
Your “premise … is inconsistent with our core belief that scientific funding should be based on scientific merit alone.
… America’s leadership in science & innovation depends on independent thinking & open competition for excellence.
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Chicago just went all in on renewable energy and is demonstrating that it works. Chicago now powers EVERY city-owned building – from airports to police stations – with renewable energy. That includes O’Hare airport.
Chicago just went all in on renewable energy » Yale Climate Connections
From City Hall to O’Hare Airport, every city-owned building now runs on renewables.
yaleclimateconnections.org
September 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Chicago just went all in on renewable energy and is demonstrating that it works. Chicago now powers EVERY city-owned building – from airports to police stations – with renewable energy. That includes O’Hare airport.