Sylvain Maechler
sylvainmaechler.bsky.social
Sylvain Maechler
@sylvainmaechler.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Uni Ottawa
PhD from Uni Lausanne

International political economy & Environmental politics

Green accounting, Biodiversity markets, Central banks

http://sylvainmaechler.ch/
For early birds at the @isanet.bsky.social Chicago, come tomorrow morning for our presentation on Biodiversity Scenarios and Climate’s (Un)Learned Lessons with @christianelliott.bsky.social
Other great papers including from @krdgnydn.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 11:02 PM
I’m thrilled to share this news from the latest Research Bulletin that my @snsf-ch.bsky.social postdoc return grant has been accepted! I’ll be staying for a year from June 2025 at the @gvagrad.bsky.social Global Governance Centre to continue my work on central banks & global environmental governance
January 28, 2025 at 4:50 PM
3) Finally, new developments in green central banking, particularly the “Green Swan” report by BIS
are illustrations of Knight’s exercise of judgment in acknowledging the true uncertainty of future states of the world. 7/9
February 2, 2024 at 12:44 PM
2) Recent financial sustainability reporting standards of the
IFRS Foundation bring the ecological crisis into the realm of Knightian statistical probabilities. 6/9
February 2, 2024 at 12:44 PM
1) The System of Environmental-Economic Accounting of the UN which provides biophysical statistics for environmental dimensions of economic activities is close to what Knight calls “estimates of probability”. 5/9
February 2, 2024 at 12:43 PM
We draw on Frank Knight 3 methods to reduce uncertainty based on distinct probabilistic calculus to anticipate future states of the world. While devised to explain the origins of profits in a capitalist economy, the methods can also inform IR conceptualization of crises. 3/9
February 2, 2024 at 12:43 PM
We consider crises as critical moments when international actors must act while facing the problem of uncertainty & we show that IR studies struggle to sort out the processes underpinning decisions and actions taken in such crisis moments. 2/9
February 2, 2024 at 12:41 PM
6/ So, what is the Diagonal? A one-semester IPE course taught in 2019 and 2022 at Universidad de los Andes & Université de Lausanne, leading to French & Spanish entries for an IPE glossary published online. Interested in reproducing? The article gives you the toolkit.
January 24, 2024 at 4:58 PM
5/ Our proposition echoes efforts to promote a global perspective in education, beyond just knowledge, originating in the 1970
@unesconow.bsky.social Faure report that denounced “dangerously provincial” national curricula. We develop six competences required for globalizing IPE teaching.
January 24, 2024 at 4:56 PM