CSAC Newsletter
May 2025

THIRD ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE CSAC

It’s a wrap! Our third annual conference, on ‘Climate Change and the Futures of War and Peace’, was a great success thanks to our 60 speakers and chairs and a very engaged audience! Thank you to the Raoul-Dandurand Chair in Strategic and Diplomatic Studies at the Université du Québec à Montréal for hosting us and making this possible. Thank you to the Information Integrity Lab at the University of Ottawa for a fruitful collaboration in organizing our third day on the Arctic. This conference was made possible with the financial support of the Mobilizing Insights in Defence and Security (MINDS) program. You can find more information on the conference sessions and speakers here .

See you all again soon!

CSAC Newsletter
October 2024

NEWS

Aly Tkachenko Passes Her Final Comprehensive Exam

This April, Aly Tkachenko successfully completed her second and final comprehensive exam at the University of Victoria. She has now passed exams in the fields of International Relations and Canadian Politics, and is excited to begin her thesis work in earnest.

International Collaboration at Loughborough University

Bruno Charbonneau has been awarded an Institute of Advanced Studies (IAS) Fellowship. As part of this fellowship, he will be traveling to Loughborough University in July to collaborate with Dr Duncan Depledge from the Department of International Relations, Politics and History.

Charbonneau, Bruno | Institute of Advanced Studies | Loughborough University

🎧 Climate as a security threat

Bruno Charbonneau explains how climate change is reshaping military strategy, diplomacy, and future conflict. Fires, heatwaves, NATO, polycrisis — don’t miss this powerful episode.
👉 Listen: https://lnkd.in/gvgrJPgw

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS

CCASCOE Fellowship 2025!

The NATO Climate Change and Security Centre of Excellence (CCASCOE) is accepting applications for its Fellowship Program. This is a unique opportunity to advance innovative research and strengthen collaboration among climate security experts.

🔗 More information: https://lnkd.in/eKpEtPpd

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