Born in Geneva, Switzerland, I’m a mountain kid at heart — when I’m not in the office, you’ll most likely find me hiking, skiing, or mountain biking. Growing up in the Alps, I was a direct witness to the effects of the climate crisis, watching glaciers shrink and snow seasons grow shorter year after year. These early experiences gave me a lasting awareness of environmental change and a strong motivation to better understand how societies respond to it.

I moved to Canada in 2016 to pursue my post-secondary education, beginning with a Bachelor’s degree in Communications Studies and a Minor in Political Science at Concordia University in Montreal, Qc.

I then completed a Master’s in Political Science at the University of Montreal, where my thesis — awarded the distinction Très bien — explored how the health impacts of climate change are covered in Canadian media, drawing on my dual background in communications and political science. During my Master’s, I spent a semester abroad at Curtin University in Western Australia, where I deepened my knowledge of corporate governance and public health policymaking.

Driven by a growing curiosity about how climate change is represented and governed, I decided in 2021 to pursue a PhD at the University of Montreal. My research is supervised by Richard Nadeau, who previously co-supervised my Master’s thesis with Erick Lachapelle.

Languages spoken: French, English, German, Italian.

With colleagues, Antoine Lemor and Matthew Taylor, I co-developed a database of over 250,000 climate change news articles from 20 major Canadian media outlets, finalized in 2025. This dataset is the foundation for a broader analysis of climate change framing across media, regions, and time.

In addition to media coverage, I am also interested in how different sectors are adapting to the realities of climate change. The sports sector, in particular, offers a compelling case: it is both highly exposed to climate risks and uniquely positioned to influence public awareness and behaviour.

As a lifelong sports enthusiast, this intersection of climate governance and sports aligns closely with both my academic interests and personal passion, allowing me to explore how institutions, events, and athletes are responding to environmental challenges.

In this context, I have launched 2 research initiatives:

• the Canadian Climate Framing (CCF) project
• the Climate Policy in Sports (CPS) project

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I am currently affiliated with the following research centres:

Centre de recherche sur les politiques et le développement social (CPDS) ;

Centre d’études et de recherches internationales de l’Université de Montréal (CÉRIUM) ;

Center for the study of democratic citizenship (CSDC).

I am also a member of the following associations:

Association étudiante des cycles supérieurs en science politique de l’Université de Montréal (AECSSPUM) ;

Société québécoise de science politique (SQSP) ;

Canadian political science association (CPSA).

I’ve proudly served as a student representative for as long as I can remember — starting in middle school and continuing through high school and university. From class councils to the executive boards of academic institutions, I’ve been deeply engaged in representing my peers and fostering student leadership.

Most recently, I served as President of the Graduate Student Association at the Université de Montréal (AECSSPUM), where I launched several initiatives, including a graduate conference designed to spotlight student research at the bachelor’s, master’s, and PhD levels.

In 2024, I was honoured to be selected — with my colleague Emma Limane — by the Vice-Rector to represent the University of Montreal at the Forum NEXT at Bocconi University in Milan, as part of the U7+ Alliance of World Universities, where we tackled the role of universities in the global climate change agenda, among other things.