Philippe Le Billon

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Philippe Le Billon
Alma materOxford University University Paris Pantheon-Sorbonne
AwardsFulbright Research Chair, UC Berkeley; IAS Scholar, Princeton; International Geneva Award
Scientific career
Fieldspolitical ecology, development studies, geopolitics

Philippe Le Billon is a researcher known for his work in

Pantheon-Sorbonne University in Paris and a doctorate at the University of Oxford.[4] Prior to joining UBC he collaborated with the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) and the Overseas Development Institute
(ODI).

Contributions

Working on the environment-development-security nexus, he is the (co)author of about one hundred refereed articles and several books,

conflict diamonds,[6] corruption in armed conflicts,[7] environmental defenders,[8] extractive industries,[9] fish crimes,[10] fossil fuel phase-out initiatives[11] (e.g. fossil fuel cuts database with Nicolas Gaulin),[12] and the political economy of natural disasters and armed conflicts.[13]

Le Billon served on the editorial board of Political Geography and Environment and Security,[14] the scientific advisory board of Swisspeace,[15] and the founding board of Environmental Peacebuilding Association.[16] His academic research in published in journals such as African Affairs, Annals of the AAG, Antipode, Climate Policy, Geopolitics, Global Environmental Change, Political Geography, Review of International Political Economy, and Science Advances.[17] Some of his research also appeared in AP, CBC,[18] CCTV, Christian Science Monitor,[19] The Globe and Mail, Die Zeit,[20] The Guardian,[21] Financial Times,[22] and The Washington Post.[23] He regularly writes for Policy Options[24] and The Conversation,[25] and collaborates with international and non-governmental organizations.[26]

Notable works

  • Le Billon, Philippe (2000). Political Economy of War: What Relief Agencies Need to Know. Overseas Development Institute.
  • Le Billon, Philippe (2001). The Political Ecology of War. Political Geography 20(5): 561–584.
  • Le Billon, Philippe (2005). Geopolitics of Resource Wars: Resource Dependence, Governance and Violence. London: Frank Cass.
    ISBN 9780714684970
    .
  • Le Billon, Philippe (2013). Wars of Plunder: Conflicts, Profits and the Politics of Resources. London, New York: Oxford University Press.
    ISBN 9780190235673
    .
  • Le Billon, Philippe; Bridge, Gavin (2017). Oil (2nd ed.). Cambridge: Polity Press.
    ISBN 978-1-509-51173-0
    .
  • Le Billon, Philippe; Williams, Aled (2017). Corruption, Natural Resources and Development. Edward Elgar.
    ISBN 978-1785361197
    .
  • Le Billon, Philippe; Menton Mary (2021). Environmental Defenders. Deadly Struggles for Life and Territory. London: Routledge. ISBN 9780367649647

References

  1. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". live-canada-d8.pantheon.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  2. ^ "Philippe Le Billon - Scholars | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2022-02-03. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  3. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  4. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". Department of Geography. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  5. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". scholar.google.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  6. S2CID 218640059
    .
  7. ISSN 0954-1748
    .
  8. S2CID 225119151
    .
  9. ^ Gamu, J., Le Billon, P., & Spiegel, S. (2015). Extractive industries and poverty: A review of recent findings and linkage mechanisms. The Extractive Industries and Society, 2(1), 162-176. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2014.11.001; Conde, M., & Le Billon, P. (2017). Why do some communities resist mining projects while others do not?. The Extractive Industries and Society, 4(3), 681-697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exis.2017.04.009
  10. PMID 35319979
    .
  11. S2CID 214511488
    .
  12. ^ "Fossil Fuel Cuts Database". www.fossilfuelcuts.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  13. ^ Le Billon, P., & Waizenegger, A. (2007). Peace in the wake of disaster? Secessionist conflicts and the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, 32(3), 411-427. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-5661.2007.00257.x; Le Billon, P., Suji, M., Baniya, J., Limbu, B., Paudel, D., Rankin, K., ... & Shneiderman, S. (2020). Disaster financialization: Earthquakes, cashflows and shifting household economies in Nepal. Development and Change, 51(4), 939-969. https://doi.org/10.1111/dech.12603
  14. ^ "Environment and Security". SAGE Publications Inc. 2022-04-13. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  15. ^ "Team". swisspeace. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  16. ^ "Environmental Peacebuilding Association Launched to Improve Learning and Action on Environment, Conflict, and Peace | Environmental Law Institute". www.eli.org. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  17. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". scholar.google.ca. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  18. ^ "Philippe Le Billon | CBC". CBC News. 2022-06-04. Archived from the original on 2023-01-14.
  19. ISSN 0882-7729
    . Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  20. ^ "ZEIT ONLINE | Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder im PUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl". www.zeit.de. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  21. ^ "Revealed: oil giants pay billions less tax in Canada than abroad". the Guardian. 2017-10-26. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  22. ^ "The week in energy: Cold climate talks". Financial Times. 2018-12-15. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  23. ^ "Can ISIS overcome the insurgency resource curse?". The Washington Post. 2014-07-02. Archived from the original on 2022-02-05.
  24. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". Policy Options. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  25. ^ "Philippe Le Billon". The Conversation. 20 January 2020. Retrieved 2023-01-18.
  26. ^ Le Billon, P. (2011). Extractive sectors and illicit financial flows: What role for revenue governance initiatives?. U4 Issue, 2011(13); https://portals.iucn.org/library/sites/library/files/documents/Policy-Matters-Issue-22-vol3.pdf

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