Ian Roger Florin

Ian Florin is a postdoctoral researcher at the Laboratory of Landscape Development (LAND). Additionally, he is an associated researcher at the Department of Geography of the University of Geneva and a senior lecturer at HEPIA. He holds a PhD in geography from the University of Geneva. Before joining EPFL, Ian worked at the University of Geneva as a senior lecturer at the Department of Geography (2022-2024) and as a research and teaching assistant at the Institute of Environmental Sciences (2014-2020). Between 2020 and 2021, he was affiliated to the Lund University Center for Sustainability Studies as a Swiss National Science Foundation fellow.His research interests encompass the circulation and contestation of nature conservation concepts, local environmental governance, and environmental geopolitics. Ian has an extensive experience in teaching in political geography, nature conservation, qualitative methods and interdisciplinarity at both the Bachelor's and Master's levels. He has also served as the coordinator of the Certificate of Advanced studies in Sustainable Development at the University of Geneva (2022-2024).