Karoliina Pietarila

Karoliina Pietarila is a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Center on Climate Politics and Security (CLIPS) at the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. Pietarila is part of the Strategic Research Council funded project Glowater, which studies global connections and collaborative solutions for sustainable water security. Her previous research has focused on UN climate negotiations, China’s role in global climate politics, transparency in the international climate regime, and climate responsibility questions.

She earned her D.Soc.Sci degree in World Politics at the University of Helsinki in 2023. Her doctoral dissertation focused on China’s role and the construction of climate leadership in the social interaction between the Global North and South (Hurri 2023).

Pietarila is also a visiting researcher in the Arctic International Relations research group at the Arctic Centre, University of Lapland.

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