Simon is a PhD student in Political Science at the University of British Columbia, a Pierre Elliott Trudeau Scholar, a Killam Scholar, a SSHRC Doctoral Fellow, and a Fulbright Scholar (Stanford University, 2025). Integrating insights from social and natural sciences, his research seeks to identify practical solutions to transboundary political and ecological issues.

Simon holds a Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) in Politics and International Studies from the University of Cambridge and a Master of Science (M.Sc.) in International Studies from the University of Montreal. His masters were funded by the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, the Cambridge Trust, and the Mackenzie King Scholarship. During his master’s degrees, he also received an Excellence Fellowship to conduct field work in Geneva and a Frontenac Fellowship to study at Science Po Paris. His social and academic contributions were recognized by the Lieutenant Governor of Quebec’s Youth Medal.

Simon is the co-founder and co-director of Possible, a non-profit providing educational resources on social and ecological regeneration through storytelling and research. He is also a lecturer at the University of Sherbrooke, where he teaches a graduate seminar on the international politics of climate change. His recent publications are featured in Environmental Politics, Biological Conservation, Marine Policy, Research Policy, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, and The Lancet Planetary Health. Simon is the author of a book on global biodiversity governance published with the Presses de l’Université du Québec.

Book

• Beaudoin, S., L. Fequino, and A. Chaloux. Gouvernance mondiale de la biodiversité: Évolution et enjeux. Québec, Presses de l’Université du Québec, 2025. ISBN 978-2-7605-6156-4.

Articles

• Beaudoin, S., and P. Dauvergne. “Health and plastics: Avenues for strengthening the plastics treaty.” The Lancet Planetary Health 10, no. 6, June 2026, 101482. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lanplh.2026.101482.
• Beaudoin, S., P. Dauvergne, A. Chaloux, E.A. Blanes, et al. “International biodiversity negotiations: Assessing the outcomes and implications of COP 16.” International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 26, no. 2, April 2026, 185–202. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-026-09713-4.
• Newig, J., M. Rose, Z. Aksoy, S. Beaudoin, et al. “Rethinking scientific progress in the social sciences: Disruptive or cumulative?” Research Policy 55, no. 4, May 2026, 105451. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.respol.2026.105451.
• Beaudoin, S., A. Chaloux, L. Fequino, P. Dauvergne, and R. Desmarais. “Promising governance approaches for reversing biodiversity loss.” Biological Conservation 313. January 2026, 111607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2025.111607.
• Dauvergne, P., J.I. Allan, S. Beaudoin, B.C. Almroth, et al. “Competing axes of power in the global plastics treaty: Understanding the politics of progress and setbacks in negotiating a high-ambition agreement.” Marine Policy, November 2025, 181, 106820. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.marpol.2025.106820.
• Rabitz, F., S. Beaudoin, T. Jedd, I. Lehmann, et al. “A turning point in global biodiversity governance?” Environmental Politics, October 1, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2025.2565867.
• Beaudoin, S. “Adopting a global ocean goal: Learnings for goal setting.” Environmental Development, September 2025, 56, 440–472. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envdev.2025.101302.
• Beaudoin, S. “Negotiating the climate long-term global goal.” International Negotiation, October 2024, 30, no. 3, 440–472. https://doi.org/10.1163/15718069-bja10104.
• Beaudoin, S., and A. Chaloux. “Adoption d’un nouveau cadre mondial pour la biodiversité: Bilan critique de la COP 15”, Écoscience, April 2024, 31, no. 2, 49–61. https://doi.org/10.1080/11956860.2024.2340053.
• Beaudoin, S. “Revue historique de la gouvernance mondiale de l’environnement (1945–2022).” Canadian Journal of Political Science, September 2023, 56, no. 4, 790–810. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423923000483.
• Simard, P., S. Beaudoin, and A. Chaloux. “Lorsque l’immobilisme ne tient plus: Création d’un fonds pour les pertes et préjudices à la COP27,” Le Climatoscope, October 2023, no. 5, 92–95.
• Beaudoin, S., P. Simard, and A. Chaloux. “La 27e Conférence des Parties de la Convention-cadre des Nations unies sur les changements climatiques: un bilan critique” Canadian Journal of Political Science, May 2023, 56, no. 2, 474–82. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0008423923000264.
• Chaloux, A., G. Grégoire-Mailhot, and S. Beaudoin. “Paradiplomatie et finance climatique mondiale: Les cas du Québec, de la Wallonie et de l’Écosse.” VertigO, April 2023, no. 1, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.4000/vertigo.39720.
• Gasparri, G., Y. Tcholakov, S. Gepp, A. Guerreschi, et al. “Integrating youth perspectives: Adopting a human rights and public health approach to climate action.” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, April 2022, 19, no. 8, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19084840.

Book Chapters

• van Havre, B., S. Beaudoin, L. Fequino, and A. Chaloux. “The Convention on Biological Diversity.” In Encyclopedia of Ecology, Elsevier, 2026, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-443-21964-1.00155-5.
• Beaudoin, S. “Synergies and Goal Complementarity.” In Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: An A-Z Guide, edited by Biermann, F. et al. Routledge, 2025, 150-51. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003519560-104.
• Beaudoin, S. “United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (1972).” In Essential Concepts for Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals: An A-Z Guide, edited by Biermann, F. et al. Routledge, 2025, 162-64. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003519560-111.

• Doctoral Scholarship, Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation (2026-present).
• Killam Doctoral Scholarship, National Killam Program (2026-present).
• Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral, SSHRC of Canada (2024-present).
• Doctoral Research Scholarship, Fonds de recherche du Québec (2024-present).
• Four Year Doctoral Fellowship, University of British Columbia (2024-present).
• President’s Academic Excellence Award, University of British Columbia (2024-present).
• Departmental Scholarship – Political Science, University of British Columbia (2024-present).
• Fulbright Student Award to the United States – Stanford University, Fulbright Canada (2024-2025).
• Louise-Dandurand Publication Award, Fonds de recherche du Québec (2024).
• Cambridge Trust Scholarship, Cambridge Trust (2020-2021).
• Mackenzie King Travelling Scholarship, Mackenzie King Scholarships (2020-2021).
• Lieutenant Governor’s Youth Medal, Lieutenant Governor of Québec (2020).
• Mention of Excellence – Master’s Thesis, University of Montreal (2020).
• Rector’s Honour List – Postgraduate studies, University of Montreal (2020).
• Excellence Scholarship Fellow, University of Geneva (2020).
• Mitacs Globalink Research Award, Mitacs (2020).
• Michael Smith Foreign Study Supplements, SSHRC of Canada (2020).
• Joseph Armand Bombardier Graduate Scholarship, SSHRC of Canada (2019-2020).
• Dean’s Honour List, Faculty of Arts and Science, University of Montreal (2015-2020).
• Scholarship of Academic Excellence – Department of Political Science, University of Montreal (2019).
• Outstanding Award – Social Innovation Project, Sciences Po Paris (2018).
• Desjardins Movement’s Excellence Scholarship, Desjardins Foundation (2018).
• Frontenac Scholarship, Ministry of International Relations and Francophonie of Québec (2018).