Bio

Aidan Geel is a PhD candidate in geography at the University of Liège and a visiting researcher at the Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB), under the joint supervision of François Gemenne and Romain Weikmans. His research focuses on the development and role of performance indicators, particularly composite indicators, in climate governance. He specifically explores the integration of climate finance into evaluating countries' performance under the Paris Agreement.

Aidan holds a Master’s in Environmental Sciences and Management from ULB and a Bachelor’s in Economics from the University of Neuchâtel (Switzerland). He strongly emphasises an interdisciplinary approach in his research. In addition to his academic activities, he is regularly called upon as a grader at Sciences Po Paris and collaborates closely with actors in the financial sector. Before beginning his PhD, he worked as a senior associate at the international consulting firm ERM, specialising in climate change.

Research Presentation

Thesis project title: "The Indication of International Climate Action: Three Essays on the Development and Impact of Rankings in International Climate Politics"

Supervisors: François Gemenne (Director, HUGO Observatory, University of Liège) and Romain Weikmans (Associate Professor, Université libre de Bruxelles)

Fields of Interest

• International climate policy
• North-South financial transfers for climate action
• Performance indicators in international climate governance
• Composite indicators in international policy

Selected Work

Aidan Geel (2024). Beyond mitigation: addressing the unidimensionality of existing composite indicator models in measuring country-level climate performance. [In preparation].