Julia Tasse is a senior research fellow at IRIS, where she heads the Climate, Energy and Security.

Her research focuses on the interlinkages between climate and security. She is the co-director (with François Gemenne) of the Defense and Climate Observatory, financed by the French ministry of Armed Forces.

She adds to this research topic a specialization in maritime affairs and ocean from a geopolitical perspective. She has a specific approach linked to her background in climate sciences (Master in Environmental Sciences) and her experience in the maritime field for various organisations, among which the World Ocean Council, the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN and the French development agency (Agence française de développement).

In charge of the academic management of the first year cursus of IRIS Sup’, she is also part of the editorial board of La Revue internationale et stratégique.

Julia Tasse holds a master in international relations and environmental policies from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (Sciences Po), a master in environmental sciences from the Université Pierre et Marie Curie and a bachelor in life sciences, major in genetics.