Mark Purdon
Mark Purdon
Professeur
Cheminement académique
Mark Purdon est un expert dans le domaine émergent de la politique comparée du changement climatique, qui combine des éléments de politique comparée, de politique publique comparée et de relations internationales. Il s'intéresse particulièrement à la relation entre la décarbonisation et l'économie politique, et possède une vaste expérience de recherche dans les pays développés et en développement dans les domaines du financement climatique, des énergies renouvelables, des transports, de la foresterie et de l'utilisation des terres. D'autres éléments de la recherche du professeur Purdon comprennent la gouvernance climatique mondiale et la coopération internationale, avec un intérêt particulier pour les marchés du carbone et d'autres formes de financement climatique. Son objectif est d'améliorer la compréhension des politiques mondiales en matière de changement climatique et de coopération internationale grâce à une recherche comparative riche et contextualisée, ainsi que de repenser la théorie des relations internationales afin de mieux informer les politiques nationales et les politiques publiques. Le professeur Purdon a obtenu un doctorat en sciences politiques à l'Université de Toronto en 2013 et a terminé une bourse postdoctorale du CRSH à la London School of Economics en 2014. Il a rejoint le Département de stratégie, responsabilité sociale et environnementale de l'ESG UQÀM en tant que professeur en 2018 où il est titulaire de la Chaire de décarbonisation depuis 2021 et dirige également la délégation de l'UQAM à la conférence annuelle de l'ONU sur les changements climatiques. Le livre du professeur Purdon intitulé "The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries: Carbon Markets, Climate Funds, and the State" a été publié chez Oxford University Press en 2024.
Mark Purdon is an expert in the emerging field of comparative climate change politics, which combines elements of comparative politics, comparative public policy and international relations. He is particularly interested in the relationship between decarbonization and political economy, and has extensive research experience in both developing and developed countries in areas of climate finance, renewable energy, transportation, forestry and land-use. Other elements of Professor Purdon's research include global climate governance and international cooperation, with a particular interest carbon markets and other forms of climate finance. His goal is to improve understanding of global climate change politics and international cooperation through rich and contextualized comparative research, as well as to rethink international relations theory in order to better inform domestic politics and public policy. Mark earned a PhD in political science at the University of Toronto in 2013 and completed a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the London School of Economics in 2014. He joined the Department of Strategy, Social and Environmental Responsibility at ESG UQÀM as a professor in 2018 where he has held the Chair in Decarbonization since 2021 and also leads UQAM's delegation to the annual UN climate change conference. Professor Purdon's book entitled "The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries: Carbon Markets, Climate Funds, and the State" was published at Oxford University Press in 2024.
Unités de recherche
- Chaire de recherche UQAM sur la décarbonisation
- Institut des sciences de l'environnement de l'UQAM (ISE)
- Institut d'études internationales de Montréal (IEIM)
- Laboratoire des Afriques Innovantes (LAFI)
- Villes Régions Monde, Réseau interuniversitaire d'études urbaines et régionales (VRM)
Affiliations externes principales
- Changement climatique, entreprise et société (2025, 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
- Géopolitique mondiale et environnement (2025)
- Cadres théoriques et épistémologiques des sciences de l'environnement (2025, 2024, 2022, 2020)
- Responsabilité sociale des entreprises (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
- Revue de littérature et problématisation en sciences de l'environnement (2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020)
- Perspectives interdisciplinaires dans l'étude des problématiques environnementales (2022, 2021, 2020)
- LES CHANGEMENTS CLIM. : DE LA SCIENCE A L'ACTION (2020)
Mark Purdon a été directeur général de l'Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone) de 2015 à 2022. Il a également été consultant sur les questions de changement climatique et de développement international auprès du CGIAR/Future Earth, du PNUD, de Transparency International, de la Gold Standard Foundation et de l'ACDI, entre autres.
Mark Purdon was Executive Director of the Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone) from 2015-2022. He has also been a consultant on climate change and international development issues with CGIAR/Future Earth, UNDP, Transparency International, the Gold Standard Foundation and CIDA, among others.
Directions de thèses et mémoires
- Nzeza Mukendi, Joseph. (2024). Combler les divisions analytiques entre la modélisation des systèmes énergétiques, la géographie des transitions durables, la justice énergétique et économie politique comparée du développement. Le cas d'Afrique de l'Est. (Mémoire de maîtrise). Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Chia, Diana Carolina. (2023). Gouvernance de la décarbonisation des grands événements : le cas des Championnats du monde de triathlon. (Rapport de stage). Université du Québec à Montréal.
- Kharraz, Habib. (2021). Enquête sur le séquençage entre les politiques climatiques et énergétiques de la Colombie-Britannique, ainsi que sur ses implications pour comprendre l'efficacité de la taxe carbone en Colombie-Britannique. (Essai). Université du Québec à Montréal.
Publications
- Purdon, M., Giuliano, G., Witcover, J., Murphy, C., Ziaja, S., Kaiser, C., Winfield, M., Séguin, C., Papy, J. et Fulton, L. (2021). Climate and Transportation Policy Sequencing in California and Quebec. Review of Policy Research, 38(5), 596–630. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ropr.12440.
- Purdon, M., Séguin, C. et Papy, J. (2021). Le marché du carbone présente des avantages pour le Québec. Policy Options/Options Politiques, (13 avril). https://policyoptions.irpp.org/fr/?sfid=96459&_sf_s=Le%20march%C3%A9%20du%20carbone%20pr%C3%A9sente%20des%20avantages%20pour%20le%20Qu%C3%A9bec.
- Van Bers, C., Delaney, A., Eakin, H., Cramer, L., Purdon, M., Oberlack, C., Evans, T., Pahl-Wostl, C., Eriksen, S., Jones, L., Korhonen-Kurki, K. et Vasileiou, I. (2019). Advancing the research agenda on food systems governance and transformation. Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, 39, 94–102. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cosust.2019.08.003.
- Purdon, M. (2018). Finding Common Ground: A Critique of Subsumption Theory and Its Application to Small-Scale Forest Carbon Offsetting in Uganda. Society & Natural Resources, 31(9), 1082–1093. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/08941920.2017.1414908.
- Delaney, A., Evans, T., McGreevy, J., Blekking, J., Schlachter, T., Korhonen-Kurki, K., Tamás, P.A., Crane, T.A., Eakin, H., Förch, W., Jones, L., Nelson, D.R., Oberlack, C., Purdon, M. et Rist, S. (2018). Governance of Food Systems Across Scales in Times of Social-Ecological Change: A Review of Indicators. Food Security, 10(2), 287–310. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12571-018-0770-y.
- Purdon, M., Hults, D., De Silva, G. et Zeigler, C. (2018). Panel: Balancing Acts – Energy Innovation in a Complex Market. Canada-United States Law Journal, 42, 117–135. http://search.ebscohost.com.proxy.bibliotheques.uqam.ca/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=131215307&lang=fr&site=ehost-live.
Notes: Proceedings of the 41st Annual CUSLI Conference - Purdon, M. (2017). Neoclassical Realism and International Climate Change Politics: Moral Imperative and Political Constraint in International Climate Finance. Journal of International Relations and Development, 20(2), 263–300. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/jird.2013.5.
- Côté-Boucher, G. et Purdon, M. (2017). Partager le fardeau climatique : les marchés du carbone comme piste de solution au défi des changements climatiques. Possibles, 41(2), 156–157. http://dx.doi.org/10.62212/revuepossibles.v41i2.239.
- Houle, D., Lachapelle, E. et Purdon, M. (2015). Comparative Politics of Sub-Federal Cap-and-Trade: Implementing the Western Climate Initiative. Global Environmental Politics, 15(3), 49–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/GLEP_a_00311.
- Purdon, M. (2015). Introduction. Advancing Comparative Climate Change Politics: Theory and Method. Global Environmental Politics, 15(3), 1–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1162/GLEP_e_00309.
- Purdon, M. (2015). Opening the Black Box of Carbon Finance "Additionality": The Political Economy of Carbon Finance Effectiveness across Tanzania, Uganda and Moldova. World Development, 74, 462–478. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2015.05.024.
- Purdon, M. (2013). Land Acquisitions in Tanzania: Strong Sustainability, Weak Sustainability and the Importance of Comparative Methods. Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics, 26(6), 1127–1156. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10806-013-9442-2.
- Purdon, M. (2010). The Clean Development Mechanism and Community Forests in Sub-Saharan Africa: Reconsidering Kyoto's "Moral Position" on Biocarbon Sinks in the Carbon Market. Environment, Development and Sustainability, 12(6), 1025–1050. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10668-010-9239-7.
- Purdon, M., Brais, S. et Bergeron, Y. (2004). Initial Response of Understorey Vegetation to Fire Severity and Salvage-logging in the Southern Boreal Forest of Québec. Applied Vegetation Science, 7(1), 49–60. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1654-109X.2004.tb00595.x.
- Purdon, M., Cienciala, E., Metelka, V., Beranová, J., Hunová, I. et Cerny, M. (2004). Regional Variation in Forest Health under Long-Term Air Pollution Mitigated by Lithological Conditions. Forest Ecology and Management, 195(3), 355–372. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2004.02.039.
- Purdon, M. (2003). The Nature of Ecosystem Management: Postmodernism and Plurality in the Sustainable Management of the Boreal Forest. Environmental Science & Policy, 6(4), 377–388. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1462-9011(03)00064-9.
- Purdon, M. et Thornton, P. (2019). Research methodology for adaptation policy analysis: embracing the eclectic messy centre. Dans E.C.H. Keskitalo et B.L. Preston (dir.). Research Handbook on Climate Change Adaptation Policy (p. 157–192). Edward Elgar Publishing. https://doi.org/10.4337/9781786432520.00016.
- Purdon, M., Houle, D. et Shaffer, B. (2016). The Political Economy of Free Allocations. Dans D. Beugin (dir.). Revenue Recycling: Six Position Papers on the Options for Recycling Carbon Pricing Revenue (p. 103–127). Canada's EcoFiscal Commission. https://ecofiscal.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Ecofiscal-Commission-Position-Papers-Options-Recycling-Carbon-Pricing-Revenue-April-6-2016.pdf.
- Purdon, M., Lokina, R. et Bukenya, M. (2015). Forest Sector Reforms in Tanzania and Uganda. Dans E. Robinson et R. Bluffstone (dir.). Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods, Forest Management, and Carbon Sequestration (p. 83–106). Routledge.
- Bluffstone, R., Robinson, E. et Purdon, M. (2015). Introduction: Local Forest Reform—Theory and Experience. Dans E. Robinson et R. Bluffstone (dir.). Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods, Forest Management, and Carbon Sequestration (p. 1–19). Routledge.
- Purdon, M. (2015). Understanding Local Forest Tenure Reforms: Section Context and Overview. Dans R. Bluffstone et E.J.Z. Robinson (dir.). Forest Tenure Reform in Asia and Africa: Local Control for Improved Livelihoods, Forest Management, and Carbon Sequestration. Routledge.
- Bernstein, S., Cashore, B., Eba’a Atyi, R., Maryudi, A., McGinley, K., Cadman, T., Gulbrandsen, L., Goehler, D., Hogl, K., Humphreys, D., Kant, S., Kozak, R., Levin, K., McDermott, C., Purdon, M., Scher, I., Stone, M.W., Tacconi, L. et Yasmi, Y. (2010). Examination of the influences of global forest governance arrangements at the domestic level. Dans J. Rayner, A. Buck et P. Katila (dir.). Embracing Complexity: Meeting the Challenges of International Forest Governance – A Global Assessment Report Prepared by the Global Forest Expert Panel on the International Forest Regime (p. 111–136). International Union of Forest Research Organization. https://www.iufro.org/science/science-policy/gfep-initiative/panel-on-forest-regime/.
- Purdon, M. (2010). Growing a Green Canadian Economy: Lessons from the Global Carbon Market and Their Implications for Canada’s Domestic Emissions Trading System. Dans T. Dunk (dir.). Transitions in Marginal Zones in the Age of Globalization: Case Studies from the North and South (p. 187–217). Lakehead University Press.
- Purdon, M. (2024). The Political Economy of Climate Finance Effectiveness in Developing Countries: Carbon Market, Climate Funds, and the State. Oxford University Press.
- Coderre, L.-C., Goulet, M. et Purdon, M. (2019). Aperçu des politiques du climat, de l'énergie et des transports au Québec. (Document de travail du JCCTRP, série 2019-1). Partenariat de recherche conjoint sur le climat et les transports (JCCTRP). https://decarbonisation.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/201906_JCCTRP_Working-Paper-2019-1_Quebec_Fr.pdf.
- Purdon, M., Giuliano, G., Witcover, J., Murphy, C., Ziaja, S., Kaiser, C., Winfield, M., Séguin, C., Papy, J., Kim, S.-O., Coderre, L.-C., Goulet, M. et Fulton, L. (2019). Climate and Transportation Policy Sequencing in California and Quebec. Joint Clean Climate Transport Research Partnership (JCCTRP). https://decarbonisation.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/201910_JCCTRP_Working-Paper-2019-2_En.pdf.
- Forget Lord, S., Dowds, J., Purdon, M., Bahn, O. et Aultman-Hall, L. (2019). Modeling Increased Electric Vehicle Charging Demand in Quebec. IQCarbone. https://decarbonisation.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/201912_JCCTRP-EMI_Report_Final_En.pdf.
- Coderre, L.-C., Goulet, M. et Purdon, M. (2019). Overview of Climate, Energy and Transport Policy in Quebec. (JCCTRP Working Paper Series 2019-1). Joint Clean Climate Transport Research Partnership (JCCTRP). https://decarbonisation.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2022/12/201906_JCCTRP_Working-Paper-2019-1_Quebec_En.pdf.
- Ndoye, I., Cloarec, B. et Purdon, M. (2018). Perspectives d'évolution du Programme de coopération climatique internationale du Québec – version 2018 : rapport et analyse de sondage. Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone). https://decarbonisation.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/2018_PCCI_Rapport_Final_4juin2018.pdf.
- Cloarec, B. et Purdon, M. (2018). Évolution du marché du carbone conjoint en 2018 : impact de l’entrée et de la potentielle sortie de l’Ontario. Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone). https://decarbonisation.uqam.ca/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2023/02/2018_CloarecPurdon_AnalyseSPEDE_Finale_29juin2018.pdf.
- Beaumier, L., Mosseau, N., Breton, S.-P. et Purdon, M. (2017). Pour une initiative permanente de modélisation des systèmes énergétiques canadiens. Institut de l’énergie Trottier (IET) et l'Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone). http://iet.polymtl.ca/publications/initiative-permanente-modelisation-systemes-energetiques-canadiens/.
- Rochon, J., Côté-Boucher, G. et Purdon, M. (2017). Risques et opportunités du Programme de Coopération Climatique Internationale du Québec : rapport et analyse de sondage. Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone). https://www.dropbox.com/s/umabg94a3prv8i4/RochonEtAl_2017.pdf?dl=0.
- Purdon, M. et Breton, S.-P. (2017). Scoping Study of the Potential Linkage of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia to the Western Climate Initiative. Institut québécois du carbone (IQCarbone). https://www.dropbox.com/s/idhs6b4ufpgp1q6/IQCarbone_NB-NS%20Study_30May2017_FinalRelease.pdf?dl=0.
- Diodati, M.-.H. et Purdon, M. (2016). Incertitude politique ou fuite de carbone? État actuel du marché du carbone depuis la vente aux enchères d’août 2016. (Note de recherche 2016-2). Institut québécois du carbone. https://www.dropbox.com/s/jxxhyad5j0wglcu/Diodati%26Purdon_AnalyseSPEDE_1nov2016_Final_Fr.pdf?dl=0.
Notes: (paru aussi en anglais : Political Uncertainty or Carbon Leakage? State of the California-Quebec Carbon Market since the August 2016 Auction Sale) - Diodati, M.-H. et Purdon, M. (2016). Political Uncertainty or Carbon Leakage? State of the California-Quebec Carbon Market since the August 2016 Auction Sale. (Note de recherche 2016-2). Institut québécois du carbone. http://dx.doi.org/10.13140/RG.2.2.13870.31049.
Notes: (paru aussi en français : Incertitude politique ou fuite de carbone? État actuel du marché du carbone depuis la vente aux enchères d’août 2016) - Delaney, A., Evans, T., McGreevy, J., Blekking, J., Schlachter, T., Korhonen-Kurki, K., Tamás, P.A., Crane, T.A., Eakin, H., Förch, W., Jones, L., Nelson, D.R., Oberlack, C. et Purdon, M. (2016). Strengthening the food systems governance evidence base: Supporting commensurability of research through a systematic review of methods. (Working Paper no. 167). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/72720.
- Purdon, M. et Breton, S.-P. (2016). The Downstream Emissions Resulting from the Energy East Pipeline: an evaluation considering economic, technical and political risk factors. (IQCarbone Climate Policy Working Paper No.2). Institut québécois du carbone. https://www.dropbox.com/s/7g3rx3k18naz72f/IQCarbone_EnergyEast_PurdonBreton_DT2_27avril2016_Complet.pdf?dl=0.
- Purdon, M. et Sinclair-Desgagné, N. (2015). Les retombées économiques prévues du marché du carbone conjoint entre la Californie et le Québec. (Notes & Analyses sur les États-Unis/on the USA, No). Centre d’études et de recherches internationales (CÉRIUM). https://cerium.umontreal.ca/recherche-et-publications/publications/notes-danalyse/une-note-danalyse/news/detail/News/les-retombees-economiques-prevues-du-marche-du-carbone-conjoint-entre-la-californie-et-le-quebec-1/.
- Purdon, M. (2014). Ex-post Evaluation of the Additionality of a Clean Development Mechanism Cogeneration Project in Uganda: The Significance of Changes in Project Financing and Background Economic Conditions. (Working Paper 152). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/ex-post-evaluation-of-the-additionality-of-a-clean-development-mechanism-cogeneration-project-in-uganda-the-significance-of-changes-in-project-financing-and-background-economic-conditions/.
- Purdon, M. et Lokina, R. (2014). Ex-post Evaluation of the Additionality of Clean Development Mechanism Afforestation Projects in Tanzania, Uganda and Moldova. (Working Paper 149). Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Working Paper, LSE. http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute/publication/ex-post-evaluation-of-the-additionality-of-clean-development-mechanism-afforestation-projects-in-tanzania-uganda-and-moldova-working-paper-149/.
- Purdon, M., Houle, D. et Lachapelle, E. (2014). L’économie politique des systèmes de plafonnement et d'échange de droits d'émission de la Californie et du Québec. Sustainable Prosperity, Université d'Ottawa. https://canada.citizensclimatelobby.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PurdonEtAl_2014_CalifornieQuebec_Fr_Final.pdf.
- Purdon, M. (2014). The Comparative Turn in Climate Change Adaptation and Food Security Governance Research. (CCAFS Working Paper no. 92). CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS). https://hdl.handle.net/10568/51751.
- Purdon, M., Houle, D. et Lachapelle, E. (2014). The Political Economy of California and Québec’s Cap-and-Trade Systems. Sustainable Prosperity, University of Ottawa. https://institute.smartprosperity.ca/sites/default/files/publications/files/QuebecCalifornia%20FINAL.pdf.
- Purdon, M. (2009). Bio-Carbon Overview. Dans R. Kelly et M. Purdon(dir.). Bio-Carbon Opportunities in Eastern and Southern Africa: Harnessing Carbon Finance to Promote Sustainable Forestry Agro-Forestry and Bio-Energy(p. 2-25). UNDP. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/climate_change/mitigation/bio-carbon-opportunities-in-eastern-and-southern-africa.html.
- Purdon, M. (2009). Implementing Forest Bio-Carbon Projects: Summary and Synthesis of Existing CDM Methodologies for AR and Forest Bio-energy. Dans R. Kelly et M. Purdon(dir.). Bio-Carbon Opportunities in Eastern and Southern Africa: Harnessing Carbon Finance to Promote Sustainable Forestry Agro-Forestry and Bio-Energy(p. 50-85). UNDP. http://www.undp.org/content/undp/en/home/librarypage/environment-energy/climate_change/mitigation/bio-carbon-opportunities-in-eastern-and-southern-africa.html.
- Purdon, M. (2005). Contribution potentielle du mécanisme de développement propre (MDP) du protocole de Kyoto au développement rural du Cameroun. GyreSustainable. http://individual.utoronto.ca/markpurdon/CDMReport_francais_Final.pdf.
- Purdon, M. et Boone, C. (dir.). (2015). Advancing Comparative Climate Change Politics: Theory and Method [Numéro spécial]. Global Environmental Politics, 15(3). https://www.mitpressjournals.org/toc/glep/15/3
- Purdon, M. (2013). Global Warming Gridlock [Recension du livre "Global Warming Gridlock – Creating More Effective Strategies for Protecting the Planet", de D. Victor]. Journal of International Law and International Relations, 9, 83-90. https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/jilwirl9&i=91