Publications

Peer-reviewed articles

Laurens, N. (accepted for publication). A springboard or a safeguard? The repercussions of affinity on environmental treaties' adaptability. Earth System Governance. https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=4709725.


Laurens, N. (2024). Searching for a recipe for success: Environmental citizen petitions under free trade agreements. Environmental Politics. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2024.2347162.


Laurens, N., Winkler, C., & Dupont, C. (2024). Sweetening the liberalization pill: Flanking Measures to Free Trade Agreements. The Review of International Polical Economy. https://doi.org/10.1080/09692290.2024.2337193.


Laurens, N., Hollway, J., & Morin, J-F. (2023). Checking for updates: Ratification, design, and institutional adaptation. International Studies Quarterly, 67(3), sqad049. https://doi.org/10.1093/isq/sqad049.

 

Laurens, N. (2023). Institutional adaptation in slow motion: Zooming in on desertification governance. Global Environmental Politics, 23(2), 31–53. https://doi.org/10.1162/glep_a_00705.

 

Laurens, N., Brandi, C., & Morin, J-F. (2021). Climate and trade policies: From silos to integration. Climate Policy, 22(2), 248-253. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.2009433.

 

Laurens, N., & Morin, J-F. (2019). Negotiating environmental protection in trade agreements: A regime shift or a tactical linkage? International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 19(6), 533-556. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-019-09451-w

 

Laurens, N., Dove, Z., Morin, J-F., & Jinnah, S. (2019). NAFTA 2.0: The greenest trade agreement ever? World Trade Review, 18(4), 659-677. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1474745619000351.

Book chapters

Laurens, N., Dove, Z., Morin, J-F., & Jinnah, S. (2021). NAFTA and the environment: Decades of measured progress. In Gagné, G. & Rioux, M. (Eds.) NAFTA 2.0: From the first NAFTA to the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 157-180. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81694-0. 

 

Laurens, N. (2020). Meta-analysis: A solution to deal with scientific information overload when conducting research syntheses. In Morin, J-F., Olsson, C. & Atikcan, E. Ö. (Eds.) Research Methods in the Social Sciences: An A-Z of Key Concepts. Oxford: Oxford University Press. pp.163-165. https://doi.org/10.1093/hepl/9780198850298.001.0001.

Work in progress

Brandi, C., Laurens, N., Morin, J.-F., & Schwab, J. Trade provisions in MEAs: An incentive to join the club? Revise and Resubmit.


Winkler, C., Dupont, C., & Laurens, N. Willful Gambles: Signing Trade Agreements and the Dynamics of Ratification Uncertainty. Working paper


Laurens, N. Environmental conditionality in EU trade policy. Working paper.