Scholars
Jevgeniy Bluwstein
University of Bern
Based in
Switzerland
Europe
Jevgeniy is a critical environmental and social scientist examining how the state and society navigate the climate crisis. His research focuses on two primary dimensions: the externalization of mitigation responsibilities and the juridification of climate politics. Empirically, Jevgeniy investigates carbon governance—including land-use change, carbon removal, and negative emissions—to examine how different actors participate in governing carbon across scales and the resulting implications for climate justice. Additionally, he explores climate litigation involving states, corporations, and activists. By studying climate trials, he analyzes how different actors mobilize the courts and evaluates the broader consequences of juridification for climate action.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Switzerland TanzaniaFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Climate law and litigation Climate law and litigation Social movementsHow to Connect
Publications
Articles
Bluwstein, Jevgeniy. “The Trouble with Carbon Budgets, Offsets and Removals in Climate Litigation against States: The Case of KlimaSeniorinnen v. Switzerland at the ECtHR.” European Journal of International Law 36.4 (2025): 961-990. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chaf068.
Santer, Kiri Olivia, and Jevgeniy Bluwstein. “Carbon leakage as capital’s spatial fix: the challenges of governing the green transition through carbon border adjustments.” Globalizations 22.6 (2025): 1149-1165. https://doi.org/10.1080/14747731.2025.2506271.
Bluwstein, Jevgeniy, and Salvatore Paolo De Rosa. “Political ecologies of the future: Introduction to the special issue.” Geoforum (2024): 104023. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoforum.2024.104023.
Bluwstein, Jevgeniy, Clémence Demay, Lucie Benoit. “Civil disobedience and climate trials in Switzerland – What are they fighting for in the Swiss courts?” humanrights.ch (2023). https://www.humanrights.ch/de/ipf/menschenrechte/klima/
Bluwstein, Jevgeniy, and Connor Cavanagh. “Rescaling the land rush? Global political ecologies of land use and cover change in key scenario archetypes for achieving the 1.5 C Paris agreement target.” The Journal of Peasant Studies 50.1 (2023): 262-294. https://doi.org/10.1080/03066150.2022.2125386.
Bluwstein, Jevgeniy. “Transformation is not a metaphor.” Political geography 90 (2021): 102450. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2021.102450.