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= Radoslav Dimitrov = Radoslav Dimitrov is an academic and United Nations delegate. Dimitrov is an Associate Professor in Western University's Department of Political Science, a position he has held since 2012. In 2015, he helped to draft the Paris Agreement, a document addressing global environmental politics. Starting in 2019, Dimitrov will chair the European Union’s political and climate communications group.

Education
Dimitrov holds a bachelor’s degree in Political Science from McGill University; a master’s degree in International Relations from the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, a professional school of international affairs at Carleton University; and a doctorate degree in Political Science from the University of Minnesota.

Dimitrov’s graduate research explored how the environmental policy of nations shapes global environmental politics. Expanding on this research, in 2002, he published his first article, “Confronting Nonregimes: Science and International Coral Reef Policy”. In it, Dimitrov considers how governments sometimes create institutions solely to maintain the appearance of productivity, a mechanism that he terms a “nonregime”.

Academic
After completing his doctorate in 2002, Dimitrov undertook a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Geneva. In 2004, he joined Western’s Department of Political Science as an Assistant Professor. In 2012, he was promoted to an Associate Professor.

During the 2018–2019 academic year, Dimitrov teaches four undergraduate courses: Political Science 2231E (International Relations), an introductory course that covers public policy, economics, and governance; International Relations 2702E (Global Politics Since 1945), which analyzes superpowers and their influence on global politics; Political Science 3208G (Global Climate Change Politics), an overview of climate agreements, such as the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol, and the Paris Agreement; and Political Science 4402F (Diplomacy and International Relations), an advanced course that reviews diplomatic procedures.

Non-academic
Since 2009, Dimitrov has served as the European Union delegate to the United Nations climate change negotiations. In 2015, he was among 20,000 delegates helping to draft the Paris Agreement. As a delegate, he engaged with other diplomats and explored the politics of international policymaking. Also, from 2004 to 2009, he was a United Nations rapporteur, helping to document the history of climate negotiations.

Dimitrov also presents at climate conferences. In May 2015, he hosted a seminar at the University College London's Energy Institute, "The Hidden Hand of Climate Diplomacy". In October 2018, he participated in the University of Windsor's Distinguished Speakers Series on Global Environmental Governance, discussing the long-term implications of the Paris Agreement.

Since 2012, he has also been a consultant on climate diplomacy to the World Business Council on Sustainable Developmen t, an alliance of large multinational corporations, including Apple, the Boston Consulting Group, Ford, and IKEA.

Works
2016: "The Paris Agreement on Climate Change: Behind Closed Doors."

2010: "Inside UN Climate Change Negotiations: The Copenhagen Conference."

2010: "Inside Copenhagen: The State of Climate Governance."

2007: "International Nonregimes: A Research Agenda."

2006: Science and International Environmental Policy: Regimes and Non-Regimes in Global Governance.

2005: "Hostage to Norms: States, Institutions, and Global Forest Politics."

2005: "Precaution in Global Environmental Politics."

2003: "Knowledge, Power and Interests in Environmental Regime Formation."

2002: "Water, Conflict and Security: A Conceptual Minefield."

2002: "Confronting Non-Regimes: Science and International Coral Reef Policy."

Personal life
Dimitrov has three daughters. His wife, Nanda Dimitrov, is the Director of the Centre for Research on Teaching and Learning in Higher Education at Western’s Faculty of Education.