Philippe Evoy is pursuing a joint PhD in political science and in environmental policy analysis, respectively at Université Laval and Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, under the joint supervision of Prof Jean-Frédéric Morin and Prof Philipp Pattberg. Starting in 2022, he has held a PhD scholarship from the Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) as well as a Marcel-et-Annie-Adams scholarship in international studies. His research interests are centered around international norms dynamics, with a particular focus on environmental norms and their inclusion in international agreements. His thesis project concerns the role of the "common heritage of humankind" principle in the global environmental governance of areas beyond national jurisdiction. 

Philippe holds an M.Sc. in International Relations from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). From 2019 to 2021, he worked as an international relations advisor at the National Assembly of Québec, and subsequently worked at the INQ Research Chair on Northern Sustainable Development at the beginning of his PhD. He currently works as a research assistant at the Canada Research Chair in International Political Economy