So honored! As @giofabman.bsky.social’s first PhD student, I’ve had a privileged front-row seat to his brilliance. Giovanni is the gold standard in academia: a legendary scholar equally dedicated to the growth and well-being of his students. So grateful for his exceptional support at Cambridge! 👩‍🎓🎉✍️🥂

Giovanni Mantilla@giofabman.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Recently, my first PhD student @zikunyang.bsky.social defended her brilliant dissertation about China’s varying attitudes re: climate change cooperation and R2P, developing an exciting new argument based on impressive amounts of empirical evidence. Such a a joy to supervise her; I’m so proud! 👏🏻🎓📖🍾

Extremely thrilled to share that my article "The multiple audiences dynamic of status (dis) satisfaction: examining China’s shifting response to the emerging global environmental regime, 1950–1972" is now published #openaccess in @ejir.bsky.social at doi.org/10.1177/1354...! (1/n)

The multiple audiences dynamic of status (dis)satisfaction: examining China’s shifting response to the emerging global environmental regime, 1950–1972 - Zikun Yang, 2025

How does status dissatisfaction shape a state’s behavior? Existing literature suggests that mistreatment and misconception by the great powers could elicit a st...

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