Emma Lecavalier is a doctoral student and Vanier Scholar in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on cities and city networks in global governance, both in climate change and beyond. She has been a Research Assistant with the Environmental Governance Lab since 2016, and is currently a Research Fellow at the Global Policy Institute at Durham University, and Deputy Editor of Global Policy: Next Generation.

Prior to her doctoral studies, Emma spent two years as a research fellow with the University of Cape Town in South Africa examining the drivers of sustainable energy policy in China, India, and South Africa. She holds an MPhil in International Relations from the University of Oxford and a BA (Hons) in Political Science and Global Development from Western University.