Virginie Arantes

Virginie Arantes is a political scientist with a Ph.D. from the Université libre de Bruxelles. Her research focuses on environmental governance, nationalism, and sustainability in East and Southeast Asia. She is the author of China’s Green Consensus (2022), which examines authoritarian environmentalism and civil society dynamics in China, and has published in journals such as Journal of Contemporary China, Journal of Environmental Management, and Journal of Social Entrepreneurship. Her current work explores how green nationalism contributes to state legitimacy and the construction of national identity amid shifting geopolitical landscapes.