Celine Charveriat
Photo by: Eloise Bodin
In residence: May 2026
Celine Charveriat is a sustainability and systemic change expert with nearly 30 years of experience working at the intersection of policy, research, and international cooperation. Trained in law, political science, and international relations, she began her career as a researcher at the Peterson Institute and the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington D.C. She later spent 15 years at Oxfam International, before serving as Executive Director of the Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) from 2016 to 2022.
In recent years, Charveriat has increasingly focused on the nexus of arts, science, and policy. In 2024, she joined the curatorial committee of the art–science exhibition Naturarchy and founded Pro(to)topia, a think-and-do network dedicated to imagining green, caring societies. Pro(to)topia is grounded in the indivisibility of care—care for oneself, for others, and for the wider animate and non-animate world. Alongside this work, Charveriat teaches strategic foresight as an adjunct professor at Sciences Po Paris (Paris School of International Affairs) and at Paul Valéry University of Montpellier.
During her residency at Artica Svalbard, Charveriat will develop Noah’s Ark 2.0: Imagineering Just Coadaptation in Svalbard, an arts-based, participatory foresight project led by Pro(to)topia. The project asks what climate adaptation might look like if the needs of reindeer, tundra, and other more-than-human beings were valued equally to those of humans, following the principle of interspecies equity. Using the Svalbard reindeer as a guiding perspective to decentre the human gaze, the project will combine interviews with scientists, light scenario-building exercises, and a community workshop. Together, these activities aim to co-create futures for just coadaptation between species—contributing to adaptation policy debates, new Svalbard imaginaries, and broader Arctic discussions around nature rights.
Website: https://www.prototopia.eu/
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