Joseph Earsom is associate professor in environmental and climate policy at ESPOL. His research focuses on the international governance of climate change, with a particular emphasis on how states and other actors, such as the European Union, navigate the many institutions handling different aspects of the broader climate crisis.

Joseph holds a MSc. in European Politics & Policies from the KU Leuven (Belgium) and a PhD in political science from the UCLouvain (Belgium; title: Connecting the dots? The European Union's diplomacy across the international regime complex on climate change). During his PhD, he was a visiting scholar at the Institute of Behavioral Science at the University of Colorado - Boulder (USA).

He has served as a research consultant at the WTO on a project regarding virtual negotiations. In addition, he has volunteered his expertise for several capacity buildings projects for multilateral environmental negotiations. He is also a scientific collaborator within the Institut de sciences politiques - Louvain Europe at the UCLouvain.