Bravo Research 2025

The admission of Professor Miriam Cohen to the Global Young Academy was highlighted at the annual Bravo Recherche ceremony, held on 6 May.

At the Bravo Research 2025 ceremony, the University of Montreal highlighted the excellence of its researchers and their achievements, which extend far beyond the walls of the institution. This annual celebration pays tribute to a dynamic scientific community whose work, whether in law, history, health, natural sciences or technology, contributes to the advancement of society and addresses major contemporary challenges.

In an interview with UdeM News, Professor Cohen spoke about her appointment:

What does this appointment highlight and how will it influence your research?

It is a real honour for me to be admitted to the Global Young Academy, an international society of young scientists from around the world, across all disciplines. This recognition reflects the importance attached to legal research, particularly work on international justice, human rights and reparations. It highlights the relevance of this work in terms of international and interdisciplinary cooperation and dialogue.

Being a member of the academy will allow me to strengthen collaborations with colleagues from various disciplines and regions of the world and to participate in collective projects on contemporary global issues, including those related to climate justice, reparations and the protection of human rights. My research focuses on the analysis of legal mechanisms aimed at reparation and inclusion, whether in trials for crimes against humanity and human rights violations, climate claims brought before international courts, or initiatives to place restorative justice at the heart of state and institutional responses.

What topic would you like to work on in the future?

I plan to continue my work on international justice, the protection of human rights from a comparative perspective, and reparations for violations of international law. I would like to explore the intersections between climate justice and restorative justice by examining how international standards can be mobilised to respond to the climate crisis and how they can contribute to transforming existing frameworks towards more inclusive justice and more equitable climate governance. I am also interested in how law can serve as a tool for empowerment, as a lever for rebuilding relationships and imagining more just futures. This includes projects on collective redress mechanisms and the recognition of transgenerational harms in the context of international justice.

This content has been updated on 12 January 2026 at 18 h 30 min.