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Jon Birger Skjærseth

Position at FNI: Research Professor

Academic background

Full professor competence, 2008

Dr. Polit., University of Oslo, 1999 (political science)

Professional experience

Visiting researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-07).

Research Director the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2003-06).

Programme director - European Policy, at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2000-03).

Member of the Board and Council at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1995-97).

Part-time employment at the Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (1994-96).

Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (1994-98).

Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment, Department of Ocean Pollution (1991-92).

Scholarship, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1990-91).

Main research interests
International and regional environmental cooperation, national environmental policy and corporate strategies. Main focus on the EU, marine pollution and climate change.

Selected major publications

Books

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Per Ove Eikeland (eds), Corporate Responses to EU Emissions Trading: Resistance, Innovation or Responsibility? Farnham, Ashgate, 2013, 322 p.

Skjærseth, Jon B. and Per Ove Eikeland (eds), Corporate Responses to EU Emissions Trading. Forthcoming, Ashgate, Spring 2013.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Tora Skodvin, Climate Change and the Oil Industry: Common Problems, Varying Strategies. Paperback edition. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2009, 260 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, EU Emissions Trading: Initiation, Decision-making and Implementation. Aldershot, Ashgate, 2008, 216 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger (ed.), International Regimes and Norway's Environmental Policy - Crossfire and Coherence. Ashgate, September 2004, 254 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Tora Skodvin, Climate Change and the Oil Industry: Common Problem, Varying Strategies. Hardback edition. Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2003, 246 p.

Miles, Edward L., Arild Underdal, Steinar Andresen, Jørgen Wettestad, Jon Birger Skjærseth and Elaine M. Carlin, Environmental Regime Effectiveness: Confronting Theory with Evidence. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 2001, 491 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, North Sea Cooperation. Linking international and Domestic Pollution Control. Manchester University Press, 2000.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, The Making and Implementation of North Sea Pollution Commitments: Institutions, Rationality and Norms. University of Oslo and Akademika, 1999.

Peer reviewed journal articles

Skjærseth, Jon B., Guri Bang and Miranda Schreuers, forthcoming 2013. 'Explaining Growing Climate Policy Differences in the European Union and the United States'. Accepted for publication in Global Environmental Change.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Governance by EU Emissions Trading: Resistance or Innovation in the Oil Industry?'. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol 13, No 1, 2013, pp. 31-48.

Andresen, Steinar, G. Kristin Rosendal and Jon Birger Skjærseth, 'Why Negotiate a Legally Binding Mercury Convention?'. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, published online 27.11.2012. 16 p.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'EU Emissions Trading: Legitimacy and Stringency'. Environmental Policy and Governance, Vol 20, No 5, 2010, pp. 295-308.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Fixing the EU Emissions Trading System? Understanding the Post-2012 Changes'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 10, No 4, 2010, pp. 101-123.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Making the EU Emissions Trading System: The European Commission as an Entrepreneurial Epistemic Leader'. Global Environmental Change, Vol 20, No 2, 2010, pp. 314-321.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Exploring the Consequences of Soft Law and Hard Law: Implementing International Nutrient Commitments in Norwegian Agriculture'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 10, No 1, 2010, pp. 1-14.

Flåm, Karoline Hægstad and Jon Birger Skjærseth, 'Does Adequate Financing Exist for Adaptation in Developing Countries?'. Climate Policy, Vol 9, No. 1, 2009, pp. 109-114.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'A Framework for Assessing the Sustainability Impact of CSR'. In Barth, Regine and Franziska Wolff (eds), Corporate Social Responsibility in Europe: Rhetoric and Realities. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2009, pp. 26-38.

Skjærseth, Jon B. and Jørgen Wettestad, 'The Origin, Evolution and Consequences of the EU Emissions Trading System'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 9, No 2, 2009, pp. 101-123.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Implementing EU Emissions Trading: Success or Failure?'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 8, No 3, 2008, pp. 275-290.

Sæverud, Ingvild A. and Jon Birger Skjærseth, 'Oil Companies and Climate Change: Inconsistencies between Strategy Formulation and Implementation?'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 7, No 3, 2007, pp. 42-63.

Skjærseth, Jon B. and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Is EU Enlargement Bad for Environmental Policy? Confronting Gloomy Expectations with Evidence'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 7, No 3, 2007, pp. 263-280.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, Olav Schram Stokke and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Soft Law, Hard Law, and Effective Implementation of International Environmental Norms'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 6, No 3, 2006, pp. 104-120.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Atle Christer Christiansen, 'Environmental Policy Instruments and Technological Change in the Energy Sector: Findings from Comparative Empirical Research'. Energy & Environment, Vol 17 No 2, 2006, pp. 223-241.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Protecting the North-East Atlantic: Enhancing Synergies by Institutional Interplay'. Marine Policy, Vol 30, No 2, 2006, pp. 157-166.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Atle Christer Christiansen, 'Climate Change Policies in Norway and the Netherlands: Different Instruments, Similar Outcome'. Energy & Environment, Vol 16, No 1, 2005, pp. 1-25.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Understanding the effectiveness of EU Environmental Policy: How Can Regime Analysis Contribute?'. Environmental Politics, Vol 11, No 3, 2002, pp. 99-121.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Tora Skodvin, 'Climate Change and the Oil Industry: Common Problems, Different Strategies'. Global Environmental Politics, Vol 1, No 4, 2001, pp. 43-64.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'The Fruitfulness of Various Models in the Study of International Environmental Politics'. Cooperation and Conflict, Vol 30, No 2, 1995, pp. 155-178.

Recent commentary articles

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Carbon Trading', International Innovation, 01.12.2012, pp. 80-81.

Underdal, Arild, Iselin Stensdal, Jon Birger Skjærseth and Guri Bang, 'Nøkkelaktører låser klimaforhandlingene' ('Key Actors Lock the Climate Negotiations'), Dagsavisen, 13.12.2011. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger and Jørgen Wettestad, 'Styrking av EUs kvotehandelssytem' ('Strengthening of the EU Emissions Trading System'), Klima, No 3, 20 May 2009. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger og Jørgen Wettestad, 'Mer makt til Brussel i klimapolitikken' ('More Power to Brussels in Climate Politics'), Klima, No 3, June 2008. In Norwegian.

Skjærseth, Jon Birger, 'Schwarzenegger mot Bush' ('Climate: Schwarzenegger vs. Bush'), Dagbladet, 25 June 2007. In Norwegian.

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