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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.
Major
publications
Books
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 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.
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.
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
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. |