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Olav Schram Stokke

Born: 1961

Position at FNI: Senior Research Fellow

Academic background:

Full professor competence, 2009

Cand. polit., University of Oslo, 1986 (political science, economics, history)

Professional experience:

Research Director, FNI (1997-2003)

Fellow, Centre for Advanced Study (1999-2000)

Director of Polar Studies, FNI (1992-97)

Research Fellow, FNI (1987-91)

Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of Oslo (1992)

Assistant Professor, University of Tromsø (1987)

Main research interests:
International political economy, with special emphasis on regime theory applied to regional cooperation and joint management of natural resources and the environment. Geographic focus on Polar regions, especially the European part of the Arctic and the Antarctic. Current substantive foci include Arctic climate change and environmental protection; fisheries management in the Northeast Atlantic; the compliance system of the climate Kyoto Protocol; institutional interaction, including between environmental and trade regimes; and the role of science in environmental governance.

Major publications:

Books:

Stokke, Olav Schram and Geir Hønneland (eds), International Cooperation and Arctic Governance: Regime Effectiveness and Northern Region Building. London, Routledge, 2007, 196 p.

Stokke, Olav Schram, Jon Hovi and Geir Ulfstein (eds), Implementing the Climate Regime - International Compliance. Earthscan, January 2005, 272 p.

Stokke, Olav Schram (ed), Governing High Sea Fisheries. The interplay of global and regional regimes. Oxford University Press, 2001, 365 p.

Stokke, Olav Schram and Davor Vidas (eds), Governing the Antarctic: The Effectiveness and Legitimacy of the Antarctic System. Cambridge University Press, 1996, 464 p.

Stokke, Olav Schram and Ola Tunander (eds), The Barents Region: Cooperation in Arctic Europe. London, Sage, 1994, 239 p.

Recent journal articles and book chapters:

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Protecting the Arctic Environment: The Interplay of Global and Regional Regimes'. The Yearbook of Polar Law, Vol 1, 2009, pp. 349-370.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Trade Measures and the Combat of IUU Fishing: Institutional Interplay and Effective Governance in the Northeast Atlantic'. Marine Policy, Vol 33, 2009, pp. 339-349.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Internasjonal fiskeripolitikk: Fra bærekraft til føre var' ('International Fisheries Politics: From Sustainability to Precaution'). In Andresen, Steinar, Elin Lerum Boasson and Geir Hønneland (eds): Internasjonal miljøpolitikk ('International Environmental Politics'). Bergen, Fagbokforlaget, 2008, pp. 121-132. In Norwegian.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'A Legal Regime for the Arctic? Interplay with the Law of the Sea Convention'. Marine Policy, Vol 31, No 4, 2007, pp. 402-408.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Qualitative Comparative Analysis, Shaming, and International Regime Effectiveness'. Journal of Business Research, Vol 60, No 5, 2007, pp. 501-511.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Internasjonale regimer' ('International Regimes'). In Hovi, Jon and Raino Malnes (eds), Anarki, makt og normer. Innføring i internasjonal politikk ('Anarchy, Power and Norms. An Introduction to International Politics'). Oslo, Abstrakt Forlag, 2007, pp. 258-286. In Norwegian.

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.

Stokke, Olav Schram and Clare Coffey, 'Institutional Interplay and Responsible Fisheries: Combating Subsidies, Developing Precaution'. In Oberthür, Sebastian and Thomas Gehring (eds), Institutional Interaction in Global Environmental Governance - Synergy and Conflict among International and EU Policies. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 2006, pp. 127-150.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Trade Measures and Climate Compliance: Interplay Between WTO and the Marrakesh Accords'. International Environmental Agreements, Vol 4, No 4, 2004, pp. 339-357.

Stokke, Olav Schram and Clare Coffey, 'Precaution, ICES and the Common Fisheries Policy: A study of regime interplay'. Marine Policy, Vol 28, No 2, 2004, pp. 117-126.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Managing Fisheries in the Barents Sea Loophole: Interplay with the UN Fish Stocks Agreement'. Ocean Development and International Law, Vol 32, No 3, 2001, pp. 241-62.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Managing Straddling Stocks: The Interplay of Global and Regional Regimes'. Ocean and Coastal Management, Vol 43, pp. 205-234.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Sub-Regional Cooperation and Protection of the Arctic Marine Environment: The Barents Sea'. In Vidas, Davor (ed), Protecting the Polar Marine Environment: Law and Policy for Pollution Prevention. Cambridge University Press, 2000, pp. 124-48.

Stokke, Olav Schram, Lee G. Anderson and Natalia Mirovitskaya, 'The Barents Sea Fisheries'. In Young, Oran R. (ed), The Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Causal Connections and Behavioral Mechanisms. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 1999, pp. 91-154.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Nuclear Dumping in Arctic Seas: Russian Implementation of the London Convention'. In Victor, D.G., K. Raustiala and E. B. Skolnikoff (eds), The Implementation and Effectiveness of International Environmental Commitments: Theory and Practice. Cambridge (MA), MIT Press, 1998, pp. 475-517.

Recent commentary articles:

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Arctic Environmental Governance: Are New Regimes Needed?', The Circle, No 1, 1 April 2009.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Vitenskap og politikk i miljø- og ressursforvaltningen: Konkurranse, usikkerhet og gjennomslag' ('Science and Politics in Environmental and Resource Management: Competition, Uncertainty, and Influence'). Forskning for en bedre miljøforvaltning. Oslo, Research Council of Norway, 19 November 2008. In Norwegian.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Kampen om rovfisket i nord' ('The struggle over illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the Barents Sea'). Aftenposten, 22 October 2005. In Norwegian.
(English version available here)

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'MSC og miljømerking av fisk' ('MSC and Ecolabeling of Fish'). Fiskaren, 29 October 2004. In Norwegian.

Stokke, Olav Schram, 'Løper USA fra ansvaret for verdens miljø?' (Is the USA Running Away from Its Global Environmental Responsibilities?'). Aftenposten, 28 September 2003. In Norwegian.

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