FNI conducts empirical, theoretical and legal studies on global governance, with focus on environmental issues.
Many of FNI's empirical studies del with the UN and its many sub-agencies, and its key role in global environmental governance as both an arena and an actor. How does the UN system contribute to the effectiveness of global governance, and can it be enhanced? Various global environmental agreements are studied, as are the role and position of key state actors.
Theoretical studies employ regime theory to analyze how conventions and regimes are created, how they develop and what factors they are influenced by. Another important issue is analyzing how they work - what kinds of institutional design make regimes effective?
Legal studies focus on the treaties and decisions that constitute the legal basis of the institutions and their formal powers. Such studies also consider the content of rights and duties of states under the respective treaties. Are the institutions, procedures and substantive rules designed so that conflicts are avioded and synergies enhanced?
RESEARCHERS
PROJECTS
BOOKS
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Leiden (the Netherlands), Brill, 2017, 420 p.
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Abingdon (UK), Routledge, 2017, 232 p.
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, published online 28.06.2019, 19 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-019-09447-6
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Progress in Physical Geography, Vol 43, No 3, 2019, pp. 319-333.
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In Susan Park and Teresa Kramarz (eds), Global Environmental Governance and the Accountability Trap. Cambridge (USA), MIT Press, 2019, pp. 143-168.
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In J. Zalasiewicz, C. Waters, M. Williams and C. Summerhayes (eds), The Anthropocene as a Geological Time Unit: A Guide to the Scientific Evidence and Current Debate. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2019, pp. 31-40.
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Current Anthropology, Vol 59, No 2, 2018, pp. 220-223.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Nordlys, 14.5.2019. In Norwegian.
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High North News, 25.4.2019.
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Wilfried Martens Centre for European Studies, policy brief. April 2019.
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Dagens Næringsliv, 5.4.2019. In Norwegian.
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Anchorage Daily News, 3.4.2019.
IN MEDIA
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L’Arctique, champ de bataille entre Chine, Russie et États-Unis ('The Arctic battlefield between China, Russia and the United States')
Slate Magazine, 16.6.2019. In French.
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Canada Makes a Claim to the North Pole
Live Science, 7.6.2019.
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Canada vil ha Nordpolen. Og norske politikere endte i grøfta ('Canada wants the North Pole. And Norwegian politicians ended up in the ditch')
High North News, 1.6.2019. In Norwegian.
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Does Santa Claus speak Danish, English or Russian?
The Economist, 1.6.2019.
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Canada tar viktig skritt for å markere territorium i Arktis. Leverte krav som inkluderer Nordpolen. ('Canada takes important steps to mark its territory in the Arctic. Delivered claims including the North Pole')
High North News, 31.5.2019. In Norwegian.
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