
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
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Health Policy and Planning, published online 11.02.2021, 10 p.
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Earth's Future, published online 10.02.2021. DOI: 10.1029/2020EF001896
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In Frank Biermann and Kim Rakhyun (eds), Architectures of Earth System Governance. Cambridge University Press, 2020, pp. 207-232.
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International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol 20, 2020, pp. 5-19.
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Asian Perspective, Vol 44, No 3, 2020, pp. 435-460
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Forskning.no, 10 March 2021. In Norwegian.
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FNI Report 1/2021. Lysaker, FNI, 2021, 28 p.
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FNI Report 3/2020. Lysaker, FNI, 2020, 66 p. In Norwegian
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NEWS
- FNI researchers guest editors of INEA special issue
- FNI-forskere gjesteredaktører for INEA
- New research opportunities on ocean governance, Russia and the Arctic
- Mercury pollution in China: how research played an important role in environmental policy
- Prize for Outstanding Research Awarded to FNI Director
IN MEDIA
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#34: ACER, trygg strømhandel og vannkraftverk i dusjen
Fornybaren (podcast), 1 February 2021.
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The USA Joining the Paris Agreement Again
High North News, 2 February 21.
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USA inn i Parisavtalen igjen: Et steg i riktig retning for Arktis (US re-enters Paris agreement)
High North News, 01.02.21. In Norwegian.
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Jusprofessor tar oppgjør med tvang mot kommuner
VG, 24.09.2020. In Niorwegian
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Ble maktesløst vitne til død – selv om vaksinen fantes ('Powerless witness to death - even though a vaccine existed')
NRK.no, 28.08.2020. In Norwegian