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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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.
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Global Challenges, Vol 2, No 9, 7 p. DOI: 10.1002/gch2.201800055
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In Peter Dauvergne and Justin Alger (eds), A Research Agenda for Global Environmental Politics. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2018, pp. 50-64.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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Dagens Næringsliv, 28.2.2019. In Norwegian.
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Nature. Correspondence, in 565, 161 (2019).
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Cambridge Core blog, 13.12.2018.
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Energi og Klima, 6.12.2018.
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Arctic Review on Law and Politics. Vol. 9, No. 1, 2018, pp. 264–266
IN MEDIA
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Kinesisk kaldfront ('Chinese cold front')
Klassekampen, 9.3.2019. In Norwegian.
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Klokt å stoppe oppdrett i verdensarvsområdet ('Wise to stop fish farming in World Heritage area')
Fiskeribladet Fiskaren, 11.3.2019. In Norwegian.
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Tuleeko uusin superruoka Afrikasta? Etiopialainen perinnevilja on vehnää välttävän unelma – ja se patentoitiin jo Euroopassa ('Will the latest superfood come from Africa? Ethiopian traditional grain is great for avoiding wheat - and was already patented in Europe')
Yle.fi, 10.3.2019. In Finnish.
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„Dank“ Klimawandel: Die Arktis wird zum geopolitischen Hotspot ("Thanks" to Climate change: The Arctic becomes a geopolitical hotspot')
Euractive.de, 1.3.2019. In German.
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Fault-lines surface in Arctic as region turns into geopolitical hotspot
Euractive, 26.2.2019.
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