- Research Professor+47 92290372
How does feedbacks between public policy, technology and market conditions affect the politics of low-carbon transitions?
This research project examines how, when and why feedback dynamics at the intersection of policy, technology and markets may cause change in the perceived interests of different types of firms, sectors and business groups, and the conditions under which such change may lead to snowballing market support for low-carbon regulation. The project also investigates market-related conditions for enabling political and technological tipping points towards major institutional reforms and market transformation, but also the conditions under which such upward spiralling trajectories may stall and plateau.
Empirically, the project focuses on comparing cases of business preference change, coalition formation and market transformation in different sectors (e.g. power and transport), technologies (e.g. solar and electric vehicles) and jurisdictions (e.g. US states, EU countries and China).
Project period: 2019-2024
FNI PROJECT LEADER
FNI PARTICIPANTS
- Research Professor+47 99242512
- Research Professor+47 92290372
- Senior Researcher+47 93419569 / 47476821
- Research Professor+47 97168296
- Deputy Director / Research Director Climate and Energy+47 97540217
- Yale University (Peter Swenson)
- University of California, Berkeley (Jonas Meckling)
- Research Council of Norway, FRIHUMSAM Programme
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 121, March 2025, Article No. 103948
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Policy Sciences, published online 16.11.2023, 24 p. DOI: 10.1007/s11077-023-09517-2
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Asia Europe Journal, published online 09.08.2023. DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00678-6
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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol 47, published online 10.04.2023, 16 p. DOI: 10.1016/j.eist.2023.100725
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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions, Vol 40, 2021, pp. 262-282.
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International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, published online 13.02.2021, 15 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-021-09528-5
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Global Environmental Politics, published online 31.08.2020, 23 pp. DOI: 10.1162/glep_a_00565
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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South China Morning Post, February 5, 2024.
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Panorama Nyheter, December 17, 2023. In Norwegian.
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Energi og Klima, 20.1.2020. In Norwegian.
RELATED RESEARCH AREA(S)
IN MEDIA
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Of Cod & Country
The Catch, Foreign Policy (podcast), December 5, 2023.
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Ekspertintervjuet: Kinas nye plan (Expert interview: China's new plan)
Energi og klima, 19.11.20. In Norwegian
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Et uventet skritt, men svært positivt for klimaet ('An unexpected step from China, but very good for climate')
DN, 01.10.2020. In Norwegian.
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China pledges to be carbon neutral—but remains addicted to coal
Fortune, 24.09.2020
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– Da koronakrisen traff Europa var entusiasmen rundt Green Deal allerede i ferd med å avta ('– When the corona crisis hit Europe, enthusiasm for the Green Deal had already started to fade')
Magasinet Klima, 14 April 2020. In Norwegian.
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EU og klima: Koronakrisen gir «ekstremt verdifull lærdom» til kampen mot klimakrisen ('EU and climate: The corona crisis provides "extremely valuable lessons" for the fight against climate change')
Energi og Klima, 25 March 2020. In Norwegian.
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Norwegens neuer Ölrausch ('Norway's new oil rush')
Der Spiegel, 21 January 2020
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Klimatoppmøtet starter i Madrid ('Climate summit starting in Madrid')
NRK Dagsnytt 18, 2.12.2019. In Norwegian