Steinar Andresen

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Main focus on international agreements, regimes and international organizations, especially in the area of environment, but also international resource policy and international health issues. Some empirical examples are the climate regime, the whaling regime and various UN bodies. Focus on the effectiveness of the agreements and organizations and the significance of 'institutional design', leadership and the relation between science and policy.

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Academic background

Full professor competence (Forsker 1), 2001.
Cand. polit., University of Oslo, 1979 (political science, international relations)

Professional experience

Senior Research Fellow at FNI (since 1987).
Research Fellow at FNI (from 1979).
Visiting Research Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle (1987-88).
FNI Research Director (1992-97).
Senior Research Fellow (part time), International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria (1994-96).
Visiting Research Fellow, Princeton University, USA (1997-98).
Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo (2002-2005).
Visting Scholar, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, (fall 2012).
Professor II, Pluricourts Center of Excellence, University of Oslo (2013-2015).

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BOOKS

The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change: Key Actors in International Climate Cooperation

Guri Bang, Arild Underdal and Steinar Andresen (eds.)

Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2015, 216 p.
Improving Global Environmental Governance: Best Practices for Architecture and Agency

Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen and Peter M. Haas (eds.)

London/New York, Routledge, 2014, 265 p.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

Exit Japan, exit International Whaling Commission?

Steinar Andresen and David Aarvik Nese

In Nikolas Sellheim and Joji Morishita (eds), Japan's Withdrawal from International Whaling Regulation. Routledge, 2024, pp. 27-42.
Implementing the Minamata Convention on Mercury: Will China Deliver?

Gørild Heggelund, Kristin Rosendal, Steinar Andresen, Eirik Hovland Steindal, Lin Yan, Wang Shuxiao and Zhang Haibin

Asian Perspective, Vol 46, No 2, 2022, pp. 279-310
The Paris Agreement and key actors’ domestic climate policy mixes: Comparative patterns

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Steinar Andresen, Guri Bang and Gørild Heggelund.

International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol 21, No 1, 2021, pp. 1-15.
Calling in the Heavyweights: Why the World Bank Established the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, and What It Might Achieve

Jørgen Wettestad, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Steinar Andresen

International Studies Perspectives, published online 30.09.2020, 17 p. DOI: 10.1093/isp/ekaa013
The Minamata Convention and Mercury Policy in China: The Role of Science

Kristin Rosendal, Steinar Andresen, Gørild Heggelund and Eirik Hovland Steindal

Asian Perspective, Vol 44, No 3, 2020, pp. 435-460

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Hvilken betydning har egentlig klimatoppmøter? (What Significance Do Climate Summits Really Have?)

Steinar Andresen

Aftenposten, December 22, 2023. In Norwegian.
Crafting an effective treaty on plastic pollution: Emerging fault lines in the intergovernmental negotiations

Torbjørn Graff Hugo, Magnus Løvold, Steinar Andresen, Kristin Rosendal, Helene Svendsen and Lars Stordal

GRID-Arendal, 2022, 37 p. (In English, French and Spanish)
Norsk klimadebatt er for selvopptatt (Norwegian climate debate is too self-absorbed)

Steinar Andresen

NRK Ytring, 8 October 2021. In Norwegian.
Towards a new treaty on plastic pollution: Assessing the relevance of the EU directive on single-use plastics

Torbjørn Graff Hugo and Steinar Andresen

Oslo, WWF-Norway, June 2021, 41 p.
Kan Paris-avtalen nås? Status og utsikter for klimapolitikken i EU, Kina og USA

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Steinar Andresen, Guri Bang og Gørild Heggelund

Energi og klima, 15 March 2021. In Norwegian.

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IN MEDIA

Selvopptatt klimapolitikk (Self-obsessed climate policy)
Dagsnytt Atten, NRK1 and NRK P2, 11 October 2021. In Norwegian.
The USA Joining the Paris Agreement Again
High North News, 2 February 21.
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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