Iselin Stensdal

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Chinese environmental and climate policy.
Social and political consequences of pollution/environmental degradation in China.
Chinese energy security policy.
Asian interest in the Arctic.
General Chinese politics.

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Academic background

Ph.D University of Oslo, Department of Culture Studies and Oriental Languages (2025)
Master in Chinese Studies, University of Oslo (2010)
Chinese Language Studies, Fudan University, Shanghai (2009)
Bachelor in Asian Studies, (political science), University of Oslo (2007)

Project name

Status

China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold?

Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund (eds)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 257 p.
Informal Institutions in Policy Implementation. Comparing Low Carbon Policies in China and Russia

Anna Korppoo, Iselin Stensdal and Marius Korsnes

Edward Elgar, 2020, 208 p.

Critical Raw Materials: Interests of China and the European Union in the Arctic

Andreas Raspotnik, Erdem Lamazhapov, Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund

Strategic Analysis, published online 04.03.2025, 13 p. DOI: 10.1080/09700161.2025.2459573
Chinese Arctic Shipping Under the Polar Silk Road: Reality or Vision?

Erdem Lamazhapov, Gørild Heggelund and Iselin Stensdal

In Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund (eds), China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold? Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, pp. 153-177
The 'new superpower': what are China's intentions in the Arctic?

Anders Christoffer Edstrøm, Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund

In Østhagen (ed), Norway's Arctic Policy: Geopolitics, Security and Identity in the High North. Edward Elgar, 2023, pp. 95-108
Changes in China’s climate justice perceptions: domestic and international consequences

Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund

Asia Europe Journal, published online 09.08.2023. DOI: 10.1007/s10308-023-00678-6
China’s Carbon Market: Potential for Success?

Gørild Heggelund, Iselin Stensdal and Maosheng Duan

Politics and Governance, Vol 10, No 1, 2022, 10 p.

Nei, Trump er ikke en katastrofe for Kina (No, Trump is not a disaster for China)

Iselin Stensdal

Aftenposten, May 13, 2025. In Norwegian.
China’s dominance in the critical minerals supply chain: Consequences and challenges

Erdem Lamazhapov, Patrik Andersson, Gørild M. Heggelund, Xinyuan Zhang and Iselin Stensdal

FNI Policy Brief 1/2025. Lysaker, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, January 2025, 3 p.
Is it time for ‘developing’ China to start funding UN climate aid?

Gørild Heggelund and Iselin Stensdal

South China Morning Post, February 5, 2024.
The Big Picture of Arctic Geopolitics: An actor-oriented analysis

Iselin Németh Winther and Andreas Østhagen (eds)

FNI Report 1/2024. Lysaker, FNI, 2024, 22 p.
Hvorfor vil ikke Kina bidra til det nye klimafondet? (Why China Won't Join the New Climate Fund)

Gørild M. Heggelund & Iselin Stensdal

Panorama Nyheter, December 17, 2023. In Norwegian.

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