My main research interests are within the field of international environmental cooperation and European climate and energy policies. Much of my research examines the initiation, decision-making, and implementation of policies with emphasis on how to promote agreement among actors with different interests and preferences. Current substantial research interest includes climate and energy policies: the European Green Deal, different European countries such as the Nordic and Poland, industry sectors like the oil industry and the EU’s role in the Paris Agreement. I’m working with policies that both ‘push’ low carbon technologies through innovation and policies that ‘pull’ demand for such technologies such as emissions trading/carbon pricing and renewable energy support.
Academic background
- Full research professor competence (2008)
- PhD, University of Oslo, Department of Political Science (1999 )
- Master, Political Science - international relations, University of Oslo (1991)
- Polish history, culture and language. Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland (1984-1985)
Professional experience
- Leader of several national and international research projects (since 1999)
- Member of the Research Council of Norway’s advisory board for Horizon 2020 (climate, environment, natural resources, and raw materials (2016–2021)
- Visiting researcher, University of California, Santa Barbara (2006-2007)
- Leiv Eriksson scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (2006-2007)
- Research Director at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2003-2006)
- Programme director - European Policy, at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (2000-2003).
- Staff representative, Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1995-1997).
- Scholarship from the Norwegian Research Council (1994-1998).
- Researcher at the Institute for Applied System Analysis, Laxenburg, Austria (part time, 1994-1996)
- Senior Executive Officer, Norwegian Ministry of the Environment (part time, 1991-1992).
- Journalist in the magazine ‘Nature and Environment’. Friends of the Earth Norway (freelance, 1988-1994).
PROJECTS
BOOKS
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
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International Environmental Agreements, published online 04.10.2022, 18 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-022-09587-2
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In Ingrid Visseren-Hamakers and Marcel Kok (eds), Transforming biodiversity governance. Cambridge University Press, 2022, pp. 200-218.
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Environmental Politics, published online 17.05.2022, 22 p. DOI: 10.1080/09644016.2022.2075153
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Biofuels, Bioproducts and Biorefining, published online 29.03.2022, 19 p. DOI: 10.1002/bbb.2363
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Energy Research & Social Science, published online 05.04.2021. DOI: 10.1016/j.erss.2021.102043
OTHER PUBLICATIONS
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FME NTRANS, Policy Brief 06/2022, 5 p.
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Forskning.no, August 27, 2022. In Norwegian.
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Energi og klima, 15 March 2021. In Norwegian.
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International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, Vol 21, No 1, 2021, pp. 1-7.
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In Neil H. Carter, Conor Little and Diarmuid Torney (eds), Climate Politics in Small European States. Routledge, 2021, chapter 3.
RELATED RESEARCH AREA(S)
IN MEDIA
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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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Kull mot klima i Katowice ('Coal vs. climate in Katowice')
Vårt Land, 10.12.2018. In Norwegian.
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Kjemper mot vindmøller ('Fighting windmills')
Morgenbladet, 30.11.2018. In Norwegian.
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Succeshistorie for det globale samarbejde fylder rundt ('Jubilee for global success story')
Globalnyt. 17.09.2017. In Danish.