Jørgen Wettestad

RESEARCH INTERESTS

EU energy, climate and environmental politics, and implications for and links to Norway. Specific empirical focus on climate and air pollution politics. The design and functioning of emissions trading systems. Regime theory and theory on EU politics, including questions related to the effectiveness and design of international environmental institutions.

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Academic background

Full professor competence (Forsker 1), 2005
Cand. polit., University of Oslo (political science, sociology, history), 1984.

Professional experience

Editorial Board member, Politics and Governance journal (since 2019).
Lead Author, IPCC WG III, chapter on International Cooperation (2018-2021).
Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Centre, Harvard University (August 2018-July 2019).
Member of management committe of EU COST programme on climate policy innovation (INOGOV) (Since 2014).
Editorial Advisory Board Member, Climate Policy journal (2001-2021).
Coordinator of the EU-financed Concerted Action Programme on the Effectiveness of International Environmental Agreements and EU Legislation (1999-2000).
Associate Fellow, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) (1994-96).
Visiting Scholar, Institute for International Studies, Berkeley (1993).
Involved in several international research evaluations.

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BOOKS

Carbon Pricing Under Pressure: Withering Markets? (Special Issue)

Jørgen Wettestad and Lars H. Gulbrandsen (eds)

Politics and Governance, Vol 10, No 1, 2022
Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields

Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Jørgen Wettestad (eds)

Routledge, 2021, 278 p.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

Carbon Pricing Under Pressure: Withering Markets?

Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Jørgen Wettestad

Politics and Governance, Vol 10, No 1, 2022, pp. 230-234
On the Process of Including Shipping in EU Emissions Trading: Multi‐Level Reinforcement Revisited

Jørgen Wettestad and Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Politics and Governance, Vol 10, No 1, 2022, pp. 246-255
Comparative assessments and conclusions [Norwegian Bokmål]

Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad

In Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad (eds), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge, 2021, pp. 219-240.
Introduction

Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad

In Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad (eds), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge, 2021, pp. 3-19.
France: from renewables laggard to technology-specific devotee

Elin Lerum Boasson, Catherine Banet and Jørgen Wettestad

In Elin Lerum Boasson, Merethe Leiren Dotterud and Jørgen Wettestad (eds), Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields. Routledge, 2021, pp. 149-170.

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Optimisme å spore i klimarapporten (Optimism to be found in the climate report)

Elin Lerum Boasson, Christa Clapp, Snorre Kverndokk, Glen Peters, Anders Hammer Strømman, og Jørgen Wettestad

NRK Ytring, April 4, 2022. In Norwegian.
Ny rapport fra Klimapanelet: Samarbeider vi godt nok? (New report from the Climate Panel: Are we cooperating well enough?)

Jørgen Wettestad

Energi & Klima, April 4, 2022. In Norwegian.
EUs nye klimaregelverk og betydningen for Norge (EU's new climate regulations and their significance for Norway)

Gunnell Sandanger, Erlend A.T. Hermansen og Anna Valberg

Cicero.no, 10 December 2021. In Norwegian
Klar for 55? EUs nye klimaregelverk og betydningen for Norge ('Ready for 55? EU's new climate regulations and implications for Norway')

Fay Madeleine Farstad, Erlend Andre T. Hermansen, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Jørgen Wettestad, Lars H. Gulbrandsen, Gunnhild Søgaard, Lasse Fridstrøm, Marianne Knapskog and Tanu Prriya Uteng

CICERO Report 07/2021, 36 p. In Norwegian.
‘Superkvoter’: Vil høye klimahåp i Brussel knuses i Budapest? (Super emissions trading’: will high climate policy hopes in Brussels be dashed in Budapest?’)

Jørgen Wettestad

Energi og klima, 10 August 2021. In Norwegian.

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