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

Proactive prevention of carbon leakage? The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

Jørgen Wettestad

In Tim Rayner, Kacper Szulecki, Jordan Andrew and Sebastian Oberthür (eds), Handbook on European Union Climate Change Policy and Politics. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2023, Chapter 16, pp. 231-246.
Exploring paths and innovation in Norwegian carbon capture and storage policy

Jørgen Wettestad, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Environmental Policy and Governance, published online 29.05.2023, 12 p. DOI: 10.1002/eet.2068
Differentiated integration in EU climate policy

Jørgen Wettestad, Merethe Dotterud Leiren and Elin Lerum Boasson

In Benjamin Leruth, Stefan Gänzle and Jarle Trondal (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Differentiation in the European Union. Routledge, 2022, pp. 340-355.
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