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.

PROJECTS

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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

EU Emissions Trading for Transport and Buildings: Saved by Synergistic Institutional Interaction?

Jørgen Wettestad

Journal of Common Market Studies, published online 29.08.2024. DOI: 10.1111/jcms.13671
Implementing EU energy and climate governance: Germany and Sweden as frontrunners?

Marie Byskov Lindberg and Jørgen Wettestad

npj Climate Action, published online 01.07.2024, 9p. DOI: 10.1038/s44168-024-00125-1
The EU's carbon border adjustment mechanism: Shaped and saved by shifting multi-level reinforcement?

Jørgen Wettestad

Review of Policy Research, Published online 16.01.2024. DOI: 10.1111/ropr.12597
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

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Norway’s net-zero emissions target for 2030: Too ambitious to be true?

Brita Bye, Taran Fæhn, Lars Gulbrandsen, Kevin R. Kaushal, Christian Wilhelm Mohr, Gunnhild Søgaard, Asbjørn Torvanger, Jørgen Wettestad and Knut Øistad

SSB Discussion Paper 1024, May 2025, 47 p.
Carpe Diem: Kan EUs grønne giv overleve internasjonal handelskrig og krise? (Can the EU's Green Deal survive international trade wars and crises?)

Lars H. Gulbrandsen & Jørgen Wettestad

Energi & Klima, April 14, 2025. In Norwegian.
Shedding light on CO2 compensation: why in Norway but not Sweden – and with what effects?

Jørgen Wettestad and Cathrine Hagem

FNI Report 6/2024. Lysaker, FNI, 2024, 23 p.
EUs klimaregelverk vedtatt: Hva nå for Norge? ('EU climate regulations adopted: What now, Norway?

Fay M. Farstad, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Marie Byskov Lindberg, Erlend A.T. Hermansen, Jørgen Wettestad, Gunnhild Søgaard and Knut Øistad

CICERO Report 2024:01. 48 p. In Norwegian
EUs karbontoll skaper både handling og hodepine (EU's Carbon Tax Spurs Action and Headaches)

Jørgen Wettestad

Energi & Klima, 25 January, 2024. In Norwegian.

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