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 (Since 2001).
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

Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields

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

Routledge, 2021, 278 p.
The Evolution of Carbon Markets: Design and Diffusion

Jørgen Wettestad and Lars H.Gulbrandsen (eds)

London/New York, Routledge, 2018, 262 p.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

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.
Comparative assessments and conclusions

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.
Calling in the Heavyweights: Why the World Bank Established the Carbon Pricing Leadership Coalition, and What It Might Achieve

Jørgen Wettestad, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Steinar Andresen

International Studies Perspectives, published online 30.09.2020, 17 p. DOI: 10.1093/isp/ekaa013