Per Ove Eikeland

RESEARCH INTERESTS

Institutional economics, political economy, industrial organisation and strategic management, innovation systems, policy analysis in the fields of energy, environment, industry and competition.
Studies of European Union politics.
Studies of national energy and climate policies.
Studies of environmental strategy and innovation in energy industries.
Studies of market diffusion of renewable energy.

BACKGROUND & EXPERIENCE

Academic background

Cand.mag., Political Science, University of Oslo, 1987, with specialisation in International Economic Policy.
Cand.polit., Economics, University of Oslo, 1991, with specialisation in Environmental Economics and Socio-Economic planning.
Scholarship, Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation, Norwegian School of Management, 1999-2003.

Professional experience

Senior Research Fellow, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (from 2013).
Research Fellow, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1994-2013).
Scholarship and research associate, Department of Innovation and Economic Organisation, Norwegian School of Management (1999-2003).
Lecturer in institutional resource economics, Norwegian University of Life Sciences (1994-1995).
Research Assistant, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (1991-1994).

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BOOKS

The Politics of Low-Carbon Innovation - The EU Strategic Energy Technology Plan

Per Ove Eikeland and Jon Birger Skjærseth

Palgrave Macmillan, 2019, 142 p.
Linking EU Climate and Energy Policies: Decision-making, Implementation and Reform

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Per Ove Eikeland, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Torbjørg Jevnaker

Cheltenham (UK), Edward Elgar, 2016, 265 p.

PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS

Norway's Hydrogen Strategy: Unveiling Green Opportunities and Blue Export Ambitions

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Per Ove Eikeland, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Mari Lie Larsen

In Rainer Quitzow and Yana Zabanova (eds), The Geopolitics of Hydrogen. Springer, 2024, pp. 213-232.
De Facto Rule-Making Below the Level of Implementing Acts: Double-Delegated Rule-Making in European Union Electricity Market Regulation

Torbjørg Jevnaker, Karianne Krohn Taranger, Per Ove Eikeland and Marie Byskov Lindberg

European Journal of Risk Regulation, published online 19.04.2024, 20 p. DOI: 10.1017/err.2024.15
A wind of change in Norway: Explaining shifts in municipal stances on wind power by policy feedback and energy justice

Per Ove Eikeland, Karianne Krohn Taranger, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 104, No 103231, 2023. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2023.103231
Governing EU low-carbon innovation: from Strategic Energy Technology Plan to European Green Deal

Jon Birger Skjærseth and Per Ove Eikeland

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 18.
Biofuelling the energy transition in Nordic countries: Explaining overachievement of EU renewable transport obligations

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Per Ove Eikeland and Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg

International Environmental Agreements, published online 04.10.2022, 18 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-022-09587-2

OTHER PUBLICATIONS

Skjebnetid for Europas hydrogensatsing (Pivotal Time for Europe’s Hydrogen Initiative)

Per Ove Eikeland, Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Jon Birger Skjærseth

Energi & Klima, October 28, 2024. In Norwegian.
The role of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators: Evolving through energy crisis and energy transition

Torbjørg Jevnaker, Per Ove Eikeland and Leigh Hancher

FNI Report 4/2024. Lysaker, FNI, 2024, 21 p.
Norway's Internal and External Hydrogen Strategy

Jon Birger Skjærseth, Per Ove Eikeland Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg and Mari Lie Larsen

RIFS Discussion Paper, Potsdam, RIFS, June 2023, 20 p.
EU pålegger ikke Norge å bruke inntekter fra utenlandskabler til å bygge nye kabler (EU will not force Norway to spend revenue from interconnectors to build new cables)

Per Ove Eikeland & Berit Tennbakk

Aftenposten, January 25, 2023. In Norwegian.
Tatt av vinden? Endring i norske kommuners holdninger til vindkraft ('Gone with the Wind? Norwegian Municipalities' Changing Attitudes Towards Windpower')

Per Ove Eikeland, Karianne Krohn Taranger, Lars H Gulbrandsen and Tor Håkon Inderberg

Include Resultater og Anbefalinger 07/2022, 4 p. In Norwegian.

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IN MEDIA

Landet som snudde kappa mot straumen (The Country That Went Against the Energy Current)
Dag og Tid, February 15, 2025. In Norwegian.
Arbeiderpartiet vil behandle kun tre EU-direktiver: – Kan ikke bare fortsette å si nei, sier forsker (Labour Party to Tackle Three EU Directives: 'Can't Keep Saying No')
Forskning.no, January 31, 2025. In Norwegian.
Misinformation and why-bother attitudes threaten Vancouver’s green reputation
The Narwahl, January 30, 2025.
Vind og sol sto for nesten 30 prosent av elektrisiteten i Europa i fjor (Wind and solar power accounted for nearly 30 percent of electricity in Europe last year)
Forskning.no, April 18, 2024. In Norwegian.
Hvordan blir strømprisen til? (How is the Electricity Price Determined?)
Forskning.no, 23 January 2024. In Norwegian.

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