CV-Steinar Andresen

 

Academic background

• Full professor competence (Forsker 1), 2001.
• Cand. polit., University of Oslo, 1979 (political science, international relations)

Professional experience

• Senior Research Fellow at FNI (since 1987).
• Research Fellow at FNI (from 1979).
• Visiting Research Fellow, University of Washington, Seattle (1987-88).
• FNI Research Director (1992-97).
• Senior Research Fellow (part time), International Institute of Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), Austria (1994-96).
• Visiting Research Fellow, Princeton University, USA (1997-98).
• Professor, Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo (2002-2005).
• Visting Scholar, Brookings Institution, Washington DC, (fall 2012).
• Professor II, Pluricourts Center of Excellence, University of Oslo (2013-2015).

Research Interests

• Main focus on international agreements, regimes and international organizations, especially in the area of environment, but also international resource policy and international health issues. Some empirical examples are the climate regime, the whaling regime and various UN bodies. Focus on the effectiveness of the agreements and organizations and the significance of ‘institutional design’, leadership and the relation between science and policy.

 

Books

 

• The Domestic Politics of Global Climate Change: Key Actors in International Climate Cooperation

Guri Bang, Arild Underdal and Steinar Andresen (eds.), Cheltenham, Edward Elgar, 2015, 216 p.

• Improving Global Environmental Governance: Best Practices for Architecture and Agency

Norichika Kanie, Steinar Andresen and Peter M. Haas (eds.),London/New York, Routledge, 2014, 265 p.

 

Peer-Reviewed Articles and Chapters

 

• Knowledge-based management of protected areas and hydropower: The case of Norway

Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth and Steinar Andresen International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, published online 28.06.2019, 19 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-019-09447-6

• The Paris Agreement and its Rulebook in a Problem-Solving Perspective

Steinar Andresen Climate Law, Vol 9, 2019, pp. 122-136

• Science and policy in the International Whaling Commission

Steinar Andresen In M.J.Peterson (ed), Contesting global environmental knowledge, norms and governance. London/New York, Routledge, 2019, pp. 110-125.

• What can be learned from experience with scientific advisory bodies in the field of international environmental politics?

Steinar Andresen, Prativa Baral, Steven J. Hoffman and Patrick Fafard Global Challenges, Vol 2, No 9, 7 p. DOI: 10.1002/gch2.201800055

• Regulating the invisible: interaction between the EU and Norway in managing nano-risks

Steinar Andresen, G.Kristin Rosendal, Jon Birger Skjærseth International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, online 21.05.2018, 16 p. DOI: 10.1007/s10784-018-9401-5

 

Other Publications

 

• Making an effective climate agreement: Mission impossible

Energi og Klima, 6.12.2018. 

• Japan: A Climate Laggard

Masahiko Iguchi and Steinar Andresen Climate Policy Outlook 2017, CICEP, 2017.

• International Efforts to Curb Emissions: Will Paris Succeed Where Others Have Failed?

Policy Innovations, 02.12.2015.

• Complexity of institutions: Implications for access and benefit sharing

Kristin Rosendal and Steinar Andresen Trade Insights, Vol 11, No 2, 2015, pp. 29-32.

• International Whaling Commission

In J.F. Morin and A. Orsini (eds), Essential concepts of Global Environmental Governance. London, Routledge, 2014, pp. 104-106.

• The Australian ABS Framework: A Model Case for Bioprospecting?

Christian Prip, G. Kristin Rosendal, Steinar Andresen and Morten Walløe Tvedt FNI Report 1/2014. Lysaker, FNI, 2014, 42 p.

• The Global Environment Facility (GEF): Right Mechanism for Improved Implementation?

Steinar Andresen and G. Kristin Rosendal FNI Report 4/2012. Lysaker, FNI, 2012, 22 p.

• UNEP’s Role in Enhancing Problem-Solving Capacity in Multilateral Environmental Agreements: Co-ordination and Assistance in the Biodiversity Conservation Cluster

Kristin Rosendal and Steinar Andresen FNI Report 10/2003. Lysaker, FNI, 2004, 29 p.

• The Role of Green NGOs in Promoting Climate Compliance

Steinar Andresen and Lars H. Gulbrandsen FNI Report 4/2003. Lysaker, FNI, 2003, 22 p.

• Leadership Change in the World Health Organization: Potential for Increased Effectiveness?

Steinar Andresen FNI Report 8/2002. Lysaker, FNI, 2002.

• Case studies of the Effectiveness of International Environmental Regimes: Balancing Textbook Ideals and Feasibility Concerns

Steinar Andresen and Jørgen Wettestad FNI Report 19/2001. Lysaker, FNI, 2001, 21 p.

• Strategic Challenges in International Climate and Energy Policy (CICEP)

Ongoing

• Managing mercury through multilevel governance: Norway and China (MERCHINOR)

Ongoing