Karin Bäckstrand Professor
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Karin Bäckstrand is a Professor in Environmental Social Science in the Department of Political Science at Stockholm University and senior researcher at the Institute for Future Studies. During the academic year of 2023/2024 she is Visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Environment and Climate Change at London School of Economics and Political Science. Her research revolves around global environmental politics, EU's climate politics, politics, the democratic legitimacy of global governance, public-private partnerships in the 2030 Agenda, the role of state and non-state actors in climate governance. She directs the research group Environmental Policy, Politics and Learning (EPPLE), the research center of Earth System Governance at Stockholm University and coordinates the EPPLE seminar.
Bäckstrand currently directs two research projects - Transformative partnerships for sustainable development. and Rising to the Challenge. EUs leadership in a just and effective transformation towards climate neutrality amidst turbulence, crisis and political conflict (both funded by the Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development, Formas). She has been awarded grants and led several research projects funded by the Swedish Research Council, Formas, Riksbanken Jubileumsfund, the Swedish Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (Mistra), Wennergren Foundation and Horizon, and the Swedish Energy Agency. She has served on the board of the Norwegian Research Council’s 10-year research program on Climate Change, the Mistra Program New Governance for Sustainable Development in the Artic. She is on the evaluation committee for Synergy grants at the European Research Council.
Bäckstrand’s publications include co-edited books such as The Politics and Governance of De-carbonization.The Interplay between State and Non-state actors in the Sweden (with Marquardt, Nasiritousi and Widerberg, Cambridge University Press, 2024) and Rethinking the Green State: Environmental Governance towards Climate and Sustainability Transition (with Kronsell, Routledge, 2015) and Legitimacy in Global Governance. Sources, Processes, and Consequences (with Tallberg and Scholte, Oxford University Press, 2018).
Bäckstrand’s articles appear in journals such as Global Environmental Politics, European Journal of International Relations, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Politics, Journal of European Public Policy and Earth System Governance.
Bäckstrand has been visiting researcher at Massachussetts Institute of Technology (MIT), University of Oxford and London School of Economics and Political Science In 2022, Bäckstrand become member of National Committee of Global Environmental Change at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. She was a member of the Swedish Climate Policy Council between 2018-22.Bäckstrand is the incoming coordinator of the International Master Program in Environmental Social Science (IMPRESS). She serves as member and deputy chair of the Environmental Council at Stockholm University.
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Publications
The Politics and Governance of Decarbonization.The Interplay between State and Non-state Actors in Sweden. Cambridge University Press (2024, in press).
Research Handbook on Climate Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar (2015)
Books, edited volumes and textbooks
Bäckstrand, J. Marquardt, N. Nasiritousi and O. Widerberg (eds.)(2024). The Politics and Governance of De-carbonization.The Interplay between State and Non-state actors in Sweden. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press (in press).
Tallberg, K. Bäckstrand, T. Sommerer and J. Scholte (2023) Global Governance: Fit for Purpose. SNS Democracy CouncilStockholm: SNS - Center for Business and Policy Studies.
Zelli, K. Bäckstrand, N. Nasiritousi, J. Skovgaard and O. Widerberg (eds.) (2020) Governing the Climate Energy Nexus: Challenges to Coherence, Legitimacy and Effectiveness, Cambridge University Press.
Tallberg, K. Bäckstrandand J. Scholte (eds.) (2018) Legitimacy in Global Governance. Sources, Processes, and Consequences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bäckstrandand A. Kronsell (eds.) (2015). Rethinking the Green State: Environmental Governance toward Climate and Sustainability Transitions. London: Routledge.
Bäckstrandand E. Lövbrand (eds.) (2015) Research Handbook on Climate Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrand, J. Khan, A. Kronsell and E. Lövbrand (eds.) (2010) Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy. Examining the Promises of New Modes of Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrand(2001) What Can Nature Withstand? Science, Politics and Discourses in Transboundary Air Pollution Diplomacy, Lund Political Studies 116, PhD Dissertation, Department of Political Science.ISBN 91-88306-35-6.
Peer-reviewed articles
Pattberg and K. Bäckstrand(2023).”Enhancing the achievement of the SDGs: lessons learned at the half-way point of the 2030 Agenda”. International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics, 23(2), 107-114.
Pickering, T. Hickmann, K. Bäckstrand, A. Kalfagianni, M. Bloomfield, A. Mert, H. Ransan-Cooper and A.Y. Lo (2022)“Democratising sustainability transformations: Assessing the transformative potential of democratic practices in environmental governance”, Earth System Governance, 11.
Bäckstrand, J. Kuyper and N. Nasiritousi (2021)“From collaboration to contestation? Perceptions of legitimacy and effectiveness in post-Paris climate governance”, Earth System Governance, 9.
Pickering, K. Bäckstrandand D. Schlossberg (2020) “Between environmental and ecological democracy: theory and practice at the democracy-environment nexus”, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning22(1):1-15.
Nasiritousi and K. Bäckstrand(2019) ”International Climate Policy in the Post-Paris Era. Nordic Economic Policy Review, Nordic Council of Ministers.
Schlossberg, K. Bäckstrand, J. Pickering (2019) “Reconciling Ecological and Democratic Values. Recent Perspectives on Ecological Democracy”. Environmental Values28(1): 1-9.
BäckstrandK, J. Kuyper, B-0 Linnér, E. Lövbrand (2017) “Non-state actors in global climate governance: from Copenhagen to Paris and beyond.” Environmental Politics26(4):561-579.
Bäckstrandand J. Kuyper (2017) ”The democratic legitimacy of orchestration: the UNFCCC, non-state actors, and transnational climate governance”, Environmental Politics, 26:(4):764-788.
Bäckstrand and E. Lövbrand (2016) “The Road to Paris: contending climate governance discourses in the post-Copenhagen era”, Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning, 21(5): 519-532.
Kuyper, K. Bäckstrandand H. Schroeder (2016) ”Institutional Accountability of Nonstate Actors in the UNFCCC: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty”, Review of Policy Research, 34(1): 88-109.
Kuyper and K. Bäckstrand(2016) “Accountability and Representation: Non-state actors in UN climate diplomacy”, Global Environmental Politics16 (2).
Nasiritousi, M. HjerpeandK. Bäckstrand (2016) “Normative arguments for non-state actor participation in international policymaking processes: Functionalism, neocorporativism or democratic pluralism”, European Journal of International Relations, 22(4): 930-943.
Bäckstrandand M. Kylsäter (2014) “Old Wine in New Bottles? The Legitimation and De-legitimation of UN Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development from the Johannesburg to the Rio+20 Summit”, Globalizations 11(3):331-347.
Bäckstrand and O. Elgström (2013) ”The EU’s role in climate change negotiations. From Leader to Leadiator”, Journal of European Public Policy, 20(10):1369-1386.
Biermann, K. Abbot, S. Andresen, K. Bäckstrand et al (2012) ”Towards Effective Earth System Governance: Navigating the Anthropocene”, Science335: 1306-1307.
Biermann, K. Abbot, S. Andresen, K. Bäckstrand, et al. (2012) ”Transforming Governance and Institutions for Global Sustainability. Key Insights from the Earth System Governance Project”, Current Opinion for Sustainability 4: 1-10.
Bulkeley, L. Andonova, K. Bäckstrandet. al (2012) “Governing Climate Change Transnationally: Assessing the Evidence from a Database of 60 Initiatives”, Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy, 30:591-612.
Bäckstrand, J. Meadowcroft and M. Oppenheimer (2011) “The Politics and Policy of Carbon Capture and Storage: An Emergent Technology” in K. Bäckstrand, J. Meadowcroft and M. Oppenheimer (eds.) Special Issue of Global Environmental Change. 21(2):275-281.
De Coninck and K. Bäckstrand(2011) “An International Relations Perspective on the Global Politics of Carbon Capture and Storage” in K. Bäckstrand, J. Meadowcroft and M. Oppenheimer (eds.) Special Issue of Global Environmental Change21(2): 3678-378.
Schlyter, K. Bäckstrandand I. Stjernquist (2009) ”Not Seeing the Forest for the Trees? The Environmental Effectiveness of Forest Certification in Sweden”, Forest Policy and Economics, 11(5-6): 375-382.
Bäckstrand(2008) ”Accountability of Networked Climate Governance: The Rise of Transnational Climate Partnerships, Global Environmental Politics8 (3):74-104.
Bäckstrand(2006) “Democratising Global Environmental Governance. Stakeholder Democracy after the World Summit on Sustainable Development”, European Journal of International Relations12(4): 467-498.
Bäckstrand (2006) ”Multi-stakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development. Rethinking Legitimacy, Accountability and Effectiveness”, European Environment16(5): 290-306.
Bäckstrandand E. Lövbrand (2006) “Planting Trees to Mitigate Climate Change. Contested Discourses of Ecological Modernization, Green Governmentality and Civic Environmentalism”, Global Environmental Politics6 (1)51-71.
Bäckstrand(2003) “Civic Science for Sustainability. Reframing the Role of Experts, Policymakers and Citizens in Environmental Governance”, Global Environmental Politics,3 (4):24-41.
Bäckstrand(2004) “Scientisation vs. Civic Expertise in Environmental Governance. Ecofeminist, Ecomodernist and Postmodernist Responses”, Environmental Politics, 13(4): 695-714.
Öberg and K. Bäckstrand(1997) “Conceptualization of the Acidification Theory in Swedish Environmental Research’, Environmental Reviews, 4: 123-132.
Öberg and K. Bäckstrand(1997) “Praktik och ideal i försurningsforskningen-en studie av vetenskapens självförståelse.” VEST--tidskrift för vetenskapsstudier, 10 (1):23-39.
Bäckstrand, A. Kronsell and P. Söderholm (1996) “Organizational Challenges to Sustainable Development” Environmental Politics5(2):209-230.
Chapters in edited volumes
Bäckstrandand J. Kuyper (2024). “The Marrakech Partnership for Global Climate Action:Democratic Legitimacy, Orchestration, and the Role of International Secretariats”, in H. Jörgens, N, Kolleck and M. Well (eds.) International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance: The Role of Autonomy, Agency and the Quest for Attention. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Fritzsche and K. Bäckstrand (2023). “Global Diplomacy and Multi-stakeholderism: Does the Promise of the 2030 Agenda Hold?” In P.W Hare, J.L Manfredi-Sánchez, K. Weisbrode (eds) The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation. Studies in Diplomacy and International Relations. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham
Bäckstrand(2022). “Toward a climate-neutral Europe by 2050.The European Green Deal, the Climate Law and the Green Recovery”, in A. BakardjievaEngelbrekt, P. Ekman A. Michalski and L. Oxelheim (eds.) Routes to a Resilient European Union. Palgrave MacMillan.
Bäckstrand, F. Koliev. A. Mert (2022) “Governing SDG Partnerships. The Role of Institutional Capacity, Transparency and Inclusion”, in E. Murphy, P. Walsh and A. Banerjee (eds.) Partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals. Springer Cham.
Koliev and K. Bäckstrand(2022) ”When are SDG Partnerships Transparent? The Determinants of Progress Reporting” in E. Murphy, P. Walsh and A. Banerjee (eds.). Partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals. Springer Cham.
Marquardt and K. Bäckstrand(2022)”Democracy beyond the State. Non-state Actors and the Legitimacy of Climate Governance” in Bornemann, H. Kappe and P. Nanz (eds.) The Routledge Handbook on Democracy and Sustainability. London: Routledge.
Bexell, K Bäckstrand, F. Ghassim, C. Gregoratti, K. Jönsson, F. Söderbaum, N. Stappert and A. Uhlin (2022) “The Politics of Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: A Theoretical Framework”, in M. Bexell, K. Jönsson, and A. Uhlin (eds.).Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences.Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bäckstrandand F. Söderbaum (2022) “Explaining Variation in Legitimation and Delegitimation Practices: Policy Field and Institutional Access”, in M. Bexell, K. Jönsson, and A. Uhlin (eds.)Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bexell and K. Bäckstrand(2022) “(De)legitimation and the Composition of Audiences: Comparing Intergovernmental and Nongovernmental Global Governance Institutions”, in M. Bexell, K. Jönsson, and A. Uhlin (eds.)Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance: Practices, Justifications, and Audiences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bäckstrand(2021). ”Mot en hållbar klimatomställning till en klimatneutral union 2050.EU:s gröna giv, klimatlag och gröna återhämtning”, in A. BakardjievaEngelbrekt, A. Michalski and L. Oxelheim (eds.)Vägar till ett uthålligt EU. Europaperspektiv 2021, Stockholm: Santérus Förlag.
Lerum Boasson, H. Faber, K. Bäckstrand(2020) ”Sweden. Electricity Certificate Champion”, in E. Lerum Boasson, M. Dotterud Leiren and J. Wettestad (eds.) Comparative Renewables Policy. Political, Organizational and European Fields.London: Routledge.
Bäckstrandand F. Söderbaum (2018) “Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance. Discursive, Institutional and Behavioral Pratice”, in J. Tallberg, K. Bäckstrand and J. Scholte (eds.) Legitimacy in Global Governance. Sources, Processes, and Consequences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bäckstrand, P. Schleifer and F. Zelli (2018) “Legitimacy and Accountability in Polycentric Climate Governance”, in A. Jordan, D. Huitema, H. van Asselt and J. Vorster (eds.) Governing Climate Change: Polycentricity in Action. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Bäckstrand(2017) “Critical Loads. Negotiating What Nature Can Withstand”, in J. Meadowcroft and D. Fiorini (eds.) Conceptual Innovation in Environmental Policy. MIT: MIT Press.
Bäckstrand(2015). ”Civil Society”, in P. Pattberg and F. Zelli (eds.) Encyclopedia of Global Environmental Governance and Politics, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrandand E. Lövbrand (2015) “Climate Governance after Copenhagen: research trends and policy practice”, in K. Bäckstrand and E. Lövbrand (eds.) Research Handbook on Climate Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrand(2013). ”Kan klimathotet lösas genom internationella förhandlingar?” in L. Bennich Björkman (ed.) Statsvetenskapens frågor. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.
Bäckstrand, S. Chan, S. Camp, A. Mert, M. Schäfferhoffer (2012). ”Transnational Public-Private Partnerships” , in F. Biermann and P. Pattberg (eds.) Global Environmental Governance Reconsidered. New Actors, Mechanisms and Interlinkages, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.
Bäckstrand(2012) ”Are Partnerships for Sustainable Development Democratic and Legitimate?” in F. Biermann, S. Chan, P. Pattberg, A. Merts (eds.) Multistakeholder Partnerships for Sustainable Development: Emergence, Influence and Legitimacy. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrand(2012) ”Democracy and Global Environmental Politics” in P. Dauvergne (ed.) Handbook of Global Environmental Politics. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrand(2011).”The Democratic Legitimacy of Global Climate Change”, in J. Dryzek, R. Norgaard, and D. Schlosberg (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Climate Change and Society, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Bäckstrand(2010) “The Legitimacy of Global Public-Private Partnerships on Climate and Sustainable Development” in K. Bäckstrand, J. Khan, A. Kronsell and E. Lövbrand (eds.) (2010). Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy. Examining the Promises of New Modes of Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Kronsell and K. Bäckstrand (2010) ” Analysing the Legitimacy of New Modes of Governance” in K. Bäckstrand, J. Khan, A. Kronsell and E. Lövbrand (eds.) (2010) Environmental Politics and Deliberative Democracy. Examining the Promises of New Modes of Governance, Cheltenham: Edward Elgar.
Bäckstrand(2010) ”From Rhetoric to Practice. The Legitimacy of Global Public-Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development”, in M. Bexell and U. Mörth (eds.) Democracy and Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance, Palgrave McMillan.
Bäckstrand,(2010) “Climate Change and Energy Security in the European Union: From Rhetoric to Practice?”, in C. Lever-Tracy (ed.) Handbook of Climate Change and Society, London and New York: Routledge.
Bäckstrand(2010) “EU:s uppgång och fall som global klimatledare” in R. Bengtsson (ed.) I Europas tjänst. Sveriges ordförandeskapet i EU 2009. Stockholm: SNS Förlag.
Bäckstrand(2008) ”Klimat-och energisäkerhet i EU. Förenlighet eller målkonflikt?” i P. Cramer, S. Gustavsson and L. Oxelheim (red.) Klimat, miljö och energi i Europa. Stockholm: Santereus förlag.
Bäckstrandand E. Lövbrand (2007) “Contested Climate: Competing Discourses of Planetary Management, Market Efficiency and Ecological Justice” in Mary Pettenger (ed.) The Social Construction of Climate Change, London: Ashgate.
Bäckstrand(2006) “Global miljöpolitik’, in J. Gustavsson and J. Tallberg (eds) Internationell Politik, Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Bäckstrand, A. Kronsell and P. Söderholm (2004) “Hållbar utveckling och administrativa utmaningar”, in A. Nilsson, M. Sillén and P. Wickenberg (eds.) Miljö och hållbar utveckling, Lund: Studentlitteratur.
Bäckstrand(2003) “Precaution, Scientisation or Deliberation? Prospects for Greening and Democratizing Science”, in M. Wissenburg and Y. Levy (eds.) Liberal Environmentalism. London and New York: Routledge.
Bäckstrand(2003) “Samspelet mellan vetenskap och politik. Experternas, beslutsfattarnas och medborgarnas roll i miljöpolitiken” in L. Lundgren (ed.) Vägar till kunskap. Några aspekter påhumanvetenskaplig miljöforskning och annan miljöforskning. Stockholm: Symposium.
Bäckstrandand H. Selin (2000) “Sweden – A Pioneer of Acidification Abatement”, in A. Underdal and K. Hanf (eds.) International Environmental Agreements and Domestic Policies. The Case of Acid Rain, London: Ashgate.
Popular scientific articles and reports
Kuylenstierna, C.Hermansson, K. Bäckstrand, A. Nordlund, M. Rummukainen, P. Söderholm and S. Sörlin(2022). 2022 Report of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. Stockholm: Swedish Climate Policy Council.https://www.klimatpolitiskaradet.se/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/kprreport2022.pdf
Miljand and K. Bäckstrand(2021).Climate Policy Councils: Success Factors and Lessons Learnt. A GCF-CEEW Report. Stockholm: Global Challenges Foundation. https://globalchallenges.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/FINAL-–-Climate-Policy-Councils-Success-Factors-and-Lessons-Learned-2021-11-02.pdf
Kuylenstierna, C. Hermansson, K. Bäckstrand, K. Eckerberg, T. Kåberger, M. Rummukainen, P. Söderholm and S. Sörlin(2021) 2021 Report of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. Stockholm: Swedish Climate Policy Council.https://www.klimatpolitiskaradet.se/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/report2021swedishclimatepolicycouncil.pdf
Bonde, J. Kuylenstierna, K. Bäckstrand, K. Eckerberg, T. Kåberger, Å. Löfgren, M. Rummukainen and S. Sörlin.2020 Report of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. Stockholm: Swedish Climate Policy Council.https://www.klimatpolitiskaradet.se/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/2020reportoftheswedishclimatepolicycouncil.pdf
Bonde, J. Kuylenstierna, K. Bäckstrand, K. Eckerberg, T. Kåberger, Å. Löfgren, M. Rummukainen and S. Sörlin. 2019 Report of the Swedish Climate Policy Council. Stockholm: Swedish Climate Policy Council.
IVA (2019) Så klarar det svenska samhället klimatmålen. En delrapport från IVA projektet Vägval klimatet. Stockholm; Kungliga Ingenjörsvetenskapsakademin. https://www.iva.se/globalassets/bilder/projekt/vagval-klimat/vagval-for-klimatet-samhallsgruppen-rapport-19-september-2019.pdf
Bonde, J. Kuylenstierna, K. Bäckstrand, K. Eckerberg, T. Kåberger, Å. Löfgren, M. Rummukainen and S. Sörlin (2018). Det klimatpolitiska ramverket. Rapport 2018. Stockholm: Klimatpolitiska rådet.
Biermann, K. Abbott, S. Andresen, K. Bäckstrandet al. (2011). Transforming Governance and Institutions for a Planet Under Pressure. Revitalizing the institutional framework for global sustainability. Key insights from social science research. Rio + 20 Policy Brief No. 3.
Bäckstrand(2009) ”EU:s klimat-och energipolitik. En tandlös tiger?” i B. Johansson (eds.) Osäkrat klimat – laddad utmaning. Formas Fokuserar. Stockholm: Formas.
Bäckstrandand J. Stripple (2009). Transatlantic Divide in Post-2012 Climate Policy, policy brief written for the Swedish Prime Minister’s Commission on Sustainable Development (Regeringens commission för hållbar utveckling), January 23, 2009, Stockholm.
Bäckstrand(1999) “Environmental Security and Transboundary Air Pollution: Lessons for Understanding Climate Risks” in J. Stripple, B. Wiman and S. Chong (eds.) From Climate Risk to Climate Security,.Stockholm: Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
Bäckstrand(1998) “Vad tål naturen? Vetenskap, rationalitet, könsordning i miljöpolitiken”, Aktuellt om Kvinnoforskning, No. 2 December 1999.
Research projects
Principal investigator, Rising to the Challenge. EUs leadership in a just and effective transformation towards climate neutrality amidst turbulence, crisis and political conflict, funded by the Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas), 2023, 10 million SEK.
Principal investigator, Achieving High Integrity Voluntary Climate Action (ACHIEVE), 2024 Horizon, 55 million SEK
Principal investigator, Transformative partnerships for sustainable development. Assessing synergies, legitimacy and effectiveness of UN multi-stakeholder partnerships across SDGs to achieve the 2030 Agenda, funded by Formas 2020, 20 million SEK,
Principle investigator, Climate action in a state of crisis. How Swedish collaborative climate action manage to navigate through the Covid-19 pandemic (Formas), 2020, 2 million SEK.
Principal investigator, Partnerships and participation in the implementation of Agenda 2030 and in global sustainability governance (Formas), 2019-2020, 2 million SEK
Principal investigator, Climate Action in the post-Paris Landscape: The Role of Non-state initiatives in the transformation of Sweden into a fossil-free welfare state 2018-2022, (Formas), 8 million SEK
Co-coordinator: Legitimacy in Global Governance, 2016-2021, program funded by Riksbanken Jubuleumsfond, 36 million SEK. Lead coordinator: Jonas Tallberg, Stockholm University.
Co-investigator, Governing Large-Scale Decarbonization. State Responses to Climate Risks. Mistra Geopolitics 2020-2024 Phase II (Mistra), 50 million SEK. In collaboration with Linköping University and SEI
Co-investigator, Mistra-Geopolitics 2018-2020 (Mistra), 48 million SEK. In collaboration with Linköping University and SEI
Principal Investigator: Challenges and Opportunities in Fragmented Global Climate and Energy Governance 2015-2018, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency, 5,5 million SEK. In collaboration with Lund University, Vriije University Amsterdam and SEI Oxford.
Principal Investigator: Revisiting National Renewables Mix (REMIX), funded by the Norwegian Research Council and the Swedish Energy Agency 2015- 2018. In collaboration with Oslo University and CICERO.
Principal Researcher: Non-State Actors in the New Landscape of International Climate Protection, funded by the Swedish Research Council and Formas 2012-2014, 6 million SEK. In collaboration with Linköping University.
Principal researcher: Transnational Adaptation Governance, funded by Formas 2016-2018, 3 million SEK. In collaboration with Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI).
Principal researcher: Climate Change and Security. Funded by the Ministry of Foregein Affairs, Project leader Malin Mobjörk, Stockholm University.
Principal Researcher: Governing Climate Change (CLIMGOVERN), funded by Formas, 2014-2016. Project coordinator: In collaboration with Lund University.
Deputy coordinator and steering group member: Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services in a Changing Climate (BECC), government’s strategic research area funded by the Swedish Research Council, 2010-2012, 120 million SEK.
Principal researcher: Democracy beyond the Nation State. Transnational Actors and Global Governance (TRANSDEMOS), funded by the the Bank of Sweden Tercentenary Foundation, 2008-2013, 33 million SEK.
Principal Investigator: Abandoned Leadership. EUs role in global climate negotiations, funded by Formas 2011-2013. Postdoc Jakob Skoovgard.
Principal Investigator: The Politics, Policy and Regulation of Carbon Capture and Storage, financed by the Foundation for Strategic Environmental Research (MISTRA) 2008-2011, 8 million SEK.
Project leader: Participation, Deliberation and Sustainability: Governance beyond Rhetoric in the Domain of Climate, Forestry and Food Safety (GREENGOV), 2006-2009, funded by Formas (FORMAS), 6.8 million SEK.