Research
- Climate Change Politics
- Climate and Energy Transformation
- Policy Acceptance and Support
- Regulation and Governance
- European Union politics
- Territorial Politics
- Public Policy (initiation, shaping, decision-taking, contestation, implementation)
Teaching
Bergen University (Department of Comparative Politics):
- "European Union Institutions, Politics, and Policies"
BA course (26 hours), together with Georg Picot, EUR 105
- "Regions, Federalism, and EU integration"
BA course (22 hours), SAMPOL 205
- "Democratic Transformations in Europe: Trends and Implications"
BA course (22 hours), SAMPOL 223
- Director of the BA programme in European Studies
https://www.uib.no/studieprogram/BASV-EUR
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Politics and Public Administration chair):
- “Introduction to public policy analysis in comparative and European contexts”
BA course (30 hours), SS 2011, SS 2012
- “European and International Dimensions of Policy-Making”
BA course (32 hours), WS 2010, WS 2011-2
- “Theories of EU integration: from method to practice”
MA course (30 hours), SS 2011, SS 2012
- “Regions, federalism and EU integration”
MA course (32 hours), WS 2011-2
Monash University (Prato Centre):
- “Researching the European Union: Theories and Methodologies”
MA Course (32 hours), 2009.
Projects
2020-2025
UiB. The Structure Acceptance Nexus in Climate Politics (SANE-Clim). Principal Investigator. AkademiaAvtalen, 5 million NOK (approx. 450,000 EUR).
2020-2025
UiB. Designing a Refined Legal Framework for Offshore Wind in the North Sea Basin (DeWindSea). Leader of work-package (WP) 2. AkademiaAvtalen, 808,000 NOK for WP2 (approx. 72,600 EUR) (5 mil. NOK overall, approx. 450,000 EUR).
2020-2023
UiB. Causes and Consequences of the Legal Architecture of Climate Politics (LEG-ARCH). Co-Investigator. UiB, 3.5 million NOK (approx. 310,000 EUR).
2018-2020
UiB. Jean Monnet Module Action – European Union Institutions, Politics, and Policies (JMMA-EUIPP). Principal Investigator. European Commission, 30,000 EUR.
2008-2012
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. European Regional Elite Survey (ERES). Collaborator. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG), 150,000 EUR.