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Robert Falkner
Research Director
Robert is also:
- Associate Professor in International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE);
- Academic Director of the TRIUM Global Executive MBA programme
- Associate Fellow of the Energy, Environment and Resources Programme at Chatham House;
- Member of the editorial board for the journals ‘Global Environmental Politics’, ‘Global Policy’ and ‘Energy Research and Social Science’
Background
Robert received an MA in Politics and Diplom-Volkswirt (MSc Economics) from Munich University and gained a DPhil in International Relations from Oxford University (Nuffield College). He has published widely on topics relating to global environmental politics and climate policy, among others. His most recent books are The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013) and Business Power and Conflict in International Environmental Politics (Palgrave Macmillan, 2008).
In 2006-07, he was a visiting scholar at Harvard University. Before joining LSE, Robert held academic positions at the universities of Oxford, Kent and Essex.
Robert has expansive experience of executive education and has undertaken consultancy and advisory work for private and public sector organisations, including the Department for International Development (UK), European Commission,European Environment Agency and the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Germany).
Research interests
- International political economy;
- Global environmental politics;
- International climate policy;
- Multinational corporations;
- Risk regulation;
- Global governance.
The unavoidability of justice - and order - in international climate politics: From Kyoto to Paris and beyond
2017
The emergence of environmental stewardship as a primary institution of global international society
2016
Effective and geographically balanced? An output based assessment of non-state climate actions

The Paris Agreement and the new logic of international climate politics
2015

Strengthening non-state climate action: a progress assessment of commitments launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit
A minilateral solution for global climate change? On bargaining efficiency, club benefits and international legitimacy
2013
The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy
2012
Regulatory responses to scientific uncertainty and nanotechnology
Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice - introduction
Global environmentalism and the greening of international society
Regulating nanotechnologies: risk, uncertainty and the global governance gap
2011
Addressing the risks of nanomaterials under United States and European Union Regulatory Frameworks for Chemicals
2010
Globalisation, neopluralism and multinodal politics
International climate policy after Copenhagen: Towards a 'building blocks' approach
International climate policy after Copenhagen: towards a 'building blocks' approach
Business and global climate governance: a neo-plurist perspective. Business and Global Governance
Getting a deal on climate change: Obama's flexible multilateralism. Obama Nation? US foreign policy one year on
Extinction Rebellion: Meet the climate protesters blocking traffic in cities around the world
2018
Paper wins International Studies Association English School Section Outstanding Research Paper Award
Call for papers for research workshop: ‘Great power responsibility and global environmental protection’ (29-30 June 2018)
2017

Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement: what next for international climate policy?
2015
The Road to Paris: Look beneath the surface for the new climate politics
2014
The EU has agreed new emissions targets, but what hope is there for a global climate agreement in 2015?
Sad Irony of the 'Airpocalypse'
2013
The burning hole at the heart of the G8 agenda. Why was climate change marginalised at the 2013 G8 summit?
Grantham LSE Associate edits 'The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy'

Film and briefing paper on consensus in the climate change negotiations
2012
Department of International Relations and Chatham House debate: 'The 'Rio+20' UN Summit: Global Crisis, or Global Rescue?'
Article by Dr Robert Falkner included in MIT Press’s "50 Influential Journal Articles" anniversary celebration
2010
Getting a deal on climate change: Obama's flexible multiculturalism

Protest and Power: can climate activism save the planet? Video
2017
Grantham Workshop | Robert Falkner
2016
Public lecture | Climate leadership before and after the Paris Agreement
Grantham Seminar | The politics of green transformations in the global south: what role is there for a green state?
