Robert Falkner
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.
Research - 2019
Henry Shue has made a seminal contribution to the international debate about climate justice. By distinguishing between ‘subsistence emissions’ and... Read more
Research - 2017
Abstract This article develops an English School framework for analysing the emergence of new primary institutions in global international society,... Read more
Research - 2016
Climate actions by non-state and subnational actors are an important complement to the multilateral climate regime and the associated contributions... Read more
Abstract This article reviews and assesses the outcome of the 21st Conference of the Parties (COP-21) to the United Nations... Read more
Research - 2015
This report provides the first progress assessment of climate actions launched at the 2014 UN Climate Summit in New York. Read more
This paper by Rober Falkner explores the the potential role that climate clubs might play in promoting global climate action. Read more
Research - 2013
The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment. It combines the strengths of an interdisciplinary team of experts from around the world to explore current debates and the latest thinking in the search for global environmental solutions. Read more
Research - 2012
Reference Porter, R.D., Breggin, L., Falkner, R., Pendergrass, J., and Jaspers, N. 2012. Regulatory responses to scientific uncertainty and nanotechnology. The... Read more
Reference Falkner, R., and Lee, B (eds.). May 2012. Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice – introduction. International Affairs... Read more
Abstract Have environmental values become part of the normative structure of international society? Has the rise of global environmentalism led... Read more
Abstract Nanosciences and nanotechnologies are set to transform the global industrial landscape, but the debate on how to regulate environmental,... Read more
Research - 2011
Reference Breggin, L., Falkner, R., Porter, R., Pendergrass, J., and Jaspers, N. September 2011. Addressing the risks of nanomaterials under United States... Read more
Research - 2010
Reference Falkner, R. Globalisation, neopluralism and multinodal politics. December 2010. Journal of Power, v.3, pp.452-458. Read more
Abstract This article reviews the options for future international climate policy after the 2009 Copenhagen conference. It argues that a... Read more
Working Paper 21 Abstract This paper asks what can be hoped for the international climate change negotiation process in the... Read more
Abstract Business plays a critical role in global climate politics; this is widely agreed upon in international relations and political... Read more
Abstract ‘It will be as different as night from day’, is how Senator John Kerry described the impact of Barack... Read more
Books - 2013
The Handbook of Global Climate and Environment Policy presents an authoritative and comprehensive overview of global policy on climate and the environment. It combines the strengths of an interdisciplinary team of experts from around the world to explore current debates and the latest thinking in the search for global environmental solutions. Read more
Events - 2020
Events - 2019
Events - 2017
Events - 2016
Public lecture | Climate leadership before and after the Paris Agreement
Event Type: Public LecturesGrantham Seminar | The politics of green transformations in the global south: what role is there for a green state?
Event Type: SeminarsVIDEO Public lecture | We’ll always have Paris: COP21 and the new political economy of climate change
Event Type: Public LecturesEvents - 2015
Events - 2014
Dr Robert Falkner – International relations and global action on climate change
Event Type: Public LecturesMultilateralism in Crisis: environmental conflict and stalemate in the trade and climate regimes
Event Type: Policy SeminarsThe Global Development Post-Durban Of Policy Regimes To Combat Climate Change
Event Type: Grantham WorkshopProfessor David Vogel – Precautionary Politics: explaining the shift in global regulatory leadership from the United States to Europe
Event Type: Public LecturesFrom Copenhagen to Legoland? The rise of the building blocks approach in international climate policy
Event Type: Policy SeminarsProfessor Jennifer Clapp – The Worldwide Anti-Plastics Shift: bags, bottles and global environmental governance
Event Type: Public LecturesNews - 2019
Robert Falkner and Bob Ward consider the impact of the Extinction Rebellion protests on policy making in the UK in this article looking at the tactics of the movement which has mounted protests around the world. Read more
News - 2018
Dr Robert Falkner has won an award for a paper he co-authored with Professor Barry Buzan. Their paper ‘The Emergence... Read more
“Great power involves great responsibility” (Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945) – it has long been recognised that that great powers enjoy... Read more
News - 2017
How damaging is Trump’s move to the Paris Agreement and international climate policy? And what can be done to contain the ‘Trump effect’? Read more
News - 2015
Associate, Robert Falkner writes that, beneath the surface of diplomatic wrangling at the Paris climate summit, new drivers of global climate policy are making themselves heard. Read more
News - 2014
LSE European Politics and Policy Blog, 24 October Read more
Financial Times – registration required. Read more
News - 2013
David Cameron’s decision to not even mention the climate change challenge in the official G8 agenda has ruffled many feathers. Robert... Read more
Robert Falkner presents a comprehensive overview of international policy on climate and the environment. The book brings together a global team... Read more
The Climate and Development Knowledge Network (CDKN) gathered together seven experts on how to build consensus in climate change negotiations, and whether... Read more
News - 2012
The ‘Rio+20’ UN conference will take place in June, two decades after the ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro. What will it take to make environmental sustainability a global reality? This event marks the publication of a special issue of International Affairs on ‘Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice’. The event is taking place on Thursday 31 May 2012, from 6.30 to 8pm, at LSE. Read more
Dr Falkner’s article, 'Private Environmental Governance and International Relations: exploring the links' (Global Environmental Politics 3:2, 2003), has been included in the list of 50 influential journal articles published in MIT Press journals, in honour of the Press’ 50th anniversary. Dr Falkner is in the International Relations Department at LSE and also a Grantham associate. Read more
News - 2010
‘It will be as different as night from day’, is how Senator John Kerry described the impact of Barack Obama’s... Read more