Publications

Global environmentalism and the greening of international society
Have environmental values become part of the normative structure of international society? Has the rise of global environmentalism led to a greening of international society? Most International Relations research … read more »

The survival of the conformist: social pressure and renewable resource management
This paper examines the role of other-regarding behavior as a mechanism for the establishment and maintenance of cooperation in resource use under variable social and environmental conditions. By coupling … read more »

Trade, climate change and the political game theory of border carbon adjustments
The lack of real progress at the Durban climate change conference in 2011—postponing effective action until at least 2020—has many causes, one of which is the … read more »

The contribution of the European Union to global climate change governance: explaining the conditions for EU actorness
As a regional organization, the European Union’s role in global climate governance faces constraints that do not apply to other members of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate … read more »

Climate Change Policies: global challenges and future prospects (edited by Cerdá, Labandeira )
Reference Tavoni, A. 2012. Climate Change Policies: global challenges and future prospects (edited by Cerdá, Labandeira [book review]). Government and Policy, v.30.

Regulating nanotechnologies: risk, uncertainty and the global governance gap
Nanosciences and nanotechnologies are set to transform the global industrial landscape, but the debate on how to regulate environmental, health and safety risks is lagging behind technological innovation. Current … read more »

Policy storylines in the Indian climate change regime: opening new political spaces?
With this paper I consider the role of diffuse nonstate and subnational actors working together in networks in Indian climate politics. The Indian government has maintained several core principles … read more »

Public pressure versus lobbying – how do Environmental NGOs matter most in climate negotiations?
Advocacy nongovernmental organisations have the largest influence on the outcome of climate negotiations when they mobilise public pressure in collaboration with the media. Environmental NGOs can … read more »

Asymmetry, optimal transfers and international environmental agreements
This paper applies optimal sharing rules to a coalition formation game with positive externalities, demonstrating the effectiveness of well-designed transfer schemes in improving outcomes for participation … read more »

Coordination under threshold uncertainty in a public goods game
We explored experimentally how threshold uncertainty affects coordination success in a threshold public goods game. Whereas all groups succeeded in providing the public good when the … read more »


