Naghmeh Nasiritousi

Associate Professor

Naghmeh Nasiritousi is a associate professor at the Department of Thematic Studies. Her research focuses on global climate and energy governance, international institutions and issues of legitimacy and effectiveness.

Climate politics and multilevel governance

Climate politics involves different actors, consists of several policy instruments and takes place locally, nationally and internationally. Understanding these processes is central to addressing climate change.

Naghmeh Nasiritousi is associate professor in Political Science and received her PhD from Linköping University in 2016. Her dissertation examines the roles of non-state actors in global climate change governance. She has previously studied at the University of St. Andrews and University of London, SOAS.

She is co-director of the Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research (CSPR). She is also a research fellow at the Swedish Institute of International Affairs, where she leads the research project Breaking silos – can the EU’s mission approach for climate-neutral cities accelerate energy transitions? funded by the Swedish Energy Agency.

Naghmeh Nasiritousi has an interest in understanding how actors and structures affect climate and energy politics and has in her research followed the international climate change negotiations.

Areas of Expertise

Global governance, multilateral negotiations, environmental politics, international climate- and energy politics.

Publications

2024

Alexandra Buylova, Naghmeh Nasiritousi, Andreas Duit, Gunilla Reischl, Pelle Lejon (2024) Paper tiger or useful governance tool? Understanding long-term climate strategies as a climate governance instrument Environmental Science and Policy, Vol. 159, Article 103811 (Article in journal)

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Oscar Widerberg, Karin Bäckstrand, Eva Lövbrand, Jens Marquardt, Naghmeh Nasiritousi (2024) A cautionary tale for polycentric governance: states' roles in orchestrating decarbonization Global Environmental Politics, Vol. 24, p. 100-120 (Article in journal)

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Teaching

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International Environmental Management
Miljöstyrning och miljöekonomi

Research

NAVIGATE

Navigating the policy landscape: barriers and synergies in climate and biodiversity policies.

The aim of the NAVIGATE programme is to advance, through a multidisciplinary and co-learning approach, our knowledge of these existing, but far from explicitly recognized, barriers and provide recommendations on how contemporary and future climate and biodiversity strategies can be improved in order to avoid controversies and conflicts of objectives and instead increase synergies between them.

GLOBAL POLITICS AND SECURITY

Breaking silos – can the EU’s mission approach for climate-neutral cities accelerate energy transitions?

Innovative ideas and working methods are needed to speed up sustainable energy transitions in line with the goals of the Paris Agreement. Previous studies have shown the importance of breaking silos between institutions to accelerate this transition. This project investigates how an innovative governance approach - the EU's mission for climate-neutral cities - can increase the pace of energy transitions. For this purpose, we study two cities that have been selected to participate in the EU’s mission approach: Stockholm and Amsterdam.

Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research, CSPR

CSPR is a platform for knowledge production to trigger and promote societal changes towards safe and just climate futures for all. Our goal is to create knowledge and methodological approaches that can support and advance climate actions.

Organisation

bilden visar stenar i vatten. Pictures shows stones in vater

Environmental Change (TEMAM)

Almost all nature bears traces of human activity. Its condition is strongly linked to social development. This creates a need for scientific breadth and problem-solving skills. Education and research at Environmental Change respond to this challenge.

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Department of Thematic Studies (TEMA)

In an increasingly complicated world, there is a need for researchers that can handle both breadth and depth, and can collaborate across disciplinary borders. Major societal questions are studied from an interdisciplinary perspective at TEMA.