Academy Research Fellow
Ph.D., M.Sc.
Tel. +31 64 533 7453 (mobile)
sylvia.karlsson(a)tse.fi
Core competencies
- Multilevel governance
- International relations
- Global environmental politics
- Global energy politics
- Human dimensions of global environmental change
- Developing countries
- Science/policy interface (environmental issues)
Latest presentations and lectures
- “The Environmental Dimension of Sustainability.” Turku School of Economics Master’s course Sustainable Futures: Environment, Culture, Society, Economy. 10 January 2008.
- “Alternative Visions for a Future World”. Turku School of Economics Master’s course Sustainable Futures: Environment, Culture, Society, Economy. 5 February 2008.
- “Governance of Energy from the Local to the Global — A Necessity for Climate Change Mitigation”. 11th Annual Conference of the International Environment Forum. 13 October 2007.
- “Energy on the Core UN Agenda:Trend or Transition?” SPRU, Sussex University. 25 September 2006.
- “Short-term Sacrifices for Long-term Gains — How Do We Change the Time Horizon of Governments?” Earth Values Caucus Seminar at the 14th Session of the Commission on Sustainable Development, United Nations Headquarters New York 3 May 2006.
- “Sustainable Development Thirty Years From Now — Exploring the Development of Knowledge, Values and Institutions”. Club of Rome Annual Conference, Norfolk, Virginia, 2 October 2005.
Some of the publications
- Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I. (in press), 'The United Nations and Global Energy Governance: Past Challenges, Future Choices', Global Change, Peace and Security, 22 (2), 177-197.
- Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I. (forthcoming). Global Regulation Through a Diversity of Norms: Comparing Hard and Soft Law, in: D. Levi-Faur (ed.), Handbook on the Politics of Reuglation. Edward Elgar.
- Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I and M. Kok (forthcoming) Interplay Management in the Climate, Energy and Development Nexus, in: Oberthür, S and O. Schram Stokke (eds.), Institutional Interplay and Global Environmental Change: State of the Art and Perspectives. MIT Press.
- Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I. and A. Vihma (2009) 'Comparing the Legitimacy and Effectiveness of Global Hard and Soft Law: An Analytical Framework. Regulation & Governance, 3 (4), 400-420.
- van Asselt, H. and S. I. Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen (2009) (editors) Special issue: Exploring and Explaining the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 9 (3):195-336.
- Karlsson-Vinkhuyzen, S. I. and van Asselt, H. (2009) Introduction: Exploring and Explaining the Asia-Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate, International Environmental Agreements: Politics, Law and Economics 9 (3):195-211.
- Kok M. T. J., Jäger J., Karlsson S. I., Lüdeke MB, Mohammed-Katerere J., Thomalla F. (2009) Vulnerability of People and the Environment-Challenges and Opportunities. Background report on Chapter 7 of the Fourth Global Environment Outlook (GEO-4). Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and UNEP.