Jonathan William Kuyper

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I am a political theorist and international relations scholar. I work mainly with democratic theory, with a special focus on deliberative democracy. I am interested in how democratic theory can be employed to understand changes in domestic politics brought about by globalization, as well as offers ways to respond to these changes. I work on these topics across issue areas such as intellectual property rights, climate change, and trade.
I work primarily with normative theory and methods, but also employ both qualitative and quantitative methods in my research.
Keywords: democratic theory; deliberative democracy; global governance; globalization; climate change; non-state actor
Bakgrunn
Prior to commencing at the University of Oslo as an assistant professor at the end of 2016, I was a postdoc and then research fellow at Stockholm University (where I maintain a joint-position). My google scholar page is here.
Priser
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(2017-2020) “The Politization of Global Governance: Democratic Legitimacy in TTIP and TPP”. Principal Investigator. €250,000. Funded by Riksbanken Jubileumsfund. You can read more about it in Swedish here, and a full English website will follow shortly.
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(2016-2019) "Fragmentation in Climate Governance," Swedish Energy Agency. Stockholm, Sweden; Lund, Sweden; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Oxford, The UK. Co-investigator. €600,000.
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(2009-2012) “Ph.D. Scholarship,” The Australian National University. Awarded as part of Prof. John Dryzek’s Federation Fellowship Fund. $70,000 AUD.
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(2016) “Short Term Scientific Mission,” COST grant recipient to attend the University of Oxford. €2,500.
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(2011-12) “Endeavour Award Recipient,” Australian Department of Education (DEEWR) to attend Princeton University, $25,000 AUD.
Verv
- (2016) Visiting Researcher, The University of Oxford. See my visiting page here.
- (2015) Visiting Researcher, The University of Canberra.
- (2009-10) Visiting Ph.D. Researcher, The European University Institute.
Publikasjoner
Edited Collections
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(2017) “Non-state actors in global climate governance: from Copenhagen to Paris and beyond,”Lead editorial in Environmental Politics, Vol. 26, No. 4, pp. 561-79, with Karin Bäckstrand, Björn-Ola Linnér, and Eva Lövbrand.
Articles in International Peer Reviewed Journals
- (2017) “The Democratic Legitimacy of Orchestration: The UNFCCC, Non-State Actors, and Transnational Climate Governance,” Environmental Politics, with Karin Bäckstrand.
- (2017) “Institutional Accountability of Non-State Actors in the UNFCCC: Exit, Voice, and Loyalty,” Review of Policy Research, with Karin Bäckstrand and Heike Schroeder. DOI:10.1111/ropr.12213
- (2017) “International Courts and Global Democratic Values: Participation, Accountability, and Justification," Review of International Studies, with Theresa Squatrito. DOI: 10.1017/S0260210516000218
- (2016) “Advancing Justice and Democracy ‘Beyond’ the State: Feasibility through Flexibility,” Political Studies. DOI: 10.1111/1467-9248.12186.
- (2016) “Real, Not Nominal, Global Democracy: A Reply to Keohane,” International Journal of Constitutional Law, with John S. Dryzek.
- (2016) “Systemic Representation: Democracy, Deliberation, and Non-Electoral Representatives,” American Political Science Review, Vol. 110, No. 2, pp. 308-24.
- (2016) "Accountability and Representation: Non-State Actors in UN Climate Diplomacy," Global Environmental Politics, Vol 16, No. 2, pp. 61-81, with Karin Bäckstrand.
- (2015) “Deliberative Capacity in the Intellectual Property Rights Regime Complex,” Critical Policy Studies, Vol. 9 No. 3, pp. 317-338.
- (2015) “Democratic Deliberation in the Modern World: The Systemic Turn,” Critical Review, Vol. 27, No. 1, pp. 49-63.
- (2015) “Against Global Parliament,” Swiss Political Science Review, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 158-79.
- (2015) “Transformative pathways to world government: a historical institutionalist critique,” Cambridge Review of International Affairs, Vol. 28, No. 4, pp. 657–679.
- (2014) “The Democratic Potential of Systemic Pluralism,” Global Constitutionalism, Vol. 3, No. 2, pp. 170-99.
- (2014) “Global Democratization and International Regime Complexity,” European Journal of International Relations, Vol. 20, No. 3, pp. 620-46.
- (2013) “Designing Institutions for Global Democracy: Flexibility through Escape Clauses and Sunset Provisions,” Ethics and Global Politics, Vol. 6, No. 4, pp. 195-215.
- (2012) "Deliberative Democracy and the Neglected Dimension of Leadership,” Journal of Public Deliberation, Vol. 8, No. 1, pp. 1-32.
- (2010) “Global Governance and the Democratic Deficit,” Alternative Law Journal, Vol. 35, No. 3, pp. 169-170.
Book Chapters
- (2015) “Gridlock in Global Climate Change Negotiations: Two Democratic Arguments against Minilateralism,” in The Ethics of Climate Governance, (eds.) Catriona McKinnon and Aaron Maltais. Rowan and Littlefield Press.
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Bäckstrand, Karin; Kuyper, Jonathan William & Nasiritousi, Naghmeh (2021). From collaboration to contestation? Perceptions of legitimacy and effectiveness in post-Paris climate governance. Earth System Governance. ISSN 2589-8116. 9, s. 1–11. doi: 10.1016/j.esg.2021.100115. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv