Dr. Per-Olof Busch
Doctor of political sciences (PhD)
Senior Researcher
Per-Olof Busch is a Senior Researcher at adelphi and works on issues related to Global Governance. He focuses on decision-making, implementation and coordination processes in international environmental and sustainability governance as well as on reforms of international organizations in this area. With his work, he contributes to increasing effectiveness and legitimacy of international environmental and sustainability governance.
“We need functioning, adaptable and effective international cooperation to address the environmental challenges facing humanity. At adelphi, I can develop viable approaches and introduce them into global, international and national policy processes.”
Selected Projects
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Client: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Term: 03/2022 - 08/2022
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Client: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Term: 09/2021 - 02/2024
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Client: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Term: 08/2021 - 09/2022
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Client: Nordic Council of Ministers
Term: 03/2021 - 02/2022
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Client: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety (BMU)
Term: 11/2019 - 05/2021
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Client: Royal Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment
Term: 06/2020 - 12/2020
Selected publications
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Busch; Per-Olof, Luisa Schulte and Florian Wintermeyer 2022: Global agreement to prevent plastic pollution. Exploring financing needs and opportunities. Nordic Council of Ministers.
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Simon, Nils; Karen Raubenheimer, Niko Urho, Sebastian Unger, David Azoulay, Trisia Farrelly, Joao Sousa, Harro van Asselt, Giulia Carlini, Christian Sekomo, Maro Luisa Schulte, Per-Olof Busch, Nicole Wienrich and Laura Weiand 2021: A binding global agreement to address the life cycle of plastics. In: Science, 10.1126, science.abi9010.
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Busch, Per-Olof; Maro Luisa Schulte and Nils Simon 2021: Strengthen the Global Science and Knowledge Base to Reduce Marine Plastic Pollution. TemaNord 2021:519. Copenhagen, Denmark: Nordic Council of Ministers.
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Heinzel, Mirko; Jonas Richter, Per-Olof Busch, Jana Herold, Hauke Feil and Andrea Liese 2020: Birds of a feather? The determinants of impartiality perceptions of the IMF and the World Bank. In: Review of International Political Economy,
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Busch, Per-Olof; Mirko Heinzel, Matthies Kempken and Andrea Liese 2020: Mind the Gap? Comparing De Facto and De Jure Expert Authority of International Public Administrations in Financial and Agricultural Policy. In: Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis,
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Busch, Per-Olof 2015: Die Autonomie internationaler Verwaltungsstäbe als Akteure nicht-hierarchischer Politiktransfers. In: Eugénia da Conceição-Heldt, Martin Koch and Andrea Liese (eds.), Internationale Organisationen: Autonomie, Politisierung, interorganisationale Beziehungen und Wandel. Wiesbaden: Nomos Verlag, 105-130.
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Busch, Per-Olof 2014: Taming the tiger in the tank. Explaining the convergence of limit values for lead in petrol. In: Helge Jörgens, Andrea Lenschow and Duncan Liefferink (Eds.): Understanding Environmental Policy Convergence. The Power of Words, Rules and Money.. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 104-139.
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Busch, Per-Olof 2014: The independent influence of international public administrations. Contours and future directions of an emerging research strand. In: Soonhee Kim, Shena Ashley and W. Henry Lambright (eds.): Public administration in the context of global governance. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 45-62.
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Busch, Per-Olof and Helge Jörgens 2012: Europeanization through diffusion?. Renewable energy policies and alternative sources of European convergence. In: Francesco Morata and Israel Solorio (eds.): European energy policy. The environmental dimension. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 66-84.
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Busch, Per-Olof and Helge Jörgens 2012: Governance by diffusion. Exploring a new mechanism of international policy coordination. In: James Meadowcraft, Oluf Langhelle and Audun Ruud (eds.): Governance, democracy and sustainable development. Moving beyond the impasse. Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing, 221-248.
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