Dr. Per-Olof Busch
Doctor of political sciences (PhD)
Senior Researcher
As Senior Researcher at adelphi, Per-Olof Busch 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. Currently, his main topics are plastic pollution, 2030 Agenda and circular economy. 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: European Commission, EuropeAid - Co-operation Office, SWITCH-Asia Programme
Term: 11/2021 - 11/2022
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Client: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH
Term: 04/2022 - 10/2022
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Client: Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Nuclear Safety and Consumer Protection (BMUV)
Term: 03/2022 - 03/2023
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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 - 09/2023
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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 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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Busch, Per-Olof; Aarti Gupta and Robert Falkner 2012: International domestic linkages and policy convergence. In: Biermann, Frank and Philipp Pattberg (eds.): Global environmental governance reconsidered. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 199-218.
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Biermann, Frank; Bernd Siebenhüner, Steffen Bauer, Per-Olof Busch, Sabine Campe, Klaus Dingwerth, Torsten Grothmann, Robert Marschinski and Mireia Tarradell 2009: Studying the influence of international bureaucracies. A conceptual framework. In: Biermann, Frank and Bernd Siebenhüner (eds.): Managers of global change: the influence of international environmental bureaucracies. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 37-74.
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Busch, Per-Olof 2009: The climate secretariat: making a living in a straitjacket. In: Biermann, Frank and Bernd Siebenhüner (eds.): Managers of global change: the influence of international environmental bureaucracies. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 245-264.
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Busch, Per-Olof 2009: The OECD environment directorate: the art of persuasion and its limitations. In: Biermann, Frank and Bernd Siebenhüner (eds.): Managers of global change: the influence of international environmental bureaucracies. Cambridge, Mass.: Cambridge University Press, 75-99.
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Bauer, Steffen; Per-Olof Busch and Bernd Siebenhüner 2009: Treaty secretariats in global environmental governance. In: Biermann, Frank; Bernd Siebenhüner and Anna Schreyögg (eds.). London: Routledge, 174-192.
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Jacob, Klaus; Peter H. Feindt, Per-Olof Busch und Frank Biermann 2007: Einleitung: Politik und Umwelt – Herausforderungen und Fragestellungen in der Umweltpolitikforschung. In: Jacob, Klaus; Peter H. Feindt, Per-Olof Busch und Frank Biermann (Hrsg.): Politik und Umwelt, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Sonderheft 39, 11-37.
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Busch, Per-Olof und Helge Jörgens 2007: Internationaler Umweltpolitikwandel und Konvergenz. In: Jacob, Klaus; Peter H. Feindt, Per-Olof Busch und Frank Biermann (Hrsg.): Politik und Umwelt, Politische Vierteljahresschrift, Sonderheft 39. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 200-222.
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Jacob, Klaus; Frank Biermann, Per-Olof Busch und Peter Feindt (ed.) 2007: Politik und Umwelt. Wiesbaden: Springer VS.
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