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”Om ett träd bränns utan att någon räknar utsläppen…” En studie av relationen mellan vetenskap och beslutsfattande i EU:s ramverk för förnybar energi; REDII

von Schenck, Sofie LU (2020) STVK02 20192
Department of Political Science
Abstract (Swedish)
This study examines the influence of scientific knowledge in rule-making processes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. Specifically, the paper examines the case of regulation on forest biomass in the revised Renewable Energy Directive from 2018. Through the method of process-tracing, the paper seeks to explain the science-policy interface in the case. The so called “usual suspects” for explaining the relationship between science and policy outcome are identified as theories of captured regulation and path dependency, and these are tested against theories of common interest and evidence-based policy theory.
The results show that aspects of captured regulation and path dependency, with addition of experienced... (More)
This study examines the influence of scientific knowledge in rule-making processes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. Specifically, the paper examines the case of regulation on forest biomass in the revised Renewable Energy Directive from 2018. Through the method of process-tracing, the paper seeks to explain the science-policy interface in the case. The so called “usual suspects” for explaining the relationship between science and policy outcome are identified as theories of captured regulation and path dependency, and these are tested against theories of common interest and evidence-based policy theory.
The results show that aspects of captured regulation and path dependency, with addition of experienced scientific unclarity, can explain the science policy interface. Also, the mismatch between what best available science says, and what policy does, is shown to be substantial. (Less)
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author
von Schenck, Sofie LU
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organization
course
STVK02 20192
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
science-policy interface, biomass, process-tracing, environmental policy
language
Swedish
id
8999981
date added to LUP
2020-03-03 08:38:58
date last changed
2020-03-03 08:38:58
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  abstract     = {{This study examines the influence of scientific knowledge in rule-making processes aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union. Specifically, the paper examines the case of regulation on forest biomass in the revised Renewable Energy Directive from 2018. Through the method of process-tracing, the paper seeks to explain the science-policy interface in the case. The so called “usual suspects” for explaining the relationship between science and policy outcome are identified as theories of captured regulation and path dependency, and these are tested against theories of common interest and evidence-based policy theory. 
The results show that aspects of captured regulation and path dependency, with addition of experienced scientific unclarity, can explain the science policy interface. Also, the mismatch between what best available science says, and what policy does, is shown to be substantial.}},
  author       = {{von Schenck, Sofie}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{”Om ett träd bränns utan att någon räknar utsläppen…” En studie av relationen mellan vetenskap och beslutsfattande i EU:s ramverk för förnybar energi; REDII}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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