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35
Citations
8203
World Ranking
2898
National Ranking
22

Overview

Arild Vatn is affiliated with the Norwegian University of Life Sciences in Norway, contributing primarily to the field of Environmental Science. The scope of their work spans several subfields, including Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Economics and Econometrics, and Nature and Landscape Conservation.

The main topics addressed in Vatn's research encompass Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Environmental Education and Sustainability, Economic and Environmental Valuation, Religion, Ecology, and Ethics, Environmental Philosophy and Ethics, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, as well as Environmental Sustainability in Business.

Vatn's publication record includes appearances in various scientific venues. The most frequent among these are Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), with 14 publications, followed by Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Ecological Economics, Environmental Values, and UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia).

Frequent collaborators include Simone Athayde, Christopher M. Raymond, Christopher B. Anderson, Unai Pascual, and Patricia Balvanera, indicating Vatn's work often intersects with multiple researchers across related disciplines.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Vatn demonstrate a focus on values, valuation, and sustainability of nature:

  • "Diverse values of nature for sustainability" (2023), published in Nature
  • "Summary for policymakers of the methodological assessment of the diverse values and valuation of nature of the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES)" (2022), published in UEA Digital Repository (University of East Anglia)
  • "An inclusive typology of values for navigating transformations towards a just and sustainable future" (2023), published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • "The role of power in leveraging the diverse values of nature for transformative change" (2023), published in Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability
  • "What does sustainability demand? An institutionalist analysis with applications to China" (2021), published in Journal of Chinese Governance

Best Publications

  • Institutions and the environment

    Arild Vatn

  • An institutional analysis of payments for environmental services

    Arild Vatn

  • Choices without Prices without Apologies

    Arild Vatn;Daniel W. Bromley

  • Payments for ecosystem services and the fatal attraction of win-win solutions

    R. Muradian;M. Arsel;L. Pellegrini;F. Adaman

  • Rationality, institutions and environmental policy

    Arild Vatn

  • An institutional analysis of methods for environmental appraisal

    Arild Vatn

  • Multifunctional agriculture: some consequences for international trade regimes

    Arild Vatn

  • Transferring environmental value estimates: Issues and alternatives

    Clive L. Spash;Arild Vatn

  • Why do transaction costs of agricultural policies vary

    Per Kristian Rørstad;Arild Vatn;Valborg Kvakkestad

  • The Environment as a Commodity

    A. Vatn

  • Externalities — A market model failure

    Arild Vatn;Daniel W. Bromley

  • Markets in environmental governance — From theory to practice

    Arild Vatn

  • Environmental Valuation and Rationality

    Arild Vatn

  • Cooperative behavior and institutions

    Arild Vatn

  • Cooperative Behaviour and Institutions

    Arild Vatn

  • Environmental Governance – From Public to Private?

    Arild Vatn

  • Why protection of biodiversity creates conflict - some evidence from the Nordic countries.

    Even Bergseng;Arild Vatn

  • Can markets protect biodiversity? An evaluation of different financial mechanisms

    Arild Vatn;David N. Barton;Henrik Lindhjem;Synne Movik

  • Norwegian farmers’ perspectives on agriculture and agricultural payments: Between productivism and cultural landscapes

    Valborg Kvakkestad;Per Kristian Rørstad;Arild Vatn

  • Representing the common goods – Stakeholders vs. citizens

    Katrine Soma;Arild Vatn

Frequent Co-Authors

Lars R. Bakken
Lars R. Bakken Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Clive L. Spash
Clive L. Spash Vienna University of Economics and Business
Erik Gómez-Baggethun
Erik Gómez-Baggethun Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Stefanie Engel
Stefanie Engel Osnabrück University
Arild Angelsen
Arild Angelsen Norwegian University of Life Sciences
Daniel W. Bromley
Daniel W. Bromley University of Wisconsin–Madison
Paul C. Stern
Paul C. Stern Social and Environmental Research Institute
Esteve Corbera
Esteve Corbera Autonomous University of Barcelona
Richard B. Norgaard
Richard B. Norgaard University of California, Berkeley
Mark van Vugt
Mark van Vugt Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

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