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Michele M. Betsill

Michele M. Betsill

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Political Science

D-Index
34
Citations
14928
World Ranking
791
National Ranking
12

Overview

Michele M. Betsill is affiliated with the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. Their research primarily spans the field of Environmental Science, with a strong focus on various subfields including Global and Planetary Change, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Ecology, Building and Construction, and Economics and Econometrics.

The scientist's work covers several key topics such as Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management, Sustainability and Climate Change Governance, Coastal and Marine Management, Climate Change and Geoengineering, Coral and Marine Ecosystems Studies, Mining and Resource Management, and International Maritime Law Issues.

Michele M. Betsill has contributed to a number of publications, including notable recent papers like:

  • Philanthropic foundations as agents of environmental governance: a research agenda (2021, Environmental Politics)
  • Opening the black box of conservation philanthropy: A co-produced research agenda on private foundations in marine conservation (2021, Marine Policy)
  • The global biodiversity framework needs a robust action agenda (2022, Nature Ecology & Evolution)
  • Who's setting the agenda? Philanthropic donor influence in marine conservation (2023, Ecology and Society)
  • More than funders: The roles of philanthropic foundations in marine conservation governance (2022, Conservation Science and Practice)

The venues where Michele contributes frequently include Conservation Science and Practice, Environmental Politics, Marine Policy, Nature Ecology & Evolution, and Ecology and Society.

Coauthorship is a significant feature of their academic output, with frequent collaborators including Rebecca L. Gruby, Elodie Le Cornu, Andrea K. Gerlak, Michelle Scobie, and Sander Chan.

In addition to journal articles, Michele has published books, notably a work released by Cambridge University Press titled Agency in Earth System Governance in 2020.

Best Publications

  • Rethinking Sustainable Cities: Multilevel Governance and the 'Urban' Politics of Climate Change

    Harriet Bulkeley;Michele M. Betsill

  • Cities and the Multilevel Governance of Global Climate Change

    Michele M. Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

  • Transnational Networks and Global Environmental Governance: The Cities for Climate Protection Program

    Michele M. Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

  • Transnational Climate Governance

    Liliana B. Andonova;Michele M. Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

  • Revisiting the urban politics of climate change

    Harriet Bulkeley;Michele M. Betsill

  • Looking Back and Thinking Ahead: A Decade of Cities and Climate Change Research

    Michele Betsill;Harriet Bulkeley

  • Navigating the Anthropocene: Improving Earth System Governance

    F. Biermann;F. Biermann;K. Abbott;S. Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • Transnational Climate Change Governance

    Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana B Andonova;Michele Merrill Betsill;Daniel Compagnon

  • NGO Influence in International Environmental Negotiations: A Framework for Analysis

    Michele M. Betsill;Elisabeth Corell

  • Mitigating Climate Change in US Cities: Opportunities and obstacles

    Michele M. Betsill

  • NGO diplomacy : the influence of nongovernmental organizations in international environmental negotiations

    Michele Merrill Betsill;Elisabeth Corell

  • Earth system governance: A research framework

    Frank Biermann;Frank Biermann;Michele M. Betsill;Joyeeta Gupta;Joyeeta Gupta;Norichika Kanie

  • Earth System Governance: People, Places and the Planet. Science and Implementation Plan of the Earth System Governance Project.

    F. Biermann;M. Betsill;J. Gupta;N. Kani

  • Governing climate change transnationally: Assessing the evidence from a database of sixty initiatives

    Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana Andonova;Karin Bäckstrand;Michele Betsill

  • Climate Change and Environmental Security: For Whom the Discourse Shifts

    Nicole Detraz;Michele M. Betsill

  • A Comparative Look at NGO Influence in International Environmental Negotiations: Desertification and Climate Change

    Elisabeth Corell;Michele M. Betsill

  • Earth System Governance: People, Places, and the Planet

    Frank Biermann;Michele M. Betsill;Joyeeta Gupta

  • Transforming governance and institutions for global sustainability: key insights from the Earth System Governance Project

    Frank Biermann;Frank Biermann;Kenneth Abbott;Steinar Andresen;Karin Bäckstrand

  • A Tale of Two Copenhagens: Carbon Markets and Climate Governance

    Steven Bernstein;Michele Betsill;Matthew Hoffmann;Matthew Paterson

  • Building Productive Links between the UNFCCC and the Broader Global Climate Governance Landscape

    Michele Betsill;Navroz K. Dubash;Matthew Paterson;Harro van Asselt

  • The Micro Foundations of Policy Diffusion Toward Complex Global Governance An Analysis of the Transnational Carbon Emission Trading Network

    Matthew Paterson;Matthew Hoffmann;Michele Betsill;Steven L. Bernstein

  • Transnational Climate Change Governance: Understanding Authority and Legitimacy in Transnational Climate Change Governance

    Harriet Bulkeley;Liliana B. Andonova;Michele M. Betsill;Daniel Compagnon

Frequent Co-Authors

Matthew Paterson
Matthew Paterson University of Manchester
Frank Biermann
Frank Biermann Utrecht University
Stacy D. VanDeveer
Stacy D. VanDeveer University of Massachusetts Boston
Harriet Bulkeley
Harriet Bulkeley Durham University
Diana Liverman
Diana Liverman University of Arizona
Joyeeta Gupta
Joyeeta Gupta University of Amsterdam
Peter Newell
Peter Newell University of Sussex
Heike Schroeder
Heike Schroeder University of East Anglia
Louis Lebel
Louis Lebel Chiang Mai University
Thomas Hale
Thomas Hale University of Oxford

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