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Research Director for the climate economics group
I have worked at CICERO since 2002. I was initially hired to program our first computable general equilibrium model, and started a PhD on the effectiveness and acceptability of environmental taxes two years later. After completing my PhD in 2008 I have managed research projects on environmental taxes, transport policy, behavioural interventions ("nudges"), and energy efficiency. I was Research Director of the Climate Policy unit in 2012 and 2013, and the Climate Economics Unit from 2014 to 2017. From 2014 to 2019 I was Director of our FME-center CICEP Center for International Climate and Energy Policy, and much of my outreach and research focused on the Paris Agreement. Since 2019 I have led the climate economics group.
My primary research interest is climate policy instruments. I lead two projects funded by the Research Council of Norway, "Aviate" on the role of aviation in a low-carbon society and "Enable" on enabling the green transition in Norway.
Most of my research is based on use surveys, lab and field experiments.
Projects
- Centre for International Climate and Energy Policy (CICEP) CICEP is one of three centres for social science based research on environment-friendly energy established by the Research Council of Norway in 2011.
- Politically Feasible Renewable Energy Development: The Role of Public Acceptance. The over-arching task of this project is to study the political feasibility of the low carbon energy policy transition initiated by the EU. In order to adopt and implement efficient policies at the regional, national and local level, public acceptance for policy change will be crucial.
- The role of short-lived climate forcers in the global climate regime The primary objective of the project is to provide a comprehensive assessment of the potential of mitigation of Short-Lived Climate Forcers (SLCFs) in the emerging global climate regime.
- Klimavalg 2017
- Enabling the European Union This project seeks to enable people of the European Union to go even greener - in transportation, heating and cooling, and electricity choices - by understanding the drivers of our energy choices.
- AVIATE: How can aviation contribute to a low-carbon society? The AVIATE (Aviation in a low-carbon society) project will provide better understanding of the climate impact of aviation, both for Norway and globally, and explore options for reducing that impact.
Publications and outreach at CICERO
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Journal article
2020
- Nicholas Janusch, Stephan Kroll, Christopher Goemans, Todd L. Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, 2020 Learning to accept welfare‑enhancing policies: an experimental investigation of congestion pricing Experimental Economics, EN
- Ibon Galarraga, Steffen Kallbekken, Alessandro Silvestri, 2020 Consumer purchases of energy-efficient cars: How different labelling schemes could affect consumer response to price changes Energy Policy, EN
2019
- William Brazil, Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen, James Carroll, 2019 The role of fuel cost information in new car sales Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, EN
- Stefano Carattini, Steffen Kallbekken, Anton Orlov, 2019 How to win public support for a global carbon tax Nature, EN
- Anton Orlov, Steffen Kallbekken, 2019 The impact of consumer attitudes towards energy efficiency on car choice: Survey results from Norway Journal of Cleaner Production, EN
2018
- Stine Aakre, Steffen Kallbekken, Rita Van Dingenen, David G. Victor, 2018 Incentives for small clubs of arctic countries to limit black carbon and methane emissions Nature Climate Change, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Stine Aakre, 2018 The Potential for mitigating Short-lived Climate Pollutants: A Review of the Literature Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, EN
2017
- Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, 2017 Accepting market failure: Cultural worldviews and the opposition to corrective environmental policies Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, EN
- Ragnhild Bieltvedt Skeie, Jan S. Fuglestvedt, Terje K. Berntsen, Glen Peters, Robbie Andrew, Myles Allen, Steffen Kallbekken, 2017 Perspective has a strong effect on the calculation of historical contributions to global warming Environmental Research Letters, EN
- David Heres, Steffen Kallbekken, Ibon Galarraga, 2017 The role of budgetary information in the preference for externality-correcting subsidies over taxes: a lab experiment on public support Environmental and Resource Economics, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, EN
2016
- Jorge Hernan Garcia-Lopez, Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Asbjørn Torvanger, 2016 Willingness to accept local wind energy development: Does the compensation mechanism matter? Energy Policy, Elsevier Science, EN
- Jorge Hernan Garcia-Lopez, Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Asbjørn Torvanger, 2016 Willingness to accept local wind energy development: Does the compensation mechanism matter? Energy Policy, EN
- Detlef Sprinz, Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, Steffen Kallbekken, Frans Stokman, Håkon Sælen, Robert Thomson, 2016 Predicting paris: Multi-method approaches to forecast the outcomes of global climate negotiations Politics and Governance, Cogitatio, EN
- Ibon Galarraga, Luis Abadie, Steffen Kallbekken, 2016 Designing incentive schemes for promoting energy-efficient appliances: a new methodology and a case study for Spain Energy Policy, EN
- Jan S. Fuglestvedt, Steffen Kallbekken, 2016 Climate responsibility - fair shares? Nature Climate Change, EN
2014
- Todd Cherry, Jorge Hernan Garcia-Lopez, Steffen Kallbekken, Asbjørn Torvanger, 2014 The development and deployment of low-carbon energy technologies: The role of economic interests and cultural worldviews on public support Energy Policy, EN
- Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, 2014 The impact of trial runs on the acceptability of environmental taxes: Experimental evidence Resource and Energy Economics, EN
- Silje H. Tørnblad, Steffen Kallbekken, Kristine Korneliussen, Torben Kenea Mideksa, 2014 Using mobility management to reduce private car use: Results from a natural field experiment in Norway Transport Policy, EN
2013
- Steffen Kallbekken, Jorge Hernan Garcia-Lopez, Kristine Korneliussen, 2013 Determinants of public support for transport taxes Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice, EN
- Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, David McEvoy, 2013 Cooperation in and out of markets: An experimental comparison of public good games and markets with externalities Economics Letters, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen, 2013 ‘Nudging’ hotel guests to reduce food waste as a win-win environmental measure Economics Letters, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen, Erlend Andre Tveiten Hermansen, 2013 Bridging the Energy Efficiency Gap: A Field Experiment on Lifetime Energy Costs and Household Appliances Journal of Consumer Policy, EN
2012
- Arild Underdal, Jon Hovi, Steffen Kallbekken, Tora Skodvin, 2012 Can conditional commitments break the climate change negotiations deadlock? International Political Science Review, EN
- Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, 2012 The acceptability of efficiency-enhancing environmental taxes, subsidies and regulation: An experimental investigation Environmental Science and Policy, EN
- Asbjørn Torvanger, Steffen Kallbekken, Petter Tollefsen, 2012 Oil price scenarios and climate policy: welfare effects of including transportation in the EU emissions trading system Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, EN
2011
- Håkon Sælen, Steffen Kallbekken, 2011 A choice experiment on fuel taxation and earmarking in Norway Ecological Economics, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen, 2011 Public acceptance for environmental taxes: Self-interest, environmental and distributional concerns Energy Policy, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, S Kroll, TL Cherry, 2011 Do you not like Pigou, or do you not understand him? Tax aversion and revenue recycling in the lab Journal of Environmental Economics and Management, EN
2010
- Steffen Kallbekken, Marianne Aasen, 2010 The demand for earmarking: Results from a focus group study Ecological Economics, EN
- Torben Kenea Mideksa, Steffen Kallbekken, 2010 The impact of climate change on the electricity market: A review Energy Policy, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, Todd Cherry, 2010 Pigouvian tax aversion and inequity aversion in the lab Economics Bulletin, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Hege Westskog, Torben Kenea Mideksa, 2010 Appeals to social norms as policy instruments to address consumption externalities The Journal of Socio-Economics (JSE), EN
2009
- Steffen Kallbekken, Nathan Appleton Rive, Jan S. Fuglestvedt, 2009 Curbing emissions: cap and rate Nature Reports: Climate Change, EN
2006
- Cathrine Hagem, Steffen Kallbekken, Ottar Mæstad, Hege Westskog, 2006 Market power with interdependent demand: Sale of emission permits and natural gas from Russia Environmental and Resource Economics, Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers, EN
Report/dissertation
2020
- Kristin Linnerud, Stine Aakre, Frode Alfnes, Torjus Folsland Bolkesjø, Anders Dugstad, Merethe Dotterud Leiren, Steffen Kallbekken, Knut Einar Rosendahl, Jon Birger Skjærseth, 2020 An analytical framework for the empirical cases in ENABLE EN
2019
- Hege Westskog, Karina Standal, Steffen Kallbekken, Tom Erik Julsrud, Marianne Aasen, Lars Wang, Tor Halfdan Aase, Sølvi Tellefsen, 2019 ShareOn – midtveisrapport mai 2019 NB
2018
- Marianne Tronstad Lund, Camilla Weum Stjern, Bjørn Hallvard Samset, Borgar Aamaas, Steffen Kallbekken, 2018 Near- and long-term global warming of current emissions. A sectoral and regional perspective on the temperature impact from the present mix of long-lived greenhouse gas and short lived climate forcer emissions, including a discussion of co-benefits for health, air quality and agriculture. EN
- Borgar Aamaas, Marianne Tronstad Lund, Gunnar Myhre, Bjørn Hallvard Samset, Camilla Weum Stjern, Steffen Kallbekken, 2018 The climate impacts of current black carbon and organic carbon emissions EN
2017
- Steffen Kallbekken, Bård Lahn, Asbjørn Torvanger, 2017 Klimavalg 2017 NO
2015
- Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen, 2015 Predicting Paris: Forecasting key outcomes from COP 21 using an expert survey EN
2014
- Steffen Kallbekken, Håkon Sælen, Arild Underdal, 2014 Equity and spectrum of mitigation commitments in the 2015 agreement EN
2013
- David Heres, Steffen Kallbekken, Ibon Galarraga, 2013 Understanding Public Support for Externality-Correcting Taxes and Subsidies: A Lab Experiment EN
- Thorvald Moe, Steffen Kallbekken, Smita Nakhooda, Taryn Fransen, Alice Caravani, 2013 The Norwegian fast-start finance contribution EN
2011
- Todd Cherry, Steffen Kallbekken, Stephan Kroll, 2011 The impact of trial runs on the acceptability of Pigouvian taxes: Experimental evidence EN
2001
- Ola Flaten, Steffen Kallbekken, Mari Vengnes, 2001 Forskjeller i matpriser i Norge og Sverige. Hvilken betydning har reguleringer og avgifter? NB
Web articles
- AVIATE: How can aviation contribute to a low-carbon society? The AVIATE (Aviation in a low-carbon society) project will provide better understanding of the climate impact of aviation, both for Norway and globally, and explore options for reducing that impact.