Scholars
Fay Madeleine Farstad
University of Bergen
Based in
Norway
Europe
Fay Farstad is an Associate Professor in the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Bergen, Norway. Her research interests cover comparative environmental and climate politics and policy, also at the EU level. A particular focus area is the role of political parties. She is the Principal Investigator of a Researcher Project for Young Talents funded by the Norwegian Research Council called “Political Parties and Climate Change: Positions, Polarisation and Policy Relevance”. Fay has a PhD from the University of York and an MPhil from the University of Cambridge. Previous positions include CICERO Center for International Climate Research, the University of Sheffield and the University of York. Fay also has several years experience from government, both from DEFRA in the UK and the Norwegian Environment Agency.
Country(ies) of Specialty
Norway United KingdomFocus areas of expertise
Climate policy and politics Fossil fuels Renewable energy Public opinionPublications
Articles
Fossum, J.E., Lord, C., Farstad, F.M., Farsund, A.A., Leiren, M.D, Olsen, E.D.H, Riddervold, M. Saltnes, J.D., Svendsen, Ø. and Trondal, J. (2023) Norway’s EU Experience and Lessons for the UK: On Autonomy and Wriggle Room (Oxford: Routledge)
Farstad, F.M. and Aasen, M. (2023) Climate change doesn’t win you a climate election: party competition in the 2021 Norwegian general election Environmental Politics, 32(4): 732-742
Tobin, P., Farstad, F.M., and Tosun, J. (2023) Intermediating climate change: the evolving strategies, interactions and impacts of neglected “climate intermediaries” Policy Studies, 44(5): 555-571
Farstad, F.M. et al. (2023) Metagoverning through intermediaries: the role of the Norwegian “Klimasats” Fund in translating national climate goals to local implementation Policy Studies, 44(5): 646-665
Farstad, F.M. et al. (2022) Explaining radical policy change: Norwegian climate policy and the ban on cultivating peatlands Global Environmental Change, 74, 102517
Farstad, F.M. (2019) Does size matter? Comparing the party politics of climate change in Australia and Norway Environmental Politics, 28 (6): 997-1016
Farstad, F.M., Carter, N., & Burns, C. (2018) What does Brexit Mean for the UK’s Climate Change Act? Political Quarterly, 89 (2): 291-297
Farstad, F.M. (2017) What explains variation in parties’ climate change salience? Party Politics, 24 (6):698-707
Carter, N. and Farstad, F.M. (2017) The Greens in the UK general election of 8 June 2017 Environmental Politics, 26 (6): 1152-1156
Farstad, F.M. (2014) The Norwegian Greens: coming in from the cold? Environmental Politics, 23 (6): 1096-1100