- The greening of the European petroleum industry
- Facing the Climate and Digital Challenge: European Energy Industry from Boom to Crisis and Transformation
- Comparing Media Framings Of Climate Change In Developed, Rapid Growth And Developing Countries: Findings From Norway, China And Ghana 
- Public Policies for Corporate Social Responsibility in Four Nordic Countries: Harmony of Goals and Conflict of Means
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- The Norwegian/ Nordic Model and its 21st Century Challenges
- Companies Squeezed Between Autocratic and Democratic Regimes
- Polycentric Governance in a Bipolar World
- The Greening of the European petroleum industry
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- Regional economic effects of the green transition in the Nordics
- AFINO (Ansvarlig Forskning og Innovasjon i Norge)
- BioNEXT - The role of bioenergy in the future energy system
- Value Creation in Open Innovation
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2023

"The Norwegian/ Nordic Model and its 21st Century Challenges" ETH Executive Master Workshop BI Norwegian Business School 10 May 2023.

"Companies Squeezed Between Autocratic and Democratic Regimes" Paper for the 23rd International Joint Conference: Central and Eastern Europe in the Changing Business Environment, 18-19 May 2023, Prague University of Economics and Business. Prague

2022

"Polycentric Governance in a Bipolar World" Lecture for TotalEnergies, Oslo Programme 25 April

"The Greening of the European petroleum industry" Lecture for the EDHDEC Business school, Oslo Programme 23 March 2022.

"From globalization to bipolarity: Business squeezed between democratic and autocratic regimes" Lecture at the EMME Study trip BI Norwegian Business School 23 May 2022.

"The Norwegian/ Nordic Model And its 21st Century Challenges" Presentation at Workshop on Work life and Industrial Organization in the 21st Century BI Norwegian Business School 24 May 2022.

"A quarter century of corporate sustainability: What has been achieved? And where are we going?" Keynote presentation at conference at BI Norwegian Business School. 15 September 2022.

"AI and the Nordic/Norwegian Work Life Model” Presentation at the AFINO BI and Arne Næss programme on global Justce and the Environment UiO, 16 September 2022.

"Business Caught Between Democracy and Autocracy" Presentation at the 25th REFORM Group Meeting, Energy Transformation and Climate Change Challenges, Salzburg, 5 October 2022.

2021

"Financing Carbon Capture from a Waste to Energy Plant: The Case of a Pioneering Initiative at Klemetsrud, Oslo" Presentation at Energy Valley 17th February 2021.

"From Extractivism to Circularity Under Outsourced Globalization" Presentation at the breakast seminar on The Circular Economy: French-Norwegian perspectives. French Ambassador's Residence 14 September 2021.

"Corporate Responsibility in the Value Chain" Presentation at the Legal Professional Supply Chain Network, 20. September 2021, Oslo.

2020

"Biofuel: Greenwashing or Greening? Based on research from the Bionext project" Presentation at URBAN GREEN GROWTH, BI Norwegian Business School, 23. May 2019.

"The Petroleum Industry And the Climate Challenge: Is there a Case for a 'Petrowende' ? Presentation at the 24th REFORM Group Meeting August 24-28, 2020 - Raitenhaslach, Germany

"Sustainable Modernity: The Nordic Model and Beyond" Presentation at the Virtual Annual Nordic Chapter PRME Symposium 16 November 2020 Karlstad Business School.

2019

"Civilizing Capitalism: Governance Models for Sustainable Societies". Presentation at the 2nd Internation Conference on Global Change and Quality of Life in an Age of Global Change Bodø 21 - 22 May. Nord University, Bodø

"Biofuel: Greenwashing or Greening?" Presentation at URBAN GREEN GROWTH 23. May 2019 BI Norwegian Business School, Oslo.

"The Competitive Advantage of Collaboration". Presentation at SCANDINAVIAN LEADERSHIP DNA: Supporting Creativity, Innovation and Growth. June 4 th, Copenhagen.

"Re-embedding the market economy for the 21st century: A 'Western' welfare state perspective" Workshop on Who Owns the Civic Sphere: The Nordics in a Comparative Perspective 2 - 3 September. The Norwegian Institute in Rome, Viale Trenta Aprile, 33.

"Financing Carbon Capture from a Waste to Energy Plant: The Case of a Pioneering Initiative at Klemetsrud, Oslo" Presentation at ISWA 2019 in Bilbao, October 8th.

"CSR in Norway, past - present - future" Presentation at the AFINO - Kickoff meeting Trondheim 29-10-19.

"The Competitive Advantage of Collaboration" Presentation at the Central Bank of Norway November 8th 2019.

"Democracy, Governance and Law" Reflections at the Renew Workshop Copenhagen 18 November 2019.

2018

"Aligning CSR and the Welfare State" Conference on Nordic Model, University of Helsinki. 7-9 March 2018.

"Sustainable Modernity - the Nordic Model and Beyond. A Challenge to the business school agenda". Presentation at the UNICORN Conference Oslo 27 April at BI Nydalen.

"Markets for Biofuel: Norway in a Nordic Context". Presentation at Salzburg Energy Seminar August 2018.

"The Competitive Advantage of Collaboration: the Nordic Model and CSR". Presentation at The 7th International Conference on Social Responsibility, Ethics and Sustainable Business at BI Norwegian Business School, Nydalen, Oslo 12 October 2018.

2017
 
"National Varieties of CSR". Keynote presentations, 23 February, at the Norwegian Business Association, Shanghai and at the Fudan University, 24 February (with Chen Wei)

"Greening Norway". Presentation at the University of Lund 8 March, the conference on Is there a potential in Europe for "smart green growth" and a sustainable future? Analysing the Nordic experience

"
Opportunities in Green markets". Presentation at the Oslo City Hall 29 May, the conference: Green Jobs - New Value Creation
 
"European Energy Industry from Boom to Crisis and Transformation" Presentation at the Inaugural meeting of the Centre for Energy, at BI Norwegian Business School 11 May.

2016


Staging Business Models for the 21st Century: European Energy Industry From Boom to Crisis And Transformation. Presentation at the seminar on Norwegian Energy Policy, 24 May - 2016 Oslo.
 
"Staging Pathways Towards Ecomodernity". Presentaiton at the 2nd International Modernization Forum, China Center for Modernization Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences 20 - 22 May - 2016 Beijing.

"The Nordic Models in a Multilevel Selection Perspective" Presentation at Oslo University Research Conference on The Nordic Model. Tøyen Hovedgård 5 February Oslo.


2015


"Sustainability Regimes: From Civic Challenge Towards Hard Law". Presentation at Sustainability in a Scandinavian Context 2015. Copenhagen. 8-9 June - 2015.

"Business Models for Sustainability: Energy Industry in Transition" Presentation at 21 Energia" Innovative Energy Utility, May 26-27- 2015, Poznan

"Re-imagining Fair Business" Presentation at the Centre for Corporate Responsibility, The Norwegian Business School, 29 April - 2015, Oslo

"Rethinking Montesquieu for the 21st century: Economic Governance under Parliamentary, Negotiated and Monitory Democracy" Presentation at the Workshop on Challenges to Democracy Today, The Norwegian Institute in Rome 16-17 April 2015

"Innovation and success". Presentation at Innovation Norway, Oslo 3 March 2015

"The Future of Hydropower - A Scandinavian Perspective" Presentation at the workshop: The Future of Swiss Hydropower, Bern, 12 March 2015


2014

Technology Migration across Lead Markets: Greening Energy Through Global Complementarities. Presentation at OREEC Foresight 18-19 November 2014. Holmsbu

Kan vi knekke innovasjonskodene? (Can We Crack the Innovation Code?)
Presentation at The Business Forum, The Norwegian Business School 24 September - 2014

"Reflections on Green Transition" Salzburg Energy Seminar, Schloss Leopoldskrohn, Salzburg 3 September -2014

"Fra velferdsstat til livskvalitetssamfunn. (From Welfare State to Life Quality Society)". Workshop on New Perspectives on Government Long Term Policy. 27 May - 2014 Lysebu, Oslo

"Energiewende Experiences and Consequences. Conference arranged by the Centre for Energy and Nord Pool Spot. Oslo 2 February 2014

"Kan vi knekke innovasjonskoden? (Can We Crack the Innovation Code?)". Presentation at Solstranddagen 9 January 2014, Solstrand, Bergen

"Ecomodernity: The Anatomy of Green Transition". Presentation at the University of Buenos Aires. 3 April 2014.

2013

Keynote presentation: "CSR: A Nordic perspective". At Copenhagen Business School: Conference on Sustainability in a Scandinavian Context 10-11 June 2013

Presentation: "Civilising Capitalism in the 21st Century". At The University of Flensburg: The Spring Conference of The German Association for Political Economy 6-8 June 2013

Presentation: "Technology Migration across Lead Markets: Greening Energy Through Global Complementarities. At The Norwegian Business School, Oslo: Green Growth Conference 23 May 2013

Presentation: "Electricity - business under triple transition: Business challenges and policy-consolidation. At Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg: Chalmers Energy Conference 14-16 May 2013

Presentation: "Business and Society Towards 2050" at book-launch seminar CappelenDamm, 3 june 2013

Presentation: "Green Growth in a Petroleum Economy" at the MESH Forum for Entrepreneurship, Oslo 18 June 2013

Presentation: "An Innnovation Perspective On Green Transition" at The Salzburg Energy Seminar & Reform Group Meeting, 26-30 August 2013

Keynote presentation: "Towards Ecomodernity: The Anatomy of Green Transition" at Sustainable energy Systems 2050 - Nordic Energy Research. Stockholm 12 September 2013

Presentation: "Value Creation in Long Innovation Processes" at Innovation Norway Internal Seminar. Oslo 24 October 2013

Presentation: Technology Migration across Lead Markets: Greening Energy Through Global Complementarities. Green Growth Conference, BI The Norwegian Business School, Oslo 12 November 2013

Presentation: "CSR, Where Do We Stand, and Where are We Going". At The Red Cross seminar: CSR in a Global Economy. Red Cross, Oslo 25 November 2013