Karin Bäckstrand

7.0k total citations · 2 hit papers
48 papers, 3.4k citations indexed

About

Karin Bäckstrand is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Development and Economics and Econometrics. According to data from OpenAlex, Karin Bäckstrand has authored 48 papers receiving a total of 3.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 13 papers in Development and 13 papers in Economics and Econometrics. Recurrent topics in Karin Bäckstrand's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (18 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 papers) and International Development and Aid (13 papers). Karin Bäckstrand is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (18 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (13 papers) and International Development and Aid (13 papers). Karin Bäckstrand collaborates with scholars based in Sweden, United States and United Kingdom. Karin Bäckstrand's co-authors include Eva Lövbrand, Jonathan W. Kuyper, Ole Elgström, Björn‐Ola Linnér, Jonathan Pickering, Annica Kronsell, David Schlosberg, Jamil Khan, Michael Oppenheimer and James Meadowcroft and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Global Environmental Change and Annual Review of Environment and Resources.

In The Last Decade

Karin Bäckstrand

45 papers receiving 3.1k citations

Hit Papers

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What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Multi‐stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development: rethinking legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness

2006 469 citations Karin Bäckstrand European Environment profile →
Civic Science for Sustainability: Reframing the Role of Experts, Policy-Makers and Citizens in Environmental Governance

2003 437 citations Karin Bäckstrand Global Environmental Politics profile →

Author Peers

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Author						Papers	Cites
Karin Bäckstrand	1.6k	1.1k	605	596	570	48	3.4k
Steven Bernstein	1.4k 0.9×	1.0k 1.0×	1.1k 1.9×	709 1.2×	724 1.3×	45	4.0k
Philipp Pattberg	1.8k 1.1×	971 0.9×	1.3k 2.2×	1.0k 1.7×	675 1.2×	106	4.3k
Bas Arts	3.4k 2.1×	1.1k 1.1×	872 1.4×	608 1.0×	682 1.2×	144	5.7k
Matthew Paterson	1.7k 1.0×	2.0k 1.8×	495 0.8×	1.4k 2.3×	1.5k 2.7×	124	5.2k
Jale Tosun	1.1k 0.7×	1.1k 1.0×	620 1.0×	1.3k 2.2×	1.6k 2.8×	188	4.9k
Harro van Asselt	1.5k 1.0×	790 0.7×	422 0.7×	1.7k 2.9×	536 0.9×	142	4.0k
Krister Andersson	2.0k 1.3×	856 0.8×	231 0.4×	830 1.4×	549 1.0×	105	3.6k
C.J.A.M. Termeer	2.0k 1.2×	1.3k 1.2×	459 0.8×	427 0.7×	392 0.7×	146	4.5k
Liliana B. Andonova	820 0.5×	530 0.5×	421 0.7×	616 1.0×	462 0.8×	32	2.0k
Dave Huitema	2.4k 1.5×	1.2k 1.1×	237 0.4×	791 1.3×	998 1.8×	63	4.1k

Countries citing papers authored by Karin Bäckstrand

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Karin Bäckstrand

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Bäckstrand, Karin. (2025). Democracy and the implementation of the European Green Deal: comparing Denmark and Sweden. Journal of European Integration. 47(2). 277–297. 2 indexed citations

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Jörgens, Helge, Helge Jörgens, Michael W. Bauer, et al.. (2024). International Public Administrations in Environmental Governance. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 3 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin, et al.. (2024). The Public Legitimacy of Multistakeholder Partnerships in Global Environmental Governance: Evidence from Survey Experiments in Brazil, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Global Environmental Politics. 24(2). 146–169. 3 indexed citations

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Widerberg, Oscar, et al.. (2024). A Cautionary Tale for Polycentric Climate Governance: Sweden’s Roles in Orchestrating Decarbonization. Global Environmental Politics. 24(3). 100–120. 4 indexed citations

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Pattberg, Philipp & Karin Bäckstrand. (2023). Enhancing the achievement of the SDGs: lessons learned at the half-way point of the 2030 Agenda. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics. 23(2). 107–114. 17 indexed citations

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Pickering, Jonathan, Thomas Hickmann, Karin Bäckstrand, et al.. (2022). Democratising sustainability transformations: Assessing the transformative potential of democratic practices in environmental governance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 11. 100131–100131. 65 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin, Jonathan W. Kuyper, & Naghmeh Nasiritousi. (2021). From collaboration to contestation? Perceptions of legitimacy and effectiveness in post-Paris climate governance. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 9. 100115–100115. 26 indexed citations

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Pickering, Jonathan, Karin Bäckstrand, & David Schlosberg. (2020). Between environmental and ecological democracy: theory and practice at the democracy-environment nexus. Journal of Environmental Policy & Planning. 22(1). 1–15. 100 indexed citations

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Kuylenstierna, Johan, Karin Bäckstrand, Katarina Eckerberg, et al.. (2019). Klimatpolitiska rådets rapport 2019. KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology). 1 indexed citations

10.

Bäckstrand, Karin & Fredrik Söderbaum. (2018). Legitimation and Delegitimation in Global Governance. Oxford University Press eBooks. 16 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin, et al.. (2014). Old Wine in New Bottles? The Legitimation and Delegitimation of UN Public–Private Partnerships for Sustainable Development from the Johannesburg Summit to the Rio+20 Summit. Globalizations. 11(3). 331–347. 53 indexed citations

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Bulkeley, Harriet, Liliana B. Andonova, Karin Bäckstrand, et al.. (2012). Governing Climate Change Transnationally: Assessing the Evidence from a Database of Sixty Initiatives. Environment and Planning C Government and Policy. 30(4). 591–612. 170 indexed citations

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Bulkeley, Harriet, Liliana B. Andonova, Karin Bäckstrand, et al.. (2012). Governing climate change transnationally. 2 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin. (2011). The Democratic Legitimacy of Global Governance after Copenhagen. Oxford University Press eBooks. 10 indexed citations

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Lövbrand, Eva & Karin Bäckstrand. (2007). Climate Governance beyond 2012: Competing Discourses of Ecological Modernization, Green Governmentality and Civic Environmentalism.. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 1 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin & Eva Lövbrand. (2006). Planting Trees to Mitigate Climate Change: Contested Discourses of Ecological Modernization, Green Governmentality and Civic Environmentalism. Global Environmental Politics. 6(1). 50–75. 341 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin. (2006). Multi‐stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development: rethinking legitimacy, accountability and effectiveness. European Environment. 16(5). 290–306. 469 indexed citations breakdown →

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Bäckstrand, Karin & Eva Lövbrand. (2006). Planting Trees to Mitigate Climate Change: Contested Discourses of Ecological Modernization, Green Governmentality and Civic Environmentalism. Global Environmental Politics. 6(1). 50–75. 13 indexed citations

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Bäckstrand, Karin. (2000). What Can Nature Withstand? Science, Politics and Discourses in Transboundary Air Pollution Diplomacy. Lund University Publications (Lund University). 116(116). 34 indexed citations

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Öberg, Gunilla & Karin Bäckstrand. (1996). Conceptualization of the acidification theory in Swedish environmental research. Environmental Reviews. 4(2). 123–132. 2 indexed citations

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