Oscar Widerberg

3.8k total citations · 1 hit paper
47 papers, 1.8k citations indexed

About

Oscar Widerberg is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Economics and Econometrics and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, Oscar Widerberg has authored 47 papers receiving a total of 1.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 29 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 16 papers in Economics and Econometrics and 10 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in Oscar Widerberg's work include Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (23 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (15 papers) and Policy Transfer and Learning (8 papers). Oscar Widerberg is often cited by papers focused on Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (23 papers), Climate Change Policy and Economics (15 papers) and Policy Transfer and Learning (8 papers). Oscar Widerberg collaborates with scholars based in Netherlands, United States and Germany. Oscar Widerberg's co-authors include Philipp Pattberg, Carolina Adler, James Patterson, Margot Hurlbert, Karsten Schulz, Karen Anderton, Mahendra Sethi, Sandra van der Hel, Aliyu Salisu Barau and Joost Vervoort and has published in prestigious journals such as AMBIO, Environmental Science & Policy and Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Climate Change.

In The Last Decade

Oscar Widerberg

45 papers receiving 1.7k 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.

  1. Exploring the governance and politics of transformations towards sustainability
    2016 509 citations James Patterson, Karsten Schulz et al. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions profile →

Peers

Oscar Widerberg
Rakhyun E. Kim Netherlands
Edward Challies New Zealand
Aarti Gupta Netherlands
Björn‐Ola Linnér Sweden
Stacy D. VanDeveer United States
Liliana B. Andonova Switzerland
David Ockwell United Kingdom
James Patterson Netherlands
Navroz K. Dubash India
Bernd Siebenhüner Germany
Rakhyun E. Kim Netherlands
Oscar Widerberg
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Countries citing papers authored by Oscar Widerberg

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Fields of papers citing papers by Oscar Widerberg

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Oscar Widerberg

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Oscar Widerberg. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Oscar Widerberg based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Oscar Widerberg. Oscar Widerberg is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Widerberg, Oscar, et al.. (2025). Governance through goals in action: How multi-stakeholder partnerships translate and connect the SDGs. VU Research Portal. 23. 100238–100238. 1 indexed citations
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Boran, Idil, Nathalie Pettorelli, Alexandre C. Köberle, et al.. (2024). Making Global Climate Action work for nature and people: Priorities for Race to Zero and Race to Resilience. Environmental Science & Policy. 159. 103803–103803. 7 indexed citations
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Widerberg, Oscar, Idil Boran, Sander Chan, et al.. (2022). Finding synergies and trade‐offs when linking biodiversity and climate change through cooperative initiatives. Global Policy. 14(1). 157–161. 10 indexed citations
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Hale, Thomas, Sander Chan, Angel Hsu, et al.. (2020). Sub- and non-state climate action: a framework to assess progress, implementation and impact. Climate Policy. 21(3). 406–420. 89 indexed citations
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Pattberg, Philipp, Oscar Widerberg, & Marcel Kok. (2019). Towards a Global Biodiversity Action Agenda. Global Policy. 10(3). 385–390. 26 indexed citations
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Orsini, Amandine, Philippe Le Prestre, Peter M. Haas, et al.. (2019). Forum: Complex Systems and International Governance. International Studies Review. 22(4). 1008–1038. 50 indexed citations
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Chan, Sander, et al.. (2018). Exploring national and regional orchestration of non-state action for a < 1.5 °C world. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics. 18(1). 135–152. 24 indexed citations
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Widerberg, Oscar, et al.. (2018). Mapping the Institutional Architecture of Global Energy Governance. Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS). 18(2). 5 indexed citations
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Patterson, James, Karsten Schulz, Joost Vervoort, et al.. (2016). Exploring the governance and politics of transformations towards sustainability. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. 24. 1–16. 509 indexed citations breakdown →
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Pattberg, Philipp & Oscar Widerberg. (2015). Transnational multistakeholder partnerships for sustainable development: Conditions for success. AMBIO. 45(1). 42–51. 161 indexed citations
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Chan, Sander, Harro van Asselt, Thomas Hale, et al.. (2015). Reinvigorating International Climate Policy: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Nonstate Action. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 3 indexed citations
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Pattberg, Philipp & Oscar Widerberg. (2015). Global environmental governance. VU Research Portal. 28–35.
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Chan, Sander, Harro van Asselt, Thomas Hale, et al.. (2015). Reinvigorating International Climate Policy: A Comprehensive Framework for Effective Nonstate Action. Global Policy. 6(4). 466–473. 116 indexed citations
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Widerberg, Oscar & Philipp Pattberg. (2015). Harnessing Company Climate Action Beyond Paris. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 3 indexed citations
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Widerberg, Oscar & Frank van Laerhoven. (2014). Measuring the autonomous influence of an international bureaucracy: the Division for Sustainable Development. International Environmental Agreements Politics Law and Economics. 14(4). 303–327. 21 indexed citations
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Pattberg, Philipp & Oscar Widerberg. (2014). Transnational multi-stakeholder partnerships for sustainable development: Building blocks for success. Digital Academic REpository of VU University Amsterdam (Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam). 9 indexed citations
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Widerberg, Oscar, et al.. (2013). Fragmentation of Global Environmental Governance Architectures: A Literature Review. SSRN Electronic Journal. 9 indexed citations
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Widerberg, Oscar, et al.. (2012). Transport Emissions and Savings in Health Costs. World Bank, Washington, DC eBooks. 3 indexed citations
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Braat, L.C., et al.. (2010). Policy options for a future EU biodiversity strategy. Socio-Environmental Systems Modeling. 1 indexed citations

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