Climate and Natural Resources

CMI research examines the political economy of natural resource extraction covering both renewable and extractive sectors.

Completed projects

Jan 2011 - Dec 2014

Poverty and entrepreneurship

Nov 2011 - Oct 2014

REDD Integrity

Jan 2008 - Dec 2010

Flammable Societies

Jon Einar Flåtnes

Senior Researcher

Inge Amundsen

Emeritus

Anwesha Dutta

Senior Researcher

Robert Forster

Adviser (U4)

Nick Harvey Sky

Post Doctoral Researcher

Saul Mullard

Senior Advisor (U4)

Aslak Jangård Orre

Senior Researcher

Saumya Pandey

Guest Researcher

Edyta Roszko

Research Professor, Principal Investigator: TransOcean (ERC Starting Grant)

Xuefei Shi

Post Doctoral Researcher; Coordinator: Climate & Natural Resources

Bert Suykens

Affiliated Senior Researcher

Arne Wiig

Research Professor

David Aled Williams

Principal Adviser (U4) and Senior Researcher (CMI)

Managing Natural Resources

Our research examines the political economy of natural resource extraction covering both renewable and extractive sectors.

We look at how political decisions for resource extraction and the use of resource revenues are made, and the role of various stakeholders in influencing these policies.

Our analyses produce contextualised and evidence based policy analysis in order to contribute to improved resource management. This includes assessment of policy options related to governance, legislation, sector regulation, taxation, and local content policies.

Our research and evaluation expertise:

  • Pre-source curse
  • Governance and corruption risks
  • Sector regulation
  • Revenue and expenditure management