Stefan Renckens

Stefan Renckens’ research focuses on global environmental governance and political economy. He examines the development, functioning and impact of transnational private sustainability governance, and interactions between private governance and public authority from an international and comparative perspective. Issue areas of interest include fisheries, sustainable finance, fair trade, organic agriculture, e-waste and renewable energy. His book “Private Governance and Public Authority. Regulating Sustainability in a Global Economy” was published in 2020 by Cambridge University Press. His work has also been published in Governance, Regulation & Governance, World Development, Ecological Economics, Journal of Common Market Studies, International Environmental Agreements, Business and Politics, and The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.

Stefan holds a Ph.D. (2014) and M.Phil. (2011) in Global Environmental Politics from Yale University, and Master’s degrees in Political Science (2002), Economic Policy (2003), and Conflict and Peace Studies (2005) from the University of Leuven, Belgium.