Merethe specialises in climate and energy policy at the national and the EU level.
She focuses on authorities' ability to govern in the transition to a low-emission society, given increasing complexity and time pressure, legitimacy issues, lack of coordination and the energy challenges in Europe.
She has been a Research Fellow at the University of Agder, Norway; Guest Researcher at the Humboldt University Berlin; and Senior Researcher at the Institute of Transport Economics, Oslo.
The government appointed her a member of the Norwegian Commission for Air Transport and she has been a member of Swedish and Finnish research evaluation panels.
Her work has appeared in journals including European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Common Market Studies, International Political Science Review, Politics and Governance, Energy Research & Social Science, and Local Government Studies.
Norway’s EU Experience and Lessons for the UK: On Autonomy and Wriggle Room
Routledge, 2023
Towards Sustainable Welfare States in Europe
Edward Elgar, 2022
Comparative Renewables Policy: Political, Organizational and European Fields
Routledge, 2023
