Dr  Claire  Dupont  (née  Roche  Kelly)  Research  Fellow  

Vrije  Universiteit  Brussel  Institute  for  European  Studies  

Pleinlaan  2,  1050  Brussels,  Belgium  www.ies.be  

 @Cladupont  

 Claire   Dupont   is   a   political   scientist  whose   research   focuses   on   European   environmental,  climate   and   energy   policy.   She   is   particularly   interested   in   the   links   between   democratic  decision-­‐making  at  multiple  levels  of  governance  and  the  transition  towards  a  decarbonised  and  sustainable  society.    Key  areas  of  focus:  

•   European  environmental,  climate  and  energy  governance  •   Transitioning  to  sustainability  in  democratic  governance  systems  •   Transition  in  the  European  energy,  power  and  buildings  sectors  •   Policy  and  external  relations  analysis  •   Policy  coherence  and  integration  •   Political  analysis,  multi-­‐level  analysis  •   Use  of  expertise  in  policymaking  •   Development  of  research  networks  

 Selected  publications  Dupont,  Claire.  2016.  Climate  Policy  Integration  into  EU  Energy  Policy.  London:  Routledge.    Dupont,  Claire  and  Oberthür,  Sebastian  (eds.).  2015.  Decarbonisation  in  the  European  Union:  Internal  Policies  and  External  Strategies.  Houndmills:  Palgrave  MacMillan.    Dupont,  Claire  and  Oberthür,  Sebastian.  2017.  ‘The  Council  and  the  European  Council:  Stuck  on  the  Road  to  Transformational  Leadership’.  In  Wurzel,  Rüdiger  K.  W.,  Connelly,  James  and  Liefferink,  Duncan  (eds.).  The  European  Union  in  International  Climate  Change  Politics:  Still  Taking  a  Lead?  London  and  New  York:  Routledge,  pp.  66-­‐79.    Dupont,  Claire  and  Oberthür,  Sebastian.  2012.   ‘Insufficient  climate  policy   integration  in  EU  energy   policy:   the   importance   of   the   long-­‐term   perspective’.   Journal   of   Contemporary  European  Research,  vol.  8,  no.  2,  pp.  228-­‐247.        Dupont,  Claire  and  Primova,  Radostina.  2011.  ‘Combating  complexity:  the  integration  of  EU  climate  and  energy  policies’.  In  Tosun,  Jale,  and  Israel  Solorio  (eds.)  Energy  and  Environment  in   Europe:   Assessing   a   Complex   Relationship,   European   Integration   online   Papers   (EIoP),  Special  Mini-­‐Issue  1,  Vol.  15,  Article  8.        Oberthür,  Sebastian  and  Roche  Kelly,  Claire.  2008.   ‘EU  Leadership   in   International  Climate  Policy:  Achievements  and  Challenges’.  International  Spectator,  vol.  43,  no.  3,  pp.  35-­‐50.