Jørgen Kjetil Knudsen

Jørgen Kjetil Knudsen (1971) is Research Scientist at SINTEF Energy Research AS in Norway, and is also a PhD candidate at the Center for Clean Technology and Environmental Policy (CSTM), the University of Twente, the Netherlands.

Between 2005 and 2008 he worked as a researcher at the Program for Research and Documentation for a Sustainable Society (ProSus), the University of Oslo. Before this period he was employed in the Norwegian civil service, among other positions as senior executive officer in the Ministry of the Environment, Department for climate-change policies.

His current research focus is related to governance for sustainable development, with a particular focus on the EU, including Environmental policy integration (EPI). More particularly, he is currently involved in projects analysing policies for renewable energy and energy infrastructures; in the EU, the Nordic countries and the USA.