Research Output

Publications

Our publications are listed here when they are available. We aim to publish articles Open Access whenever possible.

Articles in International Peer-Review Journals

Beisheim, Marianne, and Felicitas Fritzsche. 2022. The UN High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development: An orchestrator, more or less? Global Policy 13(5): 683-693. 13(5): 683-693. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1758-5899.13112

Pattberg, P., Bäckstrand, K. Enhancing the achievement of the SDGs: lessons learned at the half-way point of the 2030 Agenda. Int Environ Agreements 23, 107–114 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-023-09615-9

Widerberg, O., Fast, C., Koloffon Rosas, M. et al. Multi-stakeholder partnerships for the SDGs: is the “next generation” fit for purpose?. Int Environ Agreements 23, 165–171 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10784-023-09606-w

Chapters in Edited Volumes

Beisheim, Marianne, Steven Bernstein, Frank Biermann, Pamela Chasek, Melanie van Driel, Felicitas Fritzche, Carole-Anne Sénit, and Silke Weinlich. 2022. "Global Governance." In The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals: Transforming Governance through Global Goals?, eds. Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, and Carole-Anne Sénit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 22–58. Available as open access here.

Bexell, Magdalena. 2022. "Global governance and democracy. Aligning procedural and substantive accounts?." In Routledge Handbook of Democracy and Sustainability, eds. Basil Bornemann, Henrike Knappe, and Patrizia Nanz. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bäckstrand, Karin, Faradj Koliev, and Aysem Mert. 2022. “Governing SDG Partnerships. The Role of Institutional Capacity, Transparency and Inclusion.” In Partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals, eds. Enda Murphy, Aparajita Banerjee, and Patrick Paul Walsh. Springer Cham.

Fritzche, Felicitas, and Karin Bäckstrand. 2023. Global Diplomacy and Multi-stakeholderism: Does the Promise of the 2030 Agenda Hold? In The Palgrave Handbook of Diplomatic Reform and Innovation, eds. Paul Webster Hare, Juan Luis Manfredi-Sánchez, Kenneth Weisbrode. Palgrave Macmillan Cham, 703-729.

Koliev, Faradj, and Karin Bäckstrand. 2022. ”When are SDG Partnerships Transparent? The Determinants of Progress Reporting.” In Partnerships and the Sustainable Development Goals, eds. Enda Murphy, Aparajita Banerjee, and Patrick Paul Walsh. Springer Cham.

Llanos, Andrea O., Rob Raven, Magdalena Bexell, Kristina Jönsson, et al. 2022. "Implementation at Multiple Levels." In The Political Impact of the Sustainable Development Goals. Transforming Governance through Global Goals?, eds. Frank Biermann, Thomas Hickmann, and Carole-Anne Sénit. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 59-91. Available as open access here.

Reports and Popular Science Publications

Lead authors: Oscar Widerberg, Cornelia Fast, Montserrat Koloffon, Philipp Pattberg. Contributing authors: Faradj Koliev, Ian Higham, Karin Bäckstrand, Julia van Heese, Essraa Hussein. 2023. Nexus governance for transformative change: Technical report of the Transform 2030 data set. https://www.dropbox.com/s/2eb3i343f6srxp1/R23-03_markdown_technical_report_wp1.pdf?dl=0

https://owiderberg.github.io/T2030-technical-report-html/ 

Earlier Publications Related to the Project

Bexell, Magdalena. 2012. Global Governance, Gains and Gender. UN-Business Partnerships for Women’s Empowerment. International Feminist Journal of Politics  14(3): 389-407.

Bexell, Magdalena. 2013. Hand in Hand? UN-Business Cooperation for Health and Development. Innovation: The European Journal for Social Science Research 26(3): 1-21.

Bexell, Magdalena. 2014. Global Governance, Legitimacy and (De)Legitimation. Globalizations 11(3).

Bexell, Magdalena. 2019. Power and Legitimacy. In Handbook of Global Sustainability Governance, eds. Doris Fuchs, Anders Hayden, and Agni Kalfagianni. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bexell, Magdalena. 2021. Global and Transnational Governance. In Routledge Handbook of Democracy and Sustainability, eds. Basil Bornemann, Henrike Knappe, and Patrizia Nanz. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bexell, Magdalena, ed. 2015. Global Governance, Legitimacy and Legitimation. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bexell, Magdalena and Jönsson, Kristina. 2017. Responsibility and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Forum for Development Studies 44(1).

Bexell, Magdalena and Jönsson, Kristina. 2018. Audiences of De(Legitimation) in Global Governance. In Legitimacy in Global Governance. Sources, Processes, and Consequences, eds. Jonas Tallberg, Karin Bäckstrand, and Jan Aart Scholte. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bexell, Magdalena and Jönsson, Kristina. 2019. Country Reporting on the Sustainable Development Goals–The Politics of Performance Review at the Global-National Nexus. Journal of Human Development and Capabilities 20(4). 

Bexell, Magdalena and Jönsson, Kristina. 2021. The Politics of the Sustainable Development Goals. Legitimacy, Responsibility, and Accountability. Abingdon: Routledge.

Bexell, Magdalena and Mörth, Ulrika. 2010. Conclusions and Directions. In Democracy and Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance, eds. Magdalena Bexell and Ulrika Mörth, 213-226. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bexell, Magdalena and Mörth, Ulrika. 2010. Introduction: Partnerships, Democracy and Governance. In Democracy and Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance, eds. Magdalena Bexell and Ulrika Mörth, 3-23. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan.

Bexell, Magdalena, and Ulrika Mörth, eds. 2010. Democracy and Public-Private Partnerships in Global Governance. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan

Bexell, Magdalena, Jönsson, Kristina and Stappert, Nora. 2021. Whose legitimacy beliefs count? Targeted audiences in global governance legitimation processes. Journal of International Relations and Development 24(2).

Bexell, Magdalena, Jönsson, Kristina, and Uhlin, Anders, eds. 2022. Legitimation in Global Governance. Practices, Justifications, and Audiences. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Bexell, Magdalena, Tallberg, Jonas and Uhlin, Anders. 2010. Democracy in Global Governance: The Promises and Pitfalls of Transnational Actors. Global Governance 16(1): 81-101.

Jönsson, Kristina and Bexell, Magdalena. 2021. Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals. The Case of Tanzania. Development Policy Review 39(2).