Engvall has followed the Ph.D. programme in Social Sciences, with specialisation in Information Systems.
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Trial lecture starts at 11:00
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Public defence starts at 13:00
Title of trial lecture: “Present and discuss potential contributions from information systems research to advancing global coordination and transparency in climate reporting”
Disputation chair:
Vice Dean Mikaela Vasstrøm
Assessment committee:
- First opponent: Professor Bendik Bygstad, University of Oslo
- Second opponent: Professor Elin Whilborg, Linköping University
- Head of committee: Associate professor Peter André Busch, UiA
Supervisors in the doctoral work:
- Leif Skiftenes Flak, IIS, UiA
- Jarle Trondal, ISL, UIA
Summary
The role of digitalisation in global climate governance
Digital governance is advocated to improve governance and the implementation of sustainability goals. However, very little research on digital governance has been conducted in the global governance context. This thesis conceptualizes what digital governance means in a global governance context, and further explores how information systems support global climate governance.
A central part of the global climate agreement, the Paris Agreement, is that countries should report to the United Nations on their emissions, their goals to reduce their emissions and what measures they have planned to reduce their emissions, as well as an account on what actions they have taken. The thesis has investigated how digitalization is used in this reporting process and how digital technologies support governance.
Results indicate that digital technologies support monitoring of emissions and following up on how individual countries as well as the world as a whole progress towards the goals in the Paris Agreement. This can be used for accountability, and since the information is publicly available it is also a foundation for transparency. There is a vast volume of information that is collected, and digital technologies are used to analyze and communicate the information in comprehensible ways. The information further enable more informed decision-making, coordination and international collaboration. It can be the foundation for mutual learning and drive innovation towards climate resilient societies. The thesis also points towards potential pathways for further digital innovation to support climate governance and the implementation of the Paris Agreement.
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Opponent ex auditorio:
Deadline for the public to pose questions is during the break between the two opponents. Questions ex auditorio can be submitted to Mikaela Vasstrøm.