Niklas Harring
Researcher
Department of PoliticalAbout Niklas Harring
Presentation
Niklas Harring is a researcher and lecturer at the Department of Political Science. He is to affiliated the Centre for Collective Action Research, Quality of Government Institute and Centre of Environmental Political Studies.
Areas of interest
Large scale collective action, environmental politics, attitudes to pro-environmental policy instruments, political trust, social trust, values, corruption, quality of government, public opinion towards the environment, public opinion on climate change.
Current research
Niklas is currently working in several projects at the Centre for Collective Action Research for example the project Governing Sustainability: Exploring motivational and contextual mechanisms behind public support for environmental policy measures – an experimental and comparative approach with funding from the Swedish Research Council
Teaching and tutoring
Courses:
European Energy and Environment (Course coordinator) Environmental Sciences – Basic Course.
He supervises theses at undergraduate and master level
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Trust, regulation, and redistribution why some governments overregulate and
under-redistribute
Nicholas Charron, Niklas Harring, Victor Lapuente
Regulation and Governance - 2021-01-01 -
COVID-19: Large-scale collective action, government intervention, and the importance of
trust
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Åsa Löfgren
World Development - 2021-01-01 -
Exploring the cross-national variation in public support for climate policies in Europe: The role of quality of government and
trust
Dragana Davidovic, Niklas Harring
Energy Research & Social Science - 2020-01-01 -
The contingent effects of environmental concern and ideology: institutional context and people’s willingness to pay environmental
taxes
Dragana Davidovic, Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers
Environmental Politics - 2020-01-01 -
On the preconditions for large-scale collective
action
Sverker C. Jagers, Niklas Harring, Åsa Löfgren, Martin Sjöstedt, F. Alpizar, Bengt Brülde, David Langlet, Andreas Nilsson, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Samuel Dupont, W. Steffen
Ambio - 2020-01-01 -
Funding Inclusive Green Transition through Greenhouse Gas
Pricing
Thomas Sterner, Richard T. Carson, Marc Hafstead , Peter Howard, Sverker C. Jagers, Gunnar Köhlin, Ian Parry, Ryan Rafaty, E. Somanatan, Jan Christoph Steckel, Dale Whittington, Francisco Alpizar, Stefan Ambec, Claudia Aravena, Jorge Bonilla, Reza Che Daniels, Jorge Garcia, Niklas Harring, Kanishka Kacker, Suzi Kerr, Haileselassie Medhin, German Romero, Pham Khanh Nam, Olof Johansson-Stenman, Mike Toman, Jintao Xu, Min Wang
ifo DICE Report - 2020-01-01 -
Higher education, norm development, and environmental
protection
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Simon Matti
Higher Education - 2020-01-01 -
Committing to the Climate: A Global Study of Accountable Climate
Targets
Frida Boräng, Simon Felgendreher, Niklas Harring, Åsa Löfgren
Sustainability - 2019-01-01 -
The significance of political culture, economic context and instrument type for climate policy support: a cross-national
study
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Simon Matti
Climate Policy - 2019-01-01 -
On the Preconditions for Large-Scale Collective
Action.
Sverker C. Jagers, Niklas Harring, Åsa Löfgren, Martin Sjöstedt, Francisco Alpizar, Bengt Brülde, David Langlet, Andreas Nilsson, Bethanie Carney Almroth, Samuel Dupont, Will Steffen
- 2019-01-01 -
Recycling as a large-scale collective action dilemma: A cross-country study on trust and reported recycling
behavior
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Frida Nilsson
Resources Conservation and Recycling - 2019-01-01 -
Environmental management from left to right – on ideology, policy-specific beliefs and pro-environmental policy
support.
Sverker C. Jagers, Niklas Harring, Simon Matti
Journal of Environmental Planning and Management - 2018-01-01 -
Environmental sustainability and legal education: Swedish law students' value
orientations
Tomas Torbjörnsson, Niklas Harring, Cecilia Lundholm
Retfærd. Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift - 2018-01-01 -
Political, geographic, and economic factors in setting accountable climate
targets
Frida Boräng, Simon Felgendreher, Niklas Harring, Åsa Löfgren
The Quality of Government Institute (QoG) conference in Smögen, August 20-22 - 2018-01-01 -
Solving Environmental Problems Together? The Roles of Value Orientations and Trust in the State in Environmental Policy Support among Swedish Undergraduate
Students
Niklas Harring, Tomas Torbjörnsson, Cecilia Lundholm
Education Sciences - 2018-01-01 -
Exploring the Cross-National Variation in Support for Climate Policy: the Role of Quality of Government and
Trust
Dragana Davidovic, Niklas Harring
Paper presented at the CeCAR Workshop on Environmental Policy, Gothenburg, 27-28 September, 2018, and the CeCAR Autumn Workshop, Gothenburg, 5-6 December, 2018 - 2018-01-01 -
Is the effect of environmental concern on public support for environmental taxes contingent on the perceived Quality of Government
institutions?
Dragana Davidovic, Niklas Harring
Paper presented at the 76th annual Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, April 5-8, 2018 - 2018-01-01 -
What Happens After Paris? Exploring the Cross-National Variation in Support for Climate
Policy
Niklas Harring, Dragana Davidovic, Sverker C. Jagers
Paper presented at the 76th annual Midwest Political Science Association conference, Chicago, April 5-8, 2018 - 2018-01-01 -
Why do people accept environmental policies? The prospects of higher education and changes in norms, beliefs and policy
preferences.
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers
Environmental Education Research - 2018-01-01 -
Trust and state intervention: Results from a Swedish survey on environmental policy
support
Niklas Harring
Environmental Science and Policy - 2018-01-01 -
The large-scale collective action dilemma of recycling: Exploring the role of
trust
Frida Nilsson, Niklas Harring
- 2017-01-01 -
Learning Economics and Attitudes to Market Solutions to Environmental
Problems
Niklas Harring, Peter Davies, Cecilia Lundholm
Education Sciences - 2017-01-01 -
Public Support for Pro-Environmental Policy Measures: Examining the Impact of Personal Values and
Ideology
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Simon Matti
Sustainability - 2017-01-01 -
Collective action to fight antibiotic resistance. The role of legitimate
steering
Björn Rönnerstrand, Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers
The 75th Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference - 2017-01-01 -
Climate Policy Support in a Comparative Perspective: Exploring the Meaning and Significance of Political Culture and Political-Economic
Contexts
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Simon Matti
The 75th Annual Midwest Political Science Association conference - 2017-01-01 -
The varying effects of left–right ideology on support for the environment: Evidence from a Swedish survey
experiment
Niklas Harring, Jacob Sohlberg
Environmental Politics - 2017-01-01 -
The Large Scale Social Dilemma of Antibiotic
Resistance
Niklas Harring, Björn Rönnerstrand, Sverker C. Jagers
The 17th International Conference on Social Dilemmas - 2017-01-01 -
The Effects of Higher Education in Economics, Law and Political Science on Perceptions of Responsibility and
Sustainability
Niklas Harring, Cecilia Lundholm, Tomas Torbjörnsson
Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education Editors: W. Filho, L. Brandli, J. Newman, P. Castro - 2017-01-01 -
Svenskarnas bild av
korruption
Sofia Arkhede, Niklas Harring
Ekvilibrium - 2016-01-01 -
Reward or Punish? Understanding Preferences toward Economic or Regulatory Instruments in a Cross-National
Perspective
Niklas Harring
Political Studies - 2016-01-01 -
Cooperation or Punishment. The Effects of Trust on Government Regulation and
Taxation
Niklas Harring, Victor Lapuente
- 2016-01-01 -
Hållbarhetens
horisont
Annika Bergström, Niklas Harring
Bergström, A. & Harring, N. (red.). Hållbarhetens horisont. Samhälle, Opinion och Medier i Västsverige - 2016-01-01 -
Left-Right Ideology, Policy Specific Beliefs and Pro-Environmental Policy
Support
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Simon Matti
2016 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference April 7-10, 2016. Chicago - 2016-01-01 -
Higher education and democratic norms in the case of environmental
protection
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Simon Matti
2016 Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference April 7-10, 2016. Chicago - 2016-01-01 -
The Effects of Higher Education in Economics, Law and Political Science on Perceptions of Responsibility and
Sustainability
Niklas Harring, Cecilia Lundholm, Tomas Torbjörnsson
Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Handbook of Theory and Practice of Sustainable Development in Higher Education - 2016-01-01 -
Ideologi och ekologisk
modernisering
Niklas Harring
Bergström, A. Harring, N. (red). Hållbarhetens horisont - Samhälle, Opinion och Medier i Västsverige - 2016-01-01 -
Hållbarhetens horisont. Samhälle, Opinion och Medier i
Västsverige
Annika Bergström, Niklas Harring
- 2016-01-01 -
Government effectiveness, regulatory compliance and public preference for marine policy instruments. An experimental
approach
Niklas Harring, Björn Rönnerstrand
Marine Policy - 2016-01-01 -
Why and How Higher Education Affects Attitudes to Environmental State
Intervention
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers
Midwest Political Science Association 73rd Annual Conference, 16-19 April, Chicago - 2015-01-01 -
Trust and State
Intervention
Niklas Harring
The Quality of Government Internal Conference in Falkenberg, August 2015 - 2015-01-01 -
Attitudes to Climate Change Solutions among Students in Economics, Political Science and
Law
Niklas Harring, Cecilia Lundholm, Tomas Torbjörnsson
World Environmental Education Congress, Gothenburg June 29 – July 2, 2015 - 2015-01-01 -
Attitudes to Climate Change Solutions among University
Students
Niklas Harring, Cecilia Lundholm, Tomas Torbjörnsson
European Conference on Educational Research, September 2015, Budapest. - 2015-01-01 -
Vänster och höger i den svenska miljö- och
klimatopinionen
Niklas Harring, Jacob Sohlberg
Fragment. Annika Bergström, Bengt Johansson, Henrik Oscarsson & Maria Oskarson (red). Göteborgs universitet: SOM-institutet. - 2015-01-01 -
Searching for the Green
State
Niklas Harring
72nd Annual Conference, Midwest Political Science Association - 2014-01-01 -
Åsikter om korruption bortom landets
gränser
Monika Bauhr, Niklas Harring
Mittfåra & marginal, Annika Bergström & Henrik Oscarsson (Ed.) - 2014-01-01 -
Är miljö en fråga om vänster och höger i den svenska
opinionen?
Niklas Harring
Mittfåra & marginal, Annika Bergström & Henrik Oscarsson (Ed.) - 2014-01-01 -
The Multiple Dilemmas of Environmental Protection - The Effects of Generalized and Political Trust on the Acceptance of Environmental Policy
Instruments
Niklas Harring
- 2014-01-01 -
Corruption, inequalities and the perceived effectiveness of economic pro-environmental policy instruments: A European cross-national
study
Niklas Harring
Environmental Science and Policy - 2014-01-01 -
Should We trust in Values? Explaining Public Support for Pro-Environmental
Taxes
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers
Sustainability - 2013-01-01 -
Environmental Protection
Dilemmas
Niklas Harring
Centre for Environmental Political Studies Conference, Tjärnö - 2013-01-01 -
Persuade, Reward or Punish? Understanding preferences toward pro-environmental policy instruments in a cross-national
perspective
Niklas Harring
Quality of Government Conference, Barcelona - 2013-01-01 -
Understanding the Effects of Corruption and Political Trust on Willingness to Make Economic Sacrifices for Environmental Protection in a Cross-National
Perspective
Niklas Harring
Social Science Quarterly - 2013-01-01 -
Vart tog klimatet
vägen?
Niklas Harring, Johan Martinsson, Björn Rönnerstrand
Sören Holmberg, Lennart Weibull, Henrik Oscarsson (red.) Lycksalighetens Ö - 2011-01-01 -
Explaining Ups and Downs in the Public’s Environmental Concern in Sweden: The Effects of Ecological Modernization, the Economy, and the
Media.
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Johan Martinsson
Organization & Environment - 2011-01-01 -
Seeing the State: The Implications of Transparency for Societal
Accountability
Monika Bauhr, Marcia Grimes, Niklas Harring
QoG Working paper series - 2010-01-01 -
Har vi råd med en god
miljö?
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Johan Martinsson
Holmberg, S. och Weibull, L. (red.) Svensk höst. Trettiofyra kapitel om politik, medier och samhälle - 2009-01-01 -
Ekologi eller avvägning. Om miljöengagemang, lågkonjunkturer och
mediabevakning
Niklas Harring, Sverker C. Jagers, Johan Martinsson
Anthonsen, M. & Jagers, S. C. (red) Rätt grönt. Vänbok till Lennart J. Lundqvist - 2009-01-01 -
Explaining the relationship between institutional quality and stringent environmental
policy
Niklas Harring
Paper presented at the XV NOPSA conference in Tromsø, August 6-9, 2008 Workshop: Green Politics, Institutions and Bureaucracy - 2008-01-01 -
An explanation to the relationship between institutional quality and stringent environmental
policy
Niklas Harring
Paper presented at the 2nd ECPR Graduate Conference, Universitat Autònoma Barcelona 25-27 August 2008. Panel: Environmental and Green Politics - 2008-01-01