The International Negotiations Survey

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Björn-Ola Linnér

Creator/Principal investigator(s)

Björn-Ola Linnér - Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för tema

Research principal

Linköping University rorId

Description

The International Negotiations Survey is a research program with the aim to advance interdisciplinary knowledge using questionnaire data collected at international negotiations.

The International Negotiations Survey team has conducted questionnaire studies since 2007. The database now contains around 9000 responses from delegates to the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), partici­pants in side events, as well as side-event organ­izers. The survey, which is undertaken with the agreement of the UNFCCC Secretariat, has been on-going since the climate change negotiations in Bali 2007.

The survey measures individual preferences on a variety of topics at the negotiations, such as the role of non-state actors, leadership, the effectiveness of various solutions to tackle climate change, principles for effort sharing of commitments, and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) by developing countries. It includes a number of questions held constant over time as well as questions that vary from year to year. The dataset thereby offers un

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The International Negotiations Survey is a research program with the aim to advance interdisciplinary knowledge using questionnaire data collected at international negotiations.

The International Negotiations Survey team has conducted questionnaire studies since 2007. The database now contains around 9000 responses from delegates to the Conference of Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), partici­pants in side events, as well as side-event organ­izers. The survey, which is undertaken with the agreement of the UNFCCC Secretariat, has been on-going since the climate change negotiations in Bali 2007.

The survey measures individual preferences on a variety of topics at the negotiations, such as the role of non-state actors, leadership, the effectiveness of various solutions to tackle climate change, principles for effort sharing of commitments, and Nationally Appropriate Mitigation Actions (NAMA) by developing countries. It includes a number of questions held constant over time as well as questions that vary from year to year. The dataset thereby offers unique empirical material for understanding attitudes and opinions held by the diverse participants at the international climate change negotiations.

Purpose:

The International Negotiations Survey (INS) seek to analyse what personal preferences the participants at the UN climate conference have regarding different topics addressed in the negotiations. Show less..

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Method and outcome

Unit of analysis

Population

Participants at the UN climate conferences

Time period(s) investigated

2007 – Ongoing

Data collection
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Funding

  • Funding agency: Swedish Research Council
Topic and keywords

Research area

Energy and natural resources (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Environment and conservation (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Natural landscapes (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Plants and animals (CESSDA Topic Classification)

International politics and organisations (CESSDA Topic Classification)

Climate research (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Environmental sciences (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Physical geography (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Ecology (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Environmental sciences related to agriculture and land-use (Standard för svensk indelning av forskningsämnen 2011)

Natural environment (CESSDA Topic Classification)

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