Fay started in the department in October 2023, coming from a position as a Senior Researcher at CICERO Center for International Climate Research.

She has previously held positions as a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the University of Sheffield and Associate Lecturer at the University of York. Fay also has experience from government, having worked as a Senior Social Researcher in DEFRA in the UK and as a Senior Adviser for the Environment Agency in Norway. She has a PhD in Politics from the University of York (2017), MPhil in Environmental Policy from the University of Cambridge (2012) and a BA in Philosophy and Politics from the University of York (2011).

Fay’s research interests cover comparative environmental and climate politics and policy, also at the European Union level. A particular focus area is the role of political parties. From January 2024 she will be the Principal Investigator of a Researcher Project for Young Talents funded by the Norwegian Research Council called “Political Parties and Climate Change: Positions, Polarisation and Policy Relevance”. Fay is responsible for teaching the course “The Politics of the Environment” in the department.

Fay has published in a wide range of journals, such as Regulation and Governance, Party Politics, Global Environmental Change, Environmental Politics, Policy Studies, People and Nature and Political Quarterly (her article in the latter, co-authored with Neil Carter and Charlotte Burns, was the journal’s most read article in 2018). As well as authoring various book chapters, she is a co-author of the book “Norway’s EU Experience and Lessons for the UK” (Routledge). Her research has also been cited in the latest Working Group 3 report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Fay regularly gives interviews to national and international media (online, print and radio) on climate politics, including the New York Times, Time Magazine, CNN, NRK, VG, Aftenposten, E24, Energi & Klima and Teknisk Ukeblad. She is also an editor and topic expert within the area of climate politics for The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia.

Vitenskapelig artikkel

• Paul Tobin; Fay Madeleine Farstad; Jale Tosun (2023). Intermediating climate change: the evolving strategies, interactions and impacts of neglected “climate intermediaries”. (ekstern lenke)
• Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Fay Madeleine Farstad (2024). The European Green Deal and turbulence for non-member states. (ekstern lenke)
• Bob van Oort; Anne Sophie Daloz; Robbie Andrew et al. (2024). Ruminating on sustainable food systems in a net-zero world. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Marianne Aasen (2022). Climate change doesn’t win you a climate election: party competition in the 2021 Norwegian general election. (ekstern lenke)
• Jale Tosun; Paul Tobin; Fay Madeleine Farstad (2023). Intermediating climate change: conclusions and new research directions. (ekstern lenke)
• Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Fay Madeleine Farstad (2024). EUs påvirkning på ikke-medlemmers autonomi: Norges og Storbritannias handlingsrom innenfor klima og energi. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Bård Sødal Grasbekk et al. (2022). Explaining radical policy change: Norwegian climate policy and the ban on cultivating peatlands. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Anders Tønnesen; Ingrid Christensen et al. (2022). Metagoverning through intermediaries: the role of the Norwegian “Klimasats” Fund in translating national climate goals to local implementation. (ekstern lenke)

Konferanseforedrag

• Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Fay Madeleine Farstad (2022). Wriggle room of non-member states post-Brexit in climate and energy policy. (ekstern lenke)
• Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Fay Farstad (2023). The European Green Deal and implications for non-member states. (ekstern lenke)
• Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Fay Madeleine Farstad (2022). Post-Brexit climate and energy policy in the EU, UK and Norway: A new trilateral relationship?. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig bokkapittel

• Fay Madeleine Farstad (2021). Does size matter? Comparing the party politics of climate change in Australia and Norway. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Øyvind Svendsen; Johanne Døhlie Saltnes et al. (2023). Not Much Wriggle Room: Brexit and the Norway model. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Bård Lahn (2025). For Better or for Worse: A Break with Norway's Consensual Climate Tradition?. (ekstern lenke)
• Marianne Riddervold; John Erik Fossum; Christopher James Lord et al. (2023). Autonomy and Wriggle Room. (ekstern lenke)
• John Erik Fossum; Christopher James Lord; Fay Madeleine Farstad et al. (2023). Autonomy Under Complex Interdependence: The case of Norway and lessons for Brexit?. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Øyvind Svendsen; Johanne Døhlie Saltnes et al. (2023). Flexible Association in Foreign, Security, and Defence Policy: A case of gradually diminishing autonomy?. (ekstern lenke)
• Jarle Trondal; Øyvind Svendsen; Johanne Døhlie Saltnes et al. (2023). Global Trade and Development: The challenge of translating legal wriggle room into autonomy. (ekstern lenke)

Populærvitenskapelig artikkel

• Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Fay Madeleine Farstad; Steffen Kallbekken et al. (2021). Hvordan kan Norge regne med skogen for å oppfylle klimamålet?. (ekstern lenke)
• Eilif Ursin Reed; Solveig Aamodt; Karina Standal et al. (2024). Verden går til valg. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Knut Øistad; Marianne Knapskog et al. (2022). EUs taksonomi – er norske aktører klare?. (ekstern lenke)

Forelesning

• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Bård Lappegård Lahn (2022). For better or for worse – a break with Norway’s consensual climate tradition?. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad (2021). Hydrogen: muligheter og utfordringer. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Gunnhild Søgaard et al. (2021). EU, skog og arealbruk (LULUCF). (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Bård Lappegård Lahn (2022). For better or for worse – a break with Norway’s consensual climate tradition?. (ekstern lenke)

Forskningsrapport

• Fay Madeleine Farstad (2022). EUs grønne giv: Status etter sommeren 2022 og mulige implikasjoner for Norge. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Merethe Dotterud Leiren et al. (2021). Klar for 55? EUs nye klimaregelverk og betydningen for Norge. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Merethe Dotterud Leiren; Marie Byskov Lindberg et al. (2024). EUs klimaregelverk vedtatt: Hva nå for Norge?. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Bob van Oort et al. (2020). Forbudet mot nydyrking av myr: Bakgrunn, effekter og utfordringer. (ekstern lenke)
• Kristin Linnerud; Solveig Aamodt; Marianne Tronstad Lund et al. (2020). Helhetlig kunnskapsgrunnlag for klima og naturmangfold. (ekstern lenke)
• Lone Ross; Gry Alfredsen; Marie Henriksen Bogstad et al. (2023). Økt utnyttelse av trevirke og treavfall i Norge - Effekter på klima og samfunn. (ekstern lenke)

Vitenskapelig monografi

• John Erik Fossum; Christopher James Lord; Fay Madeleine Farstad et al. (2023). Norway’s EU Experience and Lessons for the UK: On Autonomy and Wriggle Room. (ekstern lenke)

Fremhevet artikkel i media

• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Lars Harald Gulbrandsen; Erlend Andre T. Hermansen et al. (2022). Norge kan ikke uten videre telle skog som EU for å nå klimamålene. (ekstern lenke)

Medieintervju

• Bård Lappegård Lahn; Fay Madeleine Farstad (2021). Norway’s ‘Climate Election’ Puts Center-Left in Charge. (ekstern lenke)
• Fay Madeleine Farstad; Hege Fantoft Andreassen (2021). Hydrogen i Europa – og Norges rolleHydrogen i Europa – og Norges rolle. (ekstern lenke)
• Bård Lappegård Lahn; Tora Skodvin; Håkon Sælen et al. (2021). Ny grønn giv med USA?. (ekstern lenke)
• Hege Fantoft Andreassen; Fay Madeleine Farstad; Steffen Kallbekken (2021). Bør lagring i skog telle mot klimamålet?. (ekstern lenke)
• Erlend Andre T. Hermansen; Fay Madeleine Farstad; Bob van Oort et al. (2021). Jordbruksoppgjøret: Mat, penger og noe klima. (ekstern lenke)

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