Dr Claire Dupont (née Roche Kelly) Research Fellow Vrije Universiteit Brussel Institute for European Studies Pleinlaan 2, 1050 Brussels, Belgium www.ies.be @Cladupont Claire Dupont is a political scientist whose research focuses on European environmental, climate and energy policy. She is particularly interested in the links between democratic decisionmaking at multiple levels of governance and the transition towards a decarbonised and sustainable society. Key areas of focus: • European environmental, climate and energy governance • Transitioning to sustainability in democratic governance systems • Transition in the European energy, power and buildings sectors • Policy and external relations analysis • Policy coherence and integration • Political analysis, multilevel analysis • Use of expertise in policymaking • Development of research networks Selected publications Dupont, Claire. 2016. Climate Policy Integration into EU Energy Policy. London: Routledge. Dupont, Claire and Oberthür, Sebastian (eds.). 2015. Decarbonisation in the European Union: Internal Policies and External Strategies. Houndmills: Palgrave MacMillan. Dupont, Claire and Oberthür, Sebastian. 2017. ‘The Council and the European Council: Stuck on the Road to Transformational Leadership’. In Wurzel, Rüdiger K. W., Connelly, James and Liefferink, Duncan (eds.). The European Union in International Climate Change Politics: Still Taking a Lead? London and New York: Routledge, pp. 6679. Dupont, Claire and Oberthür, Sebastian. 2012. ‘Insufficient climate policy integration in EU energy policy: the importance of the longterm perspective’. Journal of Contemporary European Research, vol. 8, no. 2, pp. 228247. Dupont, Claire and Primova, Radostina. 2011. ‘Combating complexity: the integration of EU climate and energy policies’. In Tosun, Jale, and Israel Solorio (eds.) Energy and Environment in Europe: Assessing a Complex Relationship, European Integration online Papers (EIoP), Special MiniIssue 1, Vol. 15, Article 8. Oberthür, Sebastian and Roche Kelly, Claire. 2008. ‘EU Leadership in International Climate Policy: Achievements and Challenges’. International Spectator, vol. 43, no. 3, pp. 3550.