Jesper Olsen

Jesper Olsen serves as an External Lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Copenhagen, with research spanning environmental politics, European Union governance, and anti-corruption mechanisms. His work bridges academic scholarship and public policy discourse through active media engagement.

Research interests include:

• Climate change politics in Arctic ecosystems
• EU institutional cooperation against corruption
• Environmental policy implementation
• Vulnerability assessment of polar regions

His 2021 Nature Communications article on North Water ecosystem vulnerability demonstrates interdisciplinary climate politics research, while his 2023 Altinget contribution on Denmark's EU anti-corruption integration reflects applied policy analysis. Media impact includes coverage by 10 news outlets, 37 X posts, and 2 Wikipedia references.