Jacob Hasselbalch

Jacob Hasselbalch is an Associate Professor at the Department of Organization, Copenhagen Business School, specializing in the political economy of sustainability transformations. His work critically examines decarbonization challenges in hard-to-abate sectors like plastics, petrochemicals, and agriculture, focusing on cultural/political arrangements and the role of expertise in governance.

Primary research areas include:

• Environmental politics and political economy
• Sustainability transitions and decarbonization
• Expertise, regulation, and governance
• Post-growth economics and bureaucratic dynamics

His publications analyze expert networks in industrial decarbonization, EU plastics policy legitimacy, and post-growth paradigms in international relations. He supervises PhD candidates across multiple institutions and co-leads research projects on alternative plastic economies and green economic planning.