
Kristjan Jespersen
Assistant Professor
Room: DH.Ø.2.22
Tel:+4538154414
E-mail:
Kristjan Jespersen is an Assistant Professor at the Copenhagen Business School (CBS). As a primary area of focus, he studies the growing development and management of Ecosystem Services in developing countries. Within the field, Kristjan focuses his attention on the institutional legitimacy of such initiatives and the overall compensation tools used to ensure compliance. He has a background in International Relations and Economics.
Since August 2018, Kristjan Jespersen has been the coordinator of the CBS Impact for Innovation Lab (CBS Sustainability, Copenhagen Business School). The unique focus of the Impact for Innovation Lab would be its emphasis on the behavioural and business dimensions in the sustainability discourse. While considerable work has gone into the technical dimensions of sustainability, much less attention has been paid to the behavioural components and to the development of revenue models, business plans and commercialization strategies needed to make such innovations successful.
CBS Impact for Innovation Lab could play an important role in this area. For example, CBS researchers could develop research on the design and effectiveness of impactful research focused on supporting the sustainable transition. Specific focus is paid on the market potential and possible commercialization strategies for such features as dictated by impactful research.
The external partners of the project are Ramboll, Green Building Council, Confederation of Danish Industries, The Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil (RSPO).
P R I M A R Y R E S E A R C H A R E A S
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Sustainability -
Multistakeholder Initiatives -
Transnational Networks -
Global Commodity Chains -
The Anthropocene
S E L E C T E D P U B L I C A T I O N S
- Gallemore, C., & Jespersen, K. (2016). Transnational Markets for Sustainable Development Governance: The Case of REDD+. World Development, 86, 79-94.
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Chan, K. M., Anderson, E., Chapman, M., Jespersen, K., & Olmsted, P. (2017). Payments for Ecosystem Services: Rife With Problems and Potential—For Transformation Towards Sustainability. Ecological Economics, 140, 110-122. -
Jespersen, K., & Gallemore, C. (2018). The Institutional Work of Payments for Ecosystem Services: Why the Mundane Should Matter. Ecological Economics, 146, 507-519 -
Gallemore, C., Guisinger, A., Kruuse, M., Ruysschaert, D., & Jespersen, K. (2018) Escaping the “Teenage” Years: The Politics of Rigor and the Evolution of Private Environmental Standards. Ecological Economics, 152,76-87. -
Gallemore, C., Nielsen, K. R., & Jespersen, K. (2019). The uneven geography of crowdfunding success: Spatial capital on Indiegogo. Environment and Planning A: Economy and Space, https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518X19843925
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Jespersen, K., & Olmsted, P. (2019). “ Strategic Approaches to Sustainability Reporting”. NEPCon, Sustainability Reporting for Palm Oil Companies. https://www.nepcon.org/projects/sustainability-reporting-palm-oil-companies -
Jespersen, K., & Olmsted, P. (2019). “ What to Report and How - Considering Sustainability Metrics”. NEPCon, Sustainability Reporting for Palm Oil Companies. https://www.nepcon.org/projects/sustainability-reporting-palm-oil-companies
C O M M U N I C A T I O N
9.9.2016
C O U R S E S
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KAN-CCMVV1738U (Coordinator and Lead Instructor) - Achieving the SDGs: Environmental Sustainability for Organizations (2018-) -
KAN-CCMVV1737U (Coordinator and Lead Instructor) - Achieving the SDGs: Feeding the Future of Agricultural Sustainability (2018-) -
KAN-CCMVV1739U (Coordinator and Lead Instructor) - Blockchain and Sustainable Digital Infrastructures for Business (2018-) -
MSc BLC – (Coordinator and Lead Instructor) - Consulting for Sustainability – Harnessing Business Models and Innovation, Fall & Spring (2017 - ongoing)
International Short Courses
A C A D E M I C I N T E R E S T S
R E S E A R C H P R O J E C T S
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Knowledge Alliance for Urban Challenges -
Crowd-financing for Solar Infrastructure -
Europe aid: Innovative financing for Development and budget support -
RSPO and Nudge -
Liveability in the Built Environment - Pilot
I N T H E M E D I A
L I N K S
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EURT2017 Interview: Kristjan Jespersen -
EURT2018 Interview: Kristjan Jespersen -
RSPO RT16 2018 Keynote -
Next Generation P4G 2018 -
Sustainability Reporting for Palm Oil Companies in Indonesia -
We’re running out of coffee! Can students from CBS and DTU turn you into a responsible coffee drinker? -
Kalundborg fem år frem - Kristjan Jespersen