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An­nika Sten­ström

Postdoc

Subjects
Green transition Economic system Financial institutions Artificial intelligence Sustainability Organisation

Primary research areas

Ex­pert net­works
My re­search ex­am­ines the role of ex­perts and or­gan­iz­a­tion­al net­works in the di­git­al and green trans­itions, with a fo­cus on green fin­ance, en­vir­on­ment­al re­port­ing stand­ards, and co­oper­a­tion and con­test­a­tion between act­iv­ists and in­vestors.
Fin­an­cial in­fra­struc­tures
I study evolving fin­an­cial in­fra­struc­ture of green fin­ance that shapes en­vir­on­ment­al gov­ernance, fin­an­cial mar­kets, and the tra­ject­ory of the green trans­ition.
Mixed Meth­ods
I com­bine qual­it­at­ive meth­ods, in­clud­ing semi-struc­tured in­ter­views and doc­u­ment ana­lys­is, with com­pu­ta­tion­al ap­proaches such as so­cial net­work ana­lys­is, text ana­lys­is, and ca­reer se­quence ana­lys­is

Who defines what counts as 'green' in green fin­ance?

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow in International Political Economy. I study how socio-technical infrastructures, expert networks, and market devices shape the green transition. I am particularly interested in how seemingly mundane infrastructures, such as standard and reporting frameworks, define what counts as "green" and influence who has the authority to decide. 

My research focuses on the political economy of green finance, reporting standards, and algorithmic sustainability. I examine how experts and organisations, including invesotrs, regulators, activists, and standard setters, enable or constrain green finance as financial markets respond to climate change. I also investigate how international reporting standards make the environmental impact of AI visible or keep it opaque, and who benefits from these forms of opacity. 

My research is methodologically eclectic. I work with a mixed-methods approach that integrates qualitative methods, such as semi-structured interviews and observation, with computational social science methods, including social network analysis, text analysis, and career analysis. 

Outside activities

Currently, I have no outside employment or activities.