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Heidi Kjærnet

Born: 1980

Position at FNI: Research Fellow; PhD Student (Dept. of Political Science, University of Tromsø)

Academic background:

MA in Russian Area Studies, University of Oslo (2007)

Professional experience:

Research Fellow, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) 2007-2009

Intern, Royal Norwegian Embassy to Baku, 2006

Project Manager, Russia, Natur og Ungdom, 2000-2002

Main research interests:
Petroleum sector management in the post-Soviet area; Post-Soviet politics and society; Russia; South Caucasus; Central Asia; Foreign policy; Energy policy; Political economy; Environmental energy.

Major publications:

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'Svart gull, svart samvittighet?' ('Black Gold, Black Conscience?'). Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 68, No 2, 2010, pp. 295-303. In Norwegian.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'The State Oil Company SOCAR: A Microcosm of Azerbaijani Development?', Caucasus Analytical Digest, No 16, April 2010, pp. 5-8.

Øverland, Indra, Heidi Kjærnet and Andrea Kendall-Taylor (eds), Caspian Energy Politics. Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan. Routledge, 2010, 208 p.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'Displacement in a Booming Economy: IDPs in Azerbaijan'. In Øverland, I., H. Kjærnet and A. Kendall-Taylor (eds), Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Routledge, 2010, pp. 60-77.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'Azerbaijani-Russian Relations and the Economization of Foreign Policy'. In Øverland, I., H. Kjærnet and A. Kendall-Taylor (eds), Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Routledge, 2010, pp. 150-161.

Øverland, Indra, Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Heidi Kjærnet, 'Introduction. The Resource Curse and Authoritarianism in the Caspian Petro-States'. In Øverland, I., H. Kjærnet and A. Kendall-Taylor (eds), Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Routledge, 2010, pp. 1-12.

Øverland, Indra, Stina Torjesen and Heidi Kjærnet, 'Introduction. China and Russia: Partners or Firewalls for the Caspian Petro-States?'. In Øverland, I., H. Kjærnet and A. Kendall-Taylor (eds), Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Routledge, 2010, pp. 93-100.

Øverland, Indra, Andrea Kendall-Taylor and Heidi Kjærnet, 'Conclusions and Further Reflections. The Logic of Authoritarianism in the Caspian Petro-States'. In Øverland, I., H. Kjærnet and A. Kendall-Taylor (eds), Caspian Energy Politics: Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Routledge, 2010, pp. 178-184.

Kjærnet, Heidi, Strategic resources, strategic players: The role of national versus international oil companies in Post-Soviet Eurasia. RUSSCASP Working Paper, September 2009 (limited circulation).

Øverland, Indra and Heidi Kjærnet, Russian Renewable Energy. The Potential for International Cooperation. Ashgate, 2009, 190 p.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'The Energy Dimension of Azerbaijani-Russian Relations: Manoeuvring for Nagorno-Karabakh'. Russian Analytical Digest, No 56, 3 March 2009, pp. 2-5.

Kjærnet, Heidi, Dosym Satpaev and Stina Torjesen, 'Big Business and High-level Politics in Kazakhstan: An Everlasting Symbiosis?'. China and Eurasia Forum Quarterly, Vol 6, No 1, 2008, pp. 95-107.

Øverland, Indra and Heidi Kjærnet, 'Doing business in Uzbekistan'. OGEL - Oil, Gas and Energy Law, Vol 6, No 3, 2008.

Øverland, Indra and Heidi Kjærnet, 'The Trajectory of Reform in Turkmenistan: Implications for Foreign Oil Companies'. OGEL - Oil, Gas and Energy Law, Vol 6, No 3, 2008.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'A taste of her own medicine: Azerbaijan's strategy on Russia'. Azerbaijan Diplomatic Academy Biweekly, Vol 1, No 10, 2008.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'Russian Leverage in Central Asia. By Charlotte Niklasson. Book review', Nordisk Øst-Forum, Vol 22, No 2, 2008, pp. 234-236.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'EU-Russia Energy Dialogue. Europe's Future Energy Security. Edited by Pami Aalto. Book review'. Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 66, No 1, 2008, pp. 241-244.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'Displacement in a booming economy: IDPs in Azerbaijan - a flammable community?'. Paper presented at Central Eurasia Studies Society (CESS) conference in Kyrgyzstan in August, 2008.

Torjesen, Stina and Heidi Kjærnet, Afghanistan and regional instability: A risk assessment. Oslo, NUPI, 2008, 35 p.

Kjærnet, Heidi, 'En smak av egen medisin: Aserbajdsjans russlandsstrategi' ('A taste of her own medicine: Azerbaijan's strategy on Russia'). Nordisk Øst-Forum, Vol 21, No 4, 2007, pp. 457-474.

Recent commentary articles:

Torjesen, Stina and Heidi Kjærnet, 'Det vanskelige naboskapet'. ('The difficult neighbourliness'), Dagbladet, 18 April 2008. In Norwegian.

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