Home  About FNI  Research  Publications  Staff  News & events  Contact		FNI STAFF Leif Christian Jensen Position at FNI: Research Fellow Academic background   Master of Arts in Political Science, University of Tromsø, 2006.   Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, University of Oslo, 2003 (political science).   Bachelor of Marketing (BM) in Marketing, Information and Public Relations, Norwegian School of Management BI- School of Marketing, 2002. Main research interests   Politics and international relations in the European Arctic, focusing on security and energy issues.   Norwegian domestic and foreign policy discourses.   Securitization and the European Arctic.   The deepening and widening of the concept of security. Major publications Books Rottem, Svein Vigeland, Geir Hønneland and Leif Christian Jensen, Småstat og energistormakt: Norges sikkerhetspolitiske rolle i nord ('Small State and Energy Great Power: Norway's Security-Policy Role in the High North'). Bergen, Fagbokforlaget, 2008, 136 p. In Norwegian. Hønneland, Geir and Leif Christian Jensen, Den nye nordområdepolitikken: Barentsbilder etter årtusenskiftet ('The New Norwegian Politics in the High North: Barents Images after the Turn of the Millennium'). Bergen, Fagbokforlaget, 2008, 177 p. In Norwegian. Peer reviewed articles and book chapters Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Norwegian petroleum extraction in Arctic waters to save the environment: introducing ‘discourse co-optation’ as a new analytical term', Critical Discourse Studies, Vol 9, No 1, 2012, pp. 29-38. Jensen, Leif Christian and Geir Hønneland, 'Framing the High North: Public Discourses in Norway after 2000'. Acta Borealia, Vol 8, No 1, 2011, pp. 37-54. Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Norsk oljeboring for å hjelpe miljøet: Diskurskooptering som nytt analytisk begrep' ('Norwegian Oil Drilling to Help the Environment: Introducing "Discourse Cooptation" as a New Analytical Term'). Norsk Statsvitenskapelig Tidsskrift, Vol 26, No 3, 2010, pp. 185-203. In Norwegian. Jensen, Leif Christian and Pål Wilter Skedsmo. 'Approaching the North: Norwegian and Russian Foreign Policy Discourses on the European Arctic'. Polar Research, Vol 29, 2010, pp. 439-450. Jensen, Leif Christian, Øystein Jensen and Svein Vigeland Rottem, 'Sitting on Top of the World: The Arctic Seen through Norwegian Lenses'. In Viviane du Castel (ed), Le Grand Nord: Un nouvel enjeu trés courtisé. L'exemple de la mer de Barents, Norvége. Paris, L'Harmattan, 2010, pp. 19-30. Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Petroleum Discourse in the European Arctic: The Norwegian Case'. Polar Record, Vol 43, No 3, 2007, pp. 247-254. Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Boring som miljøargument? Norske petroleumsdiskurser i nordområdene ('Drilling for the Environment? Norwegian Petroleum Discourses in the High North'). Internasjonal Politikk, Vol 64, No 3, 2006, pp. 295-309. In Norwegian. Reports and other publications Jensen, Leif Christian, Øystein Jensen and Svein Vigeland Rottem, 'Norwegian Foreign Policy in the High North: Energy, International Law and Security'. Atlantisch Perspectief, Vol 35, No 3, 2011, pp. 15-19. Jensen, Leif Christian, "Boring for miljøet": Russland og miljø i den norske petroleumsdiskursen ('"Drilling for the Environment": Russia and the Environment in the Norwegian Petroleum Discourse'). FNI report 2/2006. Lysaker, FNI, 2006. 62 p. In Norwegian Jensen, Leif Christian, Russland og miljø i den norske petroleumsdebatten: Et diskursanalytisk perspektiv (Russia and Environment in the Norwegian Pertroleum Debate: A Discourse-Analytical Perspective. Master thesis in political science submitted to the Faculty of Social Science, University of Tromsø, 2006. Jensen, Leif Christian, Posisjonering av Norsk Hydro overfor viktige interessenter. Kommunikasjonstiltak, Lobbyvirksomhet, Mediekontakt ('Positioning of Norsk Hydro in Relation to Important Stakeholders. Communication Measures, lobbying, Media Contact'). BA thesis, Norwegian School of Management BI- School of marketing, 2001, 54 p. Commentary articles Jensen, Leif Christian, 'Olje- og gasskompromiss i nord?' ('Compromise on Oil and Gas in the North?'), Nordlys, 23.07.2010. In Norwegian. Jensen, Leif Christian and Svein Vigeland Rottem, 'NATO i nord?' ('NATO in the North?'), Nordlys, 15.06.2010. In Norwegian. Skedsmo, Pål og Leif Christian Jensen, 'Stein på stein i nord' ('New building blocks in the North?'), Nordlys, 26 March 2009. In Norwegian. Jensen, Leif Christian and Pål Skedsmo, 'Sjtokman sett med Jahnsens øyne' ('Shtokman Seen with the Eyes of Lasse Jahnsen'). Dagbladet, 3 August 2006. In Norwegian. Skedsmo, Pål and Leif Christian Jensen, 'Norge – i førersetet i nord?' ('Norway – In Pole Position in the North?'). Klassekampen, 5 April 2006. In Norwegian. Top		Contact details   (+47) 67111906   lcj (+@fni.no) Related focal points of research   Polar and Russian politics Important ongoing projects Strategic Resources and Security in the High North – Challenges for Norway Important past projects International Collaboration in the Arctic (2003-2009) Challenges for the Norwegian Coast Guard in the North (2006-2008) Recent media coverage Anmeldelse av "Den nye nordområdepolitikken" (Book review of "The New Norwegian Politics in the High North"), UD-posten, No 1, 2008. In Norwegian.
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