Home  About FNI  Research  Publications  Staff  News & events  Contact		FNI STAFF Njord Wegge Position at FNI: Guest Researcher Position, home institution: Researcher, University of Tromsø Academic background:   PhD. candidate Political Science, University of Tromsø (2008-2012).   Visiting Scholar, UC. Berkeley (Spring 2009).   Master in Political Science, University of Oslo (2001-2003). Professional experience:   Research Fellow, University of Tromsø (2008-2012).   Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Oslo (summer 2005).   Trainee, Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, OSCE delegation, Vienna (2004).   Research Fellow Norwegian Institute for defence studies, Oslo (autumn/winter 2003-2004). Main research interests:   International relations   Security and Polar politics   European foreign and security politics Major publications: Wegge, Njord, 'Politics between science, law and sentiments. Explaining the European Union's ban on trade with seal products', Environmental Politics, forthcoming. Wegge, Njord, 'Norge og EU - Partnere i Arktis' ('Norway and the EU - Arctic Partners'), Nordlit, Vol 29, No 1, 2012, pp. 129-138. In Norwegian. Wegge, Njord, 'The EU and the Arctic: European foreign policy in the making', Arctic Review on Law and Politics, Vol 3, No 1, 2012, pp. 6-29. Wegge, Njord, 'Kina, Norge og Arktisk Råd' ('China, Norway and the Arctic Council'), Nordlys, 07.03.2012. In Norwegian. Wegge, Njord, 'The political order in the Arctic: power structures, regimes and influence', Polar Record, Vol 47, No 2, 2011, pp. 165-176. Wegge, Njord, 'Small state, maritime great power? Norway's strategies for influencing the maritime policy of the European Union', Marine Policy, Vol 35, No 3, 2011, pp. 335-342. Wegge, Njord, 'Staters utenrikspolitikk og etikk' ('The Foreign Policy of States, and Ethics'), Nordlys, 31.01.2011. In Norwegian. Wegge, Njord, 'Norge, en arktisk stormakt?' ('Norway, an Arctic Great Power?'), Finnmarken, 27.07.2010. In Norwegian. Wegge, Njord, 'EU med interesse for Arktis' ('An EU Interested in the Arctic'), Nordlys, 17.11.2008. In Norwegian. Wegge, Njord, 'Med Brussel som tyngdepunkt. Svensk og finsk sikkerhetspolitikk i endring' ('Brussels as centre of gravity: Swedish and Finnish security policy changing'), Forsvarsstudier, No 5, 2003. In Norwegian. Wegge, Njord, 'Sverige - falmet idealist i et likere Europa?, ('Sweden - a faded idealist in a more equal Europe?'), Internasjonal politikk, No 4, 2002. In Norwegian. Top		Contact details for Njord Wegge:    (+47) 67111954 / 90562578 (mob)   nw (+@fni.no) Related focal points of research:   Polar and Russian politics Important ongoing projects: Peace Conflict and Diplomacy in the 21st century Recent media coverage 'Forsker på asiatisk interesse for Arktis' ('Research on Asian Interest in the Arctic'), RCN News, 13.02.2013. In Norwegian. 'Politikk mellom to polar' ('Politics Between Two Poles'), University of Tromsø News, 18.12.2012. In Norwegian. 'Interesser og mulige konflikter i Arktis' (Interests and Possible Conflicts ib the Arctic'), Research Council of Norway News, 28.11.2012. In Norwegian.
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