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New Arctic Council leadership – and a special journal issue on its future

As Denmark, Greenland, and the Faroe Islands take over the chairship of the Arctic Council on 12 May, a new special issue of the Norwegian journal Internasjonal politikk explores what lies ahead for the Council in a time of rising geopolitical tension.
In Memory of Arild Underdal (1946–2025)

Arild Underdal was an exceptionally strong academic presence and a key figure in the development of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute over several decades.
Congratulations to Andreas Østhagen – Polhøgda’s Newest Research Professor

'Becoming a research professor before turning 40 was a goal,' grins the newly promoted Research Professor.

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Arctic Security Conference 2025: Managing Fragmentation and Polarization 18 September

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LATEST PUBLICATIONS

Arktisk samarbeid i krise i skyggen av stormaktenes rivalisering (Arctic cooperation under pressure from great power rivalry)

Svein Vigeland Rottem, Christian Prip and Serafima Andreeva

High North News, May 12, 2025. In Norwegian.
The Arctic Council in the Shadow of Geopolitics

Marc Jacobsen and Svein Vigeland Rottem

The Arctic Institute, May 12, 2025.
Core Issues in Russia’s Arctic economy: Plans and challenges for shipping and resource extraction

Arild Moe

In Elena Conde and Corine Wood-Donnelly (eds), The Routledge Handbook of Arctic Governance. Routledge, 2025, pp. 497-512.
EU kjøpte russisk gass for 22 milliarder euro. Den økonomiske støtten til Ukraina? 19 milliarder (EU paid Russia more than it helped Ukraine)

Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Aftenposten, May 7, 2025. In Norwegian.
For å mene noe om EU, må man kunne noe (To have an opinion on the EU, you need to know something)

Iver B. Neumann

Altinget, May 6, 2025. In Norwegian.
“Mitti se Sona [Gold from Dirt]?”: Solar India and colonial modernity in Agropastoral Rajasthan

Shayan Shokrgozar and Siddharth Sareen

World Development, available online 12.04.2025. DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2025.107028
The Ambition Trap: How Overpromising on Climate Action Could Undermine the Paris Agreement

Vegard Tørstad, Jon Hovi, Manjana Milkoreit, Håkon Sælen and Andreas Kokkvoll Tveit

Global Environmental Politics, 04.04.2025, 28 p. DOI: 10.1162/glep_a_00777

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Latest books

Knausgaard in Context

Iver B. Neumann (ed)

Scandinavian University Press, 2025, 206 p.
China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold?

Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund (eds)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 257 p.
The Sun Also Rises in Portugal: Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions

Siddharth Sareen

Bristol University Press, 2024, 168 p.

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In focus

Polhøgda in springtime. Foto: Jan D. Sørenssen/FNI

FNI seeks Master's students (information in Norwegian)

Siddharth Sareen wins the prestigious Nils Klim Prize 2024

Super Researcher Wins Prize and Joins the FNI

Siddharth Sareen, known for his productivity and high-quality work, is set to join the FNI team. Moreover, it has just been announced that he is the winner of the prestigious Nils Klim Prize 2024 for outstanding contributions from younger researchers.

FNI Director Iver B. Neumann and Deputy Director Lars H. Gulbrandsen are among the top two percent researchers world-wide. Photo: Jan D. Sørensen/FNI

FNI has world-class researchers

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