Arild Underdal was an exceptionally strong academic presence and a key figure in the development of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute over several decades.

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

Climate change and mass tourism threaten fragile ecosystems and Sámi ways of life in the Arctic. A new research project will investigate how legal frameworks can help protect both nature and culture. ​​​​​​​

Her dissertation, written at FNI, examines how salmon management policies address the challenges of salmon lice and wild salmon conservation. During the defense, she was praised for her valuable contribution to the international debate.

The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has received funding from NordForsk for a large new research project on critical minerals in the Arctic. 'A strong research environment and a highly relevant topic', says project leader Gørild Heggelund.

Iver B. Neumann, Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, has recently commented on a series of international developments related to U.S. foreign policy, its relationship with Europe, and the war in Ukraine. Through Norwegian media interviews, he has offered critical perspectives on the unfolding situation.

This week, the research center SecurEL was launched with the goal of ensuring a robust and sustainable power supply for the future. The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) is one of the partners in the center, which brings together 42 actors from research, industry, and public administration.

From January 27 to 30, Arctic Frontiers 2025 will gather leaders and decision-makers, researchers, business representatives, and organizations in Tromsø. The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) is actively involved and contributes expertise to many of the conference’s discussions.

We are delighted to welcome six new students to Polhøgda this semester. Their research spans a wide range of topics, including aquaculture regulation, digital diplomacy, Georgian identity, German energy policy, Norwegian land-use planning, and seabed mineral policies in Norway.

On January 7, 2025, Iselin Stensdal successfully defended her PhD thesis on institutional dynamics in Shanghai's climate-policy processes. Her work sheds light on key aspects of climate governance and power relations in China.

FNI researchers have in recent days been at the forefront of Norwegian media coverage, analysis of President Donald Trump's controversial interest in Greenland. 

Siddharth Sareen has received the American Energy Society’s Award for Best Edited Book.

Call for abstracts: A fully-funded Oslo workshop on the prefigurative politics of present transformation, Fridtjof Nansen Institute, 15-16 April 2025

He was not a religious man, but he held an almost religious faith in humanity’s ability to learn and live together, writes FNI Director Iver B. Neumann in his obituary to Thomas Hylland Eriksen.

The struggle for influence in the Arctic is intensifying—not only among superpowers but within the region's key cooperative body, the Arctic Council. With Denmark set to assume the chair next year, Greenland now sees an opportunity to claim a leading role.

FNI is part of a new research project, MEATPOWER, which will investigate serious diseases like Avian Influenza and African Swine Fever in Norway’s meat industry.

FNI's delegation to Arctic Circle Conference 2024 takes part in discussions on the future of the Arctic, including security, environment, and resource management.

On September 12-13, 2024, the Arctic Security Conference will be held at Litteraturhuset in Oslo. The conference will bring together leading experts from Norway and abroad to discuss and analyze the security situation in the Arctic, a region of growing significance in international politics.

A RUSI and FNI seminar addressing the growing strategic importance of the Arctic in global geopolitics.