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Want to research what is politically possible in climate and energy policy?
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) is currently recruiting two PhD candidates for the new FEASIBILITY research project. The positions offer the opportunity to work on some of the biggest questions in climate and energy policy, in a close and social research environment just outside Oslo.
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FNI selected for three framework agreements with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has been selected as a supplier for three framework agreements with the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs for 2026–2030. FNI was ranked number one in international economics, and number two in both geopolitics and global commons.
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Armenia’s Minister of the Environment visits the Fridtjof Nansen Institute
How do you prepare to lead one of the world’s most important nature summits? That was the starting point when Armenia’s Minister of the Environment, Hambarzum Matevosyan, visited Norway, including a meeting with Norway’s Minister of Climate and Environment at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute.
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New research project on law and geopolitics in areas beyond national jurisdiction
The Fridtjof Nansen Institute has launched the new research project FrontierLaw. Legal scholars and political scientists from Norway and international partner institutions will examine how areas without a single governing authority are managed, from the High Seas and the Central Arctic Ocean to Antarctica and outer space.
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Siddharth Sareen receives the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Young Researchers
Research Professor Siddharth Sareen at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute has been awarded the Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Young Researchers 2026 in the category of humanities and social sciences. The prize is awarded by the Nansen Fund and is widely regarded as one of Norway’s most prestigious distinctions for early-career researchers.
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PhD completed: When household energy use becomes a question of class
Researcher Eivind Hjort Matthiasen at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute has successfully defended his PhD at the University of Oslo. His dissertation asks a simple but uncomfortable question: are green energy practices in households equally available to everyone, or are they shaped by social class?