Andreas Østhagen, a noted expert in Arctic Geopolitics, is one of nineteen scholars who will take part in a series of events held in Washington, D.C. from April 24-28, 2023.

The Arctic Frontiers conference draws researchers, politicians, officials, business and local people across national borders in the Arctic. FNI was well represented at this year’s conference in Tromsø, where current issues concerning the future of Svalbard and the Arctic Council were discussed, as were local consequences of the geopolitical situation in the North.

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Andreas Østhagen, a senior researcher at FNI, was recently interviewed on BBC Weekend about the United States' defense strategy in response to a growing Russian presence in the Arctic. 

At the annual Tromsø conference Arctic Frontiers, FNI researchers will discuss the future of Svalbard and the Arctic Council, as well as the local consequences of the current geopolitical situation in the North.

With a session on China in the Arctic, FNI filled the conference room with an attentive audicence.

10. oktober 2022 arrangerte FNI dialogmøte med forskere og næringslivsaktører på Svalbard. Rundt hundre mennesker møtte opp, og flere lokale deltok i diskusjonen, både fra scenen og fra salen.

An impressive array of senior experts and early-career researchers met in Longyearbyen for discussions on Svalbard, geopolitics, and international law.

Tidligere direktør ved Fridtjof Nansens Institutt (FNI) Leiv Lunde døde 30. september, 61 år gammel.

New publications on the evolution and experiences with the current regulatory framework for European electricity markets are now available from an ongoing research project at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute.

With this fall’s grants from the Research Council of Norway, we at FNI can celebrate large, new research projects in a number of areas.

Our new research project, Making use of Arctic science – The Case of the Arctic Council (MARCS), has been funded by The Research Council of Norway, with a budget of NOK 7,5 million.

Tor Håkon J. Inderberg leads a new project which has received 12 million NOK to obtain more knowledge on energy poverty in Norway.

Det nye forskningsprosjektet Making use of Arctic science – The Case of the Arctic Council (MARCS), er finansiert av Norges forskningsråd, og har et budsjett på 7,4 millioner kroner. 

Med høstens tildelinger fra Norges forskningsråd kan vi på FNI juble over store prosjekter på en rekke områder.

Vi søker personer som jobber heltid som kokk, servitør, bartender, taxisjåfør, frisør, helsefagarbeider eller renholder.

FNI and the Florence School of Regulation to host physical workshop in Florence in October.

Utenriksminister Anniken Huitfeldt, eks-utenriksminister Ine Søreide og forsvarssjef Eirik Kristoffersen deltok da FNI under Arendalsuka arrangerte en samtale i lavvoen på toppen av Glassheisen.