As the corona pandemic continues around the globe, researchers from the Fridtjof Nansen Institute have published two new policy briefs related to the crisis.

Russian and Norwegian interests intersect and occasionally collide in the Barents Sea and Svalbard, an area of the Arctic where lucrative fisheries, energy resources and strategic nuclear forces exist in relative proximity.

FNI tilbyr stipend til studenter som skal skrive masteroppgave om et temaer innenfor ett av FNIs syv fokusområder:

Experts from the FNI and other leading research institutes in Norway have released a new meta-study, synthesizing more than 1000 research articles and mapping the success factors and pitfalls of ecosystem-based management.

What awaits us on the on the 'other side' of the Corona crisis? Will we be lonelier? More isolated? Perhaps more creative?

FNI Director Iver B. Neumann receives this year’s Fridtjof Nansen Prize for Outstanding Research.

Equinor skal kutte egne klimagassutslipp fra norsk sokkel med 40 prosent innen 2030 – og nærme seg null i 2050. Men gitt at selskapet er omfattet av EUs kvotesystem, hvor mye vil kuttene egentlig monne?

What was once one of the least-explored areas in the world has become a region featuring prominently on the international agenda.

FNI researchers have taken a deep dive into the dynamics of global mercury politics. Once again, China is key – both for understanding the problem and for finding possible solutions.

After the opening of the Sverdrup oil field off the western coast of Norway, FNI Research Professor Lars Gulbrandsen talked to Der SPIEGEL about the difficult dilemma facing Norwegian policymakers.

Russian gas exports are growing – and with new pipelines to serve the European market, they seem set to keep rising. What are the geopolitical implications of Russia’s new role as a global gas supplier?

With sea-level rise comes a tide of challenges – some of which are legal, and indeed moral, in nature. How can human society tackle the threats facing small islands and low-lying states? What of the people and populations who risk losing their country to the waves?

The Fridtjof Nansen Institute greets the new year with a string of new projects in its research portfolio.

The Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) has received funding for three large, multi-partner research projects: one on Norway's 'green transition', one on EU energy market regulations, and one focusing on new economic possibilities on Svalbard.

The EU Horizon 2020 project DIVERSIFOOD, to which FNI has been a contributing partner, has been awarded a 2019 Etoiles d’Europe – Stars of Europe – award.

With rapid changes underway in the Arctic and in the oceans more generally, national coast guard services are becoming a more important tool for states, both symbolically and functionally.

Does energy poverty exist in Norway, where ‘no one’ is poor, and energy is abundant? Torjus Lunder Bredvold, master student affiliated with the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI), digs into the phenomenon - and recently won a student pitching contest for his project.

Based on a proposal from Norway, developed by FNI’s expert Regine Andersen, the Governing Body of the Plant Treaty has agreed to step up its work on conservation and sustainable use of crop genetic diversity.

Iver B. Neumann, incoming Director of the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, has been awarded this year’s Guicciardini prize for best book in historical international relations.

Foreign aid and the concept of ‘environmental rights’ have been instrumental in shaping the development of post-soviet Armenia, a new book reveals.