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.