Biodiversity; Genetic resources and biotechnology; Implementation of international regimes; Global environmental governance.

Eco-labelling; Forest politics; Climate change politics; Science and politics interactions.

International fisheries management; Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea; Russian identity.

Overall responsibility for administrative and economic matters; Secretary for Board and Council.

Global management of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; Implementation of the FAO Plant Treaty; Farmers’ Rights; Politics of organic production.

Intnl. regimes and organizations; Climate and whaling regimes, Various UN bodies; Institutional design and leadership; Science-policy relations.

Energy market policies, incl. EU; Energy-sector innovation, development and integration of environmental policies.

International and Norwegian environmental law, in particular biodiversity; International trade law; International investment law; International treaty law.

China's climate, energy and environmental policy & institutional framework; China's carbon market; low carbon development & cities.

Energy politics and policies; Transformation of energy sectors; Climate change policies and regulation; Climate change adaptation.

International law and its legitimacy; Law of the Sea; International institutional and administrative law; International law and politics for the Polar regions.

EU energy policy; EU environmental policy; European and Norwegian power industry.

The Barents Sea fisheries; Russian fisheries management.

Russian climate policy; Russian greenhouse gas emission trends; Russian energy policy; International climate negotiation process.

Russian energy sector; Arctic petroleum and sustainability (CSR); Political Economy.

Russian oil and gas industry; Arctic politics; Norwegian policy in the High North; Svalbard (Spitsbergen); Arctic shipping.

Arctic geopolitics; International relations; Maritime boundaries and marine resources; Foreign policy decision-making.

International environmental policy and law with a particular interest in biodiversity and natural resources management.

European Union and the Arctic; International Law of the Sea; New technologies in the Arctic; Arctic Shipping and Maritime Transportation

Politics and international relations in the High North; Norwegian defence policy; The widening security consept; Climate and security in the Arctic.

Russian strategic thinking; International relations in the European North; Soviet industrialism in the High North; Soviet/Russian history, politics and society.

Global health governance; International health as foreign policy; Design and effectiveness of global health institutions.

Sustainable development; Nature conservation and biodiversity issues at local, national and international levels.

Post-Soviet environmental politics and development aid; Civil society and environmentalism; The Barents co-operation; Russia; Armenia; South Caucasus

Intnl. environmental cooperation; EU and national environmental policy; Corporate environmental strategies; Climate change; Marine pollution.

Chinese environmental, climate and energy security policy; Asian Arctic policies; Social and political consequences of environmental degradation in China.

Regime theory; Regional polar cooperation; International fisheries management; Environmental governance.

Regulation of genetic resources; International law in WIPO, WTO, CBD and FAO; Innovation and development in the context of IPRs.

International law; Law of the Sea; Maritime delimitation; Marine environment/resources; Maritime transport; Antarctic law/policy; Adriatic Sea issues.

Global environmental governance; business strategies and regulation; climate change politics; sustainable aquaculture management.

Geopolitics; Energy security; Global energy developments and governance; Petroleum activity in the Arctic.

Global and EU energy, climate and air politics; Emissions trading; Effectiveness of international environmental regimes.

ITPGRFA and Farmers' Rights; ABS related to crop genetic resources; Seed legislation; Regulation of crop genetic diversity, crop genetic diversity and climate adaptation.

Overall responsibility for administrative and economic matters; Secretary for Board and Council.

External communications and information; Editor and webmaster; FNI event coordinator.

Management of FNI's information systems; Guiding and management of Polhøgda's cultural heritage.

Management of FNI's library; Accounting.

Accounting; Salary and payments; Reception and switchboard; Events; Procurement.

Maintenance of Polhøgda.

Small scale hydropower; Electricity systems

Arctic; Climate Change Adaptation; Resilience; Uncertainty and Risk; Environmental, Human, and Sustainable Security.

Russian civil society; Transnational activism; Shrinking democratic space