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Leadership group

  • Director
    +47 67111900

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    ibneumann@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Social Theory; Historic and Pre-Historic Polity Systems; Diplomacy; Collective Identities; Russian and Norwegian Foreign Policies
     

  • Deputy Director / Research Director Climate and Energy
    +47 97540217

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    lhgulbrandsen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Global environmental governance; climate and energy policy; windpower; environmental politics; certification and eco-labelling; international forest politics

  • Research Director, Biodiversity and Natural Resources
    +47 95118037

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    randersen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International and national governance of crop genetic resources; effects of multilateral environmental and economic agreements; farmers’ rights; local seed systems, community seed banks and development cooperation

  • Research Director Marine and Polar Issues
    +47 99038286

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    pskedsmo@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Environmental politics, civil society and development aid in Post-Soviet states; Norwegian-Russian relations and the Barents cooperation; Nagorno-Karabakh, Azerbaijani-Armenian relations.

  • Head of Administration
    +47 41045326

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    clragner@fni.no
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    MAIN FUNCTIONS:

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

Research staff

  • Researcher
    +47 97892081

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    sandreeva@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    The Arctic Council; Russian climate politics; Science-policy interface

  • Research Professor Emeritus
    +47 97073042

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    sandresen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International regimes and organizations; Climate and whaling regimes, Various UN bodies; Institutional design and leadership; Science-policy relations; Global health governance

  • Research Professor
    +47 67111900

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    cbanet@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Energy law; Environmental law; State aids; EU and EEA law

  • Senior Researcher
    +1 6123870521

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    pcullen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Security Studies; Security governance; Hybrid warfare/threats/gray zone conflict; Maritime security and non-state actors: Private security; Geopolitics

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 48074508

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    poeikeland@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

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

  • Research Professor
    +47 47477405

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    okfauchald@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International, comparative and Norwegian environmental law; Biological diversity; International trade law (WTO); International investment law; Public international law; European Union law; Human rights

  • Research Professor
    +47 99242512

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    gheggelund@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    China’s environmental, energy and climate policies, mitigation, low carbon development and adaptation; China in global environmental governance; China’s carbon market; China’s Arctic engagement; Sustainable Development Goals

  • Research Professor
    +47 99796020

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    ghonneland@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International fisheries management; Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea; The legal and political status of Svalbard; Russian identity.

  • PhD Research Fellow
    +47 47620029

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    ishvinden@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International governance; Marine resource management; Deep-sea mining; Arctic affairs; Arctic Council

  • Research Professor
    +47 92016644

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    thinderberg@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Climate and energy policy; Energy transitions; Windpower; Environmental politics; Licensing; New Zealand’s climate policy; Climate change adaptation; Electrification; Carbon Capture and Storage

  • Research Professor
    +47 90123004

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    ojensen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International law; Law of the Sea; International institutional law; Legitimacy in international law; International law and politics for the Polar regions; Human rights.

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 48052768

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    tjevnaker@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Climate and energy policy; Energy markets; Eelectricity market regulation; EU; ACER; Norway; EEA Agreement; Public policy; Public administration; EU integration; EU agencies; EU ETS; Carbon trade

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 90526312

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    akjorgensen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    The Barents Sea fisheries; Russian fisheries management.

  • Research Professor
    +358 50 530 1665

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    akorppoo@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

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

  • PhD Research Fellow
    +47 92518517

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    elamazhapov@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Environmental, climate and energy security policy; Arctic security; China’s Arctic policy; Russian security policy; Water resource management

  • Researcher
    +47 99716657

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    mllarsen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Energy- change and transition; Hydrogen; Renewables; Natural resources; Energy Security and Efficiency; Business strategy; Political economy;  Environmental governance and policy; Sustainable seafood and aquaculture

  • PhD Research Fellow
    +47 97487413

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    ehmatthiasen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Climate and energy policy; Sustainable consumption; Energy practices; Power-based grid tariffs

  • Research Professor
    +47 92696167

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    amoe@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

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

  • Research Professor
    +47 97581824

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    fnilssen@nord.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International trade and marketing issues; Seafood / food trade and market access; Economic behaviour and social psychology; Institutional theory and organisational behaviour.

  • Junior Researcher
    +47 46481387

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    gopsahl@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International environmental governance and regulation; Energy, climate and environmental policy

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 47330349

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    aosthagen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Arctic geopolitics and international affairs; Norwegian foreign policy; Maritime boundaries and conflict; Marine resource management; Foreign policy decision-making and IR

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 47476508

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    cprip@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International environmental and natural resources policy and law; Policy and law on the protection of the marine environment;  Arctic environmental governance; Synergies in environmental governance.

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 47480167 / +43 699 10198737

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    araspotnik@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    EU Arctic policy; EU foreign and security policy; (Arctic) geopolitics; Blue economy; Fisheries/aquaculture; International law of the sea;

  • Research Professor
    +47 97690518

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    krosendal@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Global environmental governance; Biodiversity; Bioprospecting; Science-policy interaction; Access and benefit sharing; Genetic resources; Regulating aquaculture; Interactions between biodiversity, health, and energy policies.

  • Senior Researcher
    +47 90021931

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    svrottem@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Arctic security; Arctic governance; Science-policy interface; The Arctic Council

  • Research Professor
    +47 97168296

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    jbskjaerseth@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International environmental cooperation and European climate/energy policies: EU institutions, countries, industry sectors and the EU’s role in the Paris Agreement.

  • Researcher
    +47 93419569 / 47476821

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    istensdal@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

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

  • Research Professor
    +47 47478351

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    osstokke@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Global environmental governance; International organizations; Institutional effectiveness and interplay; Trade and environment; Ocean affairs; Fisheries management; Climate and energy policy; Arctic affairs; Antarctic politics; Geopolitics.

  • PhD Research Fellow
    +47 92250208

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    kktaranger@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Earth system governance; International and national environmental governance; Climate and energy policy; Environmental ethics (climate and energy justice); Social network analysis

     

  • Researcher
    +47 97303118

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    vmvasquez@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Biodiversity and crop genetic diversity; Food security, sustainable development, and poverty alleviation; Farmers’ rights; Seed security in fragile contexts; Agriculture and adaptation to climate change

  • Research Professor
    +47 47478477

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    dvidas@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International law; Law of the Sea; Maritime delimitation; Sea-level rise; Anthropocene; Adriatic Sea law and policy; Antarctic Treaty System.

  • Research Professor
    +47 92290372

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    ivormedal@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    International political economy; Science, technology, and environmental politics; the role of business and industry in public policymaking; Climate politics; Aquaculture and salmon governance

  • Research Professor
    +47 41277416

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    jwettestad@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

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

  • Junior Researcher
    +47 90707040

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    inwinther@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Arctic geopolitics; International and regional organizations

Administrative staff

  • Head of Administration
    +47 41045326

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    clragner@fni.no
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    MAIN FUNCTIONS:

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

  • Head of Accounting
    +47 95938161

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    ahemgren@fni.no
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    MAIN FUNCTIONS:

    Accounting; Salary and payments

  • House Manager
    +47 95107251

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    bsommerstad@fni.no
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    MAIN FUNCTIONS:

    Management of reception, switchboard, events, travel and library; House guide

  • Property and IT Manager
    +47 95404930

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    jdsorensen@fni.no
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    MAIN FUNCTIONS:

    Maintenance of Polhøgda; Management of FNI's information systems

  • Head of Communications
    +47 97182523

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    avalberg@fni.no
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    MAIN FUNCTIONS:

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

Master students

  • Master's Student
    +47 92948630

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    rtlong@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Svalbard (Spitsbergen); Arctic geopolitics; Environmental politics; History of place

  • Master's Student
    +47 98110368

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    abpedersen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Green-on-green conflicts; Wind power development; Norwegian climate- and environmental politics; Democratic innovation

  • Master's Student
    +47 47480680

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    eesanne@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Arctic affairs; Norwegian Svalbard policy; International marine resource management; Norwegian foreign policy
     

  • Master's Student
    +47 45805233

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    mssimonsen@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities in the Arctic; Cultural practise and nature use; Government regulation of nature use; Norwegianization policy

  • Master's Student
    +47 67111900

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    ahsmeby@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Climate and energy policy; Oil and gas industry; Climate justice;

  • Master's Student
    +47 47131700

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    ozhang@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Geopolitics; Energy and climate policy;  Economic activities the Arctic; Role of China and India, and their implications for Norway.

Guest researchers

  • Guest researcher
    +47 67111900

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    tmeyer@fni.no
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    RESEARCH INTERESTS:

    Environmental history of the deep sea; History of technology; History of science; Planetary data; Earth system science and human-environment relation from a historical perspective

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