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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Climate change politics; European climate and energy policy; Democracy and climate change; Social acceptability of climate change mitigation measures; Climate policy preferences of business actors

Security policy; Transatlantic relations; NATO; US foreign policy; High North

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

Energy transitions; Contentious environmental politics; Environment, natural resource, and energy governance; Climate finance and climate policy; Private and voluntary governance

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

The Barents Sea fisheries; Russian fisheries management.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

Energy law; EU law; Network codes and guidelines; Electricity market regulation; Energy Union; Interconnectors; ACER; Climate and energy policy; Transmission system development and operation; Competition law

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

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

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.

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

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

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

International political economy; Science, technology and environmental politics; Business interests and public policy; Climate politics; Fish and sea farming  

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

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

Accounting; Salary and payments

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

Maintenance of Polhøgda; Management of FNI's information systems

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

Climate politics; Social science methods; Science and politics interaction; Political theory; Philosophy of Science

Energy and climate policy and politics; Europeanization and European Integration; European Union and EEA; Social science methods