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.

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

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

Energy law (renewables and electricity markets); EU and EEA law; Environmental law; Tort law; Expropriation law

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.

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

Energy transition; Energy and climate policy; Policy mixes and market regulation; Electricity market design; Actor preferences and strategies

Environmental politics; International Environmental Agreements; European Union politics; European environmental policy; Climate change politics

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
 

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

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

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

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

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

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 justice); Social network analysis

Norwegian Foreign policy; Middle East and geopolitics; War and Conflict resolution

Sustainable development; Political communication and behaviour; Policy development and strategy; Political influence of NGOs

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.

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.

Accounting; Salary and payments

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

Maintenance of Polhøgda; Management of FNI's information systems

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

Global environmental governance; Food security; Development aid and decision-making; Natural resource management

International relations and contemporary warfare; Maritime security and geopolitics of natural resource disputes