Staff - Fridtjof Nansens Institutt

Iver B. Neumann
Director
Social Theory
Historic and Pre-Historic Polity Systems
Diplomacy
Collective Identities
Russian and Norwegian Foreign Policies
Lars H. Gulbrandsen
Deputy Director / Research Director Climate and Energy
Global Environmental Governance
Climate Policy
Energy Policy
Wind Power
Emissions Trading
and more...
Irja Vormedal
Research Director Global Environmental Governance
International political economy
Science, technology, and environmental politics
the role of business and industry in public policymaking
Climate politics
Aquaculture governance
Andreas Østhagen
Research Director Arctic and Ocean Politics
Arctic Geopolitics and Foreign Policy
Norwegian Foreign Policy
Maritime Boundaries and Conflicts
Maritime Resource Management
Foreign policy decision-making and IR
Regine Andersen
Research Professor
Crop genetic resources governance
Environmental and trade agreements
Farmers’ rights
Local seed systems and community seed banks
Development cooperation
Serafima Andreeva
Researcher
Arctic governance and geopolitics
The Arctic Council
Russian climate politics
Russian Arctic security politics
Science diplomacy
and more...
Steinar Andresen
Research Professor Emeritus
Internationalregimes and organizations
Climate and whaling regimes, Various UN bodies
Institutional design and leadership
Science-policy relations
Global health governance
Per Ove Eikeland
Senior Researcher
Energy market policies
Energy-sector innovation
Environmental policy integration in the energy sector
EU energy governance
Ole Kristian Fauchald
Research Professor
International, comparative and Norwegian environmental law
Biological diversity
International trade law (WTO)
International investment law
Public international law
and more...
Gørild Merethe Heggelund
Research Professor
China
China's environmental, energy and climate policies
China in global environmental governance
China's carbon market
Chinas Arctic engagement
and more...
Geir Hønneland
Research Professor
International Fisheries Management
Norway–Russia Relations in the Barents Sea
Legal and Political Status of Svalbard
Russian Identity
Ida Soltvedt Hvinden
PhD Research Fellow
International governance
Marine resource management
Deep-sea mining
Arctic affairs
Arctic Council
Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg
Research Professor
Climate and energy policy
Energy transitions
Windpower
Environmental politics
Licensing
and more...
Øystein Jensen
Research Professor
International law
Law of the Sea
International institutional law
Legitimacy in international law
International law and politics for the Polar regions
and more...
Anne-Kristin Jørgensen
Senior Researcher
The Barents Sea fisheries
Russian fisheries management.
Anna Korppoo
Research Professor
Russian Climate Policy
Russian Greenhouse Gas Emission Trends
Russian Energy Policy
International Climate Negotiations
Erdem Lamazhapov
PhD Research Fellow
Environmental, climate and energy security policy
Arctic security
Chinas Arctic policy
Russian security policy
Water resource management
Eivind Hjort Matthiasen
PhD Research Fellow
Climate and energy policy
Sustainable consumption
Energy practices
Power-based grid tariffs
Arild Moe
Research Professor
Russian Oil and Gas Industry
Russian Climate Policy
Arctic Politics
Norwegian High North Policy
Svalbard (Spitsbergen)
and more...
Christian Prip
Senior Researcher
International Environmental Law
International Natural Resource Policy
Marine Environmental Protection Law and Policy
Arctic Environmental Governance
Environmental Governance Synergies
Andreas Raspotnik
Senior Researcher
EU Arctic policy
EU foreign and security policy
(Arctic) geopolitics
Blue economy
Fisheries/aquaculture
and more...
Kristin Rosendal
Research Professor
Global environmental governance
Biodiversity
Bioprospecting
Science-policy interaction
Access and benefit sharing
and more...
Svein Vigeland Rottem
Senior Researcher
Arctic security
Arctic governance
Science-policy interface
The Arctic Council
Siddharth Sareen
Research Professor
Energy transitions
Human geography
Political ecology
Development studies
Accountable governance
Pål Wilter Skedsmo
Senior Researcher
Post-Soviet Environmental Politics
Civil Society
Development Aid
Program Evaluations
Plant Genetic Resources
and more...
Jon Birger Skjærseth
Research Professor
International Environmental Cooperation
European Climate and Energy Policies
EU Institutions and Member States
Industrial Sectors
Paris Agreement
Iselin Stensdal
Senior Researcher
Chinese Environmental, Climate and Energy Security Policy
Asian Arctic Politics
Social and Political Consequences of Environmental Degradation in China
Olav Schram Stokke
Research Professor
Global environmental governance
International organizations
Institutional effectiveness and interplay
Trade and environment
Ocean affairs
and more...
Karianne Krohn Taranger
PhD Research Fellow
Earth system governance
International and national environmental governance
Climate and energy policy
Environmental ethics(climate and energy justice)
Social network analysis
Vegard Heggelund Tørstad
Senior Researcher
International enviromental and climate politics
UN climate negotiations
Paris Agreement
International cooperation
Legitimacy and effectiveness of international organizations
and more...
Viviana Meixner Vásquez
Researcher
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
Davor Vidas
Research Professor
International Law
Law of the Sea
Maritime Delimitation
Sea-level Rise
Anthropocene
and more...
Jørgen Wettestad
Research Professor
Global and EU energy, climate and air politics
Emissions trading
Effectiveness of international environmental regimes.
Iselin Németh Winther
Researcher
Arctic geopolitics and governance
Local actors in international relations
Claes Lykke Ragner
Head of Administration
Overall responsibility for administrative and economic matters
Secretary for Board and Council
Anna Hemgren
Head of Accounting
Accounting
Salary and payments
Bente Muriel Sommerstad
House Manager
Management of reception, switchboard, events, travel and library
House guide
Jan Dalsgaard Sørensen
Property and IT Manager
Maintenance of Polhøgda
Management of FNIs information systems
Anna Valberg
Head of Communications
External communications and information
Editor and webmaster
FNI event coordinator.
Tuda Oussous
Master's Student
Climate politics
Green energy transitions
Indigenous governance
Critical mineral governance
Mathias Sivertsen
Master's Student
Human Rights
Indigenous Rights
Development
Arctic Council
Arctic security Policy
Ingrid Habberstad
Master's Student
Norway and Russia in the Barents Sea
International fisheries management
Law of the Sea
International law
Svalbard and the High North
Live Amalie Krogsrud
Master's Student
Climate and energy policy
Energy transitions
International and national environmental governance
Public administration and governance
Organizational and institutional theory
Ethan Wong
Master's Student
Arctic Security and Governance
Climate Security
Multilateral Diplomacy
Geopolitics
Foreign Policy
Ingvild Rognli
Master's Student
International political economy
Geopolitics
Good governance
Social justice
Chinas Arctic engagement
Alessandro Craparo
Guest Researcher
Climate and environmental change
Nature-based solutions and environmental peace-building
Human mobility and health
Global tipping points and teleconnections
Ylva Gunnarsdatter Vågen
Master's student
Global environmental governance
Deep-sea mining
International organizations
Public participation

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