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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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

Arctic geopolitics; International and regional organizations

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

Digital diplomacy; Diplomatic practice; Cultural diplomacy

Seabed minerals and environmental management; Public policy and administration; Ukrainian and Russian politics and history