Research article

FNI research focuses on international efforts to ensure conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity and fair distribution of benefits from genetic resources. Interaction with trade agreements and intellectual property rights is central.

Publisert: 04.12.2018

Sist oppdatert: 15.06.2024

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Researchers

Kristin Rosendal

Research Professor

Lars H. Gulbrandsen

Deputy Director / Research Director Climate and Energy

Ole Kristian Fauchald

Research Professor

Senior Researcher

Research Professor

Regine Andersen

Research Director, Biodiversity and Natural Resources

Peter Aga Ljoså

Master's Student

Hanna Mortensdatter Vandeskog

Master's Student

Emm-Lovise Norheim Ridderseth

Master's Student

Projects

Project name

Status

Sustainability, self-sufficiency, and local food preparedness: A safer value chain for locally adapted varieties of food plants in Norway (The Seed Preparedness Project)

Ongoing

Governing sustainable energy use in the neighbourhood (NABOBRUK)

Ongoing

Unfolding the Potentials of Community Seed Banks for Food and Nutrition Security among Smallholder Farmers in India through the Realization of Farmers’ Rights (DIVERSIFARM-India)

Ongoing

China's role in supply chains of critical minerals and metals: consequences for Norway

Ongoing

Out of the shade? Solar development challenges in Norway (SOLNOR)

Ongoing

Norwegian Centre on Geopolitics (GEOPOL)

Ongoing

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Publications

Books

Knausgaard in Context

Iver B. Neumann (ed)

Scandinavian University Press, 2025, 206 p.

China-Russia Relations in the Arctic: Friends in the Cold?

Iselin Stensdal and Gørild Heggelund (eds)

Palgrave Macmillan, 2024, 257 p.

The Sun Also Rises in Portugal: Ambitions of Just Solar Energy Transitions

Siddharth Sareen

Bristol University Press, 2024, 168 p.

Geographies of Solar Energy Transitions: Conflicts, controversies and cognate aspects

Siddharth Sareen and Abigail Martin (eds)

UCL Press, 2024, 152 p.

Peer-reviewed articles and chapters

As global leaders, Canada and Norway’s co-operation is timely in the face of surging energy demand

Ian Rowlands & Siddharth Sareen

The Converastion, February 11, 2025

The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research

Benjamin Sovacool, Frank Willem Geels, Allan Dahl Andersen, Michael Grubb, Andrew J. Jordan, Florian Kern, Paula Kivimaa, Lockwood Matthew, Jochen Markard, James Robert (...)

Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 121, March 2025, Article No. 103948

States, global power and access to medicines: a comparative case study of China, India and the United States, 2000–2019

Berit S. H. Hembre, Maulik Chokshi, Steven J. Hoffman, Fatima Suleman, Steinar Andresen, Kristin Sandberg and John-Arne Røttingen

Globalization and Health, Vol 21, No 3, 2025, 18 p. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-024-01092-2

Arealpåvirkning fra vindkraft og hytteområder: Sammenligning over tid (Land Use Impact from Wind Power and Cabin Areas Over Time)

Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Inger-Lise Saglie

Tidsskriftet UTMARK, No 1, 2025, pp. 1-25.

The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research

Benjamin Sovacool, Frank Willem Geels, Allan Dahl Andersen, Michael Grubb, Andrew J. Jordan, Florian Kern, Paula Kivimaa, Lockwood Matthew, Jochen Markard, James Robert (...)

Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 121, March 2025, Article No. 103948

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Other publications

Arealpåvirkning fra vindkraft og hytteområder: Sammenligning over tid (Land Use Impact from Wind Power and Cabin Areas Over Time)

Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Inger-Lise Saglie

Tidsskriftet UTMARK, No 1, 2025, pp. 1-25.

The acceleration of low-carbon transitions: Insights, concepts, challenges, and new directions for research

Benjamin Sovacool, Frank Willem Geels, Allan Dahl Andersen, Michael Grubb, Andrew J. Jordan, Florian Kern, Paula Kivimaa, Lockwood Matthew, Jochen Markard, James Robert (...)

Energy Research & Social Science, Vol 121, March 2025, Article No. 103948

States, global power and access to medicines: a comparative case study of China, India and the United States, 2000–2019

Berit S. H. Hembre, Maulik Chokshi, Steven J. Hoffman, Fatima Suleman, Steinar Andresen, Kristin Sandberg and John-Arne Røttingen

Globalization and Health, Vol 21, No 3, 2025, 18 p. DOI: 10.1186/s12992-024-01092-2

As global leaders, Canada and Norway’s co-operation is timely in the face of surging energy demand

Ian Rowlands & Siddharth Sareen

The Converastion, February 11, 2025

Arealpåvirkning fra vindkraft og hytteområder: Sammenligning over tid (Land Use Impact from Wind Power and Cabin Areas Over Time)

Tor Håkon Jackson Inderberg, Lars H. Gulbrandsen and Inger-Lise Saglie

Tidsskriftet UTMARK, No 1, 2025, pp. 1-25.

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News

06.02.2025

FNI Partner in New Research Center for Secure Power Supply

New FNI Policy Brief: China’s Dominance in the Critical Minerals Supply Chain

Fridtjof Nansen Institute at Arctic Frontiers 2025

Welcome to FNI's New Master's Students, Spring 2025!

Congratulations to Dr. Iselin Stensdal!

In media

Beyond Oil: Norway’s Dilemma at the Crossroads of Climate and Capital

Stories for the Future: Beyond the Bubble (Podcast), Episode 81, April 24, 2025.

USA kan bli mer uforutsigbar i klimaspørsmål i Arktisk råd enn Russland, sier forsker (US may become more unpredictable than Russia in the Arctic, says researcher)

High North News, April 23, 2025. In Norwegian.

Breaking the ice: As the U.S. and Russia tease Arctic cooperation, climate science could offer common ground — but neither side seems interested

Breaking the ice: As the U.S. and Russia tease Arctic cooperation, climate science could offer common ground — but neither side seems interested

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