Stilling: professor
Telefon: 55 58 30 68
Mobiltelefon: 994 30 125 SMS
E-post: Arnt.Floysand@geog.uib.no
Besøksadresse: Fosswinckelsgt. 6
My dominant research interest is investigations of knowledge-network-capital dynamism in different time-spatial settings by combining theories and concepts from economic geography, cultural geography and political-ecological geography. This has made me experienced in studies of development/economic restructuring at place/community level and innovation/competitiveness at clusters/firm level.
Conceptually, my work is concerned with combining insights from agency-structure oriented accounts of social theory with time-spatial accounts derived from institutional economics and political ecology. In dealing with this I have been studying processes of globalisation, how discourses, narratives and rules of conduct are informing practice of resource extraction of multi-scaled socio-economic actors and other driving forces explaining industrial restructuring and changes of development.
Methodologically, the concept of social field analisis (≈ an ANT approach) has been and still is guiding much of my analysis.
Empirically, I have been operating in places within Chile, Peru, Norway, Spain and Estonia.
Among other key concepts for my investigations is foreign direct investment and natural resource management. Recently, I have also become increasingly concerned with various dimensions of spaces of engagement. One strand of this is to explore the emergence of resistance to non-sustainable forms of production and the up-scaling of political claims and narratives that support politics of redistribution and sustainable development in Chile and Bolivia.
- Theory of social practice, institutional economics and political ecology
- Globalization, knowledge-network-capital dynamism and development
- Foreign direct investment, clusters and innovation
- Natural resource extraction, spaces of engagement and redistribution
- Field work experience in Latin America (Chile, Peru) and Europe (Estonia, Norway, Spain)
Journals
Oseland, E.S.; Haarstad, H; Fløysand, A. (2012): Labor agency and the importance of the national scale: Emergent aquaculture unionism in Chile. Political Geography Vol. 31, 94-103.
Fløysand, A. and Jakobsen, S.E. (2011): The complexity of innovations: A relational turn. Progress in Human Geography Vol. 35, 328-344.
Fløysand, A, Haarstad, H and Barton, J.R. (2010): Global-economic imperatives, crisis generation and spaces of engagement in the Chilean aquaculture industry. Norwegian Journal of Geography. Vol. 64, 199-210.
Barton, J. R. and Fløysand, A. (2010): The Political Ecology of Chilean Salmon Aquaculture, 1982-2010: a trajectory from economic development to global sustainability. Global Environmental Change Vol. 20, 739-752.
Fløysand, A., Barton, J.R. y Román, A. (2010): La doble jerarquía del desarrollo económico y gobierno local en Chile: El caso de la salmonicultura y los municipios chilotes. EURE Vol. 36, 123-148.
Juliussen Skråmestø, S. and Fløysand, A. (2010): FDI, local conditions and development: Crossing from dependency to progress in peripheral Kuressaare, Estonia. Norwegian Journal of Geography Vol. 64, 142-151.
Jakobsen, S.E., Gammelsæter, H., Fløysand, A. (2009): The spatial embeddedness of professional football clubs in Norway. Soccer and Society Vol. 10, 261-279.
Fløysand, A. and Sæther, A. (2007): Globalización, comunidades pesqueras y construcción de género: el caso de Muros (Galicia). Boletín de la Asociacion de Geograficos Españoles Vol. 45, 31-48.
Fløysand, A. and Sjøholt P (2007): Rural development and embeddedness: The importance of human relations for industrial restructuring in marginal areas. Sociologia Ruralis Vol. 47, 205-227.
Haarstad H and Fløysand, A. (2007): Globalization and the power of rescaled narratives: A case of opposition to mining in Tambogrande, Peru. Political Geography Vol. 26, 289-308.
Fløysand, A. and Jakobsen, S.E. (2007): Commodification of rural places: A narrative of social fields, rural development and football. Journal of Rural Studies Vol. 23, 206-221.
Jakobsen, S.E. , Rusten G, Fløysand, A. (2005): How green is the valley? 'Foreign Direct Investment in two Norwegian industrial towns. Canadian Geographer Vol. 49, 244-259.
Fløysand, A. and Jakobsen, S.E. (2005): The embeddedness of industries: A time-geographical approach. Nordisk Samhällsgeografisk Tidsskrift Vol. 39, 88-125.
Fløysand, A., Lindkvist, K. B., Gonzales, J. (2004): Procesos de innovacion y reestructuracion en ciudades dependientes de una sola compania. Ferrol visto desde Bergen. Ferrol Análisis Vol. 19, 7-23.
Fløysand, A. y Jakobsen, S.E. (2004): ámbitos sociales y reestructuración en clusters Noruegos de procesado de pescado. Territoris Vol. 4, 89-110.
Lindkvist, K. B. and Fløysand, A. (2002): Restructuration and innovation in a one-company town. The case of Ferrol. Nordisk Samhällsgeografisk Tidsskrift Vol. 35, 67-88.
Fløysand, A. and Jakobsen, S.E. (2002): Clusters, Social Fields and Capabilities: Rules and Restructuring in Norwegian Fish-Processing Clusters. International Studies of Management and Organisation Vol. 31, 36-57.
Fløysand, A. and Lindkvist, K. B. (2001): Globalisation, local capitalism and fishery communities in change. Marine Policy Vol. 25, 113-121.
Fløysand, A. and Jakobsen, S.E. (2001): Regional diversification in the Norwegian fish-processing industry. Norwegian Journal of Geography Vol. 55, 17-25.
Eide, H.P. og Fløysand, A. (2001): Geografisk forankring og markedsstrategi: Brudd og kontinuitet i fiskeindustrien i Måløy i Vågsøy kommune. økonomisk Fiskeriforskning Vol. 11,16-28.
Fløysand, A., Lindkvist, K. B., Jakobsen, S.E. (2000): Nordkapp-økonomisk praksis i et fiskeriavhengig lokalsamfunn. Nordisk Samhällsgeografisk Tidsskrift Vol. 31, 89-110.
Lindkvist, K. B. og Fløysand, A. (2000): Fremmedeie og lokal næringsutvikling: En eksempelstudie av fiskeindustrien i Finnmark. økonomisk Fiskeriforskning Vol. 10, 85-103.
Chapters in books
Fløysand, A and Jakobsen, S-E (2011): Embeddedness and innovation practice in rural areas: a multi-scale approach. In Lynch, D.E.(editor): Rural Schools: Problems, Solutions, and Progress. 103-122 (Nova Science Publishers, New York).
Fløysand, A. and Haarstad, H. (2008): Norwegian foreign direct investments and the tendency for agglomeration. In Tamasy, C. and Taylor, M. (editors): Globalising Worlds and New Economic Configurations - Geographical Perspectives. 47-56 (Ashgate, London).
Jakobsen, S.E., Fløysand, A., Gammelsæther, H. (2008): Globalisation and local flavoured business organisation: The case of Norwegian top football clubs. In Tamasy, C. and Taylor, M. (editors): Globalising Worlds and New Economic Configurations - Geographical Perspectives. 233-243 (Ashgate, London).
Fløysand, A. (2006): Hägerstrands tidsgeografi. Arealet og tidens begrensing på menneskets handlingsvalg. I Ugelvik Larsen, S. (red): Teori og metode i geografi. 226-237 (Fagbokforlaget, Bergen).
Fløysand, A. (2004): Omstilling i norsk fiskeindustri. Et tidsgeografisk perspektiv' I Lindkvist, K. B. (red): Ressurser og omstilling - et geografisk perspektiv på regional omstilling i Norge. 91-121 (Fagbokforlaget, Bergen).
Reports
Fløysand, A. y Román, A. (2008): Industria salmonera, sistemas de innovación y desarrollo local: El punto de vista de las municipalidades de Chiloé. (Departamento de Geografía, Universidad de Bergen).
Fløysand, A., Haarstad, H., Jakobsen, S.E. , Tønnesen, A. (2005): Foreign Direct Investment, Regional Change and Poverty: Identifying Norwegian controlled FDI in developing countries. Rapport 4/05 (Stiftelsen for samfunns og næringlivsforskning, Bergen).
Projects headed by Arnt Fløysand
- Negotiating new political spaces: claims for redistribution and recognition in Chile and Bolivia funded by the Norwegian Research Council program FRIMUF.
- The Spatial Embeddedness of Foreign Direct Investment funded by the Norwegian Research Council program FRISAMF.
- Outside the hierarchy: How can we understand innovation in non-metropolitan Norway funded by L. Meltzer’s Foundation.
Research partner in the following projects
- Innovasjoner i bedrifter, nettverk og gryende næringsklynger i Hordaland funded by the Norwegian Research Council program VRI.
- A local cluster going international: Balancing local and non-local networking funded by the Norwegian Research Council program MAROFF.
- Closed understanding of open systems? The dilemmas and challenges of innovation policy funded by the Norwegian Research Council program DEMOSREG.