Master's theses in Geography 2025

17 students submitted their theses in 2025. As part of the oral exam, the students present their theses. The presentations are open to all interested, eighter in room 744 in the Department of Geography or in Zoom.

Submitted in December:

11 December:

Cecilie Fjøsne Grankel

The REDD+ Agreement between Norway and Indonesia: Past Challenges and Future Possibilities

Presentation: 16.00 - 16.30
Oral Exam: 16.30 - 17.30

Examination Committee: Anwesha Dutta (CMI) and Ragnhild Overå (UiB)
Supervisor: Connor Cavanagh

18 December:

Jana Sophia Schuckhardt

The Influence of Geogenic Nitrogen on Nitrogen Budgets and Nitrogen Cycling in a High Arctic Valley

Presentation: 10.00 - 10.30
Oral Exam: 10.30 - 11.00

Examination Committee: Jacob Yde (HVL) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

6 January:

Åse Heber Norum

Fisk til fisk eller fisk til folk?Et globalt perspektiv på bruk av marine ressurser i norsk laksefôrproduksjon

Presentation: 10.00 - 10.30
Oral Exam: 10.30 - 11.00

Examination Committee: Stig Erik Jakobsen (HVL) and Peter Andersen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Submitted in June:

13 June:

Oskar Myhr

The Digital Frontier in Skien
Conflicting Narratives and the Scalar Politics of the Google Data Center

Presentation: 14.00 - 14.30 (Zoom)
Oral exam: 14.30 - 15.00

Examination Committee: Ståle Angen Rye (NTNU) and Knut Hidle (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

16 June:

Margrete Brattespe

Forvalting av Hardangervidda
Ei stadsensitiv tilnærming med utgangspunkt i Ullensvang

Presentation: 09.00 - 09.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 09.30 - 10.00

Examination Committee: Knut Bjørn Stokke (NMBU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

20 June:

Mireille Ruamklang Aasebø

The Influence of Climate and Propagule Pressure on the Current Distribution of Cotoneaster bullatus Bois Along the Hardangerfjord, Norway.

Presentation: 09.30 - 10.00 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 10.00 - 11.00

Examination Committee: Kamal Prasad Acharya (HVL) and Gidske Leknæs Andersen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas

Yvonne Alida Myrvang

Samarbeid og spenninger i komplekse planleggingssituasjoner
En casestudie av Mindebyen i Bergen

Presentation: 11.00 - 11.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 11.30 - 12.30

Examination Committee: Hilde Nymoen Rørtveit (NTNU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Maria Spangen

The effectiveness of conservation status on plantbiodiversity in low alpine areas
A comparative study from Rondane, Norway

Presentation: 13.00 - 13.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 13.30 - 14.30

Examination Committee: Kamal Prasad Acharya (HVL) and Ole Reidar Vetaas (UiB)
Supervisor: Gidske Leknæs Andersen

24 June:

Brittany La Fae Hatch

Modern glacier mass balance and equilibrium line-altitude variations at Blåskavlen in Lofoten, northern Norway

Presentation: 10:00-10:30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 10:30 11.30

Examination Committee: Daniel Hölbling (University of Salzburg) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

25 June:

Sofie Sisselsdatter Hamre

Rekonstruksjon av Blåskavlen og paleoklima i Lofoten gjennom senglasial og holocen, med vekt på den "Lille Istid”

Presentation: 13.00 - 13.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 13.30 - 14.30

Examination Committee: Henrik Løseth Jansen (Vfk) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

26 June:

Marthe Emilie Fosse

Strandjordgrottesystemet:
Aktive karstprosesser i Dunderlandsdalen

Presentation: 10.00 - 10.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 10.30 - 11.30

Examination Committee: Vidar Valen (Cowi) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Toni Lorenz Trybusch

Karst landscape analysis in Nordland, North Norway: a combination of fieldwork and GIS based methods

Presentation: 13.00 - 13.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 13.30 - 14.30

Examination Committee: Vidar Valen (Cowi) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

27 June:

Lauritz Skille Gran

Reconstructing Late Glacial Relative Sea Level in Jektvik, Nordland

Presentation: 10.00 - 10.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 10.30 - 11.30

Examination Committee: Thomas Lakeman (NGU) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Md Mehidi Murshad

Climate Change Impacts onCoastal Shrimp Farming: A Case Study from Shyamnagar Region, Bangladesh

Presentation: 12.00-12.00 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 12.30-13.30

Examination Committee: Vibeke Vågenes (HVL) and Håvard Haarstad (UiB)
Supervisor: Peter Andersen

Sara Flatøy Paulsen

Rekonstruksjon av holocen strandforskyvning i Jektvik, Rødøy

Presentation: 14.00 - 14.30 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 14.30 - 15.30

Examination Committee: Thomas Lakeman (NGU) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

30 June:

Helene Nesheim Viddal

The global second-hand clothing trade network andsolid waste management in Ghana.

Presentation: 11.30 - 12.00 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 12.00 - 13.00

Examination Committee: Erlend Eidsvik (HVL) and Odd Inge Steen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Tibusiso Tandzile Mdluli

Gendered and Intersectional Experiences of Gentrification and Displacement in Ezulwini, Eswatini

Presentation: 14.30 - 15.00 (Room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 15.00 - 16.00

Examination Committee: Erlend Eidsvik (HVL) and Connor Cavanagh (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå