Master's theses in geography 2026

23 students submitted their theses within the June deadline 2026. 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 Teams/Zoom.

10 June:

Lyder Skeidsvoll

Bilen i gaten. En kvalitativ studie av tre sentrumsnabolag.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 09.30-10.00
Oral Exam: 10.00-11.00

Examination Committee: Ståle Angen Rye (NTNU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Victor Dalland Holsten

Fra plan til byggesak: Formingsveilederen og videreføring av arkitektonisk kvalitet i komplekse plansituasjoner

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 12.00-12.30
Oral Exam: 12.30-13.30

Examination Committee: Ståle Angen Rye (NTNU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Thea Skar Conradi

En fjord av utfordringer - en analyse av hvordan Oslofjordens utfordringer forstås på statlig, regionalt og kommunalt nivå

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 14.00-14.30
Oral Exam: 14.30-15.30

Examination Committee: Ståle Angen Rye (NTNU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

12 June:

Celine Hjørnevik Høisæter

Skog i bynære områder. En feltstudie av de bynære skogene Åstveitskogen og Kanadaskogen i Bergen kommune.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 10.30-11.00
Oral Exam: 11.00-12.00

Examination Committee: Vegard Gundersen (NINA) and Gidske Leknæs Andersen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas
Co-supervisor: Gidske Leknæs Andersen

Oda Magrete Aarland

Turismens påvirkning på stiene i Lofotodden nasjonalpark. En kvantitativ studie om stienes tilstand, endring og fotturistenes bevegelser.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 13.00-13.30
Oral Exam: 13.30-14.30

Examination Committee: Vegard Gundersen (NINA) and Ole Reidar Vetaas (UiB)
Supervisor: Gidske Leknæs Andersen

Beate Bednar

Fanget i sonene: når rovdyr mister rom og forvaltningen svikter. En miljøgeografisk studie om jerv, forvaltningssoner og fragmenterte landskap.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  15.00-15.30
Oral Exam: 15.30-16.30

Examination Committee: Vegard Gundersen (NINA) and Gidske Leknæs Andersen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas

15 June:

Christina Achieng Ngoje

Current trends in availability, access and consumption of Omena and farmed Tilapia in Kisumu City, Kenya.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  09.30-10.00
Oral Exam: 10.00-11.00

Examination Committee: Arve Hansen, SUM, UiO and Odd Inge Steen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Felix Tawiah Ayittah

Local knowledge and skills in adaptation to the cumulative impacts of climate change, blue growth and marine conservation among small-scale fisherfolk in Ahwiam, Ghana.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  13.00-13.30
Oral Exam: 13.30-14.30

Examination Committee: Jahn Petter Johnsen (UiT) and Peter Andersen (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

16 June:

Dina Sofie Aeschlimann Isene

Gråorens innvirkning på suksesjon i breforlandet, Bødalen Nordfjord

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  11.00-11.30
Oral Exam: 11.30-12-30

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

17 June:

Logan Cook Abbott

Offshore Wind: The Green Guarantor of Estonia's Energy Security?

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  09.30-10.00
Oral Exam: 10.00-11.00

Examination Committee: Markus Steen (NTNU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad
Co-supervisor: Mahir Yazar

Oliver Ødegård

Refining the history of postglacial relative sea-level change at Bokn, Rogaland

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  10.30-11.00
Oral Exam: 11.00-12.00

Examination Committee: Thomas Lakeman (NGU) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog
Co-supervisor: John Inge Svendsen

Lars Kristian Øvreås Ramsli

Rekonstruksjon av holocen strandforskyving og ny innsikt i ein lokal tsunami på Vestre Bokn

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  12.30-13.00
Oral Exam:13.00-14.00

Examination Committee: Thomas Lakeman (NGU) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

18 June:

Conor Matthews

A Pilot Study of Subfossil Arctica islandica from Early Holocene Rensåvatnet: Implications for Hydrographic Reconstruction

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  11.00-11.30
Oral Exam: 11.30-12.30

Examination Committee: Paul Butler (Uni. of Exeter) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Carin Andersson

22 June:

Myrthe van Hecke

Relative sea-level changes and glacier fluctuations during the early- to mid-Holocene in Glomdalen, south of Svartisen, northern Norway.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744:  10.00-10.30
Oral Exam: 10.30-11.30

Examination Committee: Henrik Jansen (VLFK) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Daniel Tveit

Younger Dryas and Early Holocene glacier fluctuations at Svartisheibreen, Nordland

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 13.30-14.00
Oral Exam: 14.00-15.00

Examination Committee: Henrik Jansen (VLFK) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

23 June:

Per Ola Hesland Engen

Landskapsendringer etter breflommer fra Svartisheibreen, Nordland, basert på kvartærgeologisk kartlegging, feltobservasjoner og flommodellering i Glomdalen

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 10.00-10.30
Oral Exam: 10.30-11.30

Examination Committee: Torgeir Røthe (HVL) and Kristian Vasskog (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Sigurd Borge-Moe

Rekonstruksjon av Storofsen på Grimsmoen i øvre Glommavassdraget. En paleoflomstudie basert på innsjøsedimenter, feltobservasjoner og hydraulisk modellering i Grimsa.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 13.30-14.00
Oral Exam: 14.00-15.00

Examination Committee: Torgeir Røthe (HVL) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

24 June:

Jan Halvor Wallace

Reconstruction of the deglaciation history from the mid-Weichselian to early Holocene, upstream of the Jutulhogget canyon, in Tylldal, east-central southern Norway.

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 10.00-10.30
Oral Exam: 10.30-11.30

Examination Committee: Anne Grethe Bøe (Equinor) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

William Robert

Late Quaternary Glacial Reconstruction at Tylldal-Ripan, eastern Norway; Implications for Ice-Dammed Lakes and Weichselian Interstadials

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 12.30-13.00
Oral Exam: 13.00-14.00

Examination Committee: Anne Grethe Bøe (Equinor) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

25 June:

Rita Joao Pascoal de Figueiredo

Refining the RSL Curve for Jektvik, Rødøy - A new SLIP and a limiting point from marine shells

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 10.00-10.30
Oral Exam: 10.30-11.30

Examination Committee: Stein Bondevik (HVL) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Sabrina Sørfonden Blomkvist

Oppskyllingshøyde og identifisering av Storeggatsunamien basert på sedimentologiske kriterier i Jektvik, Nordland

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 13.00-13.30
Oral Exam: 13.30-14.30

Examination Committee: Stein Bondevik (HVL) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

26 June:

Tabea Wein

Investigating subsurface hydrology and karst dynamics in the Bonnådalen cave systems, northern Norway

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 12.00-12.30
Oral Exam: 12.30-13.30

Examination Committee: Stein-Erik Lauritzen (Emeritus UiB) and Svein Olaf Dahl (UiB)
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

30 June:

Andreas Hesjedal Hartwig

Identifying Infrastructural Obstacles in the Supply Chain of Small Fish cross-border trade in the Lake Victoria Region

Presentation in Teams and Department of Geography room 744: 13:30-14:00
Oral Exam: 14.00-15.00

Examination Committee: Jahn Petter Johnsen (UiT) and Connor Cavanagh (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå