Master's project

Students present their Master's Projects

Read about some of the ongoing and past master projects of geography students.

Master students at master seremony in 2016

Master students in Development Geography at the master seremony in 2016.

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Grethe Meling

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Ongoing master's projects

Class of 2021

Polyxeni Fragkiadaki
The effects of sea-level rise in coastal areas of Norway - GIS based approach for vulnerability assessment in coastal areas from sea level rise in the Norwegian coast
Supervisor: Gidske L. Andersen

Class of 2023

Beate Bednar
Rovdyr i Norge
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas
Co-supervisor: Gidske L. Andersen

Mette Elisabeth Kruse Persson
Områdesatsing Slettebakken - Samskaping og kulturelt mangfold
Supervisor: Odd Inge Steen

Class of 2024

Oda Magrete Aarland
Utvikling av stier i takt med økende turisme
Supervisor: Gidske L. Andersen

Logan Abbott
Building a wind-energy supply chain in Estonia
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

Felix Tawiah Ayittah
Assessment of fishery actor’s experience and local indigenousknowledge in the face of climate change; The case of Ghana’s smallfishery sector.
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Sigurd Borge-Moe
Reconstruction of the historical Storofsen flood in July 1789 atGrimsmoen and Stormoen in Folldal based on sedimentological proxiesand flood modeling.
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Thea Skar Conradi
Oslofjorden - hvordan forstår og håndterer norske kommuner sitt ansvar?
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Per Ola Engen
Analyse av hvordan jøkullap fra 1989 og frem til i dag har påvirket ogendret landskapet fra Svartisheibreen, langs Tverråga og til Glomdalen, Vestre Svartisen, Nord-Norge.
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

Anni-Reetta Kristiina Häkkilä
Conservation-induced human migration in Narok County, Kenya
Supervisor: Connor Joseph Cavanagh

Andreas Hesjedal Hartwig
Identifying Infrastructural Obstacles in the supply chain of small fish-cross border trade in the Lake Victoria region.
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Victor Holsten
Stedsutvikling i Bergen
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Celine Hjørnevik Høisæter
Skog i urbane områder
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas
Co Supervisor: Gidske Leknæs Andersen

Dina Sofie Aeschlimann Isene
Gråorens (Alnus incana) rolle i vegetasjonssuksesjon i breforlandet i Bødalen, Stryn
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas

Ingunn Kyllingstad
Primærsuksesjon i breforland, fasilitert av nitrogenfikserende tiriltunge
Supervisor: Ole Reidar Vetaas

Conor Matthews
Early Holocene marine palaeoclimate and environmentalreconstruction through sclerochronological analysis of Arctica islandicafrom lake Rensåvatnet in southern Troms, subarctic northern Norway.
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

Christina Achieng Ngoje
Current trends in the availability and access for consumers of Omena vs. farmed tilapia in Kisumu markets
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Rita Joao Pascoal de Figueiredo
Reconstructing sea-Level changes and land uplift in Rødøy, Northern Norway
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Lars Kristian Ramsli
Kartlegging av kystformer og relative havnivåendringar på Bokn iholocen, ein studie or isolasjons-basseng.
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

William Robert
Quaternary Geologic Mapping of Tylldal
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Sasa Sehic

Katarzyna Marta Sikorska
Wine grapes in Norwegian agriculture: an exploratory study of Norway's potential forwine grape cultivation due to climate change
Supervisor: Peter Andersen
Co-Supervisor: Darius Kviklys, NIBIO

Andreas Heian Slettevold
Cars and Karst in Bonnå Valley
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Lyder Skeidsvoll
Hvordan konstrueres bilens rolle i Bergen gjennom lokale og politiskediskurser, hvilken funksjon får bilen og hvordan påvirker dettegrunnlaget for parkeringspolitikken.
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Sabrina Sørfonden
Storeggatsunamien i Rødøy
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Daniel Tveit
Holocene glacier fluctuations at Svartisheibreen, Nordland, and links tosea level and climate
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

Myrthe van Hecke
Relative sea level changes and glacier fluctuations during the early- to mid Holocene at the western side of Langvatnet, south of Svartisen,northern Norway
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Jan Halvor Wallace
Quaternary Geological Mapping of Tylldal
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Tabea Wein
Investigating Subsurface Hydrology and Karst Dynamics in theBonnådalen Cave Systems, Northern Norway
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Oliver Ødegård
Relative sea-level history during the Holocene at Bokn
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog
Co-Supervisor: John Inge Svendsen

Class of 2025

Amanc Aff
Strategisk planlegging for befolkningsvekst i Osloregionen: En komparativ studie av samspillet mellom Oslo og Bærum kommune
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Celina Risa Asmervik
Bre- og klimahistorie under den Lille Istid ved Greinbreen i Breheimen, sentrale Sør-Norge
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Eirik Brandsdal
Forhold mellom Bergen og byfjellene fra et turist perspektiv
Supervisor: Odd Inge Steen

Jakub Fercak
Glacier Hydrology and Ice-cored Moraines in Jotunheimen andDovrefjell, Southern Norway
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund
Co-supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

Vetle Fossan
Groundwater Influence on Streambed Temperature and ThermalRegimes in the Suldalslågen River
Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund
Co-supervisor: Helge Skoglund

Johan L. H. Furre
Quaternary geological mapping and age of early- to mid-Holoceneglacier advances in the Vesterdalen (Glomdalen) area, Svartisen,northern Norway
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Henriette Linge, Kristian Vasskog

Veronika Gorbenko
Land Degradation Trends during Wartime: A Practical Case Study
Supervisor: Gidske Leknæs Andersen
Co-supervisor: Olena Dubovyk

Mathias Myrmel Herdlevær
Occurrence and provenance of «exotic» erratic boulders at Herdlevær in Øygarden, western Norway; implications for the Norwegian Channel Ice Stream, glacier extent in western Norway, and palaeoclimate
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Henriette Linge, Kristian Vasskog

Pål Hjelm
Fuelwood for fish smoking in Ghana
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

Johanne Rasmussen
Demokratiske rom: bibliotekansatte sin praksis på Dokk1
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Barttosz Feliks Raszkowski
The interaction between local communities and business parkdevelopment on Askøy. Challenges and opportunities.
Supervisor: Grete Rusten

William Robert
Late Quaternary Glacial Reconstruction at Ripan, Eastern Norway
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co Supervisor: Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund

Henrik Netland Rolland
Tidlig- og midt-Holocene bre- og klima variasjoner knyttet tilAusterdalsisen i Stillelvdalen og Bjørn Vassdalen, Svartisen i Nordland
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl
Co-supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Ingvild Dahl Rust
Utviklingsstrategier og utfordringer for matprodusenter i jordbruket i Kongsberg kommune
Supervisor: Odd Inge Steen

André Carrillo Simonsen
Investigations of the Ømmertjønn cave system: active karst hydrologyand relict caves
Rannveig Skoglund

Jørgen Hjellestad Sæthre
Endringer i lokalt havnivå rundt Jektvik
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Current trends in availability and access of Omena (small fish) and farmed Tilapia in Kisumu market outlets

Aquaculture and fisheries form the foundation of the blue economy, sustaining food security and livelihoods globally (Boyd et al., 2022). In Kisumu, Omena (small fish) and farmed tilapia are vital for household nutrition and community income. Studying their access and availability helps understand...

Wine grapes in Norwegian agriculture

My master project is an exploratory study of the emerging possibility for a Norwegian wine industry due to climate change.

Assessing Cirque Glacier Fluctuations of Blåskavlen in Lofoten, Northern Norway: A Photogrammetric Approach

The aim of my master’s project is to study the glacier fluctuations of the cirque glacier Blåskavlen, located on the Lofoten archipelago in northern Norway.

An Intersectional Analysis of the Gendered Geographies of Gentrification in Ezulwini, Eswatini

My master's project explores the Gendered Geographies of Gentrification in Ezulwini, Eswatini.

Remote sensing-based land degradation sssessment to inform sustainable development goal 15.3: A case study in Ghana

In his master's project Gamuchirai J Mukura is doing a remote sensing-based Land Degradation Assessment to inform sustainable Development Goal 15.3.

Analyses of Environmental Conflicts and their Impacts; The Case of Oil and Gas Refining in Africa

My project is focused on understanding impacts of environmental conflicts with focus on oil and gas refining in Africa.

Geodetic glacier mass balance and photogrammetry

In my master's project I study modern glacier and climate fluctuations reflected as geodetic mass balance, calculated using UAV and historical aerial imagery at Fannaråkbreen, Jotunheimen.

Gender differences in urban mobility in the context of Accra

The working title of my thesis is: How can knowledge about gender specific mobilities inform in the planning processes for sustainable transportation systems in Accra, Ghana?

Food security and the COVID-19 crisis: the importance of cross-border fish trade

In her master's thesis, Maïlys Rouillé studies the important contribution of cross-border fishtraders to food security in Ghana and its surrounding countries during the COVID-19 crisis.

The social impact of the renewable energy transition

In her master's project Amber Nordholm is looking at the social impact of the renewable energy transition through a case study in Portugal.

Study of glacial lake outburst floods in Bhutan

My project is about remote sensing of glacial lake outburst floods (GLOFs) in the Bhutanese Himalaya range between the 1990s to present day.

Holocene glacier and climate variability at Sulitjelmaisen, northern Norway and Sweden

For my master project I reconstructed the last 11,500 years worth of glacier and climate changes at a glacier complex called Sulitjelmaisen in the subarctic, focusing on the largest glacier called Salajekna.

Agricultural innovation in Arun Valley, Nepal

My master project is about agricultural innovation in Arun Valley, Nepal: innovation capacity in response to climatic and non-climatic uncertainties.

Addressing impacts of oil and gas extraction on fishing in Axim

My master prosject is addressing fisheries governance and the concerns of fisher folks with regards to oil and gas extraction activities in Axim, Ghana.

Food insecurity during the lean season

My master project study focuses on food insecurity in smallholder farmers household during the Lean season in the Guinea Savanna zone of Ghana with Navrongo as the study area.

Master student Til Prasad Pangali Sharma.

Livelihood vulnerability and adaptation strategies to flood

In my master project I study livelihood vulnerability and adaptation strategies to flood: A case from Kailali district, Nepal.

Master student Moses Mosonsieyiri Kasanga.

Mechanization of smallholder Agriculture and its implications on Land use and Farm Productivity

In his master project he studies Mechanization of smallholder Agriculture in the Northern Savanna of Ghana and its implications on Land use and Farm Productivity.

Master student Ernestina Ohenwaah Denchie.

Land governance and competition for space in Ghana’s emerging oil city, Sekondi-Takoradi

In her master project she studies Land governance and competition for space in Ghana’s emerging oil city, Sekondi-Takoradi.

Integration of Ghanaian immigrants in Bergen's labour market and their contribution to development at home

In her master project, Rosina Badwi studies Integration of Ghanaian immigrants in Bergen's labour market and their contribution to development at home.

Economic Sustainability of Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil Palm Industry in Ghana

In her master project Cynthia Adeho studies Economic Sustainability of Foreign Direct Investment in the Oil Palm Industry in Ghana: The Case of Norpalm Ghana Limited and Small-scale farmers.

The impacts of the oil and gas industry on the livelihoods of men and women working in the fisheries

In her master project Victoria Dowokpo studies The impacts of the oil and gas industry on the livelihoods of men and women working in the fisheries: A study of Shama, Ghana.

Forest resource access and its impact on rural livelihoods in Ghana

In his master project Herbert Tetteh studies Mechanisms and manoevres of forest resource access and its impact on rural livelihoods in Ghana. Master student Herbert Tetteh presents his master project and his experiences with field work and beiing a geograpy student in Bergen.

Re-development of the Takoradi Market Circle in Ghana and its impacts on the market traders

In her master project Joanna Amiteye studies Re-development of the Takoradi Market Circle in Ghana and its impacts on the market traders. Joanna Amiteye presents her master project and her experiences with field work and beiing a geograpy student in Bergen.

28.01.2026