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Field work
Addressing impacts of oil and gas extraction on fishing in Axim (18.10.2016)
My master prosject is addressing fisheries governance and the concerns of fisher folks with regards to oil and gas extraction activities in Axim, Ghana.
Barn for food storage in Doba.
Food insecurity during the lean season (17.10.2016)
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.
impact of oil sand
Combustible rights (19.09.2016)
Local indigenous groups in Alberta, Canada embrace change as a survival strategy in the oil sands areas characterized by instability and uncertainty in the wake of the economic recession and devastating natural disasters.
Jakob Grandin and Kristin Edith Abrahamsen Kjærås.
New People at SpaceLab (07.09.2016)
In August two new PhD-students started working at SpaceLab: Jakob Grandin and Kristin Edith Abrahamsen Kjærås.
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Services and the Green Economy (09.08.2016)
The Green Economy Network with the editors Andrew Jones, Patrik Ström, Brita Hermelin and Grete Rusten launches an international book about role of services in the Greening of the Economy.
Terje Tvedt at BSRS2016
It is time to rename Earth (13.06.2016)
Professor Terje Tvedt criticizes Social Sciences for being “water blind”.
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Post-disaster community resilience in Nepal (03.06.2016)
On the 25th and 26th of April and 12th of May Nepal was struck by massive earthquakes. One year later we wanted to explore which farming systems fared better or worse after this natural disaster.
Participants
Power in political ecology (01.12.2015)
Where is the power? Why do poor farmers remain poor? Is the dominance of the global oil companies eternal and inevitable? How do local politics and power relations influence climate adaptation projects? Can conflicts of interest be turned into constructive dialogue in planning processes?
Kari Elida Eriksen og Marikke Wulff Wathne
Beyond interesting: Reflections from first-time conference participants (05.11.2015)
As master students in human geography, quite a lot of our time is dedicated to discussing issues related to our subject. Heated debates over the philosophy of sciences and whether or not the current environmental crisis can be solved through social revolutions or new types of city planning are normal aspect of our days.
Til Prasad Pangali Sharma
Livelihood vulnerability and adaptation strategies to flood (29.10.2015)
In my master project I study livelihood vulnerability and adaptation strategies to flood: A case from Kailali district, Nepal.
Master student Ernestina Ohenwaah Denchie.
Land governance in Ghana’s emerging oil city (27.10.2015)
In my master project I study land governance and competition for space in Ghana’s emerging oil city, Sekondi-Takoradi.
Master student Rosina Badwi.
Integration of Ghanian immigrants in Bergen (27.10.2015)
In my master project, I study integration of Ghanaian immigrants in Bergen's labour market and their contribution to development at home.
Master student Moses Mosonsieyiri Kansanga.
Mechanization of smallholder Agriculture (27.10.2015)
In my master project I study Mechanization of smallholder Agriculture in the Northern Savanna of Ghana and its implications on Land use and Farm Productivity.
The organisers were researchers connected to the Spaces of Climate and Energy Lab (SpaceLAB, LINK) at the Department of Geography
Beyond Oil conference (26.10.2015)
Are we moving beyond oil? How are climate and energy transformations experienced in different parts of the world? What measures do we need to take to move our energy systems in a renewable direction?
David Collste and Therese Bennich accept the Barry Richmond Scholarship Award 2015
Barry Richmond Scholarship Award to master students (12.08.2015)
Three of our master students in system dynamics received a prestigious award at the 2015 International System Dynamics Conference in Boston, USA.
Andrea Bassi on the green economy (19.06.2015)
Dr. Andrea Bassi, Founder and CEO of KnowlEdge Srl, discusses ideas, indicators and practices surrounding the concept of "green economy", explaining how it would work in practice and barriers to change.
Madhab Prasad Bhusal
Obituary Madhab Prasad Bhusal (13.05.2015)
We are deeply sad to announce the loss of Madhab Prasad Bhusal, who took his M.Phil. degree at Department of Geography from 2005-2007.
Flåmvassdraget.
Changes and transitions in Western Norway (29.04.2015)
Academic staff from every strand of the geography discipline at the Geography department met in Flåm to take a closer look at the damages caused by the big flood last autumn, and to survey the reconstruction of the protected watercourse in the Flåm valley.

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