A5052451744- Indigenous Studies and Ecology
- Sustainability and Climate Change Governance
- Forest Management and Policy
- Arctic and Russian Policy Studies
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Environmental Conservation and Management
- Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management
- European and International Law Studies
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Geographic Information Systems Studies
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- Environmental law and policy
- Rangeland Management and Livestock Ecology
- Gender Politics and Representation
- Diverse academic and cultural studies
- Climate Change and Geoengineering
- Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy
- Ecology and biodiversity studies
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- Environmental Sustainability in Business
- Climate Change, Adaptation, Migration
- Cultural Heritage Management and Preservation
- Environmental Justice and Health Disparities
- Ocean Acidification Effects and Responses
Nordland Research Institute
2018-2023
Nord University
2021
Norwegian University of Life Sciences
2015-2018
Successful implementation of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) depends on regional and local authorities’ ability to implement goals in their respective contexts. Through a survey interviews with informants Norwegian municipalities county councils, this paper explores offers new empirical insight into (1) which factors can be identified as facilitating SDGs planning; (2) how are conditioned by different institutional contexts; (3) these from context correspond or differ those...
Ocean-based economic development arising from an increasing interest in the ‘blue economy’ is placing ecosystems and small-scale fisheries under pressure. The dominant policy response for dealing with multiple uses allocation of coastal space through zone planning (CZP). Recent studies have shown that rush to develop blue economy regulate activity can result social injustices exclusion less powerful unrecognized groups (e.g., fishers, women, Indigenous peoples youth). To achieve a primary...
Keywords: large carnivore management1, pastoral communities2, decentralization3, knowledge spheres4, conflicts5. Ensuring sustainable populations while simultaneously sustaining active and viable communities creates conflicts that are difficult to resolve. This article examines how different systems meet interact in governance Norway Sweden. Drawing on a broad range of sources, including observations meetings, public documents, reports interviews, addition local national newspaper clippings...
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are promoted as a global action plan for transformational change. Through calls to localise the agenda, local governments have been made key actors in implementing agenda. In Norway, government ascribes municipalities formal role national effort implement SDGs. Drawing on concept of policy translation, we explore localisation processes at strategic level planning Norwegian municipalities. analysis municipal master plans and interviews with planners,...
International policy trends are always transformed and translated to fit the political administrative systems in which they introduced. An international trend of decentralization has resulted conservation management Sweden Norway that differ, both choice institutional solution scope change. This is surprising, as two countries was originally very similar. Nature managed through hierarchical dominated by bureaucratic experts. While introduced co-management a few protected areas only, devolved...
Abstract For decades, feminist activists and scholars have stressed the importance of integrating gender perspectives into most defining challenge our time: climate disaster. In this article, we analyze official Norwegian policy documents in context regional supra-national levels. We identify a lack connection between equality that is symptomatic general silence on Global North. argue there untapped potential for mainstreaming suggest gendered, disaggregated data issues could be combined...
Increasing participation and community involvement in conservation is often argued to improve the legitimacy of policies management practices. Persistent gender differences local challenge this assumption. This study makes a primary focus Norwegian by questioning whether recent equality have transformed, or rather reproduced, current masculine hierarchies. combines quantitative overview composition on boards stakeholder groups with qualitative interviews actors at national level. The...
This paper seeks to contribute debates on the potential for conservation planning engage actively with conflict. Current research in generally approaches conflict by concentrating challenges of securing agreement and consensus. Recent literature advocates that are more open In analysis a Norwegian regional process wild reindeer conservation, we examine how authorities handled conflict, particular documents portrayed conflicts expressed during process. Findings show aim reaching consensus...
This paper explores what happens when the ideal of sustainable development meets real and pressing problems in coastal zone planning. Insights into how planners understand environmental navigate political visions, knowledge requirements, stakeholder involvement local conditions, are key to understanding develop a holistic approach line with development. The applies Q-methodology identify dominant discourses explore planners' perceptions practices for management. Q sorts were realized...
Abstract The categories and concepts in the existing official land-use maps have been under improvements over recent years; however, this study from Nordland, northern Norway, shows that they continue to pose several dilemmas when aiming better capture impacts of multiple land uses on reindeer herding. While these developments done much communicate presence herding developers planners, there remain significant challenges achieve best practices. In particular, confluence landscape features,...
In conservation planning, maps do important work in producing territories of stronger and weaker protection, spatially fixing special handling development. Because this, mapping are contested, yet there have been few studies their roles planning conflicts. The performance processes affecting a wild reindeer habitat Setesdal, Norway is analysed, asking what the productive how this consequences for status plan itself. case study centres on proposal wind power development, an area designated...