Working on the Arctic – in Houston, TX

Senior Research Scientist Rachel Tiller, who leads the workpackage on Geopolitics and Stakeholders in the Regimes project, left for Houston, TX and a year as the Fulbright Arctic Chair at Texas A&M University at Galveston in August 2018. She will be staying there, working on Regimes issues with project Scientific Advisor – Assistant professor Elizabeth Read More …

REGIMES Svalbard blog: “On-going challenges for locals” by Lisbeth Iversen

The REGIMES project, including students from Amalie Skram High School in Bergen, and Lisbeth Iversen, researcher at the Nansen Center for Remote Environmental Sensing in Bergen, representing the INTAROS project, are on a research field trip to Svalbard this week. Tuesday the 8th of August we visited the Longyearbyen school and had the opportunity to ask questions about the Read More …

Scientific Advisor Elizabeth Nyman arrives in sunny Longyearbyen

Our scientific Advisor Elizabeth Nyman from Texas A&M University at Galvestor arrived for the annual meeting of the REGIMES project today – and brought with her amazing weather with clear skies and magnificent views! Dr. Nyman in an academic and writer who specializes in international maritime issues. Currently she is an Assistant Professor of Political Read More …

Input to new Treaty under UNCLOS

Dr. Rachel Tiller from SINTEF Ocean and Scientific Advisor Elizabeth Nyman from Texas A&M Galveston recently attended a closed session with UNAI (United Nations Academic Impact) at the UN building in New York City. They were two out of three international experts invited to attend a meeting to the General Assembly decision to develop an international legally binding instrument Read More …

REGIMES present at COST Action on Ocean Governance for Sustainability

The European Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) finances scholarly networking collaboration opportunities, and accepts proposals twice yearly and 37 countries are eligible, among these Norway. The goal is to enable scientific breakthroughs that lead to new concepts and strenghtens European resaerch capacity. The program finances workshops, conferences, and short term research exchanges among others. Read More …