Master's theses in Geography 2024

27 students submitted their theses in June 2024. 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 Zoom.

14 June

Sushila Khatri

CHANGING SCENARIOS OF AGRICULTURE AND LIVELIHOOD OF THE CHEPANG COMMUNITY OF GORKHA, NEPAL

Presentation: 10.30 - 11.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 11.00 - 12.00

Examination Committee: Andrei Marin (NMBU) and Odd Inge Steen (UiB)
Supervisor: Peter Andersen

17. juni

Thomas Jesper Berntzen

Stasjonsbyen Ski?
En casestudie om rollen til flernivåstyring i lokal stedsutvikling

Presentation: 08.30-09.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 09.00 - 10.00

Examination Committee: Knut Bjørn Stokke (NMBU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Haakon Berg Smith

Fleksibilitet og forutsigbarhet i planprosesser
En case studie på Mindemyren

Presentation: 10.30 - 11.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 11.00 - 12.00

Examination Committee: Knut Bjørn Stokke (NMBU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Sondre Nerdrum

INDUSTRIELL SYMBIOSE
STRATEGIER OG UTFORDRINGER

Presentation: 14.00-14.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 14.30-15.30

Examination Committee: Alexander Dodge (NTNU) and Håvard Haarstad (UiB)
Supervisor: Grete Rusten

18. juni:

Ingvild Paulsen Vie

Fjordforvaltning på Færøyene 
Forholdet mellom økende marin areal- og ressursbruk, styringssystem og narrativ i det færøyske samfunnet

Presentation: 10.00 - 10.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom).
Oral exam: 10.30 - 11.30

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

Alvilde Tønnesen

Nabolagsorganisering og sosial bærekraft
En casestudie av Bærekraftige liv i Årstad bydel i Bergen

Presentation: 12.00 - 12.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom).
Oral exam: 12.30 - 13.30

Examination Committee: Hilde Nymoen Rørtveit (NTNU) and Grete Rusten (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

Bernard Konadu

PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES IN LINKING LOCAL MARINE FISH PRODUCTION TO THE GHANA SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMME

Presentation: 14.00 - 14.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom).
Oral exam: 14.30 - 15.30

Examination Committee: Elieth Eyebiyi (NMBU) and Connor Cavanagh (UiB)
Supervisor: Ragnhild Overå

19. juni

Ada Withbro Villum

Digital teknologi i pleie- og omsorgssektoren
En casestudie om implementering og bruk av velferdsteknologi - et leverandør og kommuneperspektiv

Presentation: 08.30 - 09.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room 744/Zoom)
Oral exam: 09.00 - 10.00

Examination Committee: Erlend Eidsvik (HVL) og Knut Hidle (UiB)
Supervisor: Grete Rusten

Reazul Karim

The Electric Scooter: a sustainable form of urban micro-mobility transport?
A Geographical Overview

Presentation: 09.30-10.00 (Zoom)
Oral exam: 10.00-11.00

Examination Committee: Thomas Sattich (UiS) and Peter Andersen (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

Ingelinn Marifjæren Gundersen

Sirkulære offentlige anskaffelser
Praksis og erfaring basert på casestudier i to kommuner

Presentation: 10.30 - 11.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 11.00 - 12.00

Examination Committee: Erlend Eidsvik (HVL) and Knut Hidle (UiB)
Supervisor: Grete Rusten

Gustav Slåtsveen

Fortetting i den ytre by
En casestudie om planlegging og utvikling av Sæter i Oslo

Presentation: 12.00 - 12.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom)
Oral exam: 12.30 - 13.30

Examination Committee: Daniela Müller-Eie (UiS) and Håvard Haarstad (UiB)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle

Simen Merckoll Sem

The green transition in a hybrid totality
Heterodox views on the zero-emission prospect

Presentation: 14.00-14.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 14.30-15.30

Examination Committee: Teklehaymanot Weldemichel (NTNU) and Håvard Haarstad (UiB)
Supervisor: Connor J. Cavanagh

20. juni

Daniel Olukayode Yomi-Meleki

ANALYSIS OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONFLICTS AND THEIR IMPACTS:
A CASE STUDY OF OIL AND GAS REFINING IN AFRICA

Presentation: 08.30 - 09.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 09.00 - 10.00

Examination Committee: Erlend Eidsvik (HVL) and Odd Inge Steen (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

Christoffer Solberg Bjønness

Sirkulærøkonomi i havbruksnæringen - en kvalitativ studie av laksefisknæringen i Norge

Presentation: 11.00-11.30 (Zoom).
Oral exam: 11.30 - 12.30

Examination Committee: Gard Hopsdal Hansen (NTNU) and Ragnhild Overå (UiB)
Supervisor: Grete Rusten

Solvår Sæter

Nye tanker om bolig i Bergen
en studie av Delegården og sosial bærekraft i boligutvikling

Presentation: 13.00-13.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom)
Oral exam: 13.30-14.30

Examination Committee: Iselin Hewitt (UiO)) og Knut Hidle (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

Elisabeth Kjærstad Husa

Coworking og regional utvikling
ein casestudie i norske distriktskommunar

Presentation: 14.30-15.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room).
Oral exam: 15.00 - 16.00

Examination Committee: Heidi Bjønnes Larsen (Vestland fk) and Odd Inge Steen (UiB)
Supervisor: Grethe Rusten

21. juni

Anna Bette Gerdina de Bode

New insights into Meltwater Pulse 1a from Empirical Sea-level
Reconstructions and Numerical Modelling

Presentation: 13.00 - 13.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 13.30 - 14.30

Examination Committee: Anders Romundset (NGU) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Kristian Vasskog

Ole Wilhelm Tomter Rød

How to preserve - Peri-urban expansion in Bjørnafjorden

Presentation: 14.00-14.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 14.30-15.30

Examination Committee: Leif Tore Trædal (HVL) and Odd Inge Steen (UiB)
Supervisor: Connor Cavanagh

Thomas Farsund Sjursen

Traces, causes, and consequences of the Glacier Lake Outburst Floods from Austerdalsisen, Mo i Rana, between 1941 to 1958

Presentation: 15.00-15.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room).
Oral exam: 15.30-16.30

Examination Committee: Anne Grete Bøe (EQUINOR) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

24. juni

Emanuel Patrik Berchtold

Glacier and climate reconstruction during the Holocene with focus on the Little Ice Age in Bjellådalen, Austre Svartisen, northern Norway

Presentation: 09.00-09.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 09.30-10.30

Examination Committee: Sigurd Sandvold (HVL) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

Jack Michael Daniel Crouch

Late Holocene Glacier and Palaeoclimate Fluctuations at Gåbrokbreen, Austre Svartisen
An analysis of past glacial extent and palaeoclimate based on fieldwork and theoretical analysis from a conceptual lake model

Presentation: 11.30-12.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 12.00-13.00

Examination Committee: Sigurd Sandvold (HVL) and Rannveig Øvrevik Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisor: Svein Olaf Dahl

25. juni

Oddbjørn Johansen Rovde

Oppskyllingshøyden til Storeggatsunamien i Vestfjorden

Presentation: 10.00-10.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 10.30-11.30

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

Vittorio Maria Brisigotti

The emotional outreach of climate direct actions: alterations of art and space
Stopp Oljeletinga’s alliance building strategy from an activist geographic approach

Presentation: 11.30-12.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 12.00-13.00

Examination Committee: David Jordhus-Lier (UiO)and Connor J. Cananagh (UiB)
Supervisor: Håvard Haarstad

27. juni

Pål Felix Nielsen Rudi

Det Bergenske Potensialet for Urban SOC
En GIS-basert Multikriterie Beslutningsanalyse

Presentation: 11.00-11.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 11.30 - 12.30

Examination Committee: Tessa Bargman (NINA) and Ole Reidar Vetaas (UiB)
Supervisor: Gidske L. Andersen

Leroy Madhosi

THE IMPACT OF BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ON LIVELIHOODS IN RURAL ZIMBABWE: A CASE OF HWANGE NATIONAL PARK AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES.

Presentation: 14.00-14.30 (Deparmtent of Geography, room).
Oral exam: 14.30-15.30

Examination Committee: Anwesha Dutta (CMI) and Ragnhild Overå (UiB)
Supervisor: Connor J. Cavanagh

2. juli

Lina Kaldhussæter

Modern glacier and climate fluctuations reflected as geodetic mass balance, calculated using historical and UAV imagery at Fannaråkbreen in Jotunheimen, central southern Norway

Presentation: 13.30-14.00 (Deparmtent of Geography, room/Zoom).
Oral exam: 14.00-15.00

Examination Committee: Daniel Hölbling (PLUS, Austria) and Rannveig Ø. Skoglund (UiB)
Supervisors: Svein Olaf Dahl og Benjamin Robson