Hello hello! I am a SEAS programme postdoctoral fellow. During work hours, I spend most of my time exploring the ideas and imaginations of blue growth with a focus on deep-sea mining. Not to get lost, I use guiding topics such as knowledge, expertise, power, and the notions of damage.  

Our SEAS team is a group of postdocs from six faculties at UiB. We are privileged to work together, across disciplinary boundaries with a focus on marine sustainability.

Take a sneak peek behind the scenes in our blog! Cannot choose what to read first? Here is one of my favourites from SEAS teammate Paul about neurodivergence in academia. Here is my second favourite about sharing in academia. 

We also have some podcast episodes planned, so follow us on MixCloud. Here is a podcast episode about my work.

In Norway, some of us are also lucky to be part of the AFINO network dedicated to responsible research. Here is my blog post from their thought-provoking, amazing summer school on Engaging in critical research within institutions.

Are you looking for a webinar about deep-sea mining? Listen to this European Marine Board webinar where I presented part of my SEAS research: '"Mitigization" of the deepsea mining policy process in Norway.'

Do you have a shortage of blogs or podcasts in your life? I am one of the writers of the SEAS programme blog and our podcast, where you can learn all things Ocean.

Are you planning to join a summer/autumn school? I have participated in this amazing DLN & AFINO summer school focused on engaging in critical research within institutions. Here is a blog post about its excitement and frustration.

If you enjoy listening to conference talks and discussions, here is a selection from me: 

• The SDG Bergen conference opening session panel (it has some of my work observations regarding the deep-sea mining question in Norway). 

• Here are the wrap-up and recordings of the symposium 'The future of deep-sea mining' that we organized with SEAS Ed at UiB.

Do you, like me, have the privilege to attend conferences? Then we may have met at these:

• Arctic Frontiers 2025 conference in Romsa/Tromsø, Norway. In the science session "Ecosystem-Based Management (EBM) from a Pan-Arctic Perspective," I presented an empirical study in review on deep-sea mining policymaking in Norway.

• The 17th Deep-Sea Biology Society (DSBS) Symposium in Hong Kong. Here I presented an empirical study in review on deep-sea mining policymaking in Norway.

• The Arctic Futures Symposium (2024) in Brussels, Belgium. I was invited as a panel speaker at the side event: 'Sustainable Ocean Development and the Green Transition.' 

• The 2nd Bergen Bathysphere Science Symposium (2024) in Voss, Norway. There I presented my postdoc research.

• The UMC2024 conference in Rarotonga, Cook Islands. I presented our research done with Laura E. Drivdal. The title: ‘Blue (un)certainties: deep-sea mining policy process in the Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge, Norway.’ 

• The Arctic Circle Assembly in Reykjavík, Iceland. I co-organized and moderated a panel 'Beyond deep-sea mining.'

• The Beyond Oil conference in Bergen. I presented the preliminary results of our research with Laura E. Drivdal: ‘The deep-sea mining policy process in Norway.’ 

• MARE People and the Sea conference (2023) in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. There I presented the preliminary results of our research with L. E. Drivdal. The title was: '"Mitigization" of deep-sea mining in Norway.' Additionally, I organized an ad-hoc session titled 'Are there questions that we fail to ask in the time of the blue growth wave?' 

• The Arctic Frontiers conference in Romsa/Tromsø, Norway (2023). I present my research: 'Tracing future production in blue growth projects and research.' 

I have no teaching duties as part of my postdoctoral work. But you can sometimes see me teach short workshops or modules:

• I facilitated three discussion sessions in the ‘Building a windmill: Field course on minerals for the energy transition’ course in Milos, Greece. The focus was on three themes: mineral mining in Europe, energy demand solutions in the UK (with a focus on the work done at the Centre for Research into Energy Demand Solutions), and mineral mining controversies (when good intentions backfire). 

• One module in the Theory of Science and Ethics course (2024-2025) at UiB: ‘Deep-sea mining in Norway: when science meets policy (and all the uncomfortable things that happen there).’ 

• NVivo workshop with Laura Drivdal and Michael Oduro Asante, Digital Lab, UiB.

• One module in the 'Climate Change and Ethical Challenges' course (2023-2024), at NHH in Bergen: 'Climate: who deals with it, who pays for it, who decides, and why would you care?' 

• I joined the "After Development Lectures" in 2023 and 2024. This year I spoke about the future of deep-sea governance research (with an emphasis on Norway).

Here are my favourite five texts based on the work done at the University of Bergen:

• 'Science at the Secretariat of the International Seabed Authority: Post-normal science for recalibration of policy instruments.' This is a preprint available here: <https://open-research-europe.ec.europa.eu/articles/4-252/v1>

• 'Could deep-sea mining sustain sustainability? The international seabed authority and the UN 2030 agenda.' This is an article in Resources Policy, 98, 105332.

• 'Thinking of the Arctic Future(s): When Some Scientists Precariously Promote Deep-Sea Mining.' This is a perspective piece for the Arctic Extractivism Series 2024. 

• 'Havbunnsmineraler: Det er ugler i mosen.' This is a SEAS blog entry.

• 'Share your research proposal to support academic collegiality.' This is also a SEAS blog entry.