New PhD course: We are offering a course for PhD Fellows and postdocs that explores how 'green transformation' affects people's ability to access the natural resources on which they rely. Course dates: 3-7 June 2024. Application deadline: 20 May 2024:
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What we eat has important consequences for our health, the environment and society. Welcome to a half day conference about the science and politics of food systems. 30 April at Litteraturhuset. Free event with lunch, registration required.
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Fresh doctoral research from our faculty on the compexities of climate change adaptation in the drylands of southern Kenya: nmbu.no/en/research/co…

A study of the abundance of common tree species in tropical forests in Africa, Amazonia & SE Asia estimates that just 1053 species comprise half of Earth’s 800 bill. tropical trees with trunk diameters of at least 10cm. Aida Cuní-Sanchez in nature: nature.com/articles/s4158…

– Etter at Frankrike ble kastet ut av Sahel, og etter at vestlig bistand og diplomati er blitt sterkt redusert, kjemper militærregimer og jihadister om kontrollen, skriver Tor A. Benjaminsen i Panorama (meninger):
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Today! Registration deadline for physical attendance of the green subsidy debate at Deichman Bjørvika this week. Sign up here: nmbu.no/forskning/arra…

#vacancies
We have 3 funded PhD positions available:
Sustainable harvesting of wild Animals and (separately) wild plants in African forests and impacts on carbon stocks; and Community-oriented policing and post-conflict police reform
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Don't forget to sign up today to join the green subsidies debate over a free breakfast at Deichman Bjørvika (and online). Register now if you would like to attend in person. Event is in Norwegian. Register here: alumni.nmbu.no/Events/45/Apply
#Endringsloggen

Morten Jerven i Klassekampen: klassekampen.no/artikkel/2024-…

Skal staten sponse Tesla’n din?
Norske veier er tapetsert med elbiler – bør staten da fortsatt subsidiere? Velkommen til frokostseminar i serien #endringsloggen .
21. mars på Deichman, Bjørvika nmbu.no/forskning/arra…

#vacancy : In a world facing conflict, climate change, migration, racism, poverty & inequality, there's an urgent need for research on how police reform can contribute to improved societal security & trust. ICT4COP Center has a PhD scholarship:
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New Nature study provides compelling evidence that climate change impacts on indigenous peoples & local communities are ongoing, tangible, widespread, and affect multiple elements of their social-ecological systems. With Aida Cuní-Sanchez Communications Earth & Environment nature.com/articles/s4324…

Afrika er blitt arena for maktkampen mellom flere av landene i Midtøsten. Rivaliseringen er mellom Qatar og De forente arabiske emirater, og Emiratene er på mange måter på offensiven i Afrika, sier stig jarle hansen i Panorama panoramanyheter.no/emiratene-iran…

Rare earths, geopolitics and a village called Ulefoss. Strategic autonomy meets local democracy at the resource frontier while Europe pushes ahead with the green transition, write Anna-Sophie Hobi (Noragric PhD Fellow) Lara Santos Ayllón & Håkon da Silva Hyldmo in Social Europe socialeurope.eu/rare-earths-ge…

Our amazing Global Environmental Politics students are making waves on the airwaves! They recently hosted a live podcast on Radio Nova on the links between indigenous peoples & environmental governance in Norway & Chile 🙌

Great news (yet again!) that NMBU students are the most satisfied in Norway with their university and life as students (and hint, hint, exciting news to come on our IR program's great performance in this survey as well!) nmbu.no/studier/nmbu-h…

John Kerry sier USA prioriterer klima. Guri Bang kommenterer på NRK TV's Nyhetsmorgen (fra 00:38:25) tv.nrk.no/program/NNFA05…

People need to be provided with the appropriate knowledge & skills to choose the right climate policy options if rapid & just transformations to low-carbon societies are to happen, write Hanne Svarstad, Tor A. Benjaminsen & co in a nature article published in December: nature.com/articles/s4155…