Restorying Ma’ohi Nui with Island Lives, Ocean States

Vehia Wheeler introduces the Ma’ohi Nui project, a collaboration with the Island Lives, Ocean States project aiming to uplift voices, knowledge and perspectives on the ocean among indigenous populations in Mā‘ohi Nui (French Polynesia). Vehia is co-founder of Sustainable Oceania Solutions and was elected Obama Foundation Asia-Pacific Leader for Tahiti in 2020. The OceanStates project Read More …

Tropical cyclones and ocean heat energy in the Southwest Pacific

PhD candidate Ashneel Chandra offers a brief outline of his recently published paper, co-authored with his Master’s degree advisor at The University of the South Pacific (USP), Professor Sushil Kumar, on their study of tropical cyclones TC Pam (Vanuatu 2015) and TC Winston (Fiji 2016).   In a new paper published in the American Meteorological Read More …

Navigating UN docs – the making of the OceanStates Document Collection

Anja Marie Solheim compiled the OceanStates project’s online UN Documents and IPCC reports collections (have a look!). In this blogpost she shares her own experiences with navigating UN websites and systems as an intern at the United Nations in New York, and how this – in our opinion – made her such a valuable resource Read More …

OceanStates reassembles at Solstrand seminar

OceanStates is back in session after the summer here in Bergen, and to set the rhythm for the autumn months, the group gathered for a two-day intensive seminar at Solstrand hotel in the municipality of Os, to discuss their progress and plans moving forward.     The Postdoctoral fellows and their supervisors each presented the Read More …

Research in the time of Corona: A brief update from the OceanStates team in Bergen

A brief update on what members of the OceanStates team have been up to in the past weeks, while offices and borders have been closed to prevent the further spread of COVID-19.     Since mid-March, the University of Bergen has been closed to most employees and students to ensure social distancing during the worst Read More …

Launch of the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme

  On Tuesday 28 April, Edvard Hviding participated in the virtual launch of the Norway-Pacific Ocean-Climate Scholarship Programme (N-POC) at the United Nations. The programme is funded by Norway’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Norad (the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) for 2021-2024, and is a partnership between the University of Bergen in Norway and Read More …

All I want for Christmas is an ocean-climate nexus: Reflections from COP25 in Madrid

In this post, anthropologist Dr. Camilla Borrevik offers some insights into events and developments that took place at COP25 in Madrid (December 2019), with special attention to the connection between ocean and climate in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Hopes were high ahead of the United Nations (UN) climate talks at the Read More …

Annual ANZORA conference in Lublin, Poland

Dr. Joanna Siekiera sums up this year’s annual Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Research Association (ANZORA) conference in Lublin, Poland.     On 13 December 2019, I organized the annual conference for the Australia, New Zealand, Oceania Research Association (ANZORA) in Lublin. This was the 11th edition of the ANZORA national conference, which gathers Polish scientists Read More …