Learn about research and developments in the Island Lives, Ocean States project
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 …
Much like the rest of Norway, many of us in the OceanStates team are taking our summer break in the month of July. The project will therefore be operationally resting until August, while we step out of our offices to enjoy the summer sun and take in some fresh air. Until then, here are a Read More …
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 …
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 …
Written by Miriam Ladstein, this post draws attention to the work and contributions of Pacific youth in local and global arenas where decisions concerning ocean and climate action are made. This January, I spent a few weeks with members of the OceanStates team in Fiji’s main capital, Suva. Suva is an eclectic city and a Read More …
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 …
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 …
OceanStates postdoctoral fellow Dr. Camilla Borrevik shares observations and insights from the seminar Ocean management: opportunities, challenges and experience, which took place in Oslo this October. On 22 October 2019, I participated in the seminar “Ocean management: opportunities, challenges and experience” in Oslo, Norway. The seminar was organised by the Norwegian Agency for Development Read More …
In this post, Matthew Simpson draws attention to sea-level rise projections for the Norwegian coastline and offers some thoughts on how Norwegian scenarios might contribute to – and benefit from – research in the OceanStates project. What sea level information do we need to plan for the future? That’s a really big question. But it Read More …
Written by Edvard Hviding and Camilla Borrevik. Prior to the UNFCCC COP23 climate change conference held in Bonn, Germany in November 2017 (and hosted by Fiji as COP23 Presidency), new research from Australian ocean and climate scientists showed that in Solomon Islands, rates of sea level rise up to three times the global average, coupled Read More …