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Getting my first Fulbright in 2011
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Daddy comes to Santa Barbara
Bella and Mom, fun in the sun!
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  • Annual Meeting,  fisheries,  H2020,  Research,  Smartfish

    Aberdeen – 2nd annual meeting for Smartfish

    February 8, 2020 /

    Smartfish is another Horizon 2020 project I am involved in – this one I am Project Leader for and work closely with the SINTEF Ocean team on coordinating the project – and this trip was the second annual meeting – we are halfway through the project, and it was time for us to discuss how to continue with the testing part of the project. SMARTFISH H2020 is an international research project which aims to develop, test and promote a suite of high-tech systems for the EU fishing sector. The goal is to optimize resource efficiency, improve automatic data collection for fish stock assessment, provide evidence of compliance with fishery regulations…

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    An Arctic conference in Hawaii – yes please!

    August 19, 2019

    Blog post in the Washington Post

    September 19, 2018

    As the third round of BBNJ negotiations start in NYC…

    August 20, 2019
  • Brussels,  COASTAL project,  H2020,  Research,  Review meeting

    Brussels and the 18 month review

    January 27, 2020 /

    One of the research projects I have a work package leader role in is called COASTAL – and it is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. In this project, we take advantage of a unique multi-actor collaboration of coastal and rural business entrepreneurs, administrations, stakeholders, and natural and social science experts in our networks, and we developed a proposal where one of the aims was to formulate and evaluate business solutions and policy recommendations that had as its aim to improve coastal-rural synergies that could in turn foster rural and coastal development while still preserving the environment. My role in this project is to lead…

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    TEDx style talk – how to prepare

    November 5, 2018

    When school shootings become real

    November 14, 2018

    Article on the Plasticene

    May 8, 2019
  • fisheries,  H2020

    Bergen – January 2020

    January 5, 2020 /

    As soon as the New Year was over and regular work started, I flew straight over to Bergen to see my good colleague Dorothy and her colleague Jeppe – we are writing a proposal to Horizon2020 on fisheries and I needed input and help from Dorothy – we have worked together for many years and on many projects and proposals and she is excellent at what she does! I was only there for a day and a night – but despite what is said about how most things dont need trips – well – some things do – and working on proposals together is one of those things that in…

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    Skatteetaten – updated tips from the origin

    May 30, 2018

    NAV and voluntary membership in the Norwegian Social Security System

    July 22, 2018

    School har started!

    August 30, 2018
  • GoJelly,  H2020,  Jellyfish,  On the move,  Research

    Annual Meeting – GoJelly! in Piran, Slovenia

    November 24, 2019 /

    What an amazing week in Slovenia! I sometimes pinch myself at how lucky I am to get to work on such exciting projects with a fantastic group of people from not only all over Europe – but also from within my own organization and my town! I had never been to Slovenia before – and did not know much about the country – but it has a very small coast line but a big personality! It is on the Adriatic sea, north of Croatia, south of Austria, and across the pond from Italy – and it was so quaint and sweet a place. We got there the day before, and…

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    Article on the Plasticene

    May 8, 2019

    Texas plastic pollution symposium

    October 30, 2018

    Finding a home in a different country

    March 11, 2018
  • Conference,  Dissemination,  fisheries,  GoJelly,  H2020,  Jellyfish

    South Africa, jellyfish and infiltrating a natural science conference

    November 6, 2019 /

    The GoJelly! project has taken me to South Africa now – Cape Town specifically! I was one of the convenors of the session on the Human-Jellyfish Nexus where the aim of the session was to place jellyfish within a larger system – namely the socio-ecological system – and bring attention to its effect – and possibility as use as a resource. I had the honor of kicking off the session with discussing GoJelly results from WP7 (Socio-Ecological System and Games), specifically the results from the questionnaire that was sent out throughout Europe in autumn of 2018. This questionnaire, which was distributed in 8 different languages and sent out via Facebook…

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    Date set for VISA interview!!

    March 11, 2018

    My first visit to Texas A&M University at Galveston

    April 27, 2018

    Countdown is ON!

    July 22, 2018
  • Article published,  fisheries,  Popular Science,  publication

    So – what’s up with Brexit – and the ocean?

    September 12, 2019 /

    Most of you have heard of Brexit, but do you know what the implications may be for the ocean, and the resources that are harvested once the UK goes through with its withdrawal? Together with my colleague Michael Harte at Oregon State University, we have a couple of publications to point you in the direction of knowing precisely more about this. The first is an academic article published in ICES Journal (Countering a climate of instability: the future of relative stability under the Common Fisheries Policy) and the second is a follow-up blog post in Secure Fisheries. What does Brexit have to do with fisheries? Take the comment from the…

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    We are on the move again!

    January 3, 2018

    SHARE this questionnaire! You could win an iPad!

    November 13, 2018

    Fulbright award ceremony

    June 6, 2018
  • BBNJ,  GoJelly,  H2020,  Plastic pollution

    A Quick Trip to Brussels – 18 months of GoJelly to report on!

    August 25, 2019 /

    It is incredible that the crazy fun project GoJelly – a gelatinous solution to plastic pollution – is already done with its first 18 months – and that we are reporting on it too! The report went very well – and I am proud to be part of this team that is looking at how to exploit jellyfish blooms to develop new products – like cosmetics and food – as well as the innovations we are spearheading in also using the mucus from the jellyfish to develop a filter that can capture microplastics from waste water treatment plants. My job in this project is to lead the work on “Socioecological…

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    Fulbright grantee Award Seremony

    June 14, 2011

    Texas plastic pollution symposium

    October 30, 2018

    Annual Meeting – GoJelly! in Piran, Slovenia

    November 24, 2019
  • Article published,  BBNJ,  Dissemination,  GoJelly,  publication,  UN

    As the third round of BBNJ negotiations start in NYC…

    August 20, 2019 /

    The second article that Elizabeth Mendenhall, Elizabeth Nyman and Elizabeth De Santo and I have written about the BBNJ negotiations in Marine Policy is published – and my fourth article about the negotiations in total so far (two more are under review – and we have at least three more on the writing block). This article that we published today – as the third substantive session of negotiations started yesterday in NYC – is a review and our perspectives on the second round of negotiations that took place in March and April of this year – published in Marine Policy. Abstract to “A soft treaty, hard to reach: The second…

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    The Fulbright brochure 2018

    May 30, 2018

    Annual Meeting – GoJelly! in Piran, Slovenia

    November 24, 2019

    Planning for visiting scholar years with family – where to go?

    March 19, 2018
  • Arctic,  BBNJ,  Conference,  GoJelly,  Plastic pollution,  Traveling

    An Arctic conference in Hawaii – yes please!

    August 19, 2019 /

    August 14th-16th 2019, I went to the North Pacific Arctic Conference (NPAC), co-organized by the East-West Center and the Korea Maritime Institute, helt at the international Conference Center in Honolulu – to present on the BBNJ treaty negotiations, as part of my GoJelly project. What a place to hold a conference. Granted – its on the other side of the world – so I am still tired from this trip actually (Hawaii is 12 hours behind us in Norway). I got there a day before it started so that I could adjust – but alas – it was tough since I had only gotten back to Norway from Houston two weeks…

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    Time is coming to an end for my Fulbright year in Texas

    May 28, 2019

    Bergen – January 2020

    January 5, 2020

    Off to New York City, the UN and international negotiations

    September 15, 2018
  • Article published,  BBNJ

    Another article on the BBNJ treaty published

    August 7, 2019 /

    Recently, another article on the treaty negotiations for biodiversity protection in areas beyond national jurisdiction was published – this time I was part of a multi-author group from the Environmental Studies Section of the ISA (International Studies Association). The article is published in the Earth System Governance journal, where one of our authors – Frank Biermann – is the Editor in Chief. The blurb of the journal the following: The journal Earth System Governance addresses governance processes and institutions at all levels of decision-making – from local to global – within a planetary perspective that seeks to align our current institutions and governance systems with the fundamental 21st century challenges of global…

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    The Fulbright brochure 2018

    May 30, 2018

    Countdown is ON!

    July 22, 2018

    Skatteetaten – updated tips from the origin

    May 30, 2018
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Another month of #covid_19 and another project mee Another month of #covid_19 and another project meeting that is online and not in person - this time it’s the @gojelly_eu project that is impacted! I miss seeing my awesome #microplastics and #jellyfish colleagues in person!
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On a rare trip to one of our other @sintefhq offic On a rare trip to one of our other @sintefhq offices - this one in #ålesund on the Norwegian West coast! My colleague showed me around the Norwegian Maritime Competence Center, the #Sustainability think tank @unitedfuturelabnorway and #Newton Møre #sdg
Ready for an election all-nighter - rough day for Ready for an election all-nighter - rough day for my 7th grader tomorrow 😬 #2valg #bidenharris2020
Yesterday, my colleagues and I were given the oppo Yesterday, my colleagues and I were given the opportunity to talk with @cnninternational for the #businessevolved series about the #smartfishh2020 project and @sintefhq role is development of innovative technological solutions for a #sustainable and efficient #fishing industry - filmed by @mhandlykken @synk_media
During these near 8 months of the #covid_19 pandem During these near 8 months of the #covid_19 pandemic travel hiatus, I have learned to really appreciate my diverse neighborhood in all its shades and varieties! #buran #lademoen #trondheim @visittrondheim
“Its not enough to clean the ocean of plastics - “Its not enough to clean the ocean of plastics - we need to stop the flow!” #ethavavmuligheter #lager11  @sintefhq @ntnuoceans @wwfnorge
The annual meeting for the @summerh2020 project ha The annual meeting for the @summerh2020 project has finished - we were in #bilbao last year and on #teams this year. Miss the spontaneous discussions, fun dinners, wine for lunch and artsy historical city by night! Fingers crossed we can have in-person meeting next year!
I may not travel as much anymore but that’s ok w I may not travel as much anymore but that’s ok when my town is as fantastic as this one 🥰
What a great day for work with #stakeholders on th What a great day for work with #stakeholders on the #Microfibre project funded by @forskningsradet at @sintefhq  #marineplastic #plasticpollution
I am at an actual honest to God airport - my first I am at an actual honest to God airport - my first time since the end of February! Day trip to Oslo for a real-life workshop!
Taking my @siphoncoffeetx on a hike in #estenstadm Taking my @siphoncoffeetx on a hike in #estenstadmarka in Norway - we’re a long way from #texas and @houstoncity now!
Celebrating 5 submitted proposals for research gra Celebrating 5 submitted proposals for research grants by opening one of my last bottles of wine from California- @fessparkerwinery #chardonnay
Explorer my owm city of #trondeim and some awesome Explorer my owm city of #trondeim and some awesome #murals #muralstreetart and finished with a falafel burger at #superheroburger - pretty awesome Saturday @visittrondheim
Wandering in Norway is not complete without #kvikk Wandering in Norway is not complete without #kvikklunsj and mountains! #godsommernorge  #sommer2020 #ekkertind #hikersofinstagram
Hiking with my friends, wandering the Norwegian wi Hiking with my friends, wandering the Norwegian wilderness ❤️
My Saturday office at @starbucks downtown- crunch My Saturday office at @starbucks downtown- crunch time when project proposal deadlines are coming up for both @forskningsradet and #horizon2020 at the beginning of September 😅
And so it begins - my oldest child starts his BA i And so it begins - my oldest child starts his BA in International Studies at @unioslo - and I am a parent on campus, taking the tour and  bursting with pride 🤩
Catching up on reviewing articles at a cafe on a S Catching up on reviewing articles at a cafe on a Saturday makes it more fun than work 😎
Working from the cutest coffee shop in town and me Working from the cutest coffee shop in town and meeting with my colleagues from @ntnuoceans for #horizon2020 proposal work! A good vacation day 😎
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  • Bergen – January 2020
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