The Wandering Researcher

Researcher mom on the move!

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Getting my first Fulbright in 2011
Just arrived in Santa Barbara
Yay, here I am with my cool new perfect bike! I love California!
Daddy comes to Santa Barbara
Bella and Mom, fun in the sun!
The whole gang minus dad!
My then three kiddos in California
  • BBNJ,  Fulbright,  GoJelly,  H2020,  On the move,  Traveling

    BBNJ treaty negotiations

    April 6, 2019 /

    The second Intergovernmental Conferene (IGCII) started on March 25th and lasted until April 5th 2019 in New York City. I once again was fortunate enough to be able to participate in the negotiations as an observer, and along with my colleagues Elizabeth Nyman, Elizabeth Mendenhall and Elizabeth De Santo, we spent two weeks gathering data, interviewing participants, developing a database of delegate and NGO/IGO interventions, and writing on articles together. It was  exhaustive – as per usual – but also every rewarding in terms of not only data gathering but also in terms of experience with following negotiations, and learning more about the informal rules of the game – as…

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    South Africa, jellyfish and infiltrating a natural science conference

    November 6, 2019

    Partner might not need extra permission to work from home!

    July 13, 2018

    Welcome to Houston

    August 17, 2018
  • Conference,  Dissemination,  GoJelly,  H2020,  On the move,  Traveling

    ISA conference in Toronto, Canada

    March 31, 2019 /

    The International Studies Association held its annual meeting in Toronto, Canada this year – from the 26th – 30th of March 2019. It was a fun experience as always – and I presented two papers together with my colleague here at Texas A&M University at Galveston, Assistant Professor Elizabeth Nyman. I have gone to this conference for 12 years though, since 2007 – and only missed it twice in these years. It is therefore by .far my favorite conference and I love going there – and I have so many great memories of going there and presenting with the Oceans and Fish people that always .go there as well. This…

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    HELFO… with an emphasis on HEL…

    July 23, 2018

    Texas plastic pollution symposium

    October 30, 2018

    Date set for VISA interview!!

    March 11, 2018
  • Article published

    New Article published in Marine Policy!

    March 10, 2019 /

    Have you ever wondered what multi-trophic aquaculture is? Or have you wondered if there are any environmentally safe options for ensuring a more sustainable aquaculture industry, which in turn would aid in Norway reaching target 14.1 of SDG 14: By 2025, prevent and significantly reduce marine pollution of all kinds, in particular from land-based activities, including marine debris and nutrient pollution. My newest article is written by my PhD student John Ellis – who is living in Santa Barbara, California, while pursuing a PhD from NTNU – my alma mater. He is a very talented researcher and has worked on this article with rigor and I am very happy with the…

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    Welcome to Houston

    August 17, 2018

    Interview with CNN

    November 18, 2020

    Interview with “All About Money”

    February 4, 2021
  • Dissemination,  Popular Science,  Social Media,  Traveling

    Instagram – come follow me there too!

    February 13, 2019 /

    So – I made a separate Instagram account for my work travels because I want to remove that part of my life from my private life (and instagram account) – so if you are on Instagram and want to see pictures from not only my work travels but from work in general – my name there is @researchermomonthemove – not very short or sweet – but WanderingReseracher in any kind of form was already taken 🙂

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    As the third round of BBNJ negotiations start in NYC…

    August 20, 2019

    Off to New York City, the UN and international negotiations

    September 15, 2018

    School har started!

    August 30, 2018
  • BBNJ,  On the move,  Traveling,  UN

    Getting ready for the 2nd round of BBNJ negotiations in NYC

    February 13, 2019 /

    My ISA colleagues and I are planning to attend the second round of negotiations on biodiversity protection in areas beyond national jurisdiction (BBNJ) under UNCLOS in March-April 2019 – and the planning has started. These are the same women that I have now published in the Washington Posts MonkeyCage as well as in Marine Policy with – we informally call ourselves Rachel and the three Elizabeths 🙂 We are all members of the International Studies Association (ISA), which is an NGO accredited to the ECOSOC. This association allows for the distribution of grounds passes for their members, and they can have their members registered as observers to certain UN meetings…

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    Annual Meeting – Smartfish

    February 16, 2021

    Date set for VISA interview!!

    March 11, 2018

    Headshots taken at the ISA conference

    April 4, 2018
  • Dissemination,  Rachel,  Regimes,  Svalbard

    Book chapter in volume on Ocean Governance

    February 8, 2019 /

    My colleague from the Regimes project, Dorothy Dankel, and I recently had published a book chapter in a book called Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas published by Cambridge. Citation for book: Harris, P. (Ed.). (2019). Climate Change and Ocean Governance: Politics and Policy for Threatened Seas. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781108502238 Climate Change and Ocean Governance brings together authors from political science and cognate disciplines to examine the political and policy dimensions of climate change for our oceans. The environmental, social and economic consequences of oceanic change present tremendous challenges for governments and other actors. New and innovative policies for governing oceans and seas –…

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

    September 12, 2019

    Brussels and the 18 month review

    January 27, 2020

    Fulbright award ceremony

    June 6, 2018
  • COASTAL project,  H2020,  Traveling

    A skip, a hop and a dash to Belgium and Greece for a week

    January 15, 2019 /

    January was a crazy month with the Horizon2020 project COASTAL that I am project leader on for SINTEF Ocean, and that I lead a work package on. The project is funded by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme. It involves a unique multi-actor collaboration of coastal and rural business entrepreneurs, administrations, stakeholders, and natural and social science experts where the aim is to formulate and evaluate business solutions and policy recommendations that in time may improving the coastal-rural synergy and thereby foster rural and coastal development, while still preserving the environment.   My role in the project is to lead WP1 on the Multi Actor Analysis. The…

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    ISA conference in Toronto, Canada

    March 31, 2019

    A rare trip to Oslo – mid-pandemic

    September 18, 2020

    SHARE this questionnaire! You could win an iPad!

    November 13, 2018
  • Houston,  School,  Theodore

    When school shootings become real

    November 14, 2018 /

    I followed the Columbine shooting in Colorado spring of 1999. Of course I did. I was living in Minneapolis, doing my BA in Political Science at the U of M Twin Cities, living with my best friend Mariann and the man who was to later become my husband, Arild, in a dingy apartment near campus and we were watching it from our living room which had a mice problem but that was ours nonetheless – and we were shocked and saddened. I saw Bowling for Columbine that came out in 2002, at which time my husband and I had moved back to Norway, with our then 1 year old son William.…

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    Date set for VISA interview!!

    March 11, 2018

    A skip, a hop and a dash to Belgium and Greece for a week

    January 15, 2019

    What kind of home do we want?

    February 7, 2018
  • fisheries,  fishermen,  Plastic pollution,  Research

    SHARE this questionnaire! You could win an iPad!

    November 13, 2018 /

    Please help me – fill out this questionnaire for the GoJelly project on perceptions of jellyfish and microplastics – Bonus – you could win one of five ipads! QUESTIONNAIRE LINK It should not take you more than 6-10 minutes to fill it out and I really want as many answers as possible so please share the survey as well – especially if you know any commercial fishers, or people from the tourism industry or similar. You can find more information about the GoJelly project here – our aim is to develop a solution to plastic pollution that exploits the jellyfish blooms experienced globally and using this as a resource for…

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    New Article published in Marine Policy!

    March 10, 2019

    South Africa, jellyfish and infiltrating a natural science conference

    November 6, 2019

    Fulbright award ceremony

    June 6, 2018
  • Article published,  BBNJ,  fisheries,  Research

    The Once and Future Treaty – newest published article

    November 10, 2018 /

    This is an article that is written by myself and my now three most favorite co-authors from my BBNJ adventures in New York City earlier this school year and it was available online today November 10th 2018. My coauthors are: Elizabeth De Santo Elizabeth Mendenhall Elizabeth Nyman You can download it for free until the end of the year – so hurry up and get your copy before it is no longer open access: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0308597X18307048?dgcid=coauthor The articles abstract is as follows: The current regime governing Areas Beyond National Jurisdiction (ABNJ) as a global commons has resulted in overutilization of fisheries resources and patchwork attempts to regulate resource extraction. States are looking to…

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    Welcome to Houston

    August 17, 2018

    Bergen – January 2020

    January 5, 2020

    Fulbright grantee Award Seremony

    June 14, 2011
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Another #easter in the city - with beautiful weath Another #easter in the city - with beautiful weather no less!  #visittrondheim @brattora
So - what is a Nordic #saltmarsh and why do we car So - what is a Nordic #saltmarsh and why do we care? #Nordsalt is a #biodiversa project where I lead the co-production of knowledge about this with #stakeholders from the #nordic countries! See link in bio!
Another month of COVID-19 and having all meetings Another month of COVID-19 and having all meetings online. This time, its the third annual meeting of #smartfishh2020 - as we are entering its fourth and scheduled last year of this #horizon2020 project!
So.cold.in.Norway ❄️🥶 thats steam from the So.cold.in.Norway ❄️🥶 thats steam from the fjord. Steam. The fjord is cold! It’s steaming because compared to the air, it’s bubbly warm! I’ll just keep on home-officing inside!
New day - New interview! - this time with Hong Kon New day - New interview! - this time with Hong Kong International Business Channel about #smartfishh2020 @sintefhq
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!
Screenshots from our @cnninternational interview f Screenshots from our @cnninternational interview for #businessevolved that aired today! @sintefhq #smartfishh2020
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
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