The Wandering Researcher

Researcher mom on the move!

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  • Visiting Scholar – On the road again!
    • TIPS – point by point
    • Bureaucracy – step by step
  • About my family

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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,  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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    4 project awarded for Christmas

    December 20, 2020

    My first visit to Texas A&M University at Galveston

    April 27, 2018

    School har started!

    August 30, 2018
  • 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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    School har started!

    August 30, 2018

    Fulbright award ceremony

    June 6, 2018

    Instagram – come follow me there too!

    February 13, 2019
  • 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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    Interview with “All About Money”

    February 4, 2021

    Headshots taken at the ISA conference

    April 4, 2018

    TEDx style talk – how to prepare

    November 5, 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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    Planning for visiting scholar years with family – where to go?

    March 19, 2018

    Fulbright award ceremony

    June 6, 2018

    NAV and voluntary membership in the Norwegian Social Security System

    July 22, 2018
  • 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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    Partner might not need extra permission to work from home!

    July 13, 2018

    The Fulbright brochure 2018

    May 30, 2018

    An Arctic conference in Hawaii – yes please!

    August 19, 2019
  • 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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    Aberdeen – 2nd annual meeting for Smartfish

    February 8, 2020

    Brussels and the 18 month review

    January 27, 2020

    Instagram – come follow me there too!

    February 13, 2019
  • 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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    Annual Meeting – Smartfish

    February 16, 2021

    We are on the move again!

    January 3, 2018

    A rare trip to Oslo – mid-pandemic

    September 18, 2020
  • BBNJ,  On the move,  Rachel,  Research,  Traveling,  UN

    Off to New York City, the UN and international negotiations

    September 15, 2018 /

    Part of my job while here in the US is to follow the negotiations of the upcoming treaty on biodiversity protection in areas beyond national jurisdiction, with a special focus (for me) on plastics and the Arctic, with the Arctic ocean being an emerging ocean as the ice is melting and more of it is becoming navigable. The negotiations are taking place for two years in New York City, twice per year, and there was an organizational meeting in April that my friend and colleague Elizabeth Nyman from Texas A&M University at Galveston – where I am affiliated – works, in the Maritime Studies program. The first meeting proper was…

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    YES – I am going to the UN meeting!

    July 17, 2018

    Another article on the BBNJ treaty published

    August 7, 2019

    Partner might not need extra permission to work from home!

    July 13, 2018
  • BBNJ,  Fulbright,  Preparation,  Research

    YES – I am going to the UN meeting!

    July 17, 2018 /

    So very excited today – because I just received my approval from the BBNJ conference secretariat to attend as an ISA representatives to the BBNJ conference, being held in New York from 4-17 September 2018. I have even received my individual letters that iterates the details of my approved registration, including guidance to obtain my temporary UN grounds pass. This is an important element in my Fulbright study as well as my work on marine plastics with the GoJelly project financed by Horizon2020 – and it opens the door for my observational study and in-depth interviews! I have spent the morning finalizing the interview guide, and looking over documents from…

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    Texas plastic pollution symposium

    October 30, 2018

    New this round – spouse needs approval to work as well

    May 22, 2018

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

    May 28, 2019

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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
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 🤩
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