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
  • Article published,  Dissemination,  GoJelly,  Plastic pollution,  publication,  Rachel

    Article on the Plasticene

    May 8, 2019 /

    My newest article – Who cares about ocean acidification in the Plasticene? – was recently published Open Access in Ocean &. Coastal Management. I wrote it in collaboration with a number of fantastic researchers from all over Europe: Francisco Arenas – Aquatic Ecology & Evolution Group, CIIMAR-UP, Porto, Portugal Charles Galdies – Environmental and Management Planning Division, Institute of Earth Systems, University of Malta, Msida, Malta Francisco Leitão – Center of Marine Science (CCMAR), University of Algarve, Portugal Alenka Malej – National Institute of Biology, Marine Biology Station Piran, Slovenia Beatriz Martinez Romera – Faculty of Law, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Cosimo Solidoro – Instituto Nazionale Di Oceanografia e Di…

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    Svalbard, Arctic shipping routes and port development – newest article

    May 28, 2019

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

    May 28, 2019

    Instagram – come follow me there too!

    February 13, 2019
  • 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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    Phuh – finally see the light at the end of the tunnel

    May 16, 2018

    School har started!

    August 30, 2018

    Welcome to Houston

    August 17, 2018
  • 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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    Annual Meeting – GoJelly! in Piran, Slovenia

    November 24, 2019

    Finding a home in a different country

    March 11, 2018

    Countdown is ON!

    July 22, 2018
  • Funding,  Preparation,  Rachel,  Skatteetaten,  to-do-list

    Skatteetaten – updated tips from the origin

    May 30, 2018 /

    So – in searching my own blog and the internet to ensure that I get the correct information in place that will ensure that I get a tax reduction in Norway during my stay in the US – I found this text on a page – and it is approved by the Norwegian tax authorities: It says to: Send in the application for changed tax rate on form RF1102 (which I did not know – so this is new for me – your welcome) Add in a confirmation letter from your employer that has your: Employment information (full time? part time?) Income The project you will work on while in…

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

    January 15, 2019

    Article on the Plasticene

    May 8, 2019

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

    September 12, 2019
  • Fulbright,  Rachel,  TAMUG,  Visiting beforehand

    My first visit to Texas A&M University at Galveston

    April 27, 2018 /

    The last week of April, I went to Texas to: Meet future colleagues and check out campus; Find areas where I might want to live; Find a house; and Find good schools that belong to the neighborhood of said house. This post is about Texas A&M University at Galveston – where I will be working at the Maritime Studies program with Assistant Professor Elizabeth Nyman – a Political Scientist who works on interdisciplinary maritime issues like myself. The Maritime Studies program itself is interdisciplinary and works in collaboration with other programs at TAMUG.  In fact, Maritime Studies students get to choose from classes in archeology, anthropology, history, literature, law, public policy,…

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    Another article on the BBNJ treaty published

    August 7, 2019

    School har started!

    August 30, 2018

    South Africa, jellyfish and infiltrating a natural science conference

    November 6, 2019
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    Headshots taken at the ISA conference

    April 4, 2018 /

    I recently attended the International Studies Associations annual meeting in San Fransisco, and I am very happy with my “very happy” headshots – so happy that I am putting them online for all to see 🙂 I smile a lot and laugh a lot – and these are actually pretty representative of how I at least see myself 🙂

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    Secure Fisheries Symposium in Colorado

    November 9, 2018

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

    January 15, 2019

    Instagram – come follow me there too!

    February 13, 2019
  • Annabelle,  Arild,  Fulbright,  Leaving Paradise,  Rachel,  Theodore,  William

    Final Report to Fulbright

    August 29, 2012 /

    So, I had to finish a final report to Fulbright as part of my grant, and I would like to share it with you here, because it does show a glimpse of how amazing the year was for our family! Living and Working in Paradise Santa Barbara, California. It is a long way to this gorgeous piece of American Riviera from the rainy and dreary and cold city we live in in the middle of Norway, Trondheim. Don’t get me wrong – we love living in Norway and we quite enjoy our town as well, despite the weather. Enter Santa Barbara on the California coast, with sunny skies over 300…

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    January 27, 2020

    Off to New York City, the UN and international negotiations

    September 15, 2018

    Date set for VISA interview!!

    March 11, 2018
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    Home in Norway and it is not as bad as I thought it would be

    July 16, 2012 /

    I have been so scared of this for so long – probably even before I left for the US – the return to Norway… Yet here I am and it is not bad, really… I guess my moms saying is coming true after all – this is what it is in Norwegian and I will attempt to make a fitting translation to English: Det går bedre enn du tror når du tror det går verre enn du frykter. The translation is something along the lines of: It will be better than you think when you think it will be worse than your worst fear. Do you get it? I guess…

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    January 15, 2019

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    September 15, 2018

    Book chapter in volume on Ocean Governance

    February 8, 2019
  • Fulbright,  Leaving Paradise,  Rachel

    Back in Norway

    July 16, 2012 /

    So, I am back in Norway now, and I have filled out the final report for Fulbright, effectively putting an end to this experience and this blog, though I will update on the upcoming culture shock and depression I know is bound to come in a month or two 🙂 One of the questions in the final report – and my answer – was this: Reflect on your Fulbright experience and whether you feel it has played or will play a transformative role in your life, either professionally or personally. Please explain, commenting on the elements of your experience that have made the most compelling impact on you (and/or your…

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    November 6, 2019

    Fulbright award ceremony

    June 6, 2018

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    January 3, 2018
  • fishermen,  Fulbright,  Rachel,  Research,  Traveling

    Last workshops have been finished!

    June 11, 2012 /

    So – on Friday June 8th 2012 I finished up my data-gathering in Southern California with interviews in San Diego, California! I first had a workshop with the Fishermens Working Group in San Diego — https://www.facebook.com/pages/San-Diego-Fishermens-Working-Group/100773763351039 –  represented by the President and the Vice President of the organization! We met at Starbucks near the harbor and talked for 4 hours, creating systems thinking conceptuatlizataion diagram and bayesian influence diagrams and conditional probability tables – it was so interesting and exciting and exhausing. The two participants were both also Sea Urchin Divers out of San Diego: http://www.ifqsforfisheries.org/happening/happ_urchindivers.php – which made for a new and exciting group since I have so far not…

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    May 30, 2018

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    March 11, 2018

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    July 22, 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!
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 🤩
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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