Our Members

Viviana Andrea Alder

Instituto Antártico Argentino (IAA), Universidad de Buenos Aires

Inger Greve Alsos

Professor
Department of Natural Sciences, University of Tromsø

Bo Andersen

Guest Researcher
Lead of Steering Group Fram Centre, University of Oslo

Arild Andersen

Professor Emeritus
Section of Geology and Geophysics, Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Thor Bjørn Arlov

Senior Adviser
NTNU / Adjunct Associate Professor at UNIS

Tore Aunaas

Vice President
SINTEF Ocean AS

Lennart Bengtsson

External Scientific Member Emeritus
The Max Planck Institute for Meteorology (MPI-M)

Doug Benn

Professor of Environmental Change
University of St. Andrews

Jørgen Berge

Professor, Deputy Leader AMB (BFE)
University of Tromsø / Adjunct Professor, UNIS

Paul A. Berkman

Associated Fellow, United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) / Faculty Associate, Program on Negotiation (PON) at the Harvard Law School

Rasmus Gjedssø Bertelsen

Professor
Department of Social Sciences, University of Tromsø

Marie-Anne Blanchet

Researcher
Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)

Bodil A. Bluhm

Professor
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Leonid Bobylev

Director and the Leader of the Climate Group
Director and the Leader of the Climate Group

Antje Boetius

Director
Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Center for Polar and Marine Research

Odd Jarl Borch

Professor
Bodø Graduate School of Business, Nord University

Anatoli Bourmistrov

Head of Department
Economic Analysis and Accounting, Nord University Business School

Alvar Braathen

Professor
Geology and Geophysics Section, University of Oslo / Adjunct Professor, UNIS

Asgeir Brekke

Professor Emeritus
Physics and Technology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Camilla Brekke

Director
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)

Harald Brekke

Project's Coordinator
Norwegian Petroleum Directorate

Pål Brekke

Senior Adviser
Space Science, Norwegian Space Center / Adjunct Associate Professor, solar physics, UNIS

Lawson Brigham

Distinguished Professor
Geography and Arctic Policy, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Liqi Chen

Professor
Polar and Marine Research Institute, Jimei University
The People's Republic of China

Arthur N. Chilingarov

Professor
Association of Polar Explorers / RIAC member

Hanne H. Christiansen

Professor
Physical geography, UNIS and UArctic Chair in Permafrost

Robert W. Corell

Adjunct Professor
Department of Ocean Sciences, University of Miami

Stephen J. Coulson

Department Leader
Department of Arctic Biology, University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS)

Susan Crate

Professor of Anthropology
Department of Environmental Science and Policy, George Mason University

Dorthe Dahl-Jensen

Professor
Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen

Salve Dahle

Project Director
Akvaplan-niva

Elin Darelius

Professor
Geophysical Institure, University of Bergen

Richard Alan John Davy

Senior Researcher
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Julian Dowdeswell

Director Scott Polar Research Institute / Professor of Physical Geography, University of Cambridge

Elena Dybtsyna

Associate Professor
High North Center for Business and Governance, Nord University Business School

Alv Egeland

Professor Emeritus
Department of Physics, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo

Bo Elberling

Professor - Director of Center for Permafrost (CENPERM), Department of Geoscience and Resource Management, University of Copenhagen

Birgitta Evengård

Professor
Department of Clinical Microbiology Units: Infectious Diseases, Section of Infection and Immunology

Jan Inge Faleide

Professor / Adjunkt Professor
Section of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oslo / Adjunct Professor, UiT

Stig Falk-Pettersen

Senior Scientist / Professor
Akvaplan-niva / UiT The Arctic University of Norway, Tromsø

Ilker Fer

Professor
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen

Matthias Forwick

Head of Department and Professor
Department of Geology, University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway

Jennifer Francis

Senior Scientist
Woodwell Climate Research Center

Ivan Y. Frolov

Director General
State Research Center of the Russian Federation - the Arctic and Antarctic Research Institute of Roshydromet

Jan Sigurd Fuglestvedt

Research Director/Special Advisor
CICERO

Tore Furevik

Director/Professor
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center / Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen

Geir Wing Gabrielsen

Head of environmental pollution section / Senior Research Scientist Adjunct Professor
Norwegian Polar Institute / UNIS

Roy H. Gabrielsen

Professor
Section of Geology and Geophysics, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo

Tor Gammelsrød

Professor Emeritus
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen

Yngvar T. Gjessing

Professor Emeritus
Geophysical Institute, University of Bergen

Rolf Gradiner

Professor
Institute of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Oslo

Lars Grande

Adviser
Norconsult AS

Franklyn Griffiths

Professor Emeritus
Department of Political Science, University of Toronto

Sten-Andreas Grundvåg

Professor
Department of Geosciences
UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Kirsti Kolle Grøndahl

Honorary Member

Politician
The Norwegian Labour Party

Ove Tobias Gudmestad

Professor
Department of Mechanical and Structural Engineering and Materials Science, Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Stavanger

Bjørn Gulliksen

Professor
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, UiT The Arctic University of Norway

Christian Haas

Professor
University of Bremen and Alfred Wegener Institute, Bremerhaven, Germany

Jon Ove Hagen

Professor
Department of Geosciences, The Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, UiO

John Kendrick Hall

Emeritus researcher in Marine Geophysics
Geological Survey of Israel

Peter M. Haugan

Professor
Geophyisical Institute, University of Bergen

Lassi K. Heininen

Professor
Arctic Politics, University of Lapland

William S. Helland-Hansen

Professor / Adjunct Professor in Sedimentology
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen / UNIS

Robert Hermansen

Former Managing Director
SNSK

Gudmund Hernes

Honorary Member

Researche Fafo / Professor II
Department of Law and Governance, BI Norwegian School of Management

Richard Allen Herr

Honorary Research Associate - Honorary Associate
University of Tasmania

Alf Håkon Hoel

Professor / Professor II
College of Fisheries Science, University of Tromsø / Global Fellow, Wilson Center

Sven Holtsmark

Professor / Director
Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies

Haakon Hop

Section Leader
The Norwegian Polar Institute (NPI)

Øystein Hov

Research Director / Secretary General
The Norwegian Meteorological Institute / The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters

Grete K. Hovelsrud

Professor / Researcher
Nord University /Nordland Research Institute

Ole Humlum

Professor Emeritus
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Henry Huntington

Director
Ocean Conservancy

Jørn Hurum

Professor / Adjunct Professor
Norwegian Center for Paleontology, University of Oslo / UNIS

Rolf Anker Ims

Professor / Scientific Advisor
University of Tromsø / NINA

Òlafur Ingólfsson

Professor / Adjunct Professor
University of Iceland / UNIS

Randi Ingvaldsen

Senior Scientist
INSTITUTION

Martin Jakobsson

Professor / Adjunct Professor
Stockholm University / UNIS

Eystein Jansen

Professor / Strategy Adviser
University of Bergen / Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research

Bjørn Munro Jenssen

Professor / Adjunct Professor
Department of Biology, NTNU / UNIS

Ola M. Johannessen

President
Nansen Scientific Society

Ståle Emil Johansen

Professor
Department of Geoscience and Petroleum Faculty of Engineering, NTNU

Geir Johnsen

Professor / Adjunct Professor
Department of Biology, NTNU / UNIS

Ingibjörg Svala Jónsdóttir

Professor / Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Iceland / UNIS

Roland Kaltenborn

Professor / Adjunct Professor
Biotechnology and Food Science, NMBU / UNIS

Bjørn Petter Kaltenborn

Senior Research Scientist
NINA

Anton G. Kjelaas

Senior Adviser and Researcher

Maike Knol-Kauffman

Researcher
The Norwegian College of Fishery Science, UiT

Nalân Koç

Director of Research Department
Norwegian Polar Institute

Kit Kovacs

Programme leader, Svalbard programme / Adjunct Professor
Norwegian Polar Institute / UNIS

Britt Kramvig

Professor
Department of Tourism & Northern Studies, UiT

Yngve Kristoffersen

Professor
Institute of Geoscience, University of Bergen

Valeriy A. Kryukov

Head of Center of Resource Economics
Institute of Economics and Statistics of the Siberian Branch of the USSR Academy of Sciences

Lars Kullerud

President, University of the Arctic / Senior Adviser to GRID-Arendal Managing Director

Jan Sverre Laberg

Professor
Department of Geosciences, University of Tromsø

Joseph Henry Lacasce

Professor
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Helene R. Langehaug

Senior Researcher
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center

Rolf Langvatn

Professor Emeritus

Thor S. Larsen

Researcher
NMBU

Yi-Fan Li

Professor
Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China

Ole Lindefjeld

Director of Research and Development
ConocoPhillips Norge

Harald Loeng

Retired scientist /Senior advisor at The Centre for Development Cooperation in Fisheries (CDCF)

Maarten Loonen

Senior University Lecturer
University of Groningen

Dag Lorentzen

Professor
Department of Arctic Geophysics, UNIS

Amy Lauren Lovecraft

Professor / Chair
Department of Political Science, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Lasse Lønnum

Senior Adviser
University if Tromsø

Sveinung Løset

Professor / Director of SAMCot / Adjunct Professor
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, NTNU / UNIS

Christian Lydersen

Senior Research Scientist
Norwegian Polar Institute

Amanda Lynch

Director
Institute at Brown for Environment and Society, Brown University

Astrid Lyså

Senior Researcher
Section for Quaternary Geology, Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

Aleksey Marchenko

Professor
The University Centre in Svalbard

Svein Disch Mathiesen

Professor
Sámi University of Applied Sciences

Cecilie Mauritzen

Senior Scientist, Ocean & Ice Group
Norwegian Meteorological Institute

Larry A. Mayer

Professor and Director
Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping, University of New Hampshire

Frode Mellemvik

Professor
Nord University

Thamban Meloth

Director
National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR)

Jürgen Mienert

Professor
Center for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate, University of Tromsø

Heinrich Miller

Professor
Alfred Wegener Institute

Ole Arve Misund

Special Adviser
Norwegian Polar Institute

Rolf Mjelde

Professor
Department of Earth Science (GEO), University of Bergen

Arild Moe

Senior Research Fellow
Frithjof Nansen Institute

Jøran Idar Moen

Managing Director
The University Centre in Svalbard

Atle Mørk

Professor
Department of Geoscience and Petroleum, NTNU

Hans Arne Nakrem

Professor
Norwegian Center for Paleontology, Natural history Museum, University of Oslo

Atle Nesje

Professor
Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research / University of Bergen

Jens Petter Nielsen

Professor
Department of Archaeology, History, Religious Studies and Theology, University of Tromsø

Annika Nilsson

Researcher / Professor II
Division of History of Science, technology and Environment/KTH Royal Institute of Technology / Nordland Research Institute

Mark Nuttall

Professor and Henry Marshall Tory Chair of Anthropology Arts
University of Alberta

Johannes Oerlemans

Professor
Utrecht University

Kristine Offerdal

Division Director for Analysis and Knowledge Base
Norwegian Defence University College

Atsumu Ohmura

Professor Emeritus
Institute for Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich

Kjellmar Oksavik

Professor
Department of Physics and Technology, University of Bergen

Snorre Olaussen

Professor Emeritus
The University Centre in Svalbard

Olav Orheim

Chairman
Fram Museum

Geir Ottersen

Principal Research Scientist
Institute of Marine Research

Rolf Birger Pedersen

Professor
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen

Torbjørn Pedersen

Professor
Faculty of Social Sciences; Nord University

Birger Poppel

Research Project Chief
Ilisimatusarfik, University of Greenland

Pål Prestrud

Director
Statens naturoppsyn

María Liliana Quartino

Head of Department
Department of Coastal Biology, Instituto Antártico Argentino

Ivar Ramberg

Executive Officer and Owner
Ramberg Consulting AS (Ram-Co)

Muthalagu Ravichandran

Secretary to Government of India
Ministry of Earth Sciences, Government of India, India

Lars-Otto Reiersen

Senior Adviser
Department of Research and Development; University of Tromsø

Marit Reigstad

Professor
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø

Paul Renaud

R&D Manager / Adjunct Professor
Akvaplan Niva / UNIS

Elana Wilson Rowe

Research Professor / Adjunct Professor
Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), Centre for High North Business and Governance at Nord University

Lars Petter Røed

Professor Emeritus
Department of Geosciences, University of Oslo

Hanne Sagen

Researcher
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC)

Susan Salomon

Lee and Geraldine Martin Professor of Environmental Studies Secondary Appointment
Chemistry - EAPS, MIT

Gunnar Sand

Vice President Projects
SINTEF

Stein Sandven

Research Director / Adjunct Professor
Nansen Environmental and Remote Sensing Center (NERSC) / UNIS

Anders Schomacker

Professor
Department of Geosciences, University of Tromsø

Hans Petter Sejrup

Professor
Department of Earth Science, University of Bergen

Hyoung Chul Shin

Vice President
Korea Polar Research Institute (KOPRI)

Fred Sigernes

Professor and Chief of Kjell Henriksen Observatory
The University Centre in Svalbard

Anna Sjöblom

Professor
Department of Arctic Technology, The University Centre in Svalbard

Rolf Skatteboe

President and CEO
Kongsberg Satellite Services AS (KSAT)

Brit Lisa Skjelkvåle

Director
Natural History Museum, University of Oslo

Morten Smelror

Director
Geological Survey of Norway (NGU)

Anders Solheim

Senior Geologist
The Norwegian Geotechnical Institute (NGI)

Lars Stemmerik

Consultant
Department of Geo-energy and Storage

Olav Schram Stokke

Professor
Department of Political Science, University of Oslo

Ping Su

Assistant Professor
Tongji University

Camilla Svensen

Professor
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø

Yury Sychev

Director
Center for Arctic and Climate Research, Russian State Hydrometeorological University

Rolf Tammes

Professor Emeritus
Research Group on Security Defence, NUPI

Benkui Tan

Professor
School of Physics, Peking University

Monica Tennberg

Research Professor
Lapin Yliopisto University of Lapland

Katrin Vorkamp

Professor
Department of Environmental Science, Aarhus University

Tony van Eyken

Deputy Director
Geospace Studies, Stanford Research Institute

Timo Vihma

Research Professor, Head of Polar Meteorology and Climatology Group
Finnish Meteorological Institute

Tatiana Vlasova

Senior Research Scientist
Institute of Geography, Russian Academy of Sciences

John Walsh

Chief Scientist
University of Alaska Fairbanks

HuiJun Wang

Nansen-Zhu International Research Centre page / Institute of Atmospheric Physics Chinese Academy of Sciences page

Paul Wassman

Professor
Department of Arctic and Marine Biology, University of Tromsø

Kristine Bakke Westergaard

Associate Professor
Department of Natural History, NTNU University Museum

Jan Gunnar Winther

Specialist Director
Norwegian Polar Institute

Corine Wood-Donnelly

Associate Professor
Nord University

Oran Young

Distinguished Professor Emeritus
Institutional and International Governance, Environmental Institutions, Bren School of Environmental Science & Management

Katarzyna Zysk

Professor
Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies