Sorry, France, you actually have to want a win. Go England!

In spite of Infantino and VAR, what a great Norwegian World Cup summer this has been! Let’s do it again! #brautsummer

Great students, great speakers, great topic! #GOV

Interested in climate adaptation? Here’s a new read based on the RISKSEC project - all open access: “Adapting to climate change: Implications of risk-based approaches” link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Adapting to Climate Change

This open access book examines risk management as a type of policy logic that shapes and refracts the outcomes of climate change adaptation.

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Balansen mellom narkoterror og oljeterror er ikke helt avklart, føler jeg.

If our students only use AI for their exams and we only use AI to grade their papers, we could all save time and energy by having AI produce the diplomas. Full circle to a debate gone completely in the wrong direction. #AI #Norway

…and next, in an intriguing turn of events, Infantino wins the FIFA award for comedy act of the year.

This was fun! www.uib.no/en/gov/17966...

The 21st SCANCOR PhD course

Between August 25th and 29th, the 21st SCANCOR PhD course was held at the Department of Government.

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Question for those interested in Norwegian climate policy: do you have a “go-to” for a historical overview of Norway’s climate policies, say from 1985 until today? Looking for a list!

Question for fellow climate scholars, regardless of academic discipline: I'm working on the issue of time/temporality in climate knowledge, policies, decisions, etc. From politics to geological periods, decision processes to climate dynamics: any good tips for readings that deal with temporality?

Building roads and infrastructure is insanely expensive, takes time to finish, and so on. We know. But why do we not question the premise for the entire idea of Hordfast? What IS the argument for seeing Bergen, Stavanger and everything in between as one integrated region? www.nrk.no/vestland/sa-...

Så mykje vil Hordfast på E39 mellom Bergen og Stavanger kosta

Prisen på ferjefri E39 mellom Bjørnafjorden og Stord blir 53,7 milliardar kroner. Det er 7,5 milliardar meir enn tidlegare rekna med.

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"Scientific asylums" for US academics in Europe? It's happening. I think I like it, but it is oh so important to remember to be just as forthcoming when equally deserving academics holding other passports knock on our doors! www.khrono.no/300-forskere...

300 forskere fra USA har søkt om akademisk asyl i Marseille

Rektor ved universitetet Aix Marseille, Éric Berton, vil motta forskerflyktninger fra USA. Han oppfordrer andre europeiske universiteter til å bli med på dugnaden, så de får hjulpet flere.

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86% of students that grew up in Oslo and attended higher education there, still resided in the city one year after finishing higher education. I'm thinking the up-and-comers of Oslo may well need to broaden their horizons a little! www.khrono.no/vokser-opp-i...

Vokser opp i Oslo, studerer i Oslo, blir i Oslo

Godt over halvparten av studentene som fullførte høyere utdanning i Oslo blir værende. — Jeg elsker storbyen, støy og bråk, sier student Hilja Stering.

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Det er vår felles kyst. Equinor sitt oljeutslipp. Kan de virkelig hemmeligholde hvor oljen slår på land? For 8 dager siden sendte jeg på vegne av @naturvernforbundet.no en forespørsel til Equinor og til oljebransjens eget oljevern om å få se registreringene av oljepåslag etter Njord A utslippet.

Per-Erik Schulze@pererikschulze.bsky.social · last yr.

Skal vi se. La oss prøve å finne det aktive kartet med observasjoner av oljepåslag bl.a. i fuglereservatene i Trøndelag og Nordland etter Equinors Njord A-utslipp. Noen som vet hvor det er? Miljødirektoratet viser til Norsk oljevernforening for operatørselskap (Nofo), Kystverket og Equinor. 1/

Equinor now starts using the Gulf of America instead Gulf of Mexico. Explains their idea of sustainability, perhaps.

We #standupforscience2025 at the University of Bergen! Look how many people showed up just at a couple hours notice. To our colleagues in the USA: we support you and we hope you have courage to show up for today's demonstrations for science all over the USA and the world: standupforscience2025.org

Stand up! #standupforscience

I have 1 more PhD-related news to share: my last PhD-article has finally been published! In "Less emissions or less freight? Conflicting narratives for sustainable logistics in Norway" I compare public and business narratives of sustainable logistics. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Less emissions or less freight? Conflicting narratives for sustainable logistics in Norway

Logistics is a vital yet energy-intensive sector and policies for sustainable logistics require cooperation between public authorities and businesses.…

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Everyone likes a good and reliable weather forecast. Have anyone ever heard of any political party or campaign that took a clear stand against weather forecasting? The US was suppose to have a robust political system, but when it is possible to dismantle weather forecasting than anything goes.

This geopolitical dumbfuckery has to end. I'm afraid the narcissistic kindergarten behavior, the disgraceful rhetoric and complete lack of insight into what the world actually looks like will have consequences well beyond what the US, Europe, and certainly Ukraine can handle by "making deals".

No US delegation participating in the IPCC meetings prepping the next reports. Another day, another stupidity. www.nrk.no/norge/trump-...

Trump stopper Nasas sjefforsker fra toppjobb i FNs klimapanel

Nasas sjefforsker skal være tvunget til å trekke seg fra toppjobben i FNs klimapanel.

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Don’t know where it’s from (sorry, Edith), but a nice illustration of US policies these days.

Let’s just make sure we’re on the same page here: “the leader of the free world” is not a term applicable to anyone in today’s world, anywhere.

The whole thing is like Titanic heading for the iceberg, except everyone watching actually knows the iceberg is there and can clearly see that the ship is heading straight at it.

Filter Nyheter@filternyheter.no · last yr.

Kommentar: – Norske politikere må snart tørre å gi sin 'trusselvurdering' av at hele USAs statsapparat er i ferd med å bli korrumpert av en anti-demokratisk mafia av oligarker og fascister uten et fnugg av lojalitet til historiske allianser, skriver Filter Nyheters redaktør.

I'm just a political scientist making personal notes - *scribbling* "State sovereignty can be overturned by orange goblins" "States are no different than corporations" "The richest man on the planet can shut down relief for the poorest people on the planet" Let's see, what else?

Brilliant! Help Denmark buy California! Because why not...? denmarkification.com

Help Denmark Buy California – Because Why Not?

Buy it from Trump, the bigliest crowdsourcing ever

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Book burning? If everything was digital in Hitler's 1930s Germany, this is what his book burning would have looked like: deletion of data, removal of websites, retraction of scientific studies, censorship of words like "equity," "diversity," "climate change."

It’s already worse than imagined. Sell your Teslas.

And so the madness begins. Keep calm and carry on, until further notice - let’s prove we’re better.

Important reminder about the unfair distribution of citizen privileges in academia by my great colleagues @iamsubina.bsky.social and @shayanshokrgozar.bsky.social www.khrono.no/kolleger-med...

Kolleger med dårlige pass­privilegier må også få ta del i den akademiske mobiliteten

Hvilket pass du har, spiller en stor rolle for den akademiske bevegelsesfriheten.

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