Research topic

Renewable energy

Torbjørn Forseth

Salmonid ecology and management (leader of Scientific Advisory Committee for Atlantic Salmon Management in Norway), regulated rivers, life history, evolutionary biology (thermal adaptation, character displacement) and functional biodiversity, bioenergetics, climate change, environmental pollution (radioactivity, acid rain), and research administration (two years as Research Director, two years as Assisting Research Director and one year as Research Coordinator)


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Frank Ole Hanssen

  • Cartography, GIS and remote sensing
  • Spatial modelling and analysis
  • Tool development (ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online/Enterprise, Google Earth Engine)
  • Cloud computing (Google Earth Engine)
  • Project management and counseling 

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Bård Gunnar Stokke

Evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, conservation biology and ornithology (birds). Stokke is working on topics related to renewable energy (wind power and infrastructure like power lines), red listed species, alien species, Norwegian breeding bird census, brood parasitism, recreational activities in protected areas and adaptations in Arctic passerines


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Signe Nybø

  • Project management
  • Ecosystem condition and ecosystem accounting
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Nature Index of Norway http://www.naturindeks.no/
  • Radioecology
  • Restoring nature
  • Sustainable development with the focus on biodiversity
  • Synthesis

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Ingeborg Palm Helland

Freshwater ecology, renewable energy, research management, research policy

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Audun Ruud

  • Policy and governance related to production, transmission and use of renewable energy
  • Public engagement
  • Corporate environmental management
  • Environment and climate policy and practice

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Erik Framstad

Main scientific experience covers population and habitat ecology of small mammals in boreal forests and mountain ecosystems. Applied research and consultancy work includes studies and assessments of boreal forest ecology, protected areas, ecological effects of agriculture and forestry on species and ecosystems, environmental impact assessments of infrastructure development projects, as well as assessments, indicators and monitoring of terrestrial biodiversity.

Main administrative experience covers management of NINA's research department in Oslo over > 25 yrs, as well as coordination of terrestrial ecosystem monitoring and major research projects and programmes on boreal forests or cultural landscapes.


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Dagmar Hagen

Ecosystem restoration, restoration ecology, planning, management, plant ecology, seedbank, arctic and alpine vegetation, monitoring, vegetation disturbance and recovery.


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Manuela Panzacchi

movement ecology, spatial ecology, GPS data, habitat selection, ungulates, carnivores, human-wildlife conflicts, sustainable development, adaptive management, reindeer


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Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard

  • Studier av bevegelse og dykkadferd i hekkesesong
  • Arealbruk og konflikter
  • Kartlegging bifangst av sjøfugl
  • Kartlegging og overvåking av sjøfugl

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Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

  • Research scientist focusing on seabirds and coastal seals in marine and polar environments. 
  • Main research topics; population ecology, demography and reproductive biology, diet, food searching behaviour, behaviour and migration using dataloggers (GPS, GLS, TDR and satelite-transmitters) 
  • Great experience with field work under challenging conditions (Antarctica, the Norwegian coast at all times of the year). 
  • Impact assessments, seabirds and offshore oil and wind development, effects of kelp harvesting and disturbance from boats on seabirds.
  • Supervisor of master- and PhD-students and opponent on PhD-thesis.
  • In charge of the Norwegian monitoring programme for seabirds
  • Administrative experience from leadership of several projects and as assistant research director and research director. 


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Tonje Aronsen

Rømt oppdrettslaks, villaks, adferd, bevaringsbiologi og evolusjonsbiologi


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Line Elisabeth Sundt-Hansen

 Skilled in Freshwater ecology, salmonid biology, Biodiversity, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Awareness, Conservation Issues, and Marine Biology. Strong research professional with a Master's degree focused in Marine Biology and a PhD in salmonid ecology from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). 

Research on ecology, physiology and behavior of salmonids. Extensive experience in planning and executing experimental research projects in laboratory, semi-natural environments and in nature. Experience in assessing cost of rapid growth (applied and evolutionary) in salmonids and ecological risk assessment of transgenic salmon. Experience from research on salmonids in regulated rivers and effect of hydropower development. Experience from reserach on ecosystem effects of invasive non-native and native salmonids. Experience in development and use of individual based population model, IB-salmon, and statistical analyses of Atlantic salmon population data.

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Brett K. Sandercock

Arctic, demography, harvest, invasive species, migratory birds, population ecology, ptarmigan, sensitive species, shorebirds, and wildlife management.




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Thomas Kvalnes

  • Ornitology, birds
  • Species determination birds
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Conservation biology
  • Life history theory
  • Demography
  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics
  • Population dynamics
  • Population ecology
  • Population genetics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Statistical modeling
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


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Line Cordes

Animal movement ecology, animal population ecology, (long-term) individual-based studies, mark-recapture modelling (incl. special cases dealing with unknown sex, uncertainty in breeding state, time-varying individual covs etc), movement modelling (kernelUD, brownian bridge, T-LoCoH, HMMs, step selection), population modelling (PBR, iPCoD, matrix modelling etc).

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Roelof Frans May

  • Conservation biology
  • Spatial ecology
  • Carnivore and raptor ecology
  • Renewable energy and wildlife
  • (Strategic) environmental impact assessments
  • Ecological networks and habitat fragmentation
  • Avian radar technology (MERLIN and ROBIN) and radar ornithology
  • Project management and acquisition

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Renewable energy

Torbjørn Forseth

Salmonid ecology and management (leader of Scientific Advisory Committee for Atlantic Salmon Management in Norway), regulated rivers, life history, evolutionary biology (thermal adaptation, character displacement) and functional biodiversity, bioenergetics, climate change, environmental pollution (radioactivity, acid rain), and research administration (two years as Research Director, two years as Assisting Research Director and one year as Research Coordinator)


Show full profile of Torbjørn Forseth

Frank Ole Hanssen

  • Cartography, GIS and remote sensing
  • Spatial modelling and analysis
  • Tool development (ESRI ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Online/Enterprise, Google Earth Engine)
  • Cloud computing (Google Earth Engine)
  • Project management and counseling 

Show full profile of Frank Ole Hanssen

Bård Gunnar Stokke

Evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, conservation biology and ornithology (birds). Stokke is working on topics related to renewable energy (wind power and infrastructure like power lines), red listed species, alien species, Norwegian breeding bird census, brood parasitism, recreational activities in protected areas and adaptations in Arctic passerines


Show full profile of Bård Gunnar Stokke

Signe Nybø

  • Project management
  • Ecosystem condition and ecosystem accounting
  • Ecosystem Services
  • Nature Index of Norway http://www.naturindeks.no/
  • Radioecology
  • Restoring nature
  • Sustainable development with the focus on biodiversity
  • Synthesis

Show full profile of Signe Nybø

Ingeborg Palm Helland

Freshwater ecology, renewable energy, research management, research policy

Show full profile of Ingeborg Palm Helland

Audun Ruud

  • Policy and governance related to production, transmission and use of renewable energy
  • Public engagement
  • Corporate environmental management
  • Environment and climate policy and practice

Show full profile of Audun Ruud

Erik Framstad

Main scientific experience covers population and habitat ecology of small mammals in boreal forests and mountain ecosystems. Applied research and consultancy work includes studies and assessments of boreal forest ecology, protected areas, ecological effects of agriculture and forestry on species and ecosystems, environmental impact assessments of infrastructure development projects, as well as assessments, indicators and monitoring of terrestrial biodiversity.

Main administrative experience covers management of NINA's research department in Oslo over > 25 yrs, as well as coordination of terrestrial ecosystem monitoring and major research projects and programmes on boreal forests or cultural landscapes.


Show full profile of Erik Framstad

Dagmar Hagen

Ecosystem restoration, restoration ecology, planning, management, plant ecology, seedbank, arctic and alpine vegetation, monitoring, vegetation disturbance and recovery.


Show full profile of Dagmar Hagen

Manuela Panzacchi

movement ecology, spatial ecology, GPS data, habitat selection, ungulates, carnivores, human-wildlife conflicts, sustainable development, adaptive management, reindeer


Show full profile of Manuela Panzacchi

Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard

  • Studier av bevegelse og dykkadferd i hekkesesong
  • Arealbruk og konflikter
  • Kartlegging bifangst av sjøfugl
  • Kartlegging og overvåking av sjøfugl

Show full profile of Signe Christensen-Dalsgaard

Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

  • Research scientist focusing on seabirds and coastal seals in marine and polar environments. 
  • Main research topics; population ecology, demography and reproductive biology, diet, food searching behaviour, behaviour and migration using dataloggers (GPS, GLS, TDR and satelite-transmitters) 
  • Great experience with field work under challenging conditions (Antarctica, the Norwegian coast at all times of the year). 
  • Impact assessments, seabirds and offshore oil and wind development, effects of kelp harvesting and disturbance from boats on seabirds.
  • Supervisor of master- and PhD-students and opponent on PhD-thesis.
  • In charge of the Norwegian monitoring programme for seabirds
  • Administrative experience from leadership of several projects and as assistant research director and research director. 


Show full profile of Svein-Håkon Lorentsen

Tonje Aronsen

Rømt oppdrettslaks, villaks, adferd, bevaringsbiologi og evolusjonsbiologi


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Line Elisabeth Sundt-Hansen

 Skilled in Freshwater ecology, salmonid biology, Biodiversity, Environmental Impact Assessment, Environmental Awareness, Conservation Issues, and Marine Biology. Strong research professional with a Master's degree focused in Marine Biology and a PhD in salmonid ecology from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). 

Research on ecology, physiology and behavior of salmonids. Extensive experience in planning and executing experimental research projects in laboratory, semi-natural environments and in nature. Experience in assessing cost of rapid growth (applied and evolutionary) in salmonids and ecological risk assessment of transgenic salmon. Experience from research on salmonids in regulated rivers and effect of hydropower development. Experience from reserach on ecosystem effects of invasive non-native and native salmonids. Experience in development and use of individual based population model, IB-salmon, and statistical analyses of Atlantic salmon population data.

Show full profile of Line Elisabeth Sundt-Hansen

Brett K. Sandercock

Arctic, demography, harvest, invasive species, migratory birds, population ecology, ptarmigan, sensitive species, shorebirds, and wildlife management.




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Thomas Kvalnes

  • Ornitology, birds
  • Species determination birds
  • Ecology
  • Evolutionary biology
  • Conservation biology
  • Life history theory
  • Demography
  • Eco-evolutionary dynamics
  • Population dynamics
  • Population ecology
  • Population genetics
  • Quantitative genetics
  • Statistical modeling
  • Geographic Information Systems (GIS)


Show full profile of Thomas Kvalnes

Line Cordes

Animal movement ecology, animal population ecology, (long-term) individual-based studies, mark-recapture modelling (incl. special cases dealing with unknown sex, uncertainty in breeding state, time-varying individual covs etc), movement modelling (kernelUD, brownian bridge, T-LoCoH, HMMs, step selection), population modelling (PBR, iPCoD, matrix modelling etc).

Show full profile of Line Cordes

Roelof Frans May

  • Conservation biology
  • Spatial ecology
  • Carnivore and raptor ecology
  • Renewable energy and wildlife
  • (Strategic) environmental impact assessments
  • Ecological networks and habitat fragmentation
  • Avian radar technology (MERLIN and ROBIN) and radar ornithology
  • Project management and acquisition

Show full profile of Roelof Frans May

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