@melinabuns.bsky.social
international, environmental, and energy historian · associate professor at University of Stavanger and the Greenhouse Center · radioactive waste and Nordic environmental cooperation · project leader of Energy Lives! · member of the Young Academy of Norway
Spring has started to sprout and the @greenhouseuis.net is looking forward to full month with events on everything from climate justice in education over the sea urchins on the menu to the architecture of low-voltage cabins.
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#envhum
Join us on March 9 at UiS for a research seminar with Naja Dyrendom Graugaard a Danish-Kalaaleq(Inuk) researcher at Copenhagen University where she will talk about "Cryolite Colonialism,
Epistemic dispossession and Kalaallit Inuit Narrative Sovereignty." Register here: nettskjema.no/a/597455
1/2 Excited to announce our Call for Abstracts for the next Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea workshop, hosted by colleagues at the University of Copenhagen August 20-21, 2026
This year, we also welcome work that looks beyond the North Sea. nors.ku.dk/english/cale...
Some colleagues in my old department in Trondheim are recruiting a PhD candidate in Gender Studies and/or STS on the "Imagining Positive Energy Futures" project. 3 years, fully funded. Norway's a good place to do a PhD and Trondheim's a nice place to live!
We are now accepting proposals from scholars interested in applying for the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships program in 2026. This is a great program for early career (<8 yrs from PhD) scholars to be with @greenhouseuis.net for 2 years on own project.
www.uis.no/en/research/...
Exciting to see the hard copies of this too!! 🤩 @draflint.bsky.social
A good crowd at the Greenhouse @unistavanger.bsky.social celebration lecture with our co-director Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social tonight. www.uis.no/en/research/... #envhum #envhist
1st pub this year. Open access handbook entry. Please share! ✍🏻
#AcademicPublishing #EnvHum
doi.org/10.1007/978-...
February at the @greenhouseuis.net is packed with fantastic academic and social events for and by the #envhum community, starting with a book talk today at 4 pm, as always online, and a perfect way to close the first work day of a week with.
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Unfortunately, it is not possible to sign up for this course from institutions outside of Norway except ECIU partner universities.
Any questions? Please get in touch via the contact info provided on the poster.
If you are enrolled at a Norwegian university, you can register by 16 February, following the information provided on this website: www.uis.no/en/course/EC...
If you are a student at an ECIU partner university or at the University of Stavanger, you can sign up for the course by 8 February, following the instructions on this website:
engage.eciu.eu/learning-opp...
I am running a course on the Histories of Energy Transitions this spring, starting 2 March!
The course is fully online and asynchronous and it is open to students at ECIU universities as well as anyone enrolled at Norwegian universities.
#energyhistory
For more information, see below ⤵
Takknemlig for tilliten fra Kunnskapsdepartementet og Regjeringen (Norge). Ser frem til dette viktige arbeidet om forskerutdanningen i Norge. Veldig kompetent ekspertgruppe, svært solid sekretariat og ikke minst veldig flink leder i Silje Haus-Reve. www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/e...
This was great! (Also excellent carpet)
Kom på festførelesing med @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
28. januar inviterer @greenhouseuis.net til ei open førelesing på @unistavanger.bsky.social for å feire at Dolly har blitt tildelt Gad Rausings Prisen 2025.
Det er ope for alle.
Meir info og påmelding ⤵
www.uis.no/en/research/...
Me har utlyst ei fast fyrsteamanuensisstilling i historie på UiS!
Vår nye kollega skal kome med kompetanse på moderne norsk og internasjonal historie, og her da særleg med politiske og økonomiske perspektivar.
Søknadsfristen er 14. januar 2026
Del gjerne!
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
NEWS 📣 The CUP Element @draflint.bsky.social & I wrote on 'Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain: A Sensory and Emotional History' has been published & free to download here. Thanks to editorial team incl @boddice.bsky.social, reviewers and all who commented on WIP 🙏 www.cambridge.org/core/element...
The @greenhouseuis.net is slowly awaking from hibernation and is starting off the year with book talks by @issygapp.bsky.social and @kbruisch.bsky.social (as always online and open to all) and a special event to celebrate the Gad Rausing Prize 2025 awarded to @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social!
#envhum
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 16 JANAURY !
#histstm #histtech
Update !
Call for papers: 'Beyond the Blue: Interdisciplinary Explorations of Water in Africa'. A conference organised by the Netherlands Association for African Studies (NVAS) in Delft on 11-12 September 2026!
Join us and send in your abstract: www.afrikastudies.nl #envhum #envhist #AfricanStudies
Exciting research news! I have received a Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council for my project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia." Looking forward! More info about the project: www.hf.uio.no/english/abou...
"New cross-Nordic research project on forest cultural heritage" - the official press release and announcement for ROOTS, @wrigleyca.bsky.social's new Nordforsk-funded #envhum project on forest cultural heritage.
Korleis er det eigentleg å vere ung forskar i Noreg i dag?
Saman med @forsker.bsky.social gjennomfører AYF ei nasjonal undersøking for å kartlegge karriereutsiktar, arbeidsvilkår, publiseringspress og psykososial helse blant forskarar under 45 år.
akademietforyngreforskere.no/delta-i-unde...
Me har utlyst ei fast fyrsteamanuensisstilling i historie på UiS!
Vår nye kollega skal kome med kompetanse på moderne norsk og internasjonal historie, og her da særleg med politiske og økonomiske perspektivar.
Søknadsfristen er 14. januar 2026
Del gjerne!
www.jobbnorge.no/ledige-still...
Korleis er det eigentleg å vere ung forskar i Noreg i dag?
Saman med @forsker.bsky.social gjennomfører AYF ei nasjonal undersøking for å kartlegge karriereutsiktar, arbeidsvilkår, publiseringspress og psykososial helse blant forskarar under 45 år.
akademietforyngreforskere.no/delta-i-unde...
Ledig PhD-stilling i Bodø: "Norge 1030: Regionalisme, representasjoner og narrativ i nord"
stilling.forskning.no/nord-univers...
CREATUREly walking and gathering over the past two days. 🌲🪨
Meir i vente i 2026, så om du er i Stavanger så hald auge med nettsiden vår eller ta kontakt:
www.uis.no/en/research/...
Donna Haraway now translated to Norwegian! Excited to see this book in print with wonderful translations by Lene Auestad @lawritingsnet.bsky.social and Anders Dunker.