NUPI’s Energy Programme is an independent, interdisciplinary research programme that deals with international politics and economics related to energy issues. The programme was established in 2006.
The Energy Programme aims to serve as a forum for analyses of geopolitics. In addition, it examines Norway’s international role and the importance of oil and gas for Norwegian foreign policy. The intention is to function as an arena and meeting place for various groups, in Norway and abroad, working on related issues. The Energy Programme seeks to involve the departments at NUPI and other institutions in order to strengthen the understanding of Norway’s role as an energy power in a global perspective and to generate debate on international energy politics
Russian and Caspian energy developments and their implications for Norway and Norwegian actors (RUSSCASP)
RUSSCASP aims to examine driving forces shaping Russian and Caspian energy exports, energy developments in the High North and the potential role of foreign energy companies in these regions. More
Development of the OSCE Academy as a regional node for education and research
The project aimes at strengthening the OSSE Academy in Bishkek , enriching its teaching activities and cementing its position as a regional competence centre on democracy and regional cooperation. More
Petroleum, politics and power: The cases of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia
PhD project analysing the relationship between state petroleum companies and the state in Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Russia. More
Mapping Energy Expertise. Actors and Topics
The aim of this study was to map international expertise in the field of energy security with focus on the energy-security and climate-change nexus. More
Konflikt og forsoning i Midtøsten - olje, Irak, Iran og Saudi-Arabia
Prosjektet, som er et samarbeid mellom BI og NUPI, skal analysere USAs handlingsrom og virkemidler overfor Midtøsten. More
Regional Competence-Building for Think-Tanks in the South Caucasus and Central Asia
The project focuses on strengthening the capacity of think-tanks in South Caucasus and Central Asia. More
- Overland, Indra , Jakub M. Godzimirski, Lars Petter Lunden, Daniel Fjærtoft (2013). Rosneft's offshore partnerships: the re-opening of the Russian petroleum frontier?, .Cambridge University Press.p. 140-153.This article analyses and compares the contents and contexts of major cooperation agreements between the Russian and state owned Rosneft and international companies. The goal is to ascertain what the agreements have to tell about access for international companies to Russia's offshore petroleum resources and the influence of competing Russian political actors over the country's petroleum sector. [url]
- Godzimirski, Jakub M.
(2012). Strategie energetyczne Rosji i Norwegii: podobieństwa i różnice (Energy strategies of Russia and Norway: similarities and differences),
Polish Diplomatic Review 66 (4)
.Warszawa,Polish Institute of International Affairs.p. 43-70.The article presents and compares Norwegian and Russian energy strategies. Energy strategy is here understood as practical implementation of national energy policies in European and international context. The focus of the article is on differences and similarities in the two countries’ approaches and way they have been coping with recent political and market related challenges to their dominant position on the European energy market. [url] - Godzimirski, Jakub M., Elana Wilson Rowe, Helge Blakkisrud (2012). The Arctic: What does Russia see? What does Russia want?. Oslo, The Finnish Ministry of Defence. 17 pages. This Briefing Paper, written for the Finnish Ministry of Defence, aims to provide a better understanding of Russian policy towards the Arctic. The authors analyze how the Arctic is presented in Russian strategic documents as well as how these documents relate to Russia’s Arctic political practices - how Russian Arctic statements have been translated into political action.
- Kjærnet, Heidi
(2012). National oil companies and the state,
in A. Heinrich, and H. Pleines (eds): Challenges of the Caspian Resource Boom: Domestic Elites and Policy-making.
.Palgrave Macmillan.p. 191-204.This chapter surveys the national oil companies of three post-Soviet Caspian states – Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan – with a focus on the management strategies the governments have for their national oil companies. [url] - Overland, Indra , Mikkel Berg-Nordlie (2012). Bridging divides. , Berghahn Books. 162 pages. This book tells the story of what happened to the Russian Sami population in the two decades that followed the end of the Cold War. They attempted a linguistic revival, sought to mend the Cold War scars across Sapmi, and established their own independent ethno-political organizations.
- Overland, Indra , Marte Ulvestad
(2012). Natural Gas and CO2 price variation: Impact on the relative cost-efficiency of LNG and pipelines,
i International Journal of Environmental Studies , Vol. 69, No. 3
.Taylor Francis.p. 407-426.This article develops a formal model for comparing the cost structure of the two main transport options for natural gas: liquefied natural gas (LNG) and pipelines. In particular, it evaluates how variations in the prices of natural gas and greenhouse gas emissions affect the relative cost-efficiency of these two options. [url] - Overland, Indra , Botha, Harald (2012). Mastergraden – din kompetanse for fremtiden. Oslo, Unipub. 103 pages. Få norske studenter setter seg egne, bevisste mål for hvilken kompetanse de skal få ut av mastergraden og -oppgaven. Målet med denne boken er derfor å hjelpe studenter til å ta bevisste valg for å få den kompetansen de har krav på, og dermed legge til rette for at veien blir kortere og mer målrettet fra avsluttet studium til en yrkeskarriere.
- Godzimirski, Jakub M., Demakova, Ekaterina
(2012). Russian External Energy Strategy,
In Caroline Kuzemko, Andreas Goldthau, Andrei Belyi, Michael Keating (eds) Dynamics of Energy Governance in Europe and Russia
.London, New York,Palgrave Macmillan.p. 149–168.In this article, Demakova and Godzimirski discuss opportunities and constraints in Russian external energy strategy. [url] - Overland, Indra , Hilde Kutschera
(2012). Subsidised Energy and Hesitant Elites in Russia,
in Flammable societies. Studies on the Socio-economics of Oil and Gas. McNeish, John-Andrew; Logan, Owen (eds.)
.London,Pluto.p. 201-218.In this book chapter, Indra Øverland and Hilde Kutschera examine the social discontent that higher energy prices in Russia may lead to, and the role fears over this discontent play in the hesitance of decision-makers. [url] - Kjærnet, Heidi
(2012). Living under the bullet: Internal displacement in the Azerbaijani oil boom,
in McNeish, John-Andrew and Owen Logan (eds.) Flammable societies. Studies on the socio-economics of oil and gas
.London,Pluto Press.p. 156-175.This chapter focuses on how the community of approximately 600,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Azerbaijan relate to the country’s oil boom. [url]