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Melina Antonia Buns

@melinabuns.bsky.social
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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

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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
On Tuesday, I took the Public Environmental Humanities at the @greenhouseuis.net students out on an excursion to a local hydropower plant. In the Energy Humanities course that I run this term, we’ve been exploring the development of energy throughout history, ... 1/3
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Autumn has arrived in Stavanger! 🍂 The @greenhouseuis.net will take a short break for rest and relaxation next week. Come mid October, we are looking forward to stellar programme for the rest of the month! #envhum
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during October 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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ICEHO @iceho.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The next World Congress is now announced! We hope to see you all in Toronto, Canada, in 2030. The venue will be at York University, Toronto, and Toronto Metropolitan University and McMaster University will also be a part of the planning, which is headed by Jennifer Bonnell. Read more below! #envhist
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The Fifth World Congress of Environmental History — ICEHO
The next World Congress of Environmental History is set to take place in York, Canada, in 2030.
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Martin Meiske @mmeiske.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
📅 Exactly one year from today, the 14th ESEH Conference will open in Salzburg! #ESEH2027 #envhist Help us make the conference accessible to more scholars and support participants who otherwise might not be able to attend. 👉 Donate now: www.betterplace.org/en/projects/...
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Melanie A. Kiechle @melaniekiechle.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
How can you teach and fight climate change? This is the question that 70+ #envhist scholars wrangle, from a variety of histories and concerns, for the forthcoming A Historians' Handbook to Save the World. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205625...
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A Historian's Handbook for Saving the World
The work of historians is vital to this moment. As climate debates shift from “believing the science” to fighting for the massive changes needed ...
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Hello September 👋 Tomorrow's research showcase and boardgames night are a promising start to a packed month at the @greenhouseuis.net featuring @hannahklaubert.bsky.social @visualplague.bsky.social and others! #envhum
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during September 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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ESEH – European Society for Environmental History @eseh.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
The call for ESEH 2027 is out! Submit your proposal by 15 October. We offer standard formats like panel sessions, individual papers, book presentations, and posters, but also repeat our creative Different World Sessions! Read more here: eseh.org/cfp-14th-bie... #EnvHist #EnvHum
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
The @greenhouseuis.net is back from the summer break and already fully immersed in the buzz of term start – this year with the new MA programme in Public Environmental Humanities! @sarabpritchard.bsky.social will kick off the #envhum book talks next Monday! ☀️
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during August 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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Christoph Kalter @christophkalter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🚀🚨🚀 We are hiring: 3-year postdoc in African history! 🚀🚨🚀! The University of Agder in Kristiansand, Norway is hiring a researcher with a PhD in History to conduct research on “European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (1950-1990). The job listing can be found here: www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...
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Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877) | University of Agder
Job title: Post-doctoral Research Fellow in European Languages in Post-Colonial Africa (303877), Employer: University of Agder, Deadline: Tuesday, September 15, 2026
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
1/7 In March, Energy Lives! organised its second Infrastructural Citizen Week. Turning our attention to the history of energy transitions, we explored memories and lived experiences in panel discussions, conversations, and artistic interactions. #energyhistory #energylives #envhum
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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 05/06/2026
Big day today, as @asterhoving.bsky.social defends her PhD thesis «Ocean Energies: Transition Across Art, Science, and Technology». We start with the trial lecture! #envhum #energyhumanities
Woman starting lecture on «what are the roles of archives for/in the energy humanities, and how can they critically address dominant epistemologies?»
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
June is here! ☀️ The @greenhouseuis.net is closing the academic year 2025/2026 with social events, visits from researcher from Leeds and France, and @asterhoving.bsky.social 's public defence! #envhum
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during June 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
May at the @greenhouseuis.net with our regular Monday book talks, Wednesday research talks and many special events featuring @mmendoza.bsky.social, Hauke Ohls, @erikahanna.bsky.social and others. #envhum 🌷
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during May 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
this @greenhouseuis.net programme is no April fool! April is bursting with activities, energy, and visitors, so make sure to drop by the online book talks or the events in Stavanger! #envhum 🌷
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during April 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
Energy Lives! organises its annual Infrastructural Citizen Week these days! When we hear the word ‘energy transition’ we usually think of the future, yet energy transitions have happened throughout history and have histories that continue to shape our present times. #energylives #energyhistory
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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 23/03/2026
We're hiring! 🌿 The Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities at the University of Stavanger invites applications for a 3-year postdoc in Environmental History. See thread for more details. #envhist #envhum
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163) | University of Stavanger
Job title: Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental History (297163), Employer: University of Stavanger, Deadline: Monday, April 20, 2026
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Last December, I organised a PhD course on energy humanities here at the @greenhouseuis.net. The Current now features @oneclark.bsky.social reflections on participating in this interdisciplinary course. Read it below ⤵ www.uis.no/en/the-curre... #energyhumanities #energyhistory #envhum
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Energy Lives! organises its second Infrastructrual Citizen Week from 23 to 29 March parallel in Aarhus, Gothenburg and Stavanger! This year’s events focus on memories and lived experiences of past energy transitions. www.uis.no/en/the-curre... #energyhistory #energylives #NordForsk #envhum
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Registration for our new Masters in Public Environmental Humanities is still open for Nordic students (either citizens or did bachelors in a Nordic country). Please pass along this great tuition-free study opportunity! www.uis.no/en/studies/t... #envhum #envhist #ecocrit
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
I slutten av mars organiserer forskingsprosjektet Energy Lives! sin annan Infrastructural Citizen Week parallelt i Aarhus, Göteborg og Stavanger. Dette året handler alt om erindringar og erfaringar med energiomstillingar gjennom historien. #energyhistory #energylives
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
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. 🌿 #envhum
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during March 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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Song Yeonjun/Anders Riel Müller @andersriel.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
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
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Song Yeonjun/Anders Riel Müller @andersriel.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
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...
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Call for papers: Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea
Workshop.
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Finn Arne Jørgensen @finnarne.me · 09/02/2026
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!
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PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Job title: PhD candidate within Gender Studies and/or STS: Imagining Positive Energy Futures (294972), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, March 15, 2026
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Dolly Jørgensen @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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/...
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Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Exciting to see the hard copies of this too!! 🤩 @draflint.bsky.social
Small pile of books in a cardboard box with swirls of bright pink and blue on the cover. ‘Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain’ by Abbi Flint and Clare Hickman.
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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 28/01/2026
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
Woman at podium, giving a lecture. Crowd on amfitheater steps in front.
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Julia Leyda (she/her) @julia-leyda.northsky.social · 01/02/2026
1st pub this year. Open access handbook entry. Please share! ✍🏻 #AcademicPublishing #EnvHum doi.org/10.1007/978-...
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Environmental Film and Television Studies
Environmental Film and Television Studies encompasses a set of interdisciplinary scholarly practices designed to foreground ecological issues in film and television. Drawing on approaches from across ...
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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. 🌿
Overview of the events happening at the Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities during February 2026. For more information about the center, visit the website https://www.uis.no/en/greenhouse. For information about the book talk series, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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 ⤵
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Jonas Stein @tromsojonas.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
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...
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Ekspertgruppe skal gjennomgå doktorgradsutdanninga
Regjeringa oppnemner no ei ekspertgruppe som skal vurdere korleis framtidas doktorgradsutdanning bør sjå ut for å kome heile samfunnet til gode.
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Daniel Bowman @danielbowman.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
This was great! (Also excellent carpet)
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
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/...
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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...
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Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149) | Universitetet i Stavanger
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Stavanger, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 14. januar 2026
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Clare Hickman @drhick.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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...
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Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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
Overview of the events at the Greenhouse in January. More info on uis.no/en/greenhouse. For the book talks, see also https://newnatures.org/greenhouse/.
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 16 JANAURY ! #histstm #histtech
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Claire Connolly @claireconnolly.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Update !
Copies of a book piled on a table.
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Iva Pesa @ivapesa.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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
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Nederlandse Vereniging voor Afrika Studies
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Aike Rots @aikerots.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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...
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Million grant for research on goddesses and rituals in Asia - Faculty of Humanities
Aike Peter Rots will study some of the most popular deities in the world, how people relate to them, and changes in their surrounding environments.
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Greenhouse Center for Environmental Humanities @greenhouseuis.net · 12/12/2025
"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.
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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...
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Delta i undersøkelse om unge forskeres karriere og arbeidsvilkår / Take part in survey on early-career researchers’ careers and working conditions - Akademiet for yngre forskere
Hvordan er det egentlig å være ung forsker i Norge i dag? Nå gjennomfører Akademiet for Yngre Forskere og Forskerforbundet en nasjonal undersøkelse for å kartlegge karriereutsikter, arbeidsvilkår, pub...
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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...
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Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149) | Universitetet i Stavanger
Stillingstittel: Førsteamanuensis i historie (290149), Arbeidsgiver: Universitetet i Stavanger, Søknadsfrist: onsdag 14. januar 2026
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
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...
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Delta i undersøkelse om unge forskeres karriere og arbeidsvilkår / Take part in survey on early-career researchers’ careers and working conditions - Akademiet for yngre forskere
Hvordan er det egentlig å være ung forsker i Norge i dag? Nå gjennomfører Akademiet for Yngre Forskere og Forskerforbundet en nasjonal undersøkelse for å kartlegge karriereutsikter, arbeidsvilkår, pub...
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Max @maxndrr.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Ledig PhD-stilling i Bodø: "Norge 1030: Regionalisme, representasjoner og narrativ i nord" stilling.forskning.no/nord-univers...
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Stipendiat i samfunnsvitenskap - Norge 1030: Regionalisme, representasjoner og narrativ i nord
Søknadsfrist: 20.01.2026
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
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/...
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Ingvil Hellstrand @ingvil-hellstrand.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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.
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Jonas Kreienbaum @kreienbaumj.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
day at the @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social Global History Colloquium: Elise Dermineur Reuterswärd „A History of the Moral Economy: Community, Institutions,and Social Norm“.
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Melina Antonia Buns @melinabuns.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
Last week, 15 amazing students gathered in Stavanger for a PhD course on energy humanities. It was an inspiring week during which we visited a wind farm and the students produced this wonderful catalogue filled with personal reflections on encounters with energy in its various ways and meanings.
vertical photo of a wind turbine in a rocky landscape, the ground is ochre, green, reddish coloured, the sky has thick clouds in various nuances of grey. hand holding an A5-size zine in paper, on the cover it says 'The Energy Catalogue - a collection of personal reflections'
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Kristoffer Ekberg @krekberg.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Early christmas gift!
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