Job description

I research, teach, and supervise at the Faculty of Law and the Norwegian Center for the Law of the Sea (NCLOS) at UiT – the Arctic University of Norway.

In 2019, I wrote a PhD thesis on Russian Coastal State Jurisdiction over Commercial Vessels Navigating the Northern Sea Route. Since then, I have also led projects on Regulating Shipping in Russian Arctic Waters: Between International Law, National Interests and Geopolitics – SIRAW; and Developing Good Ocean Governance of the Arctic in Times of Unpredictable and Rapid Changes (DOGA).

I am particularly interested in international law, the law of the sea, Arctic governance, Russia’s law and practice, Svalbard, maritime security, and the interaction between international law and geopolitics.

Every year I teach (in Norwegian):

-          JUR -1003 Arverett

-          JUR-2013 EU/EØS-rett

-          JUR-3005 Obligatorisk utplassering i praksis

-          JUR-3010 Komparativ Rett

And, in English, in:

-          JUR-3623 Protection and Preservation of the Marine Environment

-          JUR-3602 Introduction to International and EU Trade Law

-          JUR-3053 The Law of the Sea and the Arctic

-          JUR-3920 Master´s thesis in Joint Nordic Master Program in Environmental Law (NOMPEL)

-          JUR-3910 Master's thesis in Law of the Sea