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Melina Antonia Buns

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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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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/

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/

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

02.03.2026 14:27 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 1
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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

13.02.2026 08:07 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Call for papers: Ghosts of Empire in the North Sea Workshop.

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...

10.02.2026 13:14 👍 6 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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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

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!

09.02.2026 05:34 👍 41 🔁 37 💬 0 📌 1

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/...

16.01.2026 10:56 👍 36 🔁 35 💬 0 📌 0

Exciting to see the hard copies of this too!! 🤩 @draflint.bsky.social

05.02.2026 08:49 👍 14 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
Woman at podium, giving a lecture. Crowd on amfitheater steps in front.

Woman at podium, giving a lecture. Crowd on amfitheater steps in front.

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

28.01.2026 15:52 👍 37 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 1
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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 ...

1st pub this year. Open access handbook entry. Please share! ✍🏻
#AcademicPublishing #EnvHum
doi.org/10.1007/978-...

01.02.2026 13:11 👍 8 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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/

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/

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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02.02.2026 15:17 👍 8 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 0

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.

02.02.2026 10:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

02.02.2026 10:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Histories of Energy Transitions Societies across the globe are in dire need to decarbonize their energy systems and to switch to renewable energy production, a transformation generally known as the green transition. Whereas the moti...

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...

02.02.2026 10:42 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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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 ⤵

02.02.2026 10:42 👍 16 🔁 4 💬 2 📌 0
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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.

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...

02.02.2026 08:42 👍 7 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

This was great! (Also excellent carpet)

28.01.2026 20:38 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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/...

15.01.2026 11:00 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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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

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...

15.12.2025 14:50 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Outdoor Singing in Modern Britain

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...

12.01.2026 09:36 👍 8 🔁 5 💬 2 📌 1
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/.

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/.

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

12.01.2026 09:09 👍 19 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0

DEADLINE EXTENDED UNTIL 16 JANAURY !

#histstm #histtech

05.01.2026 16:01 👍 3 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

Update !

15.12.2025 14:38 👍 59 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 1
Nederlandse Vereniging voor Afrika Studies

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

15.12.2025 16:22 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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.

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...

09.12.2025 13:49 👍 15 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0
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"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.

12.12.2025 13:10 👍 12 🔁 6 💬 1 📌 0
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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...

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...

10.12.2025 19:38 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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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

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...

15.12.2025 14:50 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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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...

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...

10.12.2025 19:38 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0
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Stipendiat i samfunnsvitenskap - Norge 1030: Regionalisme, representasjoner og narrativ i nord Søknadsfrist: 20.01.2026

Ledig PhD-stilling i Bodø: "Norge 1030: Regionalisme, representasjoner og narrativ i nord"

stilling.forskning.no/nord-univers...

08.12.2025 20:31 👍 0 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

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/...

09.12.2025 15:04 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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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.

31.10.2025 09:17 👍 4 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0