Research areas: law of the sea, energy law, EU/EEA law, international trade law, international investment law, nuclear law.

Mine forskningsinteresser knytter seg primært til havrett, fiskerirett, miljørettslige problemstillinger, forvaltning og regulering av miljøpåvirkninger. Jeg forsker bredt på miljørettslige problemstillinger knytet til fiskerinæringa, bærekraftig omstilling, økosystembasert forvaltning og implementering av rettslige rammeverk, både nasjonalt og internasjonalt. Jeg har videre en interesse for fiskerirett generelt, internasjonal miljørett og menneskerettigheter.  

Jeg har skrevet en doktorgrad med tittelen "Charting the Implementation of the Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries in Tuna RFMOs: Challenges and Opportunities for Future Conservation of Non-Target Species." I doktorgraden utviklet jeg en case-studie hvor jeg så nærmere på hvordan stater kan samarbeide regionalt for å få en mer bærekraftig fiskeriforvaltning, med et særlig fokus på plikten og ansvaret for å redusere spøkelsesfiske. 

Jeg arbeider både med rettsdogmatisk forskning og empirisk juridisk forskning, og deltar i flere tverrfaglige initiativer knyttet til mine forskningsinteresser. 

Kvinnehelse, abort

Havrett, klimaendringer, folkerett, internasjonal tvisteløsning

Undervisning
Havressursrett spesialfag, strafferett  

Aktuelle forskningsinteresser
Havrett, fiskerirett og akvakulturrett

My most immediate research interests are located at the intersection of critical theory, law and ecology, with particular focus on international environmental law and ecosystem governance. I am particularly interested in genealogy as a method of critical legal analysis, and in biopolitics as a theoretical register for reading environmental law.

Current research focuses on 1) ocean commons, both at the theoretical level and in relation the new treaty on marine biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction and on the interaction between space law and law of the sea 2) on critical histories of sovereignty and (international) legal modernity more broadly  3) on critical legal ocean studies, with increasing focus on critical legal geography.

I am currently Principal Investigator for a project funded by the Norwegian Research Council called "Future Arctic Law and Governance (FALG)".

I am also one of the Principal Investigators in the NCLOS AURORA Center, where I lead the research on Ocean Commons

I also particiopate, in various capacites, to other projects: as Work Package leader (FRAM Center project SUDARCO and Norwegian Research Council project DOGA), and as project member (FRAM Center project CLEAN, and EU Horizon project B-USEFUL)

In 2015 I have been awarded the Annual Richard Macrory Prize for best article in the Journal of Environmental Law (Oxford University Press) for 2015. In 2019 I have been awarded an Honorary Mention from the same prize.

Folkerett, havrett, arktisk styring, polare områder, miljørett, sjørett

The Law of the Sea, International Human Rights Law, Indigenous Peoples' Law, Critical legal theories focusing on the Third World approaches to international law (TWAIL), Peace and Conflict Studies, Restorative Justice, and Ethiopian company and competition law.