Is battery production the way for Norway to maintain the good life? The planned gigafactory in Arendal shows Norway's enthusiasm for post-oil reindustrialisation.
Empowered Futures at Beyond Oil 2025: Driving conversations on just energy futuresThe Beyond Oil 2025 conference, hosted by the Centre for Climate and Energy Transformation at the University of Bergen, marked its 10th anniversary with a powerful call to rethink societal futures bey…
NMBU offers Norway’s first accredited property surveyor educationThrough its Master’s in Property and Land Law, the Norwegian University of Life Sciences is the first university in Norway to be approved to authorize graduates as property surveyors.
New UN commitments on sustainable and affordable housingOver 30 European ministers and officials have pledged bold actions to tackle the escalating housing crisis in Europe. NMBU urban planning expert Roberta Cucca was amongst those drafting the actions.
In memoriam: Professor Kongjian Yu (1963-2025)Renowned landscape architect and NMBU honorary doctor Kongjian Yu has died in a plane crash in Brazil. He was known for his groundbreaking ‘sponge city’ concept that uses nature-based solutions to hel…
In memory of Herman EldalHerman, a student in property development at the Faculty of Landscape and Society, passed away suddenly due to illness.
12 September 2025: Ana Leite (LANDSAM)Ana Leite (Department of International Environment and Development Studies, Noragric) will defend her thesis 'Feasting on the wild: the use of wild edible plants amid social-ecological change in the w…
From Tromsø to Polhøgda: Insights from my practicum at the Fridtjof Nansen InstituteIn June 2025, Empowered Futures member Larry Ibrahim Mohammed visited our partner institution, the Fridtjof Nansen Institute, for a two-week practicum. Read what inspired Larry's visit and his reflect…
Disrupting Energy Imaginaries: Hayato Koga's Journey Through Community Energy in JapanDr. Hayato Koga is the latest Empowered Futures alumnus to successfully defend their PhD, marking a significant milestone in a journey that has been both intellectually rigorous and personally transfo…
Living and learning at Sokoine University of AgricultureNMBU students on a field course in Tanzania share their experiences of 'in situ' learning.
