Helle Ross Gobakken (Faculty of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management MINA)) will defend her PhD thesis “Forest road attributes and network demands characterized by changing climatic conditions in Norway” Friday 23 October, 2026.
PhD degree – Trial Lecture and Public Defence
English title of thesis
“Forest road attributes and network demands characterized by changing climatic conditions in Norway.”
Norwegian title of thesis
"Skogsbilveiers egenskaper og nettverksbehov under endrende klimatiske forhold i Norge"
Prescribed subject of the trial lecture
"What makes a forest road fit for purpose? Key characteristics and their measurement.”
Time and place for trial lecture and public defence
Friday 23 October 2026, at 12.15 p.m. in SPK151, Centre for Plant Research in Controlled Climate (SKP)
Evaluation committee
First opponent: Dr. Natascia Magagnotti, CNR-IBE Institute of Bioeconomy, Italy
Second opponent: Professor Jori Juhani Uusitalo, University of Helsinki, Finland
Committee coordinator: Professor Ole Martin Bollandsås, (MINA, NMBU)
Supervisors
Main supervisor: Associate Professor Stephan Hoffmann (MINA, NMBU)
Co-supervisor: Dr. Mostafa Hoseini (Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy Research (NIBIO), Norway)
The doctoral thesis is available for public review. For those of you who want access to the thesis in pdf-form, please send an email to Brage Monsen – brage.monsen@nmbu.no.