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CURRICULUM VITAE
February 2015
Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research
Gaustadalléen 21 N-0349 Oslo, Norway. Tel: +47 22 95 88 00. Fax: + 47 22 60 77 74
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Mikkel Berg-Nordlie
18.01.1983
Master (Peace and Conflict Studies)
Researcher
Norway
Norwegian, English, Russian, North Sámi (studying),
German (some)
[email protected]
Key qualifications:
 Indigenous politics and general minority politics.
 Governance, state/civil society interaction
 International cooperation
 Nationalism and inter-ethnic conflict
 Media analysis
 Field work experience from Russia (the North-West, Siberia, the Volga Region, Moscow
area), the Nordic countries, Nepal, the Georgian breakaway republic of Abkhazia.
Education
Year
2012 -
Academic degree
PhD Student (history)
2014
2013
SVF-8038 Research Ethics
SVF-8049 Communicating Scientific Research
2012
SVF-8048 Popular dissemination of research
SVF-8035 Philsophy of Science
SAM 1030 North Sámi as a Second Language
(Grammatikk 1)
Davvin 1, 2 & 3. Courses in North Sámi (lecture,
2011
2009 - ongoing
Institution
University of Tromsø Arctic University of
Norway.
Dept. of History and
Religious Studies
University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø
Oslo Sámi Searvi
group and letter-based).
Civil Society around the Baltic Sea (PhD level)
SVF-8042 Contested identities, contested cultures
and contested rights. Changes and challenges in
the Norhern European periphery (PhD level).
Research Training Course: Changing
International Systems in the Northern European
Region. (PhD level).
Letter course in North Sámi
Master program in Peace and Conflict Studies.
Bachelor Degree in Russian Studies. Studied at
the Norwegian Centres in St. Petersburg (two
months) and Arkhangelsk (one year).
Comparative Religion Studies (Grunnfag, one-year
basic education)
Ex. Phil/ Ex. Fac. (Introductory courses in
philosophy and the history of science).
2010
2009
2008
2007 – 08
2006-08
2004 – 06
2002
2001
NordForsk
University of Tromsø
NordForsk
Folkets brevskole
University of Oslo
University of Tromsø.
University of Tromsø
University of Tromsø
Work experience and present offices
Main employment 2009 Researcher at NIBR – The Norwegian Institute for Urban and
Regional Research, Dept. of International Studies.
Other
employment
Selected offices
2008 - 2009
2007-2008
2012 -
Research assistant at NIBR
Student fellow at NUPI, Dept. of Russian and Eurasian Studies.
Editor of the subject Contemporary Sámi History, Store Norske
Leksikon (The Great Norwegian Encyclopedia of
Kunnskapsforlaget).
2008
-2008
Project employee of Amnesty International Norway
Interpreter (Russian-Norwegian-English), journalism, teaching,
public relations.
Editor, Sámi Mythbuster (informational webpage)
Leader, NTL NIBR (trade union)
Board member, NTL NIBR
Students’ representative, University of the Arctic Board of
Governors
2013 2011-2013
2010-2011
2008-2010
Participation in projects:
Current:
Current
“An urban future for Sápmi? Sámi youth organizing and networking in a context of
indigenous urbanization» (Norwegian Research Council project)
“Russian Sámi politics in the context of pan-Sámi internationalization 1989-2014”
(Norwegian Research Council grant)
«The Russian welfare state under quadruple influence: stability or conflict?” (Norwegian
Research Council project)
”Network governance: A tool for understanding Russian policy making?” (Norwegian
Research Council project)
”The Multiethnic Rural Community: Exclusion or Inclusion?” (Norwegian Research
Council project)
“Climate change, risk and vulnerability in Russian urban development” (NIBR project).
Previous “The Russian Sámi and the Institutional Unification of Sápmi” (Norwegian Research
Council project).
”Evaluation of the borders of reindeer herding districts in Nordland, and borders between
the reindeer herding regions Nordland and Nord-Trøndelag” (Project for the Norwegian
Reindeer Herding Administration).
“The Politics of Implementation of ILO Convention 169 and Deeper Democratisation [in
Nepal]” (funded by Ministry of Foreign Affairs project, 2011).
“Courses in Sámi politics for Russian journalists” (Royal Norwegian Embassy in Moscow,
2010 and 2011).
“Assessment on [indigenous] minorities in Russia” (Project for Norwegian Church Aid with
NUPI, 2009).
“New Patterns of East-West Migration in Europe” (with Fafo – Institute for labour and
social research, 2009)
“Evaluating Norwegian aid contributions to the West Balkans” (Preliminary research, for
NORAD, 2008-09)
Selected publications:
2015
Berg-Nordlie, M. «Representativitet i Sápmi. Fire stater, fire tilnærminger til inklusjon av
urfolk i samstyring». Bjerkli, B. & P. Selle (Eds) Den samepolitiske utviklingen på 2000-tallet
(Gyldendal – forthcoming 2015).
Berg-Nordlie, M., J. Saglie & A. Sullivan (Eds) Indigenous politics: instituons, representation,
mobilisation. (ECPR Press – forthcoming 2015)
Berg-Nordlie, M., J. Saglie & A. Sullivan: «Introduction». Indigenous politics: instituons,
representation, mobilisation. (ECPR Press – forthcoming 2015)
Berg-Nordlie, M. «Struggles over representation. Indigenous governance in Murmansk
region and the Nordic Sámi Parliament model” Berg-Nordlie, M; Saglie, J. & A. Sullivan (Eds)
Indigenous politics: Institutions, representation, mobilisation. (ECPR Press – forthcoming 2015)
Berg-Nordlie, M. “Jernteppe gjennom Sápmi eller grenseoverskridende fellesskap? Samisk
samarbeid over den nordisk-russiske grensa.» L’image du Sápmi 3. Humanistica Oerebroensia,
Artes et linguae. Textes réunis par Kajsa Andersson. (Örebro: Örebro Universitet, forthcoming
2015).
2014
Berg-Nordlie, M.; Holm-Hansen, J.; Lund-Iversen, M. & Aa. Aasland: "Russiske byers
kapasitet til klimatilpasning. Eksempelet Arkhangelsk" Nordisk Østforum, 28 (2) 2014: 141–166
2013
Berg-Nordlie, M. «The iron curtain through Sápmi.” L’image du Sápmi 2. Humanistica
Oerebroensia, Artes et linguae. Textes réunis par Kajsa Andersson. Örebro: Örebro Universitet,
2013
2012
Overland, I. & M. Berg-Nordlie: Bridging Divides. Ethno-political leadership among the Russian
Sámi. New York / Oxford: Berghahn Books, 2012
Berg-Nordlie, M. & S. Skålnes: ”Gåatome-laanta jïh juhtemegeajnoeh – Distriktsgrenser i
reindrifta på 1990-tallet og Nord-Trøndelag”. NIBR-Rapport 2012:10
2011
Berg-Nordlie, M. & A. Schou: ”Who are indigenous – and how should it matter?
Discourses on indigenous rights in Norway and Nepal”. Ethnopolitics Papers Vol 2 No 13/2011.
Berg-Nordlie, M. “Striving to unite. The Russian Sámi and the Nordic Sámi Parliament
model” in Arctic Review on Law and Politics 1/2011.
Berg-Nordlie, M. “Need and misery in the Eastern Periphery. Nordic Sámi media debate
on the Kola Sámi” in Acta Borealia 1/2011.
2010
Berg-Nordlie, M.; Aasland, A. and O. Tkach: “Compatriots or competitors? A glance at
Rossiyskaya Gazeta’s immigration debate 2004-2009”. Sociãlo Zinãtŋu Véstnesis 2/2010 (11).
2009
Berg-Nordlie, M. and E. Rowe: “Assessment of Possibilities for NCA’s Involvement in
Work with Indigenous Peoples in the Russian Circumpolar North.” (NCA Assessment 2009).
Aasland, A. and M. Berg-Nordlie: “Russisk migrasjonspolitikk som balansekunst“
(“Russian immigration policy: A balancing act”). Article in Nordisk Østforum 2/2009.
Skålnes, S. and M. Berg-Nordlie: “Norwegian assistance to the Western Balkans 19912007. Document review”. Preliminary research for Norad, February 2009.
2008
Berg-Nordlie, M.: “Abkhasias lånte uavhengighet. Fem aspekter av Den abkhasiske
republikkens utvikling 2004 – 2008” (”The borrowed independence of Abkhazia. Five aspects of
the Abkhazian Republic’s development 2004 – 2008”). Article in i Nordisk Østforum 2/2008.
2007
Berg, M. “Who threatens whom? Framings of Putin’s ‘Munich Speech’ in Norwegian
print media”. Article in the students’ journal Irini – Peace and Conflict Analysis, 01/2007.