Åsmund Weltzien

Head of Communications
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Åsmund Weltzien is Head of Communications at NUPI. He has a major (hovedfag) in social anthropology from the University of Oslo, and has previously worked as a researcher and research leader in Telenor R&D and as a diplomat and executive officer in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Weltzien works to promote NUPI's research to a wide audience and to the users of our research. He is particularly committed to helping NUPI's researchers create social and scientific impact, to improve our digital communication through development and experimentation, and to build networks of professionals, users and stakeholders where knowledge and insight are shared across institutions and sectors.

In Telenor, Weltzien's own research was focused on the development of new digital technologies and how information and influence spread in social networks. In the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, he has worked with various fields such as Norwegian climate policy, security policy, and European policy. From 2011, Weltzien was part of the Foreign Ministry's "Reflex Project", which was to contribute to the development of foreign policy through public debate on central foreign policy issues.

Weltzien has been Head of Communications at NUPI since 2013.

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  • Fisheries Resources Management in tomorrow’s Indonesia
    Event
    Wed 6 Jun 2018
    Time: 08:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPI

    Minister of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of the Republic of Indonesia, Ms Susi Pudjiastuti, visits NUPI to talk about how the country will handle the severe challenges it faces in the years to come regarding national food security.

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