Indra Overland
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Indra Overland heads the Research group on climate and energy at NUPI, and is Professor II at Nord University. He did his PhD at the University of Cambridge and has since worked extensively on the post-Soviet energy sector, including oil, gas and renewables.
He was awarded the Toby Jackman Prize for the best PhD dissertation in the year 2000, the Marcel Cadieux Prize for an article on Russia’s Arctic energy policy in the International Journal in 2010, the Stuland Prize at NUPI in 2013 and co-authored the most cited article published in the Journal of Eurasian Studies.
EDUCATION:
2000 PhD, Scott Polar Research Institute, Faculty of Earth Sciences and Geography, University of Cambridge
WORK EXPERIENCE:
2006 - Senior Research Fellow/Coordinator, Centre for Energy Research, NUPI
2005 - 2006 Senior Advisor, Nordic Research Board (NordForsk) on Russia, the Baltic States and EU
2005 External Expert for World Bank in evaluation of Low-Income Countries Under Stress (LICUS)
Publications All publications
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Central Asia is a missing link in analyses of critical materials for the global clean energy transition
Publication : Academic article | 2021The energy transition is causing a surge in demand for minerals for clean energy technologies, giving rise to concerns about the sources and security1
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Fossil Fuels in Central Asia: Trends and Energy Transition Risks
Publication : Report | 2022This data article provides an overview of fossil fuel trends in Central Asia from 2010 to 2019. Data on the production, consumption, export and impor1
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Local and Global Aspects of Coal in the ASEAN Countries
Publication : Academic chapter | 2021By 2020, coal mining and power generation had been growing in Southeast Asia for decades and were projected to rise to new heights of prominence in r1
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The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index: A method to rank heterogenous extractive industry companies for governance purposes
Publication : Academic article | 2021The Arctic Environmental Responsibility Index (AERI) covers 120 oil, gas, and mining companies involved in resource extraction north of the Arctic Ci1
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Central Asia is a missing link in analyses of critical materials for the global clean energy transition
Publication : Academic article | 2021The energy transition is causing a surge in demand for minerals for clean energy technologies, giving rise to concerns about the sources and security1
Projects All projects
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Energy Governance for Sustainable Development (ENERGO)
Research project | 2021 - 2024 (Ongoing)ENERGO aims at the advancement of scientific evidence-based mutual knowledge development in the fields of energy economics and policies, governance, and sustainable development....
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Research Capacity and Cooperation in Myanmar (RECCOM)
Research project | 2018 - 2021 (Completed)This project aims at building increased analytical capacity among Myanmar researchers....
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Is this Russia's Kodak moment? Russian perspectives on the energy transition (KODAK)
Research project | 2018 - 2022 (Ongoing)This project will examine whether Russian energy actors are aware of the possibility of swift decarbonization of the global energy supply, what consequences they think it would have for demand for Rus...
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The International Panel on Arctic Environmental Responsibility
Research project | 2018 - 2021 (Completed)The International Panel on Arctic Environmental Responsibility is an independent and free-standing body tasked with assessing the environmental status of oil, gas, and mining companies in the Arctic....
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Political economy analyses
Research project | 2016 - 2018 (Completed)This project provides political economy analyses of eleven countries deemed important to Norwegian development cooperation. ...
Events All events
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Energy Transition and Central Asia
EventMon 17 Jan 2022Time: 11:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: Zoom (and live in Bishkek)The OSCE Academy, NUPI and EUCAM are happy to welcome you to an open workshop on new research on critical minerals in the Central Asia, and what role such minerals play in the energy transition.
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ASEAN-Norway Partnership on Energy & Climate: Addressing Challenges Together for a Sustainable Energy Transition
EventWed 11 May 2022Time: 12:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: WebinarThis event is co-organised by the ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE), the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI), and the Royal Norwegian Embassy in Jakarta.
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The Philippines, ASEAN and climate change
EventThu 12 Apr 2018Time: 11:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIWhat did the Philippines achieve in its chairmanship of ASEAN in 2017? And what challenges lie ahead for the ASEAN countries related to climate change?
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Myanmar – challenges and opportunities
EventThu 22 Mar 2018Time: 10:00 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPIUN Resident Coordinator and UNDP representative in Myanmar, Knut Østby and researchers Roman Vakulchuk and Kristian Stokke will take a closer look at Myanmar, and the political and economic challenges the country is facing.
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Ukrainian energy market in transition: How can it succeed in a new geopolitical setting?
EventWed 8 Nov 2017Time: 09:30 Europe/Oslo | Location: NUPINUPI and NUCC invites leading experts to share their views in recent changes in the Ukrainian energy market.
Articles All articles
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How Central Asia can help the global energy transition
28 Mar 2022Critical materials – chromium, copper, germanium, lithium and others – are essential building blocks for renewable energy technologies such as solar1
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New research group on climate and energy at NUPI
28 Feb 2022‘The ambition of the group is to be a driver for NUPI research on climate and energy issues,’ says Indra Øverland, head of the new research group.
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Climate and energy
24 Jan 2022How is the international climate regime evolving? What are the implications of climate policy and the transition to clean energy for international po1
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Management
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Funding flows for climate change research on Africa
27 Oct 2021African countries face some of the biggest challenges due to climate change compared to other parts of the world, but the funding for research on the1
