Researcher
Tarald Gulseth Berge
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Summary
Tarald is an Associate Professor in Political Science at the School of Business of the University of South-Eastern Norway, and adjunct researcher at Norwegian Foreign Policy Institute at the BLEND-OFF project. His research revolves around international organizations, international negotiations, international economic law, and public-private partnerships in development finance. Tarald's work has appeared in leading journals in the field of international relations such as The Review of International Organizations, International Studies Quarterly and International Political Science Review. He has also published in international law journals such as European Journal of International Law and Journal of International Economic Law.
Expertise
Education
2015-2020 Ph.D. in Political Science. Dept. of Political Science & PluriCourts, University of Oslo, Norway
2010-2012 M.A. in Political Science. Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo, Norway
2007-2010 B.A. in Development Studies. Dept. of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo, Norway
Work experience
2021-current Associate Professor. School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway
2025-current Adjunct Researcher. Norwegian Foreign Policy Institute (NUPI)
2022-2025 Adjunct Associate Professor. Department of Public and International Law, University of Oslo
2020-2021 Assistant Professor. School of Business, University of South-Eastern Norway
2019-2020 Senior Advisor. Norwegian Ministry of Trade, Industry and Fisheries.
2018-2018 Visiting Researcher (August-December). iCourts Centre of Excellence, University of Copenhagen
2015-2020 PhD Candidate. Dept. of Political Science, University of Oslo
2012-2015 Management Consultant. Accenture Management Consulting.
2012-2012 Research Assistant (January-May). Department of Political Science, University of Oslo
Aktivitet
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Clear all filtersTime and Compromise in UNCITRAL’s Working Group III
In multilateral negotiations, time has a tangible effect on the flow and conduct of deliberations. As negotiating deadlines approach, time becomes a tool of pressure, one used to induce compromise or force closure. In this blogpost, published with the European Journal of International Law, we explore how this time-compromise dynamic plays out in the ongoing negotiations to reform investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) in the UN’s trade law body.