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The Board

This is NUPI’s Board for the 2026–2029 term. The Board has been appointed by the Ministry of Education and Research.

Chair of the board

  • Karl Erik Haug, Professor of Modern History and Head of Department at NTNU (Trondheim)

Members

  • Teija Tiilikainen, Director of the European Centre of Excellence for Countering Hybrid Threats (Helsingfors)
  • Laila Susanne Vars, Senior Adviser at the Sámi Parliament (Kautokeino)
  • Simen Bræin, Senior Vice President at Statkraft (Asker)
  • Christian Chramer, Director of the Norwegian Seafood Council (Tromsø)

Deputy members

  • Lise Rakner (1st deputy member), Professor of Political Science at the University of Bergen (Bergen)
  • James Jerome John Cameron (2nd deputy member), Associate Professor of Modern North American History (Oslo)

Employee representatives

  • John Karlsrud (Research Professor, NUPI)
  • Marie Furhovden (Senior Communications Advisor, NUPI)
  • Jenny Lorentzen, vara for John Karlsrud (Senior Researcher, NUPI)
  • Kacper Szulecki, vara for Marie Furhovden (Research Professor, NUPI)