Master's student at CET
Are you a master's student working on topics related to climate and energy transformation? Then you are eligible for a workspace at CET. Apply by June 15th.

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We have two workspaces at CET available for dedicated studentsÌýworking with topics related to CET’s activities. The workspaces are available for students from all disciplines who will benefit fromÌýworking within an interdisciplinary study environment. Many of our students go on to work within academia, as PhD students and research assistants. CET Master’s students are encouraged to have CET as their main workspace and to be part of the CET community.Ìý
Application deadline: 15th of June every year.
Why become a CET Master's student?
- Proximity to CET staff and researchers, who can contribute with inputs and advice in your writing process.
- You will be allocated a CET mentor who is relevant to your work.Ìý
- A private workspace at CET together with CET’s PhD candidates and research assistants.
- Attend our regular CET Lunches and other events at the centre.
- Students are encouraged to join internal seminars and meetings including works-in-progress seminars.
- Every February/March CET organises the CET Master Seminar where you present and get feedback on your research.
- Be part of a dynamic and engaging research centre.
- CET offers a starting stipend of 10,000 NOK and the possibility to apply for extra funding for conferences/workshops/seminars.
Read what former master's students say about being a part of CET.
We welcome master's students from all disciplines to apply. In 2024/2025 we have two spaces available. The CET master student spaces are available from the 12th of August to the 30th of June each year.
Master students 2023/2024
Maria Thomassen, Department of Sociology
Yas Jilardi, System Dynamics, Department of Geography.
Tekla Vollen, Department of information and media sciences.
Ecem Bilgin, Department of Government.
Richard Andresen, Master in Sustainability

Master theses from former CET Master Students:
2022/2023

Emilie Flønes,ÌýDepartment of Health Promotion and Development
Supervisor Marguerite Daniel
Ingrid Cardoso Couto de Azevedo, Department of Global Publis Health and Primary Care
Supervisor Ole Fridtjof Norheim og Anand Bhopal
Juni Lund, Department of Comparative Politics
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Supervisor: Michaël Tatham
Lars Fiskaa, Department of Government
What Norwegian voters want: Opinions on energy sources and party preferencesÌý
Supervisor: Endre Tvinnereim
Susanne Christensen, Department of Social Anthropology
Ìý
Supervisor: Ståle Knudsen
Thea Vestad, Faculty of Law
Supervisor: Ignacio Herrera Anchustegui
2021/2022

Veera Ylipieti, Department of Geography
Supervisor: Grete Rusten
Sina Storelv, Department of Psychosocial Science
Supervisor: Rouven Doran
Helene Othilie Drevland, Department of Geography
Ìý
Supervisor: Connor CavanaghÌý
Ronya Reitan Solberg, Department of Geography
(Sustainable fishery, governance and time – perspectives from local society on the implications of future regulations on fishery)
Supervisor: Knut Hidle
Aleksander Bergli, Department of Foreign Languages
Working title: Climate change and Russian media
Supervisor: Irina AnisimovaÌý
2020/2021

Kjersti Sollund Hegsbro, Department of Geography
Original title:
Supervisor:HÃ¥vard Haarstad og Tarje WanvikÌý
Solveig Høegh-Krohn, Department of information and media studies
Green Journalism: Critical discourse of climate journalism
Supervisor: Martin EideÌýÌý Ìý ÌýÌý
Devyn Remme, Department of Geography
Supervisor: Siddharth Sareena and HÃ¥vard Haarstad
Anniken Williams, Department of Health Promotion and Development
Supervisor: Haldis Haukanes
Sarah-Helmine Stokke, Faculty of LawÌý
Original title:
Supervisor:Ìý
Kjersti Kalberg, Department of Organisation and Administration Theory
Original title:
Supervisor: Thor Øivind Jensen
2019/2020

Synnøve Beitnes, Department of Geography
Summer Drought 2018: A case study of agricultural resilience to extreme weather conditions and development of climate adaptation strategiesÌý
Original title:
Supervisor: Kerstin Potthoff & Birgit Kopainsky
Amber Nordholm, Department of Geography
Supervisor: Siddharth Sareen
Siri Reintz Kleppe, Department of Sociology
Cultivating social change: Urban gardeningÌýas a manifestation of individuals needs and community concerns.ÌýÌý
Original title:
Supervisor: Atle Møen
Katharina Leucht, AgrobiologyÌýatÌýÃ…rhus University & Department of Geography
Radishes in the rain: Exploring barriers of urban gardening in Bergen.Ìý
Supervisor: Peter Andersen
Mina Måsvær Halle, Department of Comparative Politics
Local climate adaptation: Identifying opportunities and challenges for using climate knowledge in municipal decision making.Ìý
Supervisor: Anne Lise Fimreite
SarahÌýMashhadi, Department of Geography - Systems Dynamic
Can Germany Move Towards 100% Renewables Without Major Problems?Ìý
Supervisor: Erling Moxnes
2018/2019

Marita Johansen,ÌýDepartment of Health Promotion and DevelopmentÌý(HEMIL)
Bringing together Quality of Life and Climate Change: From the perspectives of two ecovillagesÌý
Supervisor: Fungisai Puleng Gwanzura Ottemoller and Matthew Stiller-Reeves
Marianne B. Willassen, Department of Geography
Quality and collective living forms in a compact city development strategy: Our City, Our Collective.Ìý
Original title:
Supervisor: Kristin Edith Abrahamsen KjærÃ¥sÌýandÌýHÃ¥vard Haarstad
Per Gunnar Sakseid, Department of Geography
Engagement for own neighbourhood. A study of perceptions of space, population participation and car reduction in Møhlenpris.Ìý
Original title:
Supervisor: Jakob Grandin and HÃ¥vard Haarstad
Benjamin Lindberg Borch, Department of Geography
Time, power and involvement in plan processes - aÌý case study from rail development in Moss.Ìý
Original title:
Supervisor: HÃ¥vard Haarstad
Håvard Havro Bjørnstad, Department of Geography
"Return to start": A study in involvement in city planning in Bergen.Ìý
Original title:
Supervisor: HÃ¥vard Haarstad