Project – Gardening the Globe

Karin has defended her thesis

Posted on June 17, 2026 by Marit Ruge Bjærke

On Friday 17 April 2026, Gardening’s PhD candidate, Karin Lillevold, excellently defended her thesis «Performing wilderness: Tensions of muskox attraction and reindeer protection in Dovrefjell-Sunndalsfjella National Park». The objective of Karin’s research has been to critically examine how the protective aims of Dovrefjell–Sunndalsfjella National Park are enacted in practice through themanagement and valuation of wild reindeer and muskoxen, alongside the regulation ofvisitors. She did her fieldwork in the mountains of Dovrefjell between 2022 and 2024, Continue reading Karin has defended her thesis→

Cultural history and the Anthropocene

Posted on January 14, 2026 by Marit Ruge Bjærke

Gardening is not the only project doing cultural historical case studies of the Anthropocene in the Nordic. The new anthology Cultural History and the Anthropocene: old turns, new encounters is a collaboration between three related research projects: This open access collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the challenges and contributions of cultural history to contemporary and cross-disciplinary discussions of the Anthropocene. Organised into three key sections, it gives a concise and critical overview of interdisciplinary Continue reading Cultural history and the Anthropocene→

New book – and book launch

Posted on September 25, 2025 by Marit Ruge Bjærke

This week the popular science book Natur på ville veier? Fremmede arter og vi som flytter dem was published – a title which translates something like “Nature gone wild? Alien species and we who move them”. In the book, Marit Ruge Bjærke presents a number of stories of so-called invasive alien species in Norway, such as red king crabs, sea vomit, lilacs and wild boars, and use them to discuss the political, economic, cultural and Continue reading New book – and book launch→