Mapping Energy Expertise: Actors and Topics

Abstract

The study has been funded by the Stavanger Chamber of Commerce on behalf of a consortium of research-related actors in the Stavanger region,1 and conducted as a collaborative project between the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI) and the Norwegian Institute of International Affairs (NUPI) on behalf of a Stavanger-region consortium of educational and industrial agents. The basic aim has been to provide background information for plans to establish a ‘think tank’ in Norway’s energy capital Stavanger to work on European energy security issues. The main mandate of the project group was to map the leading institutions conducting research on the topic. Research institutions play an important role in the choice of and framing of the security-of-supply problem, and in providing options for policy-makers.