Name: Elin Mathiassen
Title: Cand.polit. in Political Science
Position: Koordinator/forsker, Researcher/Coordinator
Office: Realfagbygget, E1-141
Address: Program for industriell økologi/IndEcol, NTNU, NO-7491 TRONDHEIM
Phone: +47 73 59 89 45
Fax: +47 73 59 89 43
E-mail: elin.mathiassen(at)ntnu.no

My background is in Political Science, Sociology and Mathematics. I hold a Master's degree in Political Science (hovedfag) from NTNU focusing on international environmental cooperation and the use of scientific knowledge as a basis for political decisionmaking. My thesis concerned the role of science and politics in the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme and the Arctic Council: Vitenskap og politikk: Om produksjon og formidling av vitenskapelig kunnskap i Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme - Arktisk råd

At IndEcol I am working as coordinator and researcher.

Coordinating activities:
Administering the IndEcol MSc programme.Student counceling.Arranging seminars and guest lectures.Production of newsletter, reports and communicatons. Developing and administering the IndEcol external web site and the MSc programme web pages.

Reserach interests:
Science as basis for political decisions, actor-network theory, industrial ecology, design for environment, international environmental cooperation, prospective analysis.

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