Projects

ENERGETHICS: Norwegian energy companies abroad - Expanding the anthropological understanding of corporate social responsibility (NFR-FRIPRO), 2015-2019. I was project leader and responsible for case study on Statkraft in Turkey. http://www.uib.no/en/project/energethics

KnowSeas - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe's Seas (EU FP7, Theme 6 Environment), 2009 -2013. I lead a workpackage on the Black Sea and participate in a workpackage 'Institutional and Social Analysis'. http://www.knowseas.com/

Poverty and the Importance of Sea Snail fishing for Fishers' Livelihoods on the Turkish Black Sea Coast. 2008 - 2010. This project was part of the larger collective project 'Povfish: Unravelling the Vicious Circle - Poverty Alleviation and Sustainable Livelihoods in Small-scale Fisheries'. http://sites.google.com/a/maremacentre.com/povfish/Home.

ELME - European Lifestyles and Marine Ecosystems (2004-2007). FP6 funded project with 20+ partners, UiB share approx. 85.000 EURO. I headed work package on ‘Unsustainable extraction of living resources’ (i.e. ‘fisheries’).

Ukrainian and Russian Black Sea fisheries (2004-2005). Funded by the Meltzer Foundation, 232.000 NOK. Lead by me, Hege Toje employed to conduct fieldwork and write report under my supervision.

Marine Knowledges in the Turkish Black Sea region and beyond. Further explorations into technology, power and identity (2002-2006). NFR-funded two years (individual) post-doctoral scholarship.

Turkish Black Sea fisheries in an era of crisis. Friction between local knowledge and national discourses (1996-2001). NFR-funded four years doctoral scholarship.

A comparative study of fishing communities and public awareness in Turkey and Ukraine. Social Assessment Studies of the Human Communities Particularly Affected by the Degradation of the Black Sea Ecosystem (1997). 3-months project funded by the Black Sea Environmental Programme, Istanbul.