Publications
BOOK
Knudsen, Ståle (ed.) (under contract, publication early 2023) Corporate social responsibility and the paradoxes of state capitalism. Ethnographies of Norwegian energy and extraction businesses abroad. Oxford: Berghahn Books.
Knudsen, Ståle (2009) Fishers and Scientists in Modern Turkey. The Management of Natural Resources, Knowledge and Identity on the Eastern Black Sea Coast. Oxford: Berghahn Books. To browse the book on google books, click here.
ARTICLES and BOOK CHAPTERS (see bottom of page or my page at Academia.edu for some downloads)
Knudsen, S. (2023) 'Critical realism in political ecology: An argument against flat ontology'. Journal of Political Ecology 30(1): 1-22. doi: https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.5127.
Knudsen, S., D. Rajak, S. Lange and I. Hugøy (2020) 'Bringing the state back in. Corporate social responsibility and the paradoxes of Norwegian state capitalism in the international energy sector', in Theme section (eds. S. Knudsen and D. Rajak) 'Corporate social responsibility and the paradoxes of state capitalism'. Focaal—Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology (88): 1-21.
Knudsen, S., I.B. Müftüoğlu, and I. Hugøy (2020) 'Standardizing responsibility through the stakeholder figure. Norwegian hydropower in Turkey', in Theme section (eds. S. Knudsen and D. Rajak) 'Corporate social responsibility and the paradoxes of state capitalism'. Focaal—Journal of Global and Historical Anthropology (88): 58-75.
Knudsen, 2. (2019) 'Debts and the end for infrastructure fetishism in Turkey'. Focaal Blog, August 5.
Müftüoğlu, I.B., S. Knudsen, R.F. Dale, O. Eiken, D. Rajak, S. Lange (2018) 'Rethinking access: Key methodological challenges in studying energy companies'. Energy Research & Social Science 45 (November): 250-257.
Knudsen, Ståle (2018) 'Is Corporate Social Responsibility Oiling the Neoliberal Carbon Economy?'. Ethnos 83(3): 502-520.
Knudsen, Ståle (2016) 'Protests Against Energy Projects in Turkey: Environmental Activism Above Politics?'. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 43(3): 302-323.
Knudsen, Ståle (2015) 'Corporate Social Responsibility in Local Context: International capital, charitable giving and the politics of education in Turkey'. Southeast European and Black Sea Studies 15(3): 369-390.
Knudsen, Ståle (2015) 'Marine Governance in the Black Sea'. In Michael Gilek and Kristine Kern (eds.) Governing Europe’s Marine Environment. Europeanization of Regional Seas or Regionalization of EU Policies? Ashgate, 225-248.
O'Higgins, T., A. Farmer, G. Daskalov, S. Knudsen, and L. Mee (2014) 'Achieving good environmental status in the Black Sea: scale mismatches in environmental management'. Ecology and Society 19(3): 54.
Knudsen, Ståle (2014) 'Is Escobar’s Territories of Difference good political ecology? On anthropological engagements with environmental social movements'. Review article with response from Escobar. Social Analysis 48(2): 78-107.
Knudsen, Ståle (2014) 'Multiple sea snails. The uncertain becoming of an alien species'. Anthropological Quarterly 87(1): 59-92.
Ron Janssen, Ståle Knudsen, Valentina Todorova and Ayşe Gündüz Hoşgör (2014) 'Managing Rapana in the Black Sea: stakeholder workshops on both sides'. Ocean & Coastal Management, 87(January): 75-87.
A. Ulman, S. Bekisoglu, M.A Zengin, S. Knudsen, V. Unal, C. Mathevs, S. Harper, D. Zeller, D. Pauly (2013) 'From bonito to anchovy: a reconstruction of Turkey’s marine fisheries catches (1950-2010)'. Mediterranean Marine Science, 14(2): 309-342.
Knudsen, Ståle (2008) ‘Ethical know-how and traditional ecological knowledge in small scale fisheries on the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey’. Human Ecology – An Interdisciplinary Journal, 36(1).
Knudsen, Ståle (2007) ‘A Comparative Overview of Academic Discourse on Indigenous Knowledge in the Middle East and Africa’. I E. Boon and L. Hens (eds) Indigenous knowledge systems and sustainable development: Relevance for Africa. Delhi: Kamla-Raj Enterprises.
Knudsen, Ståle (2006) ‘Between Life Giver and Leisure. Identity Negotiantion through Seafood in Turkey’. International Journal of Middle East Studies, 38(3).
Knudsen, Ståle (2004) ‘From Tax to Proteins. State Fishery Policy and the Disregard of Tradition in Turkey. Middle Eastern Studies, 40(5).
Knudsen, Ståle (2003) ‘Situating Technology. Confrontations over the use of sonar among Turkish fishermen and marine scientists’, Perspectives on Global Development and Technology, 2(2).
Knudsen, Ståle (2003) ‘Black Sea Fishery Management; from Ignorance to Politics’, Journal of Southeast European and Black Sea Studies, 3(1).
Knudsen, Ståle (1999) ‘What role for the Turkish Fishery co-operatives? Organisational preconditions for a new management regime in the Black Sea.' M.S. Celikkale, E. Duzgunes, I. Okumus and C. Mutlu (eds.) The Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Fisheries and Ecology, 2-4 Sep. 1998, Trabzon/TURKEY.
Knudsen, Ståle (1995) ‘Fisheries along the eastern Black Sea coast of Turkey: informal resource management in small-scale fishing in the shadow of a dominant capitalist fishery’, Human Organization, winter 1995.
ARTICLES IN NORWEGIAN
Knudsen, Ståle og Olav Ånestad (2007) ‘Naturressurser og miljøproblemer i Midtøsten’. Introduksjonsartikkel til temanummer om ’Miljø og naturressurser i Midtøsten’. Babylon, 5(2).
Knudsen, Ståle (1999) ‘Taus kunnskap, prat og vitenskaplige tekster. En sammenlikning av kunnskap hos fiskere og forskere i Tyrkia’, Norsk antropologisk tidsskrift, 10(3-4).
ARTICLES IN TURKISH (translations)
Knudsen, S. (2020) 'TÜRKİYE’DE BORÇLAR VE ALTYAPI FETİŞİZMİNİN SONU'. Eğitim Bilim Toplum Dergisi, 18(72): 94-99.
Knudsen, S. ve Hakan Koçak (2016) 'Deniz Salyangozu Avcılığının Canlılık ve Çöküş Dönemlerinde Karadeniz Balıkçıları Yoksullukla Nasıl Baş Ettiler?', Deniz Yıldırım ve Evren Haspolat (derç) Değişen Karadeniz'i Anlamak", Ankara: Phoenıx Yayınevi.
Knudsen, S (2000), ‘Karadeniz Balıkçılık Sektöründe Türk Su Ürünleri Kooperatifleri Nasil Bir Rol Oynayabilir?’, Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 15 (3-4).
REPORTS
Andreas Kannen, Kira Gee, ChristianFisher, Riku Varjopuro, Ståle Knudsen, Mike Fitzpatrick, Cathal O'Mahony, Tavis Potts, Katia Frangoudes, Juan Luis de Viveiro (2012) Deliverable 5.3 Assessment of environmental governance structures and specific case studies in Europe’s Regional Seas. Oban: KnowSeas - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas, EU-FP7/226675
Tim O'Higgins, Ståle Knudsen, Valentina Todorova, Marina Panayotova, Georgi Daskalov (2012) Deliverable 8.3 Assessment report of environmental goods and services of selected Black Sea Ecosystems. Oban: KnowSeas - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas, EU-FP7/226675 2012
Ståle Knudsen, Valentina Todorova, Ayşe Gündüz Hoşgör, Ron Janssen, Marina Panayotova, Tim O'Higgins, OliviaLangmead (2012) Deliverable 8.4 Non-indigenous and commercial resource: The Rapana management dilemma in the Black Sea. Oban: KnowSeas - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas, EU-FP7/226675 2012
Jana Friedrich, Roi Martinez, Ståle Knudsen, Valentina Todorova, Olivia Langmead, Ayşe Gündüz Hoşgör, Georgi Daskalov and Tim O’Higgins (2011) ‘Report on the locations crucial for the functioning of the Black Sea ecosystems and scale mismatches that could constrain their management’. KnowSeas - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas Deliverable 8.1
Andreas Kannen, Riku Varjopuro, Stale Knudsen, Tavis Potts, Kira Gee, Malte Busch (2010) Scoping report on WP 5 conceptual model and methodological frame for multilevel governance assessment. KnowSeas - Knowledge-based Sustainable Management for Europe’s Seas Deliverable 5.1
Knudsen, S. (2008) 'GFCM Black Sea programme:preliminary elements for a project framework'. Rome: GFCM.
Knudsen S., Pelczarski W. and Brown J. (2007) ‘Joining the EU: The Impacts on Fisheries’. Elme Project Deliverable 5.3. Plymouth, ELME (EU FP6 project 505576 2006). 42s.
Knudsen, S., M. Zengin and M.H. Kocak (2006) ’A detailed report on the social and economic driving forces for each fishery to identify commonality in driving forces for the main fisheries in the regional seas of Europe’.Elme Project Deliverable 5.2. Plymouth, ELME (EU FP6 project 505576 2006).
Toje, H. and S. Knudsen (2006) 'Post-Soviet Transformations in Russian and Ukrainian Black Sea Fisheries: Socio-economic Dynamics and Property Relations'. University of Bergen.
Knudsen, S. (1997) 'A comparative study of fishing communities and public awareness in Turkey and Ukraine.’ Social Assesment Studies of the Human Communities Particularly Affected by the Degradation of the Black Sea Ecosystem'. Istanbul, Black Sea Environmental Programme.