Devyn Helen Avhild Remme
PHD student , UiBRemme is a PHD student at the Department of Geography, UiB
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A joint initiative between the University of Bergen
and CMI – Chr. Michelsen Institute
Why should we care about critical minerals?
26.03.2026
12:00 - 13:00English
Where are they found, who controls access to them, and why has this become such an important geopolitical issue?
UiB Smart technologies, from phones, electric vehicles, to wind turbines and batteries all depend on a relatively small group of minerals and rare earth elements. As demand for these technologies accelerates, so does the strategic importance of the resources that make them possible.
The transition to renewable energy requires speed, while resource extraction raises difficult questions about environmental risk, scientific uncertainty and national security.
But what minerals are we actually talking about? How are they mined? Where are they found, who controls access to them, and why has this become such an important geopolitical issue?
This panel brings together researchers from different disciplines to explore where science and politics intersect. Critical minerals are not only about geology and technology, but also about supply chains, industrial competition and great power politics.
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Bergen GlobalJekteviksbakken 31, Bergen
26.03.2026
12:00 - 13:00
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Iselin Stensdal
Senior researcher , Fridtjof Nansen InstituteStensdal is a senior researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. Her research focuses on Chinese environmental and climate policy, energy security policy and General Chinese politics.
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Devyn Helen Avhild Remme
PHD student , UiB
Remme is a PHD student at the Department of Geography, UiB
Remme is a PhD-candidate at the Centre for Climate and Energy and is affiliated with the University of Bergen’s strategic initiative on Global Societal Challenges.
Eoghan P. Reeves
Professor , UiB
Reeves is a professor of Aqueous Geochemistry, UiB.
Reeves´ hydrothermal research group and laboratory examines how high temperature and pressure geologic fluids in the Earth’s crust acquire their inorganic-organic geochemical compositions, in order to help us better understand how such heated fluids interact with Earth’s lithosphere and biosphere.
Iselin Stensdal
Senior researcher , Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Stensdal is a senior researcher at the Fridtjof Nansen Institute. Her research focuses on Chinese environmental and climate policy, energy security policy and General Chinese politics.
Eric Young
PHD fellow, SINTEF
Young is a researcher at SINTEF Ocean.
Young is a researcher at SINTEF Ocean studying the impact analysis of mineral supply chains. He is completing a doctoral thesis on how different values and knowledge claims should inform decision-making in mineral governance. His research focuses on navigating uncertainty, boundary-setting, and value conflicts in complex resource contexts.
Bergen Global is a joint initiative between the University of Bergen and Chr. Michelsen Institute that addresses global challenges.
