• Imagining a Postpetroleum Arctic. 

      Dale, Brigt; Kristoffersen, Berit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2016-07-29)
      As tensions mount across the Arctic concerning the utilization of natural resources and the implications for ecologies and their social connectedness, we bring attention to how futures beyond the (potential) extraction period are considered. What does the future hold if one looks beyond the extraction period of nonrenewable resources, and how do these questions of where we are heading inform local ...
    • Post-Petroleum Security in a Changing Arctic: Narratives and Trajectories Towards Viable Futures 

      Dale, Brigt; Kristoffersen, Berit (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-04)
      In this paper we explore how post-petroleum security is continually shaped by both the micropolitical practices of everyday life as well as the changing geopolitics of energy landscapes. We focus in particular on the two-decade long struggle over access to hydrocarbon deposits outside the Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja archipelago groups (LoVeSe), and show how local security perspectives permeate ...
    • Post-Petroleum Security in Lofoten: Why Identity Matters 

      Kristoffersen, Berit; Dale, Brigt (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2017-10-26)
      Based on over 60 interviews and fieldwork in Lofoten, Norway, over a five-year period (2008 – 2013), this paper argues that local identity is a ‘missing link’ with significant explanatory value when analyzing the contested matter of whether to open for oil drilling in this region. Through a Giddensian approach to ontological security, we identify a major discrepancy between local and national ...
    • Securing a Contingent Future : how threats, risks and identity matter in the debate over petroleum development in Lofoten, Norway. 

      Dale, Brigt (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2012-05-11)
      During the first decade of the new millennium, decisive steps towards including the Northern province in what has been called ‘the Norwegian petroleum fairytale’ was taken. By 2008, the area outside the regions Lofoten, Vesterålen and Senja was put high on the agenda, and national, regional and local actors sought influence on the matter. Politically, the case was seen as potentially threatening to ...