• Arctic conferences as arenas for power games and collaboration in international relations 

      Steinveg, Beate (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-21)
      International Relations (IR) considers states to be the central actors in the international system, and IR’s main theories have been heavily focused on great powers. While many scholars that politics is about more than government and broadens the analytical emphasis to also include non-state, sub-national, sub-regional actors – conferences have attracted limited attention. Still, global conferences ...
    • Canada's Arctic policy. Striking a balance between national interests and circumpolar cooperation 

      Steinveg, Beate (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2014-11-07)
      The Arctic is undergoing rapid changes, both environmentally and politically, and the Arctic states as well as non-Arctic actors are working to establish a presence, secure national interests and natural resources in the High North. Canada is an interesting player in this unpredictable region, with the potential to become an Arctic great power. Canada is the world’s second largest country, over 40% ...
    • Exponential Growth and New Agendas – a Comprehensive Review of the Arctic Conference Sphere 

      Steinveg, Beate (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2021-06-15)
      The Arctic region has attracted the interest of Arctic and non-Arctic states, as well as non-state actors, for decades. Corresponding with the growing attraction towards the region, the number of conferences attending to Arctic issues has expanded. This article provides an historical mapping of the Arctic conference sphere, and demonstrates how the establishment of Arctic conferences has both ...
    • Governance by conference? Actors and agendas in Arctic politics 

      Steinveg, Beate (Doctoral thesis; Doktorgradsavhandling, 2021-02-19)
      The Arctic has become a core national priority for the Arctic states, and the region has attracted the interest of non-Arctic state actors. Since the 1990s, the Arctic has been characterized by cooperative institutions forming a complex picture of transnational collaboration. Increased interest towards the region, catalyzed by geopolitical changes and the impacts of climate change, has also been ...
    • Hva mener lokalpolitikerne om sosiale medier? 

      Bjørnå, Hilde; Steinveg, Beate; Hernes, Hans-Kristian (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2022-08-16)
      Sosiale medier er et sentralt element i politikk på nasjonalt nivå i ulike land, og viktig for å forstå dagens politiske prosesser. Sosiale mediers betydning og rolle er omstridt, mange frykter at de truer demokratiske prosesser og politisk representasjon. Vi har langt mindre kunnskap om sosiale medier i lokal politikk, hvordan det brukes og hva det betyr for rollen til kommunepolitikere og deres ...
    • Local politicians in the age of new media 

      Bjørnå, Hilde; Steinveg, Beate; Hernes, Hans-Kristian (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2022-07-27)
      This paper discusses the impact of new media on local politics and politicians in a highly digitalised and advanced democracy. Through case studies and interviews of elite representatives in three Norwegian municipalities, the paper’s ambition is to gain further understanding of the use of new media at the local political level and how new media influence and shape the role of local political ...
    • Nordområdenarrativer og identitetsbygging i nord 

      Steinveg, Beate; Medby, Ingrid Agnete (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-12-08)
      I denne fokusspalten tar vi for oss hvordan den norske nordområdepolitikken har blitt kommunisert gjennom bruk av politiske «narrativer». Ved bruk av narrativ politisk analyse belyser vi bruk av ideer om fortid, nåtid og fremtid i og som «nord». Innenriks har dette betydd en gjenfortelling av identitet og økt oppmerksomhet på elementer som hav- og kysthistorie, og utenriks har det betydd en reevaluering ...
    • The role of conferences within Arctic governance 

      Steinveg, Beate (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2020-07-27)
      Since the end of the Cold War, the Arctic has transformed from a geopolitical buffer, to becoming a core national priority for the Arctic states, and a desirable playing field for non-Arctic actors. Geopolitical changes and a growing concern for the impacts of climate change have led to increased attention towards the Arctic region, which has prompted an extensive growth in the establishment ...
    • Social media as an agenda-setting instrument in local politics 

      Steinveg, Beate; Bjørnå, Hilde (Journal article; Tidsskriftartikkel; Peer reviewed, 2023-09-25)
      This article contributes to the litera ture on political agen da-setting on social mediain the local context. Using interviews with local politicians in northern Norway, wediscuss local politicians’ use of soci al media for agenda-setting in between electionsfrom an agency perspective. We ask whether local politicians seek to promote andcontrol the definition of an issue on social media, and whether ...
    • Sosiale mediers inntog i lokal­politikken er et tveegget sverd 

      Steinveg, Beate; Bjørnå, Hilde (Chronicle; Kronikk, 2023)
      Sosiale media har gjort sitt inntog i lokalpolitikken og er en viktig påvirkningskanal i valget. For lokalpolitikerne selv er sosiale media også en del av hverdagen. Hverdagsytringer på sosiale medier gjør at de kan komme nærmere borgernes meninger, få innspill til politikken og delta i politiske diskusjoner om saker de brenner for. Men engasjement på sosiale media har også en rekke ulemper. Vi ...