Håland has for decades been concerned with questions pertaining to human ecology within an anthropological and historical framework. He has undertaken a range of lengthy fieldworks in East Africa (e.g. Sudan and Ethiopia) and in Asia (e.g. Nepal, Bangladesh, Thailand and China).

Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi (2017). Prehistoric Figurines in Sudan. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2013). Early Farming Societies Along the Nile. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2012). Event Focused Fieldwork and Comparative Methodology. Exploring Ethnic Boundaries and Cultural Variation. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2012). Samfunn: En prosessforståelse. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2011). Landscape. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2010). Tourism and Commodification of Ethnicity under Communist Rule. Cases from Yunnan, China. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2009). Pastoral People in a Globalizing world. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2008). Explaining causes in evolving contexts: From Nepali hill Farmers to Business Managers in Thailand. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2008). Craft specialization, cast identites and political centralisation. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Dae, Data (2004). Smelting iron. Caste and its symbolism in South-Western Ethiopia. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2002). Forword. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2002). Culture, Society and Nature - Reflections on some Contributions from the Arun Project. (external link)
• Subedi, Madhusudan Sharma; Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Foreword. (external link)
• Håland, Gunnar (1995). Foreword. (external link)

Internet exhibition

• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi (2013). Darfur before: Technologies, Symbolisms and Multiple Identities. (external link)

Academic lecture

• Haaland, Gunnar (2011). Economic development of minority areas in Yunnan: Some comparative perspectives. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2011). "Moralske normer, statsmakt og rettssystem". (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2008). Rethinking Ethnicity: From Darfur to China and back. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2008). The Tourist Encounter: Commodification of Ethnicity in Yunnan, China. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2008). Panel innlegg: Refleksjoner over Barths bidrag tilstudiet av etnisitet. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Ethnic group and Nationality; State and Minorities. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Tourism and Cultural Change. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Exploring the interconnection between Cultural Meanings and Social Relations. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Globalization of Interaction Systems and the Culture in Ethnicity: Popular Songs and production of Nepali Ethnoscapes in South-East Asia. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Globalization as an empirical phenomenon. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Methodological considerations in the investigation of the interplay between local and global processes. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Theoretical Perspectives on Globalization. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Studying social exclusion in the Nepali context. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). Case studies of ethnicity in Western Yunnan. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). Ethnic Identity and the Culture in Ethnicity. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Yunchuan, Wu (2006). Male- female among the Na. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). A Society without husbands and without fathers. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). Forms of Capital. Guanxi, renxing, bureaucratic position and material wealth. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). Anthropological perspectives on the State and Ethnicity in Yunnan. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). Anthropological perspectives on ethnic processes. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Beimatsho, An (2006). Living by Yak on the Tibetan Plateau. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Dea, Data (2006). The Ethiopian Iron Smelter and his World. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Beimatsho, An (2006). Living by Yak on the Tibetan Plateau. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Dae, Data; Håland, Randi (2006). The Ethiopian Iron Smelter and his World. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Dea, Data (2006). The Ethiopian Iron Smelter and his World. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2005). The Darfur Conflict in Evolving Socio-cuøltural and Politico-economic Contexts. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Dae, Data; Håland, Randi (2005). The Ethiopian iron Smelter and his World. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Dae, Data; Håland, Randi (2005). The Ethiopian Iron Smelter and his World. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Caste: Sociological Conceptualisation and Archaeolgical Documentation. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Managing the Managers. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Ethnicity and Migration. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Dae, Data (2004). The Ethiopian iron smelter and his world. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2004). Globalization of Interaction Systems and the Culture in Ethnicity. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar; Barata, Data Dea (2002). Caste and Craft spesialization among Ironworkers in SW Ethiopia. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2002). Furnace and Pot; Why the iron smelter is a big pot maker. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Personalization of formal relations: Homo Reciprocans and Homo Bureaucraticus. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Hvordan vi kan kvalitetssikre Norads stipendieprogram slik at det gir prioritert og relevant kompetanse som virker effektivt mot fattigdommen i sør. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Furnace and pot. Why the Dawro Iron-smelter is a big Pot-maker. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Nature, Culture and Society. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Symbols of identity and belongings. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar; Dea, Data (2000). " Furnace and Pot: why is the Wollaita iron smelter a big pot maker?". (external link)

Academic article

• Haaland, Gunnar (2011). Reflections on the Cultural Background to China's Reaction to the Nobel Prize Award. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2010). Cultural landscape and migration. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2010). Reflections on Contrasting Views on Themes in Chinese Civilization. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Yunchuan, Wu (2009). From House structure to Gender relations: Exploring the Na (Mosuo) of Yunnan Province, China. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Gurung, Poonam (2007). Globalization of Interaction Systems and the Culture in Ethnicity. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi (2007). God of war, worldly ruler, and craft specialists in the Meroitic Kingdom of Sudan: Inferring social identity from material remains. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Ethnicity and Migration: Exploring Casual and Semiotic Contexts of Nepalese Migrants in Southeast Asia. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2006). The Dafur Conflict in evolving Politico-economic and socio-cultural contexts. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Dae, Data (2004). Furnace and Pot: why the iron smelter is a big pot maker. A case study from South.Western Ethiopia. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Rijal, Suman (2002). The Social Life of Iron: A Cross-Cultural Study of Technological; Symbolic, and Social Aspects of Iron Making. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar; Rijal, Suman (2002). Social Life of Iron. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar; Dea, Data (2000). Ethno-archaeological Research on Iron smelting in South-west Ethiopia. (external link)
• Håland, Gunnar (1999). Beer, Blood and Mother`s Milk. (external link)
• Håland, Gunnar (1997). Beer, Blood and Mother's Milk: The symbolic context of economic behaviour in the society. (external link)
• Håland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi (1996). Levels Meaning in Symbolic Objects. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Håland, Gunnar (1996). Levels of Meaning in Symbolic Objects. (external link)
• Brun, JG; Håland, Gunnar; Haga, H-J et al. (1995). Effects of calprotectin in avridine induced arthritis. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Håland, Gunnar (1995). Who speaks the Goddess' Language. Imagination and Method in Archeological Research. (external link)

Masters thesis

• He, Hongmei; Haaland, Gunnar (2010). Rural - Urban Differentiation, Migration and Emerging Educational Inequalities. A Case Study of Left-behind Children in Ganqiu Village, Yunnan. (external link)
• Li, Siyu; Haaland, Gunnar (2009). Sacrifice to Heaven: Ritual Rivaval and Social Change in China, the Case of Naxi. (external link)
• Droma, Phuntsok; Haaland, Gunnar (2009). Herbal Medicine in Lima: The Paradox of its Official Status and Accepted Use. (external link)
• Buli, Jobir; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Conflict and Boundary. The Case of the Karrayu Oromo of the Upper Awash Valley, Ethiopia. (external link)
• Chemjong, Dambar Dhoj; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). An Account of the Multiple Roles of Alcohol among the Limbus in Eastern Nepal. (external link)
• Wen, Hua; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Negotiation with State Discourse. An Ethnographic Case Study of Healing Practices in Dali, Southwest China. (external link)
• Chen, Jianhua; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). The Dulong and Their Life. A Preliminary Study on Social Organization of the Dulong in the Chinese Ethno-political Context. (external link)
• Bayissa, Gudeta Urgessa; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Nurturing identity and national consciousness outside a national setting. The case of Ormo refugees. (external link)
• Singha, Rajmoni; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). The Khasi of Bangladesh. Matrilineal Kinship and Marriage System among the Khasis. (external link)
• Wild Fernandez, Juliana Eugenia; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Individuals, Households, Associations and Community. Resources Management in Tupe, an Andean Community in the Peruvian Andes. (external link)
• Pokharel, Sanjeev; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Jat and Izzat in Panchbhaiya. A Study of the Relationships Between High and Low Castes in Western Nepal. (external link)
• Wu, Yunchuan; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Yidu, Sexuality, and Social Relationships of the Na. (external link)
• Shrestha, Nibedita; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Spiritual Healing and Modernity in Kathmandu. A Study of some Popular Sects of Healing for both Physical and non-Physical reasons in Kathmandu. (external link)
• Marma, U Thowai Maung; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). The Monastery and the Village. Continuities and the discontinuities in the Transmission of Culture on Marma Communities of Chittagong Hill Tracts. (external link)
• Xu, Dawei; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). From the Mountains to the Cities. Female Migration on Mount Jinuoshan in South Western China. (external link)
• Tripura, Khushi Rai; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Spatial structures and Rites de Passage. Exploring socio-cultural contexts of legal procedures among the Tripura of Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT). (external link)
• Sun, Yuya; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Mongol, Han or Erliiz (hybrid). Culture, Way of Life, and Ethnic Identity in Inner Mongolia. (external link)

Short communication

• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2008). knut odner 1924 - 2008. (external link)

Doctoral dissertation

• Huang, Jiangsheng; Haaland, Gunnar (2008). Moral Debt Which Cannot Be Returned: The Predicament of the Moderen Chinese Bureaucrat. (external link)

Popular scientific lecture

• Haaland, Gunnar (2008). Åpningstale. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2007). Intercultural Business Encounters. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2003). To what Extent is Fatalism a Factor in Development. Some Critical Comments on Dor Bahadur's book: Fatalism and development. (external link)

Documentary

• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Utenfor Eden- Fruktbar balanse. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2005). Utenfor Eden (drømmen om Edens hage. (external link)

Programme participation

• Haaland, Gunnar; Haaland, Svein (2005). Utenfor Eden (fruktbar balanse). (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Haaland, Svein (2005). Utenfor Eden (Drømmen om Edens Hage. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Haaland, Svein (2004). Utenfor Eden (Av Jord). (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Mordet på Nepal`s kongelige familie. (external link)

Digital learning tools

• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi; Dae, Data (2004). The Ethiopian Iron Smelter and his World. (external link)

Interview

• Haaland, Gunnar; Bjerve, Gunhild (2004). Tragedie med komplisert forhistorie. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Vargel, Annicken (2004). konflikten i Darfur. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar (2003). Mosûo: Morsrett og kvinnemakt i Sør-kina. (external link)

Encyclopedia article

• Haaland, Gunnar (2001). Thor Heyerdahl. (external link)

Non-fiction book

• Håland, Gunnar (2000). Aschehougs Verdens Historie Bind I. (external link)
• Håland, Randi; Haaland, Gunnar (2000). I begynnelsen. (external link)
• Haaland, Gunnar; Håland, Randi (2000). Aschehougs Verdens Historie Bind I. (external link)
• Grønhaug, Reidar; Henriksen, Georg; Håland, Gunnar (1991). The Ecology of Choice and Symbol. Essays in honour of Fredr ik Barth. (external link)
• Håland, Gunnar; xx, xx (1979). Economic allocations and symboloc structures in a Fur society. (external link)

Feature article

• Håland, Gunnar (1995). Fjærn og Nær, anmeldelse. (external link)

Report

• Håland, Gunnar (1995). Khimti kolo Hydro power Project. (external link)
• Håland, Gunnar (1994). Khimti Khola Hydroelectric Project - an Evaluation of Socioeconomic consequenses. (external link)

See a complete overview of publications in Cristin.

Selected publications
[forthcoming] Rethinking Ethnicity: From Darfur to China and back. Khartoum.

[forthcoming, with Randi Haaland] Early Farming societies along the Nile. Oxford: Oxford University press.

2012 Samfunn: En prosessforståelse, in Kenneth Dahlgren and Hans Erik Næss (eds) Tanker om samfunn. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget, pp. 33-64,

2012 Event Focused Fieldwork and Comparative Methodology. Exploring Ethnic Boundaries and Cultural Variation, in Loshini Naidoo (ed.) An Ethnography of Global Landscapes and Corridors. Rijeka: Intech publishers, pp. 23-56.

2011 [with Randi Haaland] Landscape, in Tim Insoll (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 24-37.

2011 Reflections on the Cultural Background to China's Reaction to the Nobel Prize Award. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 5: 81-100.

2010 Tourism and Commodification of Ethnicity, in Nefissa Naguib and Bert de Vries (eds) Movements of people in time and space : heureux qui comme Ulysses a fait un beau voyage. Bergen: Bric.

2010 Cultural landscape and Migration. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 4:99-110.

2010 Reflections on Contrasting Views on Themes in Chinese Civilization. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology, 4:1-20.

2009. [with Wu Yunchuan] From House structure to gender relations. Exploring the Na (Mosuo) of Yunnan Province. Dhaulagiri Journal of Sociology and Anthropology (Annapurna, Baglung), 3: 19-40.

2009. Pastoral people in a globalizing world?, in Alexandros Tsakos and Henriette Hafsaas-Tsakos (eds) Connecting South and North. Sudan Studies from Bergen in Honour of Mahmoud Salih. Bergen: Bric, pp. 97-114.

2008. Explaining causes in evolving contexts: From Nepali hill Farmers to Business Managers in Thailand, in Bradley Walters, Bonnie J. McCay, Paige West and Susan Lees (eds.) Against the Grain. The Vayda Tradition in Human Ecology and Ecological Anthropology. Lanham, MD: AltaMira Press, pp. 43-66.

2008. [with Randi Haaland] Craft specialization, cast identites and political centralisation, in K. Chilidis, J. Lund and C. Prescott (eds.) Facets of archeology. Essays in honour of Lotte Hedeager on her 60th birthday, Oslo: Unipub, pp. 155-169.

2007. Ethnicity and Migration: Exploring Casual and Semiotic Contexts of Nepalese Migrants in Southeast Asia. Journal of South-central University for Nationalities, 2: 29-34.

2007. [with Randi Haaland] God of war, worldly ruler, and craft specialists in the Meroitic Kingdom of Sudan. Journal of Social Archaeology, 7(3): 372-93.

2007. [with Poonam Gurung] Globalization of Interaction Systems and the Culture in Ethnicity. The International Journal of Diversity in Organisations, Communities and Nations, 7(3): 77-84.

2006. The Darfur Conflict in Evolving Politico-economic and Socio-cultural Contexts. The International Journal of Diversity in Organizations, Communities and Nations, 6(5).

2004. [with Randi Haaland and Data Dea] Smelting iron. Caste and its symbolism in South-western Ethiopia, in Tim Insoll (ed.) Beliefs in the Past. British Archaeological reports. Oxford: Archaeopress, pp. 75-86.

2004. [with Randi Haaland and Data Dea] Furnace and Pot: why the iron smelter is a big pot maker A case study from South-western Ethiopia. Azania, XXXIX: 146-165.

2002. Foreword, in R. Chaudhary, B.P. Subedi and O.R. Vetaas (eds) Vegetation and Society: Their Interaction in the Himalayas. Bergen og Katmandu: University of Bergen and Tribhuvan University, pp. 191-200.

2002. [with Randi Haaland and Suman Rijal] The Social Life of Iron. Anthropos, 97: 35-54.

2002. Culture, Society and Nature. Reflections on some Contributions from the Arun Project, in R. Chaudhary, B.P. Subedi and O.R. Vetaas (eds.) Vegetation and Society: Their Interaction in the Himalayas. Bergen: University of Bergen, pp. 191-200.

2002. Thor Heyerdahl, article in Norsk Biografisk Leksikon. Oslo: Kunnskapsforlaget, pp. 269-273.

2000 [1982] [with Randi Haaland] I begynnelsen [In the beginning]. Vol. 1 i Aschehougs verdenshistorie. Oslo: Aschehoug.

2000. [with Randi Haaland and Data Dea] Ethno-Arcaeological Reasearch on Iron Smelting in Woleita South west Ethiopia. Nyamekuma, December 2000.

1998. Beer, Blood and Mother’s Milk. Sudan Notes and Records, 2: 53-75. 

1996. [with Randi Haaland] Levels of meaning in Symbolic Objects. Cambridge Journal of Archaeology, 6(2): 295-300.

1995. [with Randi Haaland] Who Speaks the Goddess's Language? Norwegian Archaeological Review, 28(2).

1993. Økologiske perspektiver i sosialantropologien [Ecological perspectives in Social Anthropology], in A. Semb-Johansson, J. Lund Hansen and I. Mysterud (eds) Bred Økologi. Oslo: Cappelen Forlag.

1991. Cultural Content and Ethnic Identity, in R. Grønhaug, G. Haaland and G. Henriksen (eds) The Ecology of Choice and Symbol. Bergen: Alma Mater.

 1991. Introduction, in R. Grønhaug, G. Haaland and G. Henriksen (eds) The Ecology of Choice and Symbol. Bergen: Alma Mater.

1991. Systems of Agricultural Production in Western Sudan, in J. Craig (re.) The Agriculture of the Sudan. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

1991. Pastorale samfunn og utnyttelsen av fellesresurser [Pastoral Communities and Exploitation of Common Resources], in Stenseth, Tranden and Kristiansen (eds) Forvaltningen av våre fellessresurser. Oslo: Ad Notam forlag.

1990. Fattigdom, bistand og bærekraftig utvikling [Poverty, Aid and Sustainable Development]. Proceedings from the Association of
Development Researchers in Denmark.

1990. Aid and Sustainable Development in a Dual Economy. Forum for utviklingsstudier, 1.

1990. Øl og morsmelk. Symbol, moral og valg i Fur-samfunnet [Beer and Mother's Milk. Symbol, moral and choice in Fur society]. Norsk Antropologisk Tidsskrift, 1: 3-15.

1987. Centralized Political Systems and the Evolution of Socio-economic Dualism in the Maldives. Journal of Social Studies, 38. Dhaka.

1985-1986. The Global Context of Economic and Political Development in South Yemen, I & II. Journal of Social Studies, no. 28 & 32. Dhaka.

1984 [med W. Keddeman] Poverty Analysis: The Somali Case. Economic Development and Cultural Change, 32(4).

1984. The Jellaba Trading System of Eastern Equatoria, i L. Manger (ed.) Trade and Traders in the Sudan. Occasional Papers in Social Anthropology. No 32. Bergen: University of Bergen.

1984. Fur, in R. Weekes (ed.) Muslim Peoples. Westport: Greenwood Press.

1983. Dualistic Development: Issues for Aid Policy, in J. Parkinson (ed.) Poverty and Aid. London: Blackwell.

1980. Problems of Savannah Development: The Sudan Case. Occasional Papers No 19. Bergen: Dept. of social anthropology, University of Bergen.

1979 [with McCown and deHaan] Interaction between Cultivation and Livestock Production in Semi-arid Africa, in A. Hall, G.H. Cannell and H.W. Lawton (eds.) Agriculture in semi-arid Environments. Ecological Studies No 34. Berlin: Springer Verlag.

1978. Ethnic Groups and Language Use in Darfur, in R. Thelwell (ed.) Aspects of Language in the Sudan. Occasional Papers in Linguistics and Language Learning. No 5. Belfast: The New University of Ulster.

1978. Pastoral Development Programs and Anthropological Information Feedback, in East African Pastoralism. Addis Ababa: ILCA.

1977. Pastoral Systems of Production, in O'Keefe and B. Wisner (eds) Landuse and Development. London: International African Institute.

1975. Some Economic and Ecological Implications of Traditional Systems of Livestock Management. Antropologiska Studier, 15. Stockholm.

1974. [with Georg Henriksen] Teknikk og sult i Afrika [Technology and Starvation in Africa]. [kronikk] Dagbladet 26.08.74.

1972. Nomadization as an Economic Career among Sedentaries in the Sudan Savanna Belt, in I. Cunnison and W. James (eds.) Essays in Sudan Ethnography. London: C Hurst & Company.

1971. Familieliv i et afrikansk stammesamfunn. [Family Life in an African Tribal Community] in F. Barth (ed.) Mennesket som samfunnsborger. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget.

1969. Economic Determinants in Ethnic Processes, in F. Barth (ed.) Ethnic Groups and Boundaries. Oslo: Norwegian University Press.

1967. Methodological Considerations, in F. Barth (ed.) Human Resources. Report submitted to FAO. Published as Occasional Paper No 1. Bergen: Dept. of social anthropology, Universitety of Bergen.

1964. Økonomisk vekst og sosial forandring [Economic Growth and Social Change]. Statsøkonomisk Tidsskrift, 4.

Ongoing

-Globalization of Interaction Systems and Ethnic Identity

-Himalayan farmings (co-operation Tor Halfdan Aaase, UiB)

-Poverty traps in industries with low knowledge- and investment barriers
(co-operation with Magnus Hatlebakk, CMI)

Recently completed
Social exclusion, democratic inclusion and the insurgency in Nepal (with  Magnus Hatlebakk, CMI)