CET Annual Report 2025

Wondering what CET got up to in 2025? We are excited to share with you the 2025 CET Annual Report.

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CET researchers and students at the annual autumn retreat on the Fløien mountain. Photo: Silje Kristiansen

Read the CET Annual Report 2025 here. (external link)

We are excited to share with you the range of activities and research our dynamic research centre has been involved with in 2025. 

In 2025 CET launched the ECOBUDGETS project, held the 6th Beyond Oil conference - 10 years after the first was held, and had publications in high impacted journals such as Nature Climate Change. 

In his words from the director, CET Director Håvard Haarstad, discusses the role of hope in our research: 

- My main takeaway from the hope debates at Beyond Oil and elsewhere is that hope can be a strong driving force for action. Combined with realism and pragmatism, hope can motivate excellent research and actionable knowledge advancing transformations towards sustainability.

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Photo: Thor Brødreskift
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Shayan Shokrgozar's doctoral defence in November. Her pictured with their supervisors and committee members. Photo: Judith Dalsgård/ CET
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Collaboration with the Bergen International Film Festival during the Beyond Oil conference. . Photo: Jesper Kirkeby Brevik/BIFF

About the Annual Report

The Annual Report is structured around the core themes: People – researchers, students and employees at CET, Research – our engagement in new projects and project development, Publications – presenting our publications for the past year, and Outreach – highlighting how we have engaged in communication, organising meeting places, and education.

Here is a quick look at some key numbers and highlights from CET:

People:

75 affiliated researchers

Research:

  • 7 running projects
  • 3 new research projects
  • 1 PhD defence

Publications and outreach:

  • 48 scientific publications
  • 41 Media engagements
  • 35 Lunch seminars, workshops and events
  • 340 CET Lunch attendees