EDUCATION
1993-1998: Cand.agric (M.S.), Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
Thesis: From Science to Development? Soil Productivity Research Programme 1981-1998. Department of Economics and Social Sciences, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway, December 1998, Norway.
WORK EXPERIENCE
- 2010 – 2013: Project Leader, Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo.
2007-2010: Project Coordinator, Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project of the International Human Dimensions Programme for Global Environmental Change (IHDP), at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo.
1999- 2007: Research Fellow, Center for International Climate and Environmental Research – Oslo (CICERO). 1997-1998 Seminar Teacher, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Books
- Inderberg, Tor Håkon, Siri Eriksen, Karen O’Brien and Linda Sygna, forthcoming. Climate Change Adaptation and Development: Transforming Paradigms and Practices. Earthscan.
Sygna, Linda, Karen O’Brien and Johanna Wolf, 2013. A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action, London: Earthscan.
Journal Articles
O’Brien, Karen and Linda Sygna, submitted. Three sheres of transformation. Ecology and Society.
Eriksen, Siri, Paulina Aldunce, Chandra Bahinipati, Rafael Martins, John Molefe, Charles Nhemachena, Karen O’Brien, Linda Sygna and Kirsten Ulsrud (2011). When not every response to climate change is a good one: Identifying principles for sustainable adaptation. Climate and Development, 3(1), pp. 7- 20 .
O’Brien, Karen, Siri Eriksen, Linda Sygna and Lars Otto Næss, 2006. Questioning complacency: Climate change impacts, vulnerability, and adaptation in Norway. Ambio, 35 (2), pp. 50-56.
O’Brien, Karen, Linda Sygna and Jan Erik Haugen, 2003. Vulnerable or resilient? Multi-scale assessments of the impacts of climate change in Norway. Climatic Change, 64 (1-2), pp. 193-225.
Sygna, Linda, Jan S. Fuglestvedt and H. Asbjørn Aaheim, 2002. The adequacy of GWPs as indicators of damage costs incurred by global warming. Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change, 7 (1), pp. 45-62.
Book Chapters
O’Brien, K., Sygna, L. and Wolf, J. 2013. ‘A changing environment for human security’, in L. Sygna, K. O’Brien and J. Wolf. (eds) A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action, London: Earthscan.
Wolf, J., O’Brien, K. and Sygna, L. 2013. ‘The future is now: human security as a choice’, in L. Sygna, K. O’Brien and J. Wolf. (eds) A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action, London: Earthscan.
Other Books and Research Reports (since 2000)
O’Brien, Karen., Siri Mittet, Eva Bakkeslett, Siri Eriksen, Inger Hansen-Bauer, Grete Hovelsrud, Tor Håkon Inderberg, Cathrine Ruud, Inger-Lise Saglie and Linda Sygna, 2012. Klimatilpasning. Hva betyr det for meg? Oslo: Unipub.
O’Brien, Karen, Linda Sygna, Robin Leichenko, W. Neil Adger, Jon Barnett, Tom Mitchell, Lisa Schipper, Thomas Tanner, Coleen Vogel and Colette Mortreux, 2008. Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and human security. Report prepared for the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affaris by the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project. GECHS Report 2008:3.
Ulsrud, Kirsten, Linda Sygna and Karen O’Brien, 2008. More than Rain, Identifying sustainable pathways for climate adaptation and poverty reduction. Report prepared for the Development Fund by the Global Environmental Change and Human Security (GECHS) Project.
Sygna, Linda, 2005. Climate vulnerability in Cuba: the role of social networks. CICERO Working Paper 2005:01, CICERO, University of Oslo, Norway.
Sygna, Linda, Siri Eriksen, Karen O’Brien and Lars Otto Næss, 2004. Climate change in Norway: Analysis of economic and social impacts and adaptations. CICERO Report 2004:12, CICERO, University of Oslo, Norway.
Sygna, Linda and Karen O’Brien, 2001. Impacts of climate change. Summary report from CICERO-seminar “Climate change impacts” 30th –31st October 2000. Report 2001-01. CICERO, Norway.
Torvanger, Asbjørn, Knut H. Alfsen, Hans H. Kolshus and Linda Sygna, 2001. The state of climate research and climate policy. Report 2001-02. CICERO, Norway.
Godal, Odd, Linda Sygna, Jan S. Fuglestvedt and Terje Berntsen, 2000. Estimates of future climate based on SRES emission scenarios. Working Paper 2000-04. CICERO, Norway.
O’Brien, Karen, Linda Sygna, Lars Otto Næss, Robert Kingamkono and Ben Hochobeb, 2000. Is information enough? User responses to seasonal climate forecasts in Southern Africa. Report 2000-03. CICERO, Norway.
Aaheim, H. Asbjørn and Linda Sygna, 2000. Economic impacts of climate change on tuna fisheries in Fiji Islands and Kiribati. Report 2000-04. CICERO, Norway.
Magazine and newspaper articles (since 2000)
Karen O’Brien, Johanna Wolf and Linda Sygna, 2009. Global environmental change and human security in a decade that matters. IHDP Update 2, 2009.
Linda Sygna, Kirsten Ulsrud and Karen O’Brien, 2009. Human security in an era of global change – the GECHS synthesis process. IHDP Update 1, 2009.
Karen O’Brien, Linda Sygna and Kirsten Ulsrud, 2008. Sustainable adaptation to climate change. IHDP Update Extra 2008 – IHDW.
Sygna, Linda and Siri Eriksen, 2002. Commentary: We’re not using the knowledge we have. Cicerone, 2002 (6).
O’Brien, Karen og Linda Sygna, 2001. Climate impacts in Norway: Should we worry? Dagens Næringsliv (10/04/2001). Oslo , Norway.
O’Brien, Karen and Linda Sygna, 2000. Sea-level rise threaten Cuba. Cicerone, 2000 (2).
Sygna, Linda, 2000. We are going to study the effects of climate change in Norway. Cicerone, 2000 (6).
Sygna, Linda, 2000. New IPCC-scenarios gives new future. Cicerone, 2000 (2).
ASSIGNMENTS
Project leader, the international Conference “Transformation in a Changing Climate”, June 19-21, 2013, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Project leader, the Extreme Dialogue on Climate Extreme, 18 June 2013, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Appointed reviewer to the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Review Editor, Chapter 7, Managing the Risks: International Level and Integration across Scales, IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation, 2012.
Contributing Author, Chapter 8, Towards a Sustainable Future, IPCC Special Report on Managing the Risks of Extreme Events and Disasters to Advance Climate Change Adaptation, 2012.
Main Conference Coordinator, GECHS Synthesis Conference “Human Security in an Era of Global Change”, June 22-24, 2009, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway.
Nominated participant to the IPCC scoping meeting on “Extreme Events and Disasters: Managing the Risks”, March 23-26, 2009, Oslo, Norway.
Co-editor, IHDP Update 2, 2009.
Project Leader, lead the writing of the report and annotated bibliography “Disaster risk reduction, climate change adaptation and human security. Project funded by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Organizer, IHDP Training Seminar on Sustainable Adaptation, October, New Delhi, India
