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Public defence: Solomon Mulat Beyene

Solomon Mulat Beyene defends his doctoral thesis in the PhD-program Applied Ecology and Biotechnology at Inland University on 20.11.2026.

Man in a winter landscape

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The title of the dissertation is: «Landscape transitions in Norwegian cultural landscapes: Social-ecological patterns across a coastal-inland gradient»

  • Location: Auditorium Ferdinand at Campus Evenstad and digitally via Zoom: https://inn.zoom.us/j/65425028572?pwd=Qw2Yym3L3uMPqa7cKsX1o3MM5u63FX.1 
  • The trial lecture begins at 10:15 AM - with the theme: «Land abandonment and itssocial-ecologicalconsequences: global patterns, trade-offs and managementresponses»
  • The dissertation defense starts at 13:15 PM.

The evaluation committee consists of:

  • First opponent: Professor Joseph Tzanopoulos, Durrel Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent, UK
  • Second opponent: Professor Anders Bryn, Natural History Museum, University of Oslo,
  • Third opponent/administrator: Associate professor Karen Marie Mathisen, INN, Norway

Dissertation chair: Dear Karianne Eide-Longva

Candidate's main supervisor: Associate professor Vladimir Naumov (INN)

Co-supervisors: Professor Pär Krister Angelstam (INN & Universityof Uppsala)

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Published Nov. 6, 2026 1:38 PM - Last modified Nov. 6, 2026 1:38 PM