!!Vigdis Vandvik - Curriculum Vitae

*Project management (Current from 48 projects; total funding > 300 mill NOK)\\
*2025 - 2029	NaturA: Sustainable use of mountain grasslands under global change - Partner - RCN\\
*2024 - 2028	INTEREST: Ecological research and education to meet the nature crisis - PI - DIKU\\
*2024 - 2028	ECOBUDGETS: Actionable budgets for sustainable governance. Partner - RCN\\
*2023 - 2026	DURIN: Dwarf-shrub climate responses and feedbacks in the boreal biome - PI - RCN  \\
*2021 - 2025	EcoMAP: Mapping for knowledge-based Area management and Planning - PI - RCN  \\
*2021 - 2025	FUNDER: Climate impacts on the functioning of the plant-soil food web - PI - RCN  \\
*2021 - 2025	RangeX: Impacts of alien species under climate change. - WP leader - BiodivERsA (EU)
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__Supervision (total/completed):__
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*Master's: 	 38/37\\
*Ph.D.:       30/18\\
*Post-doc:  15/14	\\
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__Institutions:__ University of Bergen, Norwegian University of Life Sciences - Norway; University of Arizona, University of Michigan - USA;  Makerere University - Uganda \\
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__Other professional experiences (selected):__ 
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*2025 Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change (IPCC, [https://www.ipcc.ch])  AR7 WGII CH14 (Biodiversity, ecosystems, ecosystem services) Coordinating Lead Author\\
*2025 VEGLOVUTVALGET / ROAD ACT COUNCIL, Ministry of Transport, Norway\\
*2022 COUNCIL ON ETHICS, Norwegian Govt Pension Fund Global, [https://etikkradet.no/members] \\
*2007 26 PhDs Australia Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, UK – PHD Examiner\\
*2007 Oikos - Editor-in-Chief, Botany, J. Vegetation Science, Ecography –  Associate Editor  \\
*2006 Five national research councils, four EU, one ERC panels - GRANT EVALUATOR / PANEL CHAIR \\
*2022 - 2024	NATURRISIKOUTVALGET/NATURE RISK COUNCIL, Ministry of Climate and Environment, Norway.\\
*2019 - 2023	Intergovernmental Panel for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES, [http://ipbes.net]) Thematic assessment of Invasive Alien Species and their control  – COORDINATING LEAD AUTHOR\\
*2013 - 2023	RCN programmes KLIMAPOLAR, KLIMAFORSK, NYMILJØ - Board Member\\
*2014 - 2022	Norwegian Biodiversity Information Centre ([https://www.artsdatabanken.no]) - Board Deputy Chair\\
*2018 - 2022	Norwegian Scientific Committee for Food and Environment ([https://www.vkm.no]) - Deputy Chair\\
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__Publications:__ 187 peer-reviewed scientific publications, 78 scientific reports and book chapters, 18 published datasets, 232 scientific conference presentations (22 keynotes, 67 invited talks). 11,428 citations, H-index 58. \\
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__Research expeditions:__ I led Plant Functional Traits Course (PFTC) Field Expeditions in South Africa (2023),  Norway (2022), Peru (2020, 2018), Svalbard (2018), China (2016, 2015). Each with 25-50 participants from >10 nationalities. https://plantfunctionaltraitscourses.w.uib.no/ \\
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__Public outreach:__ >400 activities including: Norwegian and European TV, radio, newspapers, magazines, popular talks. LinkedIn, BlueSky >4600 followers.\\ \\[{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW edit vvandvik}][{ALLOW upload vvandvik}][{ALLOW comment All}]