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Hendrik Pröhl holds a bachelor’s degree in Human, Social and Political Sciences (anthropology and politics) from Cambridge University. He has worked in political education and outreach, and is looking for ways to ensure energy transitions towards sustainability are participatory and inclusive. Currently pursuing a master’s degree in the University of Oslo’s Development, Environment and Cultural Change programme. Administrative Coordinator & Editor

Genver Quirino holds a bachelor’s degree in international studies from Simon Fraser University. He has professional experience from foreign affairs and community advocacy, and is interested in environmental politics and international political economy. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in development, environment and cultural change at the University of Oslo. Head of Finance & Editor

Bella Reid holds a bachelor’s degree in International Relations from La Trobe University in Victoria, Australia. She is currently studying a masters degree at the Centre for Development and Environment at the University of Oslo. She has worked in Indonesia to develop waste management systems with local communities and is currently working in the Oslo SDG Initiative where she can pursue her interests of governance, policy and sustainable development. Editor

Trym Daniel Rødvik holds a BA in Middle Eastern Studies with Arabic and is currently a Master’s student at the Centre for Development and the Environment. Some of his research interests include global inequality, relational ontology, Marxist political economy, discourses and perceptions on the environment, environmental justice, social movements, languages and themes within the fields of political ecology and environmental humanities in general. Editor Alejandro Ruelas completed a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism in Mexico City, where he was born, and a decade later came back to academia to more meaningfully engage with environmental issues. He is currently pursuing a master’s degree in Development, Environment and Cultural Change at the University of Oslo, where he is working on a thesis project that critically evaluates jaguar conservation programmes in the jungles of southern Mexico. Editor

Rafael Solís is a master’s student at the Center for Development and Environment at the University of Oslo. A pre-pandemic lifetime ago, he completed a BA in political science and international relations at Mexico’s CIDE, and a master’s of public policy and administration at the University of Melbourne. Looking at a Pacific-centred world map had a silent but profound effect on him. He ditched a grueling career as a bureaucrat and set foot on (literally) greener pastures with crisp vistas of the fjords. In hopes of producing a readable thesis, he wrangles with issues of sustainability in technology. Editor

jenna stepanic, from canada, currently pursuing masters in development, environment, and cultural change at the university of oslo. working on an intellectual history of anarchist principles and their intersections with environmentally guided imaginaries. present interests include, but are not limited to, anarchy studies, intersectional feminisms, environmental philosophy, and relearning playfulness. Issue Coordinator & Editor

Tyler Tarnowski is a first year master’s student at the Center for Development and Environment at the University of Oslo. Before working in aquaculture in New York and in schools in South Korea, he completed a bachelor’s degree in Geography/ Environmental Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. He is planning on turning his interest in tiny homes into a thesis. Editor

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Tvergastein is grateful for all of the help and support received from: Velferdstingets Kulturstyre, and The Centre for Development and the Environment (SUM).

© 2022 Tvergastein www.tvergastein.com ISSN 1893-5605

Tvergastein bears the name of Arne Næss’ cabin retreat in the mountains of Hallingskarvet. It was there that Næss, an activist and one of the most wide ranging philosophers of the last century, wrote the majority of his work. These writings, his unique ecophilosophy, and his life of activism continue to inspire environmentalists and scholars in Norway and abroad. In making this journal its namesake, we aim to similarly join academia with advocacy for the environment. We aspire to the “enormous open views at Tvergastein” and the perspective Næss found there.