معرفی
Jonas Fossli Gjersø is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Stavanger, Faculty of Education and Humanities, Department of Cultural and Language Sciences. He holds a PhD from the London School of Economics and Political Science (2015) and has taught at prestigious institutions including LSE, University of Oslo, Goldsmiths, BI Norwegian Business School, and NTNU. He currently serves as the Academic Programme Director for History and Course Convenor for Modern History and the undergraduate dissertation seminar at UiS.
His research centers on empire, abolition, energy history, and settler colonialism. Key themes include British imperialism in East Africa, Norwegian petroleum history, and the geopolitical dimensions of energy. He is the Current Debates Editor for The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History and has authored significant works such as The Scramble for East Africa (2015) and The Great Leap Offshore (2023).
His recent publications reveal a strong interdisciplinary focus, bridging history, political economy, and energy studies. Trends include the legacy of colonialism in modern geopolitics, petro-knowledge transfers between Norway and China, and the moral continuities between abolitionism and contemporary migration politics. His work often engages with public discourse through op-eds and media appearances.
- The Great Leap Offshore: Sino-Norwegian Relations and Petro-Knowledge Transfers, 1976-1997 (2022)
- The Scramble for East Africa: British Motives Reconsidered, 1884–95 (2015)
- Imperialism and development: the east African groundnut scheme and its legacy (2022)
- Plus ça change? Fra abolisjonisme til migrasjonskrise (2021)
- Crude [Post] Colonialism? The North Sea as an Arena for the Interaction between Colonial and Post-Colonial Capitalist Institutions (2024)
Jonas Fossli Gjersø is an active public intellectual, contributing to outlets such as International Affairs, Historisk Tidsskrift, OpenDemocracy, Dagsavisen, and Aftenbladet. He has appeared on BBC World, NRK, and various podcasts. He supervises student projects related to his research interests and is engaged in academic reform, including decolonizing curricula and advocating for academic boycotts in support of justice. He has not been associated with any specific lab or research center beyond his departmental roles, but participates in multiple academic workshops and symposia.
