Why should we care about critical minerals?
Schedule
Thu, 26 Mar, 2026 at 12:00 pm
UTC+01:00Location
Jekteviksbakken 31, 5006 Bergen, Norway | Bergen, HO
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Where are minerals found, who controls access to them, and why has this become such an important geopolitical issue?Smart technologies, from phones, electric vehicles, to wind turbines and batteries all depend on a relatively small group of minerals and rare earth elements. As demand for these technologies accelerates, so does the strategic importance of the resources that make them possible.
The transition to renewable energy requires speed, while resource extraction raises difficult questions about environmental risk, scientific uncertainty and national security.
But what minerals are we actually talking about? How are they mined? Where are they found, who controls access to them, and why has this become such an important geopolitical issue?
This panel brings together researchers from different disciplines to explore where science and politics intersect. Critical minerals are not only about geology and technology, but also about supply chains, industrial competition and great power politics.
Panel:
Devyn Helen Avhild Remme
PHD student at CET/Department of Geography, UiB
Eoghan P. Reeves
Professor of Aqueous Geochemistry, UiB.
Iselin Stensdal
Senior researcher, Fridtjof Nansen Institute
Eric Young
PHD fellow, SINTEF Ocean.
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Not in Bergen? Join us on Zoom: https://uib.zoom.us/j/68564708990?pwd=ewthhbZsyKuLwZlHyzby2ARBJdqxGm.1
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Jekteviksbakken 31, 5006 Bergen, Norway, Jekteviksbakken 31, 5006 Bergen, Norge, Bergen, NorwayEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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