Martin Kossa
Associate Professor of Social Sciences with expertise in International Relations and the High North.
Director of studies for the bachelor program in international relations (BAINT) at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Member of the Division for History, Geography and Internasjonal Relations and the GEO-Security Research Group.
I received my PhD from City University of Hong Kong in Hong Kong SAR (analyzing China's Arctic foreign policy making and regional engagement) and a master's degree from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, People's Republic of China. I previously held teaching and research positions in Hong Kong and Japan.
MOFA Taiwan Fellow for 2026.
Course responsible for:
STA1004 China in International Politics
NOM1000 Contemporary Arctic Politics
IN200S Bachelor Thesis
Also teaching in graduate courses: SAM5024 Great Powers and the New World Order and SAM5027 International Politics in the High North
Bachelor Thesis and Master Thesis writing supervision
Research Interests: Chinese politics and foreign policy, Chinese Arctic affairs, China and the Deep Seas, China-US-Russia relations, International Relations Theory: Neoclassical Realism, Relational Theory
Author of The Arctic in China’s National Strategy: Science, Security, and Governance