Trine Villumsen Berling
Primary research areas
Trine Villumsen Berling's main research areas are security, the role of technology in political processes, Western security architechture, and energy security with a special focus on the Baltic Sea region, the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, and the role of Russia in energy politics.
Current research
Trine Villumsen Berling is PI on a research project on the technification of security authority funded by the Carlsberg Foundation from 2020-2024. Empirically, the project focuses on energy infrastructure projects in the Baltic Sea region.
Nord Stream 2
As part of the Carlsberg project Trine Villumsen Berling researches the political process concerning the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which was set to transport natural gas from Russia to Germany.
DIIS TECH
Trine Villumsen Berling is part of the coordination group behind the new research focus on technology at DIIS.
DIIS Baltic Sea Initiative
Trine took over coordination of Baltic Sea research at DIIS in 2023. Close cooperation with the Royal Danish Defence College and the War Studies at University of Southern Denmark forms an integral part of this task.
Research and activites
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Article2023Veronika Slakaityte, Izabela Surwillo & Trine Villumsen Berling
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Journal Article2023The grammar of ‘rendering technical’ in Polish nuclear energy politicsTrine Villumsen Berling & Izabela Surwillo
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Book Chapter2023between technification and securitizationTrine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo & Veronika Slakaityte
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DIIS Report2023The New EU Climate and Energy Strategy in a time of warJakob Dreyer, Christine Nissen, Trine Villumsen Berling & Veronika Slakaityte
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DIIS Report2022Transition within geopolitical constraintsVeronika Slakaityte, Izabela Surwillo & Trine Villumsen Berling
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Journal Article2022competing visions of technopolitical ordersTrine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo & Veronika Slakaityte
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Book2021From neighbours to allies
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Book Chapter2021Lithuania’s road to energy independence through technificationTrine Villumsen Berling & Ingerid Bratz
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Book2021A framework for the study of unwanted futuresTrine Villumsen Berling, Ulrik Pram Gad, Karen Lund Petersen & Ole Wæver
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Photo/illustration by Pexels. Jens Mahnke. copyright licenseJournal Article2021Exploring the role of national identity in sociotechnical imaginaries of energy securityTrine Villumsen Berling, Izabela Surwillo & Sandra Sørensen
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Book Chapter2020Implications for StrategyTrine Villumsen Berling & Karen Lund Petersen
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Brief2022Trine Villumsen Berling & Izabela Surwillo
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DIIS Policy Brief2022Panicked solutions to urgently wean the EU from its dependence on Russian gas may come at a cost that stretches beyond the financial burdenTrine Villumsen Berling & Veronika Slakaityte
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Green energy technologies hold geopolitical promiseTrine Villumsen Berling & Izabela Surwillo
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Precaution: Covid-19!Trine Villumsen Berling, Ulrik Pram Gad, Karen Lund Petersen & Ole Wæver
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DIIS Policy Brief2021Trine Villumsen Berling, Peer Schouten & Izabela Surwillo
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DIIS Policy Brief2021What can be learned from the Danish Nord Stream and Baltic Pipe negotiations?Trine Villumsen Berling