Acknowledgements

The editors would like to thank the UiO:Nordic research group Nordic Branding for providing a stimulating environment for academic research and exchange, and also for funding and other forms of assistance. We are especially thankful for the help and encouragement we have received from Malcolm Langford, Tori Loven Kirkebø, and Haldor Byrkjeflot. The Nordic university network Reimagining Norden in an Evolving World (ReNEW) and UiO:Nordic awarded funding which allowed this book to be published open access, and for that we – and, we hope, our readers – are very grateful. Finally, we want to single out those who took part in a workshop at Lysebu, including Nikolai Hegertun, Sunniva Engh, Sidsel Roalkvam, Mette Fog Olwig, Mie Vestergaard, Lene Bull Christiansen, and, again, Malcolm Langford. We would also like to thank our authors for their commitment and patience, in particular Desmond McNeill, who was not only committed and patient, but also very flexible when we used a bait-and-switch tactic on him.