Managing Resource Abundance and Wealth: The Norwegian Experience

Jonathon W. Moses is a Professor of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he has taught since 1993. He is also Chairman of the Board, Researcher and Consultant at the Center of Petroleum Management (CPM). His research interests concern how states can maintain political sovereignty in response to the many faces of economic globalization, and his recent books include Emigration and Political Development (CambridgeUniversity Press, 2011). He gained his PhD from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1995.Bjørn Letnes is Managing Director at Center for Petroleum Management (CPM) and Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), in Trondheim Norway. He holds a PhD in Political Science and a Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering from NTNU. He has extensive experience working in the Norwegian petroleum industry, as a petroleum engineer, researcher, and management consultant. Since 2009, he has developed the research and consultancy company CPM and hasworked with clients to manage petroleum operations at the corporate level as well as petroleum resources at the national level.