Frode Flemsæter is Research Manager at Ruralis (September 2019). Flemsæter has a PhD in Geography from Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). Flemsæter has particular interests within the fields of legal geography and moral landscapes, which includes work on land ownership and property relations, commodification of the outfields, access to and recreation in the outdoors, second home ownership, agriculture and climate change, and the power geometries related to use and protection of valuable landscapes.