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Saved by hydrogen? The public acceptance of onshore wind in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Achieving the green energy transition is not without difficulty. This is also the case for the deployment of renewable energy infrastructures. Among these, onshore wind has often been contested. Taking the case of Norway ... -
Understanding the dynamics emerging from the interplay among poor mental wellbeing, energy balance-related behaviors, and obesity prevalence in adolescents: A simulation-based study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Both obesity and poor mental wellbeing have a high prevalence in European youth. Adolescents in six countries identified mental wellbeing factors as main drivers of youth obesity through systems mapping. This study sought ... -
System dynamics simulation models on overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)It has increasingly been recognized that developing successful obesity prevention policies and interventions requires understanding of the complex mechanisms driving the obesity pandemic and that models could be useful ... -
Co-creating obesity prevention policies with youth: Policy ideas generated through the CO-CREATE project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Despite growing recognition of the importance of applying a systems lens to action on obesity, there has only been limited analysis of the extent to which this lens has actually been applied. The CO-CREATE project used a ... -
Associations between social media, adolescent mental health, and diet: A systematic review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Social media use is integral to many adolescents' lives. It brings benefits but can also have detrimental effects on both physical and mental health. We conducted a systematic review examining associations between social ... -
Climate and societal impacts in Scandinavia following the 536 and 540 CE volcanic double event
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)In the Northern Hemisphere, the mid-6th century was one of the coldest periods of the last 2000 years, as indicated by both proxy records and Earth System Model (ESM) simulations. This cold period was initiated by volcanic ... -
Smallholder farmer resilience to extreme weather events in a global food value chain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Extreme weather events have severe impacts on food systems, especially for smallholders in global food value chains (GFVCs). There is an urgent need to understand (a) how climate shocks manifest in food systems, and (b) ... -
New municipalism and the governance of urban transitions to sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Cities play increasingly recognised roles in global climate change responses: as change laboratories, spaces of opportunity, and as administrative and economic hubs that concentrate human and financial resources and needs. ... -
Climate targets as more than rhetoric: Accounting for Norway’s Zero Growth Objective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Climate-related targets for cities abound, but it is unclear how important they are in driving actual transformations. Scholars have often taken a skeptical view of official climate discourses, including their ambitious ... -
Dynamic implications of the biological link between bovine milk and meat production for operationalizing the planetary health diet
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The EAT–Lancet planetary health diet (PHD) provides guidelines on a global scale and calls for red meat consumption to be halved. Operational PHD guidelines at country level have yet to be determined. Here we argue that ... -
Cross-sectoral metrics as accountability tools for twin transitioning energy systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)As energy systems become ever more closely intertwined in order to enable electrification and real-time coordination across sectors, tracking the nature of change to ensure accountability during complex implementation ... -
Social implications of energy infrastructure digitalisation and decarbonisation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Digitalisation provides opportunities to decarbonise energy and, simultaneously, address social exclusion and inequality—but it is unclear whether and how these opportunities are realised. Three case studies investigate ... -
Alleviation of energy poverty through transitions to low-carbon energy infrastructure
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)With Green Deals and a competitive techno-economic basis for low-carbon energy transitions, energy infrastructural change is intensifying. This is matched by rapid growth in scholarship on sociotechnical transitions and ... -
The calm before the storm? The making of a lithium frontier in transitioning Portugal
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)A nation undergoing accelerating energy transitions with ambitious climate targets discovers lithium. In recent years, Portugal has made headlines inter alia for running on renewable electricity for over a month, setting ... -
Transitioning to Electric Vehicles in the US
(Master thesis, 2022-12-12)Concerns about growing greenhouse gas emissions from fossil fuels have become increasingly pressing in recent years and reducing energy use and shifting to cleaner fuels have become explicit political goals. The US is ... -
Optimizing national border reopening policies in the COVID-19 pandemic: A modeling study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-30)Objective: After emergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent restrictions, countries worldwide have sought to reopen as quickly as possible. However, reopening involves the risk of epidemic rebound. In this study, ... -
Evaluation of Policies on Green Hydrogen Role in the Global Energy System
(Master thesis, 2022-11-29)Background: In some industries, the use of hydrogen as an energy carrier is necessary to decarbonize the global energy system. Green hydrogen is currently too expensive. The problem is that our knowledge of how to invest ... -
Shortage of General Physicians' Impact on Medical Malpractice Deaths, The Case of Quebec
(Master thesis, 2022-11-28)In 2012, A study was released showing that more than 40,000 lives were claimed because of medical malpractice in Canada; it is estimated that more than 9,000 of these deaths happened in Quebec in the same year (Charney, ... -
Refugee Integration in Norway: A System Dynamics Modeling Approach
(Master thesis, 2022-11-28)In the past decade, there has been a continuous rise of a number of refugees globally. Many countries are therefore expected to help and welcome more refugees. However, many studies have shown that among the immigrants, ... -
Sustainability here and now : The governance of urban transformation in Oslo and Addis Ababa
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-11-23)For at det skal være mulig å handle opp mot klimaendringer, må problemet ses som relevant for beslutningene som tas her og nå. Tradisjonelt sett har klimaendringer blitt rammet in som et globalt problem i fjern fremtid. I ...