Blar i Bergen Open Research Archive på forfatter "Haarstad, Håvard"
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Are smart city projects catalyzing urban energy sustainability?
Haarstad, Håvard; Wathne, Marikken Wullf (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The purpose of this paper is to investigate the links between smart cities and urban energy sustainability. Because achieving a “smart city” is a wide agenda rather than a specific set of interventions, smartness itself ... -
Carbonscapes and beyond - Conceptualizing the instability of oil landscapes
Haarstad, Håvard; Wanvik, Tarje Iversen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Geographers tend to see energy systems as intricately interwoven with society and relatively resistant to change. We argue that there is a danger of exaggerating the permanence and stability of the energy–society relationship. ... -
The Challenges of greening energy: Policy/industry dissonance at the Mongstad refinery, Norway
Haarstad, Håvard; Rusten, Grete (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)The interaction between policy making and industry is a key to understanding the conditions for ‘greening’ contemporary energy systems. This article uses efforts toward greening the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway as a ... -
Changing conditions for political practice: FDI discourse and political spaces for labor in Bolivia
Haarstad, Håvard (Doctoral thesis, 2009-09-18)Various authors have pointed out that the complex processes of globalization arebringing about general shifts in political practices. In particular, these processes areseen to have weakened traditional practices relating ... -
Trials, errors and improvements in co-production of climate services
Kolstad, Erik Wilhelm; Sofienlund, Oda Nærland; Kvamsås, Hanna; Stiller-Reeve, Mathew Alexander; Neby, Simon; Paasche, Øyvind; Pontoppidan, Marie Louise Nielsen; Sobolowski, Stefan Pieter; Haarstad, Håvard; Oseland, Stina Ellevseth; Omdahl, Lene; Waage, Snorre (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Climate change yields both challenges and opportunities. In both cases, costly adaptations and transformations are necessary and desirable, and these must be based on realistic and relevant climate information. However, ... -
Urban planning and the smart city: Projects, practices and politics
Karvonen, Andrew; Cook, Matthew; Haarstad, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-03)Today’s smart city agendas are the latest iteration of urban sociotechnical innovation. Their aim is to use information and communication technologies (ICT) to improve the economic and environmental performance of cities ... -
Where are urban energy transitions governed? Conceptualizing the complex governance arrangements for low-carbon mobility in Europe
Haarstad, Håvard (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-05)This article addresses the question of where urban low-carbon energy transitions are governed. A challenge is that urban governance is not simply urban, but a complex assemblage of institutions, networks and socio-technical ...