Browsing Bergen Open Research Archive by Author "Wanvik, Tarje Iversen"
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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. ... -
Climate targets as more than rhetoric: Accounting for Norway’s Zero Growth Objective
Haarstad, Håvard; Sareen, Siddharth; Wanvik, Tarje Iversen (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 ... -
Contested energy spaces. Disassembling energyscapes of the Canadian North
Wanvik, Tarje Iversen (Doctoral thesis, 2017-12-07)For decades, extractive industry developments have had direct and indirect impacts on indigenous communities in Wood Buffalo, Alberta, Canada. Yet, in a seemingly paradoxical manner and despite massive negative attention, ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility - re-territorialisation of global business.Grounding foreign companies in local context through CSR - the case of Norwegian
Wanvik, Tarje Iversen (Master thesis, 2013-04-02)Grounding foreign companies in local context through CSR - the case of Norwegian Business in Indonesia This thesis seeks to explore whether Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) can be said to have a grounding effect in ... -
Governance transformed into Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR): New governance innovations in the Canadian oil sands
Wanvik, Tarje Iversen (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-04)In the contested space of energy production in Canada, tension and a series of disputes over land and rights have arisen between the state, industry and local Aboriginal communities. Canadian governments have long exploited ... -
Populism, Instability, and Rupture in Sustainability Transformations
Wanvik, Tarje Iversen; Haarstad, Håvard (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The recent surge in populist politics in Europe and North America has challenged many of the policies aimed at advancing sustainable shifts. In this article we argue that this surge necessitates a rethinking of transition ...