Department of Geography
Recent Submissions
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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 ... -
Who benefits from sustainable mobility transitions? Social inclusion, populist resistance and elite capture in Bergen, Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Transitioning to sustainable mobility systems is generally thought to require three approaches: avoid, shift and improve. We examine a combination of these in a city at the forefront of implementing transition policies, ... -
New municipalism and the governance of urban transitions to sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)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. ... -
Beyond automobility? Lock-in of past failures in low-carbon urban mobility innovations
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Automobility, including the infrastructures, technologies and institutions that created high dependence on private car use, has led to significant environmental and climate problems and notably high carbon emissions. Now ... -
A dynamic systems analysis of factors affecting success of identity-preserved products: the case of high-oleic soybeans
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The factors contributing to success of identity-preserved (IP) products are understood conceptually, but are rarely quantified. A combination of system dynamics modeling and group modeling building with value chain ... -
Co-benefits and conflicts in alternative stormwater planning: Blue versus green infrastructure?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Blue–green infrastructure (BGI) is often promoted for its co-benefits and multifunctionality. However, this infrastructure is repeatedly planned, implemented and researched almost entirely based on the goals of stormwater ... -
Using collaborative hackathons to coproduce knowledge on local climate adaptation governance
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)While coproduction of knowledge is growing in popularity in social sciences, and especially climate change research, we still need to better understand how to coproduce climate knowledge. In this paper, we explore how ... -
The potential for transformative adaptation : Collaborative spaces and collective value development in local climate adaptation
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-10-20)Behovet for klimaomstilling, -tilpassing og -handling for å kunne handtere konsekvensane av menneskeskapte klimaendringar og tap av biologisk mangfald har aldri vore større. Dette prosjektet utforskar korleis heilskaplege ... -
Desert geographies: solar energy governance for just transitions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)While sustainability statements crowd national and urban visions, unjust implementation of lower-carbon energy infrastructures for climate mitigation manifests in contexts of marginal rurality. We focus on solar energy ... -
Market women’s skills, constraints, and agency in supplying affordable, safe, and high-quality fish in Ghana
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In Ghana, the role of female informal traders (“market women”) in making low-cost smoked and dried fish available in urban and rural marketplaces is the key to explaining the high consumption of fish in the country. However, ... -
Contextualities of gender in Eritrean immigrant households: Exploring empowerment through integration in Norwegian society
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The article presents a contextual understanding of immigration and integration in Norwegian society from a gender perspective by capturing the experiences of Eritrean immigrant households when adapting to social change and ... -
Addressing the resilience of tomato farmers in Ghana facing a double exposure from climate and market
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Ghanaian tomato farmers are severely impacted by changing climate and related more frequent and extreme weather events such as drought and heavy rainfall. Furthermore, tomato production represents one of the main sources ... -
A Geoecological History of Høgtuvbreen: Vegetation succession on the foreland of a retreating glacier in northern Norway
(Master thesis, 2022-08-01)Norway is facing massive glacial ablation, with projections of 98% loss of glacial cover by the close of the 21st century, releasing thousands of square kilometres to the progression of primary succession. Alongside this, ... -
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainability certification has been posited as a key governance mechanism to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. Whilst many certifications now include climate resilience in their standards, their ... -
Climate resilience and the human-water dynamics. The case of tomato production in Morocco
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)In Morocco, droughts are an increasing threat affecting water availability, agricultural production and producers' livelihoods. Moreover, water demand for irrigation has led to overexploitation of the groundwater table ... -
Essays in Corporate Finance
(Doctoral thesis, 2022-02-11)Firm value creation and maximization is the primary objective of any firm and the most debated issue in corporate finance. Firms operate in the market to create value for the stakeholders. Valuation plays its role in many ... -
Predicting Species and Structural Diversity of Temperate Forests with Satellite Remote Sensing and Deep Learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Anthropogenically-driven climate change, land-use changes, and related biodiversity losses are threatening the capability of forests to provide a variety of valuable ecosystem services. The magnitude and diversity of these ... -
Governance challenges for urban logistics: Lessons from three Norwegian cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Achieving more sustainable urban freight transport is a key challenge for cities, especially with the rise of diverse urban delivery services. However, the governance of urban freight transport and urban logistics has ... -
Using microworlds for policymaking in the context of resilient farming systems
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Resilience management of farming systems requires building an understanding of the underlying drivers of the adaptive capacity of the system. In this paper, we use the concept of resilience as a framework to understand how ... -
Understanding resilience of farming systems: Insights from system dynamics modelling for an arable farming system in the Netherlands
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Farming systems in Europe are facing economic, social, environmental and institutional challenges. Highly intensive, climate-exposed, arable farming systems like the Veenkoloniën in the north of the Netherlands are ...
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