Department of Geography: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
The green divide and heat exposure: urban transformation projects in Istanbul
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023-11-23)Extreme heat events are happening more frequently and with greater severity, causing significant negative consequences, especially for vulnerable urban populations around the globe. Heat stress is even more common in cities ... -
Understanding Hydrologic, Human, and Climate System Feedback Loops: Results of a Participatory Modeling Workshop
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Groundwater depletion threatens global freshwater resources, necessitating urgent water management and policies to meet current and future needs. However, existing data-intensive approaches to assessments do not fully ... -
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 ... -
Sovereignty through cartography : The impact of maps on Norwegian national identity in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-03-08)Kartografi har i mange hundre år blitt brukt som et politisk instrument for å støtte nasjonal stolthet og innflytelse. Det kan skje gjennom bruk av en nasjonal nullmeridian eller lokale stedsnavn, fremheving av landets ... -
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 ... -
The nested hierarchy of urban vulnerability within land use policiesfails to address climate injustices in Turkey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Responsive land-use policy amid climate change in urban settings includes infrastructure transformation and necessitates recognizing community- and individual-level vulnerabilities as well as climate-driven injustices, ... -
Practicing urban climate governance : Organisational work and energy demand reduction in Nordic cities
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-02-20)En omfattende og vedvarende reduksjon av energibehovet er nødvendig i løpet av de neste 30 årene for å nå våre klimamål. En slik reduksjon vil bety dyptgripende endringer i infrastruktur og teknologier, men vil også ... -
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) ... -
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 ... -
Linkages between Flood Events and Livelihoods of Riparian Communities in the Middle Belt of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)Flood events have increasingly become a globally challenge to sustainable livelihoods and development and more particularly so within the context of riparian communities in sub-Saharan African countries including Ghana. ... -
Norwegian low-intensity ovine and bovine farming systems—a resilience perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The concept of socio-ecological resilience can be used to understand and measure to what degree farming systems are able to handle and adapt to disturbances. The article is based on the application of a framework for ... -
Coal phase-out pledges follow peak coal: evidence from 60 years of growth and decline in coal power capacity worldwide
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Transitioning to net-zero carbon emissions requires phasing-out unabated coal power; however, recently it has only been declining in some countries, while it stagnated or even increased in others. Where and under what ... -
Longitudinal relationship between adolescents' mental health, energy balance-related behavior, and anthropometric changes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) are considered the immediate causes of adolescents' body weight increases, but adolescents have identified mental health as a contributor. Cross-sectional studies have reported ... -
Systems approaches to sustainability : Innovation and social-ecological-technological systems
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-19)Bærekraft integreres i økende grad i innovasjons- og planleggingsprosesser, men begrepet blir ofte ufullstendig eller implisitt konseptualisert og operasjonalisert. Operasjonalisering av bærekraft krever vurdering av ... -
Exploring Deep-Sea Minerals : Systems modeling for an emerging industry and unknown futures
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-12-18)Dyphavsmineraler er et omdiskutert tema. I tilsvar til befolknings- og økonomisk vekst, i tillegg til etterspørselen fra elektrifisering, teknologisk revolusjon og geopolitisk urolighet, er verden forventet å etterspørre ... -
Learning from the CO-CREATE project: A protocol for systems thinking across research (STAR)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The CO-CREATE project aimed to work with young people to create, inform, and disseminate obesity-preventive evidence-based policies using a complex systems perspective. This paper draws lessons from this experience and ... -
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 ...