Browsing NTNU Open by Author "Refstie, Hilde"
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Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives
Refstie, Hilde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Critical scholars sometimes accuse action researchers of not being radical enough in their approach, while action researchers often see the work of critical scholars as elitist and not grounded in people’s everyday ... -
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities: An Intersectional Approach
Aruga, Leika; Refstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The importance and benefits of engaging citizens as co-producers of urban transformation have been increasingly recognised. However, the mere implementation of citizen co-production does not guarantee more legitimate or ... -
Does Participatory Planning Promise Too Much? Global Discourses and the Glass Ceiling of Participation in Urban Malawi
Refstie, Hilde; Millstein, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article discusses how global ideas on co-production and citizenship built from below are translated into community mobilization and participatory planning practices in urban Malawi. It shows how limited national and ... -
Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach
Koshy, Mrudhula; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Increasing environmental crises due to climate change calls for bridging the research and operational logics of spatial planning and humanitarian response. This article explores how long-term spatial planning and short-term ... -
IDPs redefined – Participatory ActionResearch with urban IDPs in Uganda
Refstie, Hilde (Master thesis, 2008)This dissertation investigates the discourse on Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Uganda and how IDPs in urban areas fit in to the discourse on both the theoretical and practical level. The dissertation reveals that ... -
The importance of community-based protection mechanisms for displaced populations in South Western Uganda
Viga, Emmanuel (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:219, Doctoral thesis, 2024)With calls to localize and decolonize humanitarian aid, more attention has been paid to civic humanitarian actors operating at the local level. However, there remains a significant gap in understanding their operations. ... -
INTERSECTIONAL HOUSING STRUGGLES AND THE RIGHT TO THE CITY: MIGRANT WOMEN’S EXPERIENCES IN AFFUL NKWANTA, GHANA
Banahene, Jacqueline (Master thesis, 2023)Over the years, cities in Ghana have presented themselves as arenas of both hope and despair, attracting migrants from both within and outside the country. While the cities serve as places of opportunities and prosperity ... -
“Mixed Migration” : looking at Congolese migrants in Kampala, Uganda
Coates, Ruth (Master thesis, 2014)This master‘s thesis explores the concept of ‘mixed migration‘ among the Congolese urban migrant population in Kampala, Uganda. The two labels of forced‘ and voluntary‘ migrants become increasingly blurred as people move ... -
Navigating Complexity: Norway's Approach to Aligning Global Aid Funding Streams
Jensen, Daniel Oscar (Master thesis, 2024)Flere globale utfordringer kjemper om en begrenset mengde bistand. Selv om offisiell utviklingsbistand var ment til å hjelpe med økonomisk vekst og velferd i utviklingsland, konsumerer andre problemer som klimaendringer, ... -
Oslo for whom? Navigating the Complexity of Perspectives on Public Spaces in Grønland and Tøyen
Finjarn, Christoffer Meland (Bachelor thesis, 2023)Grønland og Tøyen, to områder innenfor bydelen Gamle Oslo i Oslo, Norge, har vært mål for områdeløft. Byrom er i stadig endring og utvikling, og for å forstå dette kan man ta en sosio-romlig tilnærming for å undersøke ... -
Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions
Refstie, Hilde (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this lecture, I discuss the role of academia in addressing “fast policymaking” on sustainability. I suggest that the co-productive turn, whereby universities are increasingly expected to engage with a diverse set of ... -
Running Towards the Fire: Navigating Compounded Uncertainty through Contextualised Contingency Planning during Unprecedented Flooding in Wayanad, Kerala
Koshy, Mrudhula (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2024:65, Doctoral thesis, 2024)Since time immemorial, the world has witnessed short- and long-term uncertainties of various intensities. This is due to a combination of shocks and stresses caused by climate change, environmental hazards, economic crises, ... -
Securitising Migration: Unpacking the Threat Narrative in EU Responses to 'Climate Migration to the North'
Solgard, Marie (Master thesis, 2024)Denne avhandlinga nyttar diskursanalyse for å undersøkje om eit narrativ om "klimamigrasjon til nord som ein framtidig trussel" er til stades i tre dokument om migrasjon og klima frå den Europeiske Union (EU), og diskuterer ... -
Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda
Serwajja, Eria; Refstie, Hilde (Chapter, 2023) -
The Last Generation to End Climate Change: Youth’s Experienced Responsibility for Saving the World
Seljenes, Margrethe Aurora (Master thesis, 2021)The aim of this study was to explore how young active global citizens understand their own role in achieving a sustainable future. Young people’s strong attitudes towards sustainability has been noted in the research for ... -
The political ecology of unplanned land use changes in Kampala City, Uganda : a case of selected parishes of Kawempe Division
Wandera, Peter (Master thesis, 2014)Kampala City is undergoing massive unplanned urban land use changes caused by political, social, economic and environmental push and pull factors. Both local and transnational companies are rapidly locating in Kampala due ... -
The role of diaspora remittances in the 2022 Pakistan flood recovery: Norwegian Pakistani located in Oslo
Butt, Maryam (Master thesis, 2023)This study addresses the active participation of the Pakistani Norwegian Diaspora in the provision of remittances during the 2022 flood disaster in Pakistan, including both individual and organisational contributions. This ... -
Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
Viga, Emmanuel; Refstie, Hilde (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The work of ‘local responders’, including crisis-affected populations and civic humanitarians have gained more attention in humanitarian practice following the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit’s call for localising humanitarian ... -
Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice
Sliwa, Marcin; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde (Chapter, 2018)The paper presents the principles of Urban Ecological Planning - an approach of urban practice that challenges and supplements outdated technocratic urban planning methodologies that are still dominant in many developing ... -
Urban Living Labs as an Approach for Co-Creating Sustainable Cities
Wingsnes, Wida Angela (Master thesis, 2022)As a response to the growing sustainability issues there are new types of collaborations emerging in the form of Urban Living Labs (ULL). ULLs are increasing in popularity as an approach for tackling sustainability challenges ...