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Identifying and addressing reverse salients in infrastructural change. The case of a small zero emission campus in Southern Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the relevance and use of the concept “reverse salient” in ambitious infrastructural change. Thomas Hughes, in his seminal study of socio-technical system building, ... -
The veil: an embodied ethical practice in Iran
(Journal article, 2020)In this article, drawing on Butler, Bourdieu, and Foucault, I examine the veil as an embodied and ethical practice. More particularly, I look at the way in which embodied subjectivities are (re)constructed and contested ... -
Scales of energy justice: Solar power and energy poverty alleviation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The threats climate change poses require rapid and wide decarbonization efforts in the energy sector. Historically, large-scale energy operations, often instrumental for a scaled and effective approach to meet decarbonization ... -
Energy systems integration as research practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This article adopts frameworks and methods from Science and Technology Studies for examining Energy Systems Integration (ESI). ESI, the integrated operation and planning of multiple energy supplies and demands, can contribute ... -
Making the smart grid through pilot projects. Insights, lessons and ways forward
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Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model
(Chapter, 2021)Studies for the circular economy have focused consumption from the perspective of acceptance of business models. However, consumers can engage in waste prevention, reuse and reparation in modes of consumption outside ... -
Flexibility of real-time energy distribution: the changing practices of energy control rooms
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper examines the linked concepts of flexibility and control, focusing on how these are enacted in the operation of control rooms in Distribution Network Organisations. We discuss the limits to flexibility, and the ... -
Approaches to Social Innovation in Positive Energy Districts (PEDs)—A Comparison of Norwegian Projects
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)The Positive Energy District (PED) concept is a localized city and district level response to the challenges of greenhouse gas emission reduction and energy transition. With the Strategic Energy Transition (SET) Plan aiming ... -
Is local always best? Social acceptance of small hydropower projects in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Small-scale development of renewable energy has been identified as one possible solution to meet future energy needs and is well aligned with the general European trend towards further development of community energy ... -
The secret lives of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at a Norwegian hospital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)This paper explores how robots that are not designed for being social can still act and be perceived as social and what form this social interaction takes. We look at Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) at a Norwegian hospital ... -
Unboxing Buildings: Engaging with Occupants during Design, Testing and Use
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Current prioritization within EU funding sees technical requirements for sustainable buildings moving technologies closer to people’s everyday lives, thereby increasing the need for interdisciplinary research, and placing ... -
Policy and politics in energy transitions. A case study on shore power in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Their position in transport systems allows ports to play a fundamental role in energy transitions. In increasingly ambitious quests to promote sustainability, ports often look to shore power to reduce emissions. To fill ... -
The next generation of smart citizens: Experiences and inspiration from the +CityxChange project
(Chapter, 2020)Environmental sustainability has become a core objective in policy fields related to the built environment, from the international to local level. The transition to a sustainable built environment depends on increasing the ... -
Citizen participation in Steinkjer: Stories about the "old NRK building at Lø"
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper follows the process of developing a pilot project at Lø in Steinkjer, where a zero emission neighbourhood was planned and which included the upgrading of the old offices of the Norwegian Broadcasting Company ... -
The Educational Potential of Visual Novel Games: Principles for Design
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Despite the increasing interest in computer games for educational purposes, there are genres with untapped potential for teaching, such as narratively driven, Japanese-style visual novel games, which is the focus of the ... -
Black boxing milk: Date labeling, quality and waste throughout the Norwegian milk chain
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We confront the expiration date whenever we shop, eat or discard food. This label has changed our foodways in profound and unforeseen manners, on the one hand increasing food safety while on the other reducing our sensory ... -
DIY gerontechnology: circumventing mismatched technologies and bureaucratic procedure by creating care technologies of one's own
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study analyses ‘Do‐It‐Yourself’ (DIY) gerontechnologies and shows that they can be viable and valuable alternatives to ‘ready‐made’ gerontechnologies. Using the concept of innosumption, we analyze the work of care ... -
The social dimension of domesticating technology: Interactions between older adults, caregivers, and robots in the home
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)In this article we look at the home as an arena for care by exploring how care robots and technological care-systems can become part of older adults’ lives. We investigate the domestication of robot technology in the context ... -
Diversifying diversity: Inclusive engagement, intersectionality, and gender identity in a European Social Sciences and Humanities Energy research project
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This paper argues for inclusive engagement within Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) interdisciplinary research, particularly, energy and climate research, by reflecting on the attempts to implement an inclusive engagement ...
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