Amanda Veronica Hausken
About
Association: NTNU Ocean and Coast
After five years of management in experience-based tourism along the coast, I chose to continue my career in a direction that contributes to preserving it. As a biogeographer, I map which coastal landscapes in Norway are most exposed to accumulation of marine plastic pollution and assess their vulnerability, with a particular focus on risks related to the loss of ecosystem services such as carbon storage. This knowledge can guide the optimization of resource use in plastic clean-up efforts, ensuring that funds are used in ways that benefit both nature and society as much as possible.
I am proud to be part of the community at the IGS on Dragvoll, and have the pleasure of acting as the elected representative for temporary employees on the department board in 2026/7.
CV: www.hausken.at
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS)
- Machinelearning-based Orthophoto Analysis
- Environmental DNA (eDNA) Analysis
- Structural Equation Modelling
- Science Communication
My main supervisor is Chantel Nixon at the IGS. My Co-supervisor is Martina Calovi.
Publications
Amanda Veronica Hausken and Jakob Bonnevie Cyvin. (2026) The sink is leaking! Enabling citizen science for global mapping of microplastic leakage from coastal soils. Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
Academic article
Thesis (2025) and article in prep.: "Mapping the Ecological Cascade Effects of Marine Plastic Pollution in Coastal Soil: A Biogeographical Approach Using Environmental DNA and Path Analysis"
October 2024 | Presenter at Plastdagen in Trondheim & Ålesund: Poster & Presentation on findings from summer research project for Runde Environmental Centre on the effect of different landscape types on coastal plastic cleanup efficiency.
September 2024 Conference Presentation (MICRO), Lanzarote Title: The Sink is Leaking! Enabling Citizen Science for Global Mapping of Microplastic Leakage from Coastal Soils | Role: Main author & presenter
January 2024 Commentary - Technical Magazine: Det må straffe seg å produsere og selge plast. Commentary article directed towards the general public on current challenges in plastic governance. Published in: Teknisk Ukeblad | Date: 18.01.2024 | Role: Co-author
November 2023 Symposium Poster Title: "A novel method for sampling of plastic-infiltrated coastal soil and quantification of microplastic in vertical leakage" Role: Co-author
Presentation (30. August 2023): "Plastic Pollution in Coastal Environments" Held for a delegation from Universitas Negeri Padang and Universitas Bung Hatta in West Sumatra, Indonesia visiting NTNU.
Thesis (2023): "There and back again - A quantification of marine microplastic leakage from coastal soil on the remote island of Smøla in Mid-Norway"
2026
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Hausken, Amanda Veronica;
Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie.
(2026)
The sink is leaking! Enabling citizen science for global mapping of microplastic leakage from coastal soils.
Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
Academic article
Journal publications
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Hausken, Amanda Veronica;
Cyvin, Jakob Bonnevie.
(2026)
The sink is leaking! Enabling citizen science for global mapping of microplastic leakage from coastal soils.
Cambridge Prisms: Plastics
Academic article
Teaching
Supervision
Currently so-supervising a Master's thesis related to coastal geomorphology and plastic pollution at the Department of Geography and Social Anthropology (2026-2027).