Thomas Berker
About
I am professor in science and technology studies at NTNU, where I investigate the intersection of infrastructure, agency, and democracy in contemporary society. My work asks how material infrastructures—from digital platforms to urban systems—constitute political subjects and shape the conditions for democratic participation.
My research is organized around three interconnected themes:
1. Infrastructures of Ruin and Salvage
I examine how infrastructures operate not merely as stable technical systems but as sites of continuous vulnerability, breakdown, and contestation. Moving beyond the dominant "creativity dispositif" (Reckwitz) of late modernity, I develop the concepts of a maintenance dispositif and salvage thinking—approaches that value repair, continuity, and improvisation in a state of infrastructural ruination. My work asks how we can dwell and act within capitalist ruins without succumbing to techno-utopian enchantments.
2. Digital Infrastructure and Machine Audiences
I study how digital infrastructures and AI intermediaries reshape agency, demand, and citizenship. I investigate the rise of "machine audiences" that absorb human signals, the "simulacrum" of AI-assisted knowledge work, and the political stakes of digital sovereignty and the fossil-free internet. My empirical work spans platform exit strategies, the infrastructural conditions of 4E cognition, and the "boring" infrastructure of sustainable scholarship.
3. Democratic Resilience and Broken World Thinking
I investigate how democracies can be sustained through everyday practices of maintenance and care. Framed by "broken world thinking" and multispecies entanglement, my current projects examine how citizens support infrastructures through invisible care labor, how informal networks constitute "human infrastructure," and how maintenance practices enable democratic participation in precarious times.
Empirical trajectory: My research began in the late 1990s with studies of early Internet use, moved through sustainable buildings and neighborhoods (including leadership roles in FME ZEB and in ZEN's civic living labs), and now focuses on the political and phenomenological dimensions of infrastructure maintenance and development.
Theoretical lineage: Originally trained in critical theory (Frankfurt School), my work was profoundly reshaped by actor-network theory (Law, Latour, Callon) and Susan Leigh Star's infrastructure studies. My recent theoretical engagements center on "broken world thinking" (Steven Jackson, Anna Tsing), 4E cognition, and the phenomenology of everyday technological entanglement.
Academic leadership: I am currently leading the PhD program in Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture and I supervise PhD and MA students working on knowledge production in sustainability transitions, stakeholder inclusion in coastal protection, tidal energy in peripheral regions, intersectionality and urban planning, mobility in the Global South, and practices of failure detection in construction.
Research
I have for almost two decades constantly been involved in interdisciplinary research projects. While never without frictions and frustrations, these collaborations with experts from other domains are my preferred way of satisfying my curiosity and thirst for knowledge.
FME Research Centre on Zero Emission Neighbourhoods in Smart Cities (FME ZEN)
FME ZEN will develop solutions for zero emission neighbourhoods. Our role is end-user research and the organisation of civic living labs at the pilot sites of the centre.
iClimabuilt
The EU project tests innovative, energy friendly building facade solutions. We contribute to WP6 and its living labs.
Sustainable digital transformations (SustainDiT)
In this interdisciplinary collaboration which is funded by NTNU's strategic funds we explore the connections between digitalisation and sustainability.
Kompetansenettverk for livskvalitet i byenes nabolag
How can citizens participate in the operation and maintenance of their neighbourhoods? We explore this question together with Trondheim Municipality through experimenting with measures that improve the lives of the residents at Trondheim's Østersundsgate.
TalentLab
Funded by EEA Norway grants, this project seeks to produce knowledge which enables secondary education to contribute to regional development.
Publications
2026
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Henriksen, Hanne Marit;
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2026)
Public engagement in zero-emission futures: a matter of care.
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
2025
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Berker, Thomas.
(2025)
How users matter in 2025: Of attachments and passings.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2025)
Resistance against zero-emission neighbourhood infrastructuring: key lessons from Norway | Buildings & Cities.
Buildings & Cities
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Woods, Ruth.
(2025)
The role of households in sustainability transitions: An infrastructural inversion.
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Academic article
2024
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Thomsen, Judith;
Homaei, Shabnam;
Aakervik, Anne-Lise;
Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth;
Rokseth, Lillian Sve;
Andersen, Kamilla Heimar;
Lien, Synne Krekling;
Bø, Lars Arne;
Lolli, Nicola;
Kauko, Hanne Laura Pauliina.
(2024)
Insights into ZEN pilot projects: An overview and experience summary.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Berker, Thomas;
Henriksen, Hanne Marit;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Woods, Ruth.
(2024)
A sustainable campus for an uncertain future. Two cases of infrastructural transformation at Norway’s largest university.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Academic article
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Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Henriksen, Hanne Marit.
(2024)
“I LOVE IT”
Caring for second-hand inventory in a university living lab.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Academic article
2023
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Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Negotiating research norms between academic and industrial research. The case of a research centre on zero emission buildings in Norway.
Nordisk arkitekturforskning
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Domestication as user-led infrastructuring.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Infrastructures by the users for users: Motivations, constraints, and consequences of user-driven infrastructuring of mobile phones.
New Media & Society
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Negotiating Research Norms between Academic and Industrial Research - The Case of a Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings in Norway.
Nordisk arkitekturforskning
Academic article
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Hegdalsaune, Amalie.
(2023)
Den tredje boligsektor - mer enn bare bolig. En kvalitativ undersøkelse av livet som leietaker i Norge.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Christoffersen, Lone Bergland.
(2023)
"Jeg håper jo å være frisk så lenge jeg lever" En kvalitativ studie om eldres forestillinger av bosituasjon og velferdsteknologi.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Berker, Thomas;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward.
(2023)
Transformation through the 'Middle' A Study of Circular-Economic Visions and Enactments in Norway.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Verhulst, Elli;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
A co-creative method for mapping and improving energy use
and management in non-residential buildings.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
2022
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Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Berker, Thomas.
(2022)
Contesting Consumerism with a Circular Economy?.
Circular Economy and Sustainability
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Müller, Liana.
(2022)
Seduction, caution, fight: Media framing of research-based expertise in Norwegian print media coverage of low energy buildings (2005–2012).
Public Understanding of Science
Academic article
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Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2022)
Homelife in a Norwegian forest: a rural approach to the sustainable transition.
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
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Foulds, Chris;
Royston, Sarah;
Berker, Thomas;
Nakopoulou, Efi;
Bharucha, Zareen Pervez;
Robison, Rosie;
Abram, Simone;
Ančić, Branko;
Arapostathis, Stathis;
Badescu, Gabriel.
(2022)
An agenda for future Social Sciences and Humanities research on energy efficiency: 100 priority research questions.
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Academic article
2021
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Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Norwegian pilots: Navigating the technological logic of sustainable architecture.
Academic chapter
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Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Berker, Thomas;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad.
(2021)
Emerging circular economies: Discourse coalitions in a Norwegian case.
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Academic article
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Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model.
Academic chapter
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Arntsen, Kim-André Myhre;
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2021)
En blågrønn fremtid? En kvalitativ analyse av hvordan sirkulærøkonomi oppfattes innen havbruksnæringen i norske distrikter.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Lysø, Emilie Hybertsen;
Kvaal, Stig;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Fagis på Dragis.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Lysø, Emilie Hybertsen;
Kvaal, Stig;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Fagis på Dragis - Studentareal og samproduksjon av tilhørighet.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
A Norwegian Circular Economy? Protestant Visions of an Alternative to Mass Consumerism.
Academic chapter
2020
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Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2020)
Citizen participation in Steinkjer: Stories about the "old NRK building at Lø".
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2020)
Identifying and addressing reverse salients in infrastructural change. The case of a small zero emission campus in Southern Norway.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Academic article
2019
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Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
Living labs in a zero emission neighbourhood context.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
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Koch-Ørvad, Nina;
Thuesen, Christian;
Koch, Christian;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
Transforming Ecosystems: Facilitating Sustainable Innovations Through the Lineage of Exploratory Projects.
Project Management Journal
Academic article
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Valle Kinloch, Cristian Roberto;
Verhulst, Elli;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
FM perceptions on occupant impact and the shaping of occupant engagement practice.
Facilities
Academic article
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Woods, Ruth;
Andresen, Inger;
Skaar, Christofer;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
Utvikling av pilotprosjekt i Steinkjer kommune: Historier om «det gamle NRK bygget på Lø» og evaluering av prosessen.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Woods, Ruth;
Baer, Daniela;
Berker, Thomas;
Bø, Lars Arne.
(2019)
ZEN living labs definition, ideas and examples.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
2018
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Berker, Thomas;
Aune, Margrethe;
Risholt, Birgit Dagrun;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2018)
Building Power. Innovations in the intersection between the building and the power sectors and the transition to sustainability.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Bergschöld, Jenny M.;
Berker, Thomas;
Kristensen, Guro Korsnes;
Lie, Merete.
(2018)
Frontline Innovation - How frontline care professionals innovate welfare technology and services.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Bergschöld, Jenny M..
(2018)
The Smart city as a sociotechnical imaginary - Translating visions of the future into local networks and interpretations of smartness.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Valle Kinloch, Cristian Roberto;
Boks, Casper;
Berker, Thomas.
(2018)
Occupant engagement in the office environment: role assumptions about the building manager.
Facilities
Academic article
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Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn;
Bergschöld, Jenny M.;
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2018)
Berre estetisk? - Arkitektkompetanse i møte med berekraftig arkitektur.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Aas, Sigri;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Bergschöld, Jenny M..
(2018)
Kunnskaping for en bedre verden? En kvalitativ studie av samarbeid mellom akademia og næringsliv.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Valle, Roberto;
Boks, Casper;
Berker, Thomas.
(2018)
Occupant engagement in the office environment: role assumptions about the building manager.
Facilities
Academic article
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Korsnes, Marius;
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2018)
Domestication, acceptance and zero emission ambitions: Insights from a mixed method, experimental research design in a Norwegian Living Lab.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
2017
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Berker, Thomas;
Throndsen, William.
(2017)
Planning story lines in smart grid road maps (2010–2014): three types of maps for coordinated time travel.
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
Academic article
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Andresen, Inger;
Lien, Kristian Myklebust;
Berker, Thomas;
Sartori, Igor.
(2017)
Greenhouse gas balances in Zero Emission Buildings
– Electricity conversion factors revisited.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Berker, Thomas;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2017)
Boundary Objects As Facilitators in Sustainable Building Research.
Science and Public Policy
Academic article
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Hestnes, Anne Grete;
Lien, Anne Gunnarshaug;
Gustavsen, Arild;
Matusiak, Barbara Szybinska;
Risholt, Birgit Dagrun;
Jelle, Bjørn Petter;
Mathisen, Hans Martin;
Andresen, Inger;
Georges, Laurent;
Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth.
(2017)
Zero Emission Buildings.
Fagbokforlaget
Anthology
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Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Verhulst, Elli;
Valle Kinloch, Roberto;
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2017)
Ambitions at work: Professional practices and the energy performance of non-residential buildings in Norway.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
2016
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Berker, Thomas;
Larssæther, Stig.
(2016)
Two exemplar green developments in Norway: Tales of qualqulation and non-qualculation.
Academic chapter
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Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas;
Korsnes, Marius.
(2016)
Making a home in Living Lab: the limitations and potentials associated with living in a research laboratory.
Academic chapter
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Throndsen, William;
Berker, Thomas;
Ryghaug, Marianne.
(2016)
Response and Responsibility Smart meters, end use, and the possibility of a green material public.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
2015
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Throndsen, William;
Berker, Thomas;
Knoll, Espen B..
(2015)
Powerhouse Kjørbo. Evaluation of construction process and early use phase.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Ryghaug, Marianne;
Berker, Thomas.
(2015)
A traveler’s guide to smart grids and the social sciences.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
2014
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Solli, Jøran;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Economic Feasibility and Zero Emission Buildings - A state-of-the-art-report.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Smart region: Brøset/Norway.
Academic chapter
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Levold, Nora;
Gøransson, Markus;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Sentrale styringssystemer i husholdninger.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Wågø, Solvår Irene;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Architecture as a strategy for reduced energy consumption? An in-depth analysis of residential practices' influence on the energy performance of passive houses.
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Academic article
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Anfinsen, Martin;
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Levold, Nora.
(2014)
Passiv versus aktiv. Samproduksjoner og innramminger av fremtidens bygg.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Master thesis
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Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Comparison of two passive house schools in Norway and Germany.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Junghans, Antje.
(2014)
Introducing the MINDER research project: Methodologies for Improvement of Non-residential buildings' Daily Energy Efficiency Reliability.
EuroFM Journal - International Journal of Facilities Management
Academic article
2013
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Risholt, Birgit Dagrun;
Berker, Thomas.
(2013)
Success for energy efficient renovation of dwellings - Learning from private homeowners.
Energy Policy
Academic article
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Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Godbolt, Åsne Lund;
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas;
Time, Berit;
Hyrve, Oddvar.
(2013)
User evaluation of vacuum insulation in clay blocks.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Muller, Liana;
Berker, Thomas.
(2013)
Passive House at the Crossroads: The Past and the Present of a Voluntary Standard That Managed to Bridge the Energy Efficiency Gap.
Energy Policy
Academic article
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Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas;
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Denizou, Karine;
Wågø, Solvår Irene;
Jerkø, Sidsel.
(2013)
The Interaction between Building and Users in Passive and Zero-Energy Housing and Offices: The Role of Interfaces, Knowledge and User Commitment.
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas.
(2013)
“In the morning I just need a long, hot shower:” a sociological exploration of energy sensibilities in Norwegian bathrooms.
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
2012
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Throndsen, William;
Berker, Thomas.
(2012)
Households on the rebound. Factors Increasing and Decreasing Rebound Effects in Norwegian Households.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Berker, Thomas;
Bharathi, Krishna.
(2012)
Energy and buildings research: challenges from the new production of knowledge.
Building Research & Information
Academic article
2011
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Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
User evaluations of energy efficient buildings - literature review and further research.
Advances in Building Energy Research
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy.
Minerva
Book review
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Thomsen, Judith;
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Denizou, Karine;
Jerkø, Sidsel;
Wågø, Solvår Irene;
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
User evaluations of energy efficient buildings. The interplay of buildings and users in seven European case studies.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
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Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
Domesticating Spaces: Sociotechnical Studies and the Built Environment.
Space and Culture
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Jørgensen, Finn Arne.
(2011)
Hyttedrømmen mellom hjem, fritid og natur.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2011)
Bærekraftig urbanisering? Endringer i den norske hyttekulturen.
Academic chapter
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
Frihet i ei lita hytte? Energiforbrukets sosiotekniske aktører.
Academic chapter
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Jørgensen, Finn Arne.
(2011)
Norske hytter i endring. Om bærekraft og behag.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Anthology
2010
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Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas.
(2010)
User evaluations of energy efficient buildings - literature review and further research.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2010)
Sustainable urbanization? Norwegian cabin culture in transition.
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2010)
Paradoxes of Design: Energy and Water Consumption and the Aestheticization of Norwegian Bathrooms 1990-2008.
Sustainable Development
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas.
(2010)
Dealing with uncertainty in sustainable innovation: mainstreaming and substitution.
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
Academic article
2009
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Johnsen, Tove Krogstad;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas.
(2009)
Hytteliv og energi. Mellom trivsel, tradisjon og teknologi.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Master thesis
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Johnsen, Tove Krogstad;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas.
(2009)
Energiforbruket på hytta - endimensjonalt eller mangeartet?.
Tidsskriftet Utmark
Academic article
2008
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Sjursen, Vegard;
Berker, Thomas.
(2008)
Best med billigst? En analyse av energibruk, strategier for energieffektivisering og tilpasning av nye energiteknologier i pilotprosjektet EKSBO.
HF Fakultet, Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier
Master thesis
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Røtne, Camilla.
(2008)
"Å være sammen om ting" - om kunnskaps- og erfaringsoverføring mellom brannkonstabler i fellesskap.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Master thesis
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Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Bye, Robert.
(2008)
The missing link which was already there: building operators and energy management in non-residential buildings.
Facilities
Academic article
2007
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Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas.
(2007)
Energiforbruk i boliger og yrkesbygg: utfordringer og muligheter.
Academic chapter
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Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Bye, Robert.
(2007)
Lærende bygg.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas.
(2007)
Energienutzung im Heim als sozio-technische Praxis. Untersuchungsergebnisse, Trends und Strategien.
Academic chapter
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Aschehoug, Øyvind;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan;
Hestnes, Anne Grete;
Novakovic, Vojislav;
Matusiak, Barbara;
Ryghaug, Marianne;
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Stene, Jørn;
Bye, Robert.
(2007)
Smarte energieffektive bygninger.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Non-fiction monograph
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Berker, Thomas;
Levold, Nora.
(2007)
Moralske praksiser i forbindelse med tung internettbruk.
Academic chapter
2006
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Baukrowitz, Andrea;
Berker, Thomas;
Boes, Andreas;
Pfeiffer, Sabine;
Schmiede, Rudi;
Will, Mascha.
(2006)
Informatisierung der Arbeit - Gesellschaft im Umbruch.
Edition Sigma
Anthology
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Berker, Thomas.
(2006)
Alltag ohne Grenzen? Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien im Alltag transnationaler Wissensarbeit.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas;
Kleemann, Frank;
Schönberger, Klaus.
(2006)
Alltag als Perspektive auf die Informatisierung der Gesellschaft.
Academic chapter
2005
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Berker, Thomas;
Hartman, Maren;
Punie, Yves;
Ward, Katie.
(2005)
Domestication of media and technology.
Open University Press
Anthology
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Berker, Thomas.
(2005)
The everyday of extreme flexibility - The case of migrant researchers' use of new information and communication technologies.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas.
(2005)
The Politics of 'Actor-Network Theory': what can 'actor-network theory' do to make buildings more energy efficient?.
Science, Technology & Innovation Studies
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Hartman, Maren;
Punie, Yves;
Ward, Katie.
(2005)
Introduction.
Academic chapter
2004
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Berker, Thomas.
(2004)
Fascination, instrumental use, protection. Moral practices in the translation of unrestricted Internet access into heavy usage.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, Senter for teknologi og samfunn
Research report
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Berker, Thomas.
(2004)
Smart Machines and Dubious Delegates. The Representation of User Agency in the Design of Energy Efficient Buildings.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, Senter for teknologi og samfunn
Research report
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Berker, Thomas.
(2004)
Zwischen den Räumen � Zur Empirie von Amalgamen aus informatisierten und anderen Begegnungen.
Academic chapter
2003
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Berker, Thomas.
(2003)
Boundaries in a Space of Flows. The Case of Migrant Researchers' Internet Use.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Research report
2002
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Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan.
(2002)
Needs, roles and participation. A review of social science literature on users in technological design.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Research report
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Berker, Thomas.
(2002)
World Wide Web Use at a German University – Computers, Sex and Well Known Names. Results of a Log File Analysis.
Academic chapter
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Berker, Thomas.
(2002)
The End of Telework as We Knew it? Perspectives on 'Telework from Below'.
Senter for teknologi og samfunn
Research report
2001
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Berker, Thomas.
(2001)
Internetnutzung in den 90er Jahren. Wie ein junges Medium alltäglich wurde.
Campus Verlag
Academic monograph
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Berker, Thomas.
(2001)
Bin ich jetzt drin? Neue Versuche, über das 'junge' Medium Internet zu schreiben.
Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation / Journal for Sociology of Education and Socialization
Academic article
Journal publications
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Henriksen, Hanne Marit;
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2026)
Public engagement in zero-emission futures: a matter of care.
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2025)
Resistance against zero-emission neighbourhood infrastructuring: key lessons from Norway | Buildings & Cities.
Buildings & Cities
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Throndsen, William.
(2017)
Planning story lines in smart grid road maps (2010–2014): three types of maps for coordinated time travel.
Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning
Academic article
-
Risholt, Birgit Dagrun;
Berker, Thomas.
(2013)
Success for energy efficient renovation of dwellings - Learning from private homeowners.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Negotiating research norms between academic and industrial research. The case of a research centre on zero emission buildings in Norway.
Nordisk arkitekturforskning
Academic article
-
Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
Living labs in a zero emission neighbourhood context.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
User evaluations of energy efficient buildings - literature review and further research.
Advances in Building Energy Research
Academic article
-
Koch-Ørvad, Nina;
Thuesen, Christian;
Koch, Christian;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
Transforming Ecosystems: Facilitating Sustainable Innovations Through the Lineage of Exploratory Projects.
Project Management Journal
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2010)
Sustainable urbanization? Norwegian cabin culture in transition.
Journal of Tourism and Cultural Change
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2010)
Paradoxes of Design: Energy and Water Consumption and the Aestheticization of Norwegian Bathrooms 1990-2008.
Sustainable Development
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
Acting in an Uncertain World: An Essay on Technical Democracy.
Minerva
Book review
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2005)
The Politics of 'Actor-Network Theory': what can 'actor-network theory' do to make buildings more energy efficient?.
Science, Technology & Innovation Studies
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2017)
Boundary Objects As Facilitators in Sustainable Building Research.
Science and Public Policy
Academic article
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Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Berker, Thomas;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad.
(2021)
Emerging circular economies: Discourse coalitions in a Norwegian case.
Sustainable Production and Consumption
Academic article
-
Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2020)
Citizen participation in Steinkjer: Stories about the "old NRK building at Lø".
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Infrastructures by the users for users: Motivations, constraints, and consequences of user-driven infrastructuring of mobile phones.
New Media & Society
Academic article
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Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Berker, Thomas.
(2022)
Contesting Consumerism with a Circular Economy?.
Circular Economy and Sustainability
Academic article
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Berker, Thomas.
(2010)
Dealing with uncertainty in sustainable innovation: mainstreaming and substitution.
International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development
Academic article
-
Valle Kinloch, Cristian Roberto;
Boks, Casper;
Berker, Thomas.
(2018)
Occupant engagement in the office environment: role assumptions about the building manager.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Negotiating Research Norms between Academic and Industrial Research - The Case of a Research Centre on Zero Emission Buildings in Norway.
Nordisk arkitekturforskning
Academic article
-
Muller, Liana;
Berker, Thomas.
(2013)
Passive House at the Crossroads: The Past and the Present of a Voluntary Standard That Managed to Bridge the Energy Efficiency Gap.
Energy Policy
Academic article
-
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Verhulst, Elli;
Valle Kinloch, Roberto;
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2017)
Ambitions at work: Professional practices and the energy performance of non-residential buildings in Norway.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Valle Kinloch, Cristian Roberto;
Verhulst, Elli;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
FM perceptions on occupant impact and the shaping of occupant engagement practice.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Müller, Liana.
(2022)
Seduction, caution, fight: Media framing of research-based expertise in Norwegian print media coverage of low energy buildings (2005–2012).
Public Understanding of Science
Academic article
-
Wågø, Solvår Irene;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Architecture as a strategy for reduced energy consumption? An in-depth analysis of residential practices' influence on the energy performance of passive houses.
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Academic article
-
Valle, Roberto;
Boks, Casper;
Berker, Thomas.
(2018)
Occupant engagement in the office environment: role assumptions about the building manager.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Korsnes, Marius;
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2018)
Domestication, acceptance and zero emission ambitions: Insights from a mixed method, experimental research design in a Norwegian Living Lab.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas;
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Denizou, Karine;
Wågø, Solvår Irene;
Jerkø, Sidsel.
(2013)
The Interaction between Building and Users in Passive and Zero-Energy Housing and Offices: The Role of Interfaces, Knowledge and User Commitment.
Smart and Sustainable Built Environment
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2020)
Identifying and addressing reverse salients in infrastructural change. The case of a small zero emission campus in Southern Norway.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Bharathi, Krishna.
(2012)
Energy and buildings research: challenges from the new production of knowledge.
Building Research & Information
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Woods, Ruth.
(2025)
The role of households in sustainability transitions: An infrastructural inversion.
Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Academic article
-
Verhulst, Elli;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
A co-creative method for mapping and improving energy use
and management in non-residential buildings.
IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
Domesticating Spaces: Sociotechnical Studies and the Built Environment.
Space and Culture
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Henriksen, Hanne Marit;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Woods, Ruth.
(2024)
A sustainable campus for an uncertain future. Two cases of infrastructural transformation at Norway’s largest university.
International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education
Academic article
-
Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2022)
Homelife in a Norwegian forest: a rural approach to the sustainable transition.
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2001)
Bin ich jetzt drin? Neue Versuche, über das 'junge' Medium Internet zu schreiben.
Zeitschrift für Soziologie der Erziehung und Sozialisation / Journal for Sociology of Education and Socialization
Academic article
-
Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Henriksen, Hanne Marit.
(2024)
“I LOVE IT”
Caring for second-hand inventory in a university living lab.
Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Academic article
-
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Bye, Robert.
(2008)
The missing link which was already there: building operators and energy management in non-residential buildings.
Facilities
Academic article
-
Johnsen, Tove Krogstad;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas.
(2009)
Energiforbruket på hytta - endimensjonalt eller mangeartet?.
Tidsskriftet Utmark
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Junghans, Antje.
(2014)
Introducing the MINDER research project: Methodologies for Improvement of Non-residential buildings' Daily Energy Efficiency Reliability.
EuroFM Journal - International Journal of Facilities Management
Academic article
-
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe;
Ryghaug, Marianne;
Berker, Thomas.
(2015)
A traveler’s guide to smart grids and the social sciences.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2013)
“In the morning I just need a long, hot shower:” a sociological exploration of energy sensibilities in Norwegian bathrooms.
Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
-
Foulds, Chris;
Royston, Sarah;
Berker, Thomas;
Nakopoulou, Efi;
Bharucha, Zareen Pervez;
Robison, Rosie;
Abram, Simone;
Ančić, Branko;
Arapostathis, Stathis;
Badescu, Gabriel.
(2022)
An agenda for future Social Sciences and Humanities research on energy efficiency: 100 priority research questions.
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Academic article
Books
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Baukrowitz, Andrea;
Berker, Thomas;
Boes, Andreas;
Pfeiffer, Sabine;
Schmiede, Rudi;
Will, Mascha.
(2006)
Informatisierung der Arbeit - Gesellschaft im Umbruch.
Edition Sigma
Anthology
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Berker, Thomas;
Hartman, Maren;
Punie, Yves;
Ward, Katie.
(2005)
Domestication of media and technology.
Open University Press
Anthology
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Berker, Thomas.
(2001)
Internetnutzung in den 90er Jahren. Wie ein junges Medium alltäglich wurde.
Campus Verlag
Academic monograph
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Hestnes, Anne Grete;
Lien, Anne Gunnarshaug;
Gustavsen, Arild;
Matusiak, Barbara Szybinska;
Risholt, Birgit Dagrun;
Jelle, Bjørn Petter;
Mathisen, Hans Martin;
Andresen, Inger;
Georges, Laurent;
Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth.
(2017)
Zero Emission Buildings.
Fagbokforlaget
Anthology
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Aschehoug, Øyvind;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan;
Hestnes, Anne Grete;
Novakovic, Vojislav;
Matusiak, Barbara;
Ryghaug, Marianne;
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Stene, Jørn;
Bye, Robert.
(2007)
Smarte energieffektive bygninger.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Non-fiction monograph
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Jørgensen, Finn Arne.
(2011)
Norske hytter i endring. Om bærekraft og behag.
Tapir Akademisk Forlag
Anthology
Part of book/report
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2025)
How users matter in 2025: Of attachments and passings.
Academic chapter
-
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas.
(2007)
Energiforbruk i boliger og yrkesbygg: utfordringer og muligheter.
Academic chapter
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Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Bye, Robert.
(2007)
Lærende bygg.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2007)
Energienutzung im Heim als sozio-technische Praxis. Untersuchungsergebnisse, Trends und Strategien.
Academic chapter
-
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas.
(2010)
User evaluations of energy efficient buildings - literature review and further research.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2023)
Domestication as user-led infrastructuring.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas;
Larssæther, Stig.
(2016)
Two exemplar green developments in Norway: Tales of qualqulation and non-qualculation.
Academic chapter
-
Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Norwegian pilots: Navigating the technological logic of sustainable architecture.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2005)
The everyday of extreme flexibility - The case of migrant researchers' use of new information and communication technologies.
Academic chapter
-
Woods, Ruth;
Berker, Thomas;
Korsnes, Marius.
(2016)
Making a home in Living Lab: the limitations and potentials associated with living in a research laboratory.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Smart region: Brøset/Norway.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2004)
Zwischen den Räumen � Zur Empirie von Amalgamen aus informatisierten und anderen Begegnungen.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2002)
World Wide Web Use at a German University – Computers, Sex and Well Known Names. Results of a Log File Analysis.
Academic chapter
-
Ortega Alvarado, Isaac Arturo;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Alternative consumption: a circular economy beyond the circular business model.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas;
Levold, Nora.
(2007)
Moralske praksiser i forbindelse med tung internettbruk.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2006)
Alltag ohne Grenzen? Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien im Alltag transnationaler Wissensarbeit.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Jørgensen, Finn Arne.
(2011)
Hyttedrømmen mellom hjem, fritid og natur.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2011)
Bærekraftig urbanisering? Endringer i den norske hyttekulturen.
Academic chapter
-
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
Frihet i ei lita hytte? Energiforbrukets sosiotekniske aktører.
Academic chapter
-
Junghans, Antje;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Comparison of two passive house schools in Norway and Germany.
Academic chapter
-
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
A Norwegian Circular Economy? Protestant Visions of an Alternative to Mass Consumerism.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas;
Hartman, Maren;
Punie, Yves;
Ward, Katie.
(2005)
Introduction.
Academic chapter
-
Berker, Thomas;
Kleemann, Frank;
Schönberger, Klaus.
(2006)
Alltag als Perspektive auf die Informatisierung der Gesellschaft.
Academic chapter
Report
-
Solli, Jøran;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Economic Feasibility and Zero Emission Buildings - A state-of-the-art-report.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2004)
Fascination, instrumental use, protection. Moral practices in the translation of unrestricted Internet access into heavy usage.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, Senter for teknologi og samfunn
Research report
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2004)
Smart Machines and Dubious Delegates. The Representation of User Agency in the Design of Energy Efficient Buildings.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, Senter for teknologi og samfunn
Research report
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2003)
Boundaries in a Space of Flows. The Case of Migrant Researchers' Internet Use.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Research report
-
Throndsen, William;
Berker, Thomas.
(2012)
Households on the rebound. Factors Increasing and Decreasing Rebound Effects in Norwegian Households.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Andresen, Inger;
Lien, Kristian Myklebust;
Berker, Thomas;
Sartori, Igor.
(2017)
Greenhouse gas balances in Zero Emission Buildings
– Electricity conversion factors revisited.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Godbolt, Åsne Lund;
Thomsen, Judith;
Berker, Thomas;
Time, Berit;
Hyrve, Oddvar.
(2013)
User evaluation of vacuum insulation in clay blocks.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Sørensen, Knut Holtan.
(2002)
Needs, roles and participation. A review of social science literature on users in technological design.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Research report
-
Woods, Ruth;
Andresen, Inger;
Skaar, Christofer;
Berker, Thomas.
(2019)
Utvikling av pilotprosjekt i Steinkjer kommune: Historier om «det gamle NRK bygget på Lø» og evaluering av prosessen.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Thomsen, Judith;
Hauge, Åshild Lappegard;
Denizou, Karine;
Jerkø, Sidsel;
Wågø, Solvår Irene;
Berker, Thomas.
(2011)
User evaluations of energy efficient buildings. The interplay of buildings and users in seven European case studies.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Thomsen, Judith;
Homaei, Shabnam;
Aakervik, Anne-Lise;
Wiik, Marianne Rose Kjendseth;
Rokseth, Lillian Sve;
Andersen, Kamilla Heimar;
Lien, Synne Krekling;
Bø, Lars Arne;
Lolli, Nicola;
Kauko, Hanne Laura Pauliina.
(2024)
Insights into ZEN pilot projects: An overview and experience summary.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Throndsen, William;
Berker, Thomas;
Knoll, Espen B..
(2015)
Powerhouse Kjørbo. Evaluation of construction process and early use phase.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Woods, Ruth;
Baer, Daniela;
Berker, Thomas;
Bø, Lars Arne.
(2019)
ZEN living labs definition, ideas and examples.
SINTEF akademisk forlag
Research report
-
Berker, Thomas.
(2002)
The End of Telework as We Knew it? Perspectives on 'Telework from Below'.
Senter for teknologi og samfunn
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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Berker, Thomas;
Aune, Margrethe;
Risholt, Birgit Dagrun;
Kvellheim, Ann Kristin.
(2018)
Building Power. Innovations in the intersection between the building and the power sectors and the transition to sustainability.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
-
Bergschöld, Jenny M.;
Berker, Thomas;
Kristensen, Guro Korsnes;
Lie, Merete.
(2018)
Frontline Innovation - How frontline care professionals innovate welfare technology and services.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
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Sjursen, Vegard;
Berker, Thomas.
(2008)
Best med billigst? En analyse av energibruk, strategier for energieffektivisering og tilpasning av nye energiteknologier i pilotprosjektet EKSBO.
HF Fakultet, Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier
Master thesis
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Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Bergschöld, Jenny M..
(2018)
The Smart city as a sociotechnical imaginary - Translating visions of the future into local networks and interpretations of smartness.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
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Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn;
Bergschöld, Jenny M.;
Berker, Thomas;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok.
(2018)
Berre estetisk? - Arkitektkompetanse i møte med berekraftig arkitektur.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
-
Throndsen, William;
Berker, Thomas;
Ryghaug, Marianne.
(2016)
Response and Responsibility Smart meters, end use, and the possibility of a green material public.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
-
Levold, Nora;
Gøransson, Markus;
Berker, Thomas.
(2014)
Sentrale styringssystemer i husholdninger.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Hegdalsaune, Amalie.
(2023)
Den tredje boligsektor - mer enn bare bolig. En kvalitativ undersøkelse av livet som leietaker i Norge.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Christoffersen, Lone Bergland.
(2023)
"Jeg håper jo å være frisk så lenge jeg lever" En kvalitativ studie om eldres forestillinger av bosituasjon og velferdsteknologi.
NTNU
Master thesis
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Aas, Sigri;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Bergschöld, Jenny M..
(2018)
Kunnskaping for en bedre verden? En kvalitativ studie av samarbeid mellom akademia og næringsliv.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
-
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas;
Røtne, Camilla.
(2008)
"Å være sammen om ting" - om kunnskaps- og erfaringsoverføring mellom brannkonstabler i fellesskap.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Master thesis
-
Arntsen, Kim-André Myhre;
Berker, Thomas;
Woods, Ruth.
(2021)
En blågrønn fremtid? En kvalitativ analyse av hvordan sirkulærøkonomi oppfattes innen havbruksnæringen i norske distrikter.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
-
Berker, Thomas;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward.
(2023)
Transformation through the 'Middle' A Study of Circular-Economic Visions and Enactments in Norway.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral thesis
-
Johnsen, Tove Krogstad;
Gansmo, Helen Jøsok;
Berker, Thomas.
(2009)
Hytteliv og energi. Mellom trivsel, tradisjon og teknologi.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Master thesis
-
Lysø, Emilie Hybertsen;
Kvaal, Stig;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Fagis på Dragis.
NTNU
Master thesis
-
Lysø, Emilie Hybertsen;
Kvaal, Stig;
Berker, Thomas.
(2021)
Fagis på Dragis - Studentareal og samproduksjon av tilhørighet.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Master thesis
-
Anfinsen, Martin;
Aune, Margrethe;
Berker, Thomas;
Levold, Nora.
(2014)
Passiv versus aktiv. Samproduksjoner og innramminger av fremtidens bygg.
Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Master thesis
Teaching
Courses
- KULT3301 - STS: A changing society - Knowledge and technology
- TEP4235 - Energy Management in Buildings
- KULT6503 - Particicipation in theory and practice
- KULT8850 - Theories of Science
- KULT8851 - Theories of Science
In addition to contributing to the department's master education, I am head of our PhD program and responsible for the PhD course on Theories of Science (KULT8850/1)
Supervision
On average I am supervising 2-3 master students per year and I am currently main supervisor for three PhD students (Alexander Fenes, Hanne Marit Henriksen, Leika Aruga).
Outreach
2023
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Lecture
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Henriksen, Hanne Marit; Woods, Ruth; Røe, Per Gunnar. (2023) Splintering Furuset The history and possible effects of a well-intentioned urban climate mitigation pilot. BEYOND CRISIS/BEYOND NORMAL
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Conference lectureWoods, Ruth; Berker, Thomas; Henriksen, Hanne Marit. (2023) Sustainability transitions in Oslo’s suburbia: Furuset’s microgrid. Nordic STS: Energy Communities and Urban Sociotechnical Transformations
2022
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Feature articleGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Bohne, Rolf André; Støa, Eli; Wyckmans, Annemie; Brattebø, Helge; Larssæther, Stig; Manum, Bendik; Wellinger, Steffen; Hillnhütter, Helge; Narvestad, Randi. (2022) Brøset – en bærekraftig bunker?.
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Conference lectureWoods, Ruth; Berker, Thomas; Henriksen, Hanne Marit; Sutcliffe, Thomas Edward. (2022) “I love this”: experimenting with second-hand furniture in a university living lab. 17th EASA Biennial Conference EASA2022: Transformation, Hope and the Commons
2021
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Conference lectureWoods, Ruth; Berker, Thomas. (2021) The good life is in the middle of a Norwegian forest: reflections on a zero emission neighbourhood concept. CFP – Un/sustainable futures: The hidden abode of the ‘ecological transition’ , SIAC Conference
2020
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2020) Citizen participation in Steinkjer: Stories about the “old NRK building at Lø”. Beyond 2020 World sustainable built environment conference
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LectureSutcliffe, Thomas Edward; Berker, Thomas. (2020) Sofaprat om sirkulærøkonomi med Framtiden i våre hender Trondheim. Sirkulærøkonomi
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Conference lectureWoods, Ruth; Berker, Thomas. (2020) Citizen participation in Steinkjer: Stories about the “old NRK building at Lø”. Beyond 2020 World sustainable built environment conference
2019
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecture
2018
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2018) Learning from the future? Lessons from Norway’s first and second passive house school. Transforming Energy Demand through Digital Innovation
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2018) Regulation and performance: lessons from the first and the second passive house school in Norway. EASST2018
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2018) Hype, skuffelse, produktivitet: Hvor mye innovasjon trenger et godt bygg. Teknas Kursdagene 2018
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Conference lectureKoch-Ørvad, Nina; Thuesen, Christian; Koch, Christian; Berker, Thomas. (2018) Murmuration as metaphor for sustainable innovation processes. 34th Annual ARCOM Conference
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Conference lectureWoods, Ruth; Berker, Thomas. (2018) Supporting sustainable ambitions: a zero emission neighbourhood living lab. 4th Energy and society conference
2017
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Conference lectureKoch, Christian; Berker, Thomas; Koch-Ørvad, Nina; Thuesen, Christian. (2017) Radical Sustainable Innovation of office buildings. 9th Nordic Conference on Construction Economics and Organization
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2017) 30 Million Euro, 8 years and 3 lessons on innovation in construction. Higher Seminar, Inst. f. industriell økonomi
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2016
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Junghans, Antje; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad; Verhulst, Elli; Valle Kinloch, Roberto. (2016) Beyond the Performance Gap. Minimizing the performance gap
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Conference lecturePettersen, Ida Nilstad; Verhulst, Elli; Junghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas. (2016) Ambitions at work: professional practices and the energy performance of non-residential buildings. The DEMAND Centre Conference 2016
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Conference lectureKorsnes, Marius; Berker, Thomas; Woods, Ruth. (2016) Compliance and Deviation: How occupants interact with a high performance zero emission building. DEMAND Centre Conference 2016: 'What energy is for: the making and dynamics of demand'
2015
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Conference lectureSolli, Jøran; Berker, Thomas. (2015) Rhetorical agency and framing of costs in discourse on sustainable buildings. NESS Nordic Environmental Social Science Conference 2015
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Interview
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Ingeborgrud, Lina; Muñoz, Lucia Liste. (2015) Exploring pathways and controversies in built environments and "Cities of the future". Smart Cities
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2015) Norwegian Pathways to Sustainable Innovation in the Construction Sector. 4th International workshop on innovation in construction
2014
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Interview
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Interview
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2014) Buildings as machinenatures and naturemachines - STS and the greening of the built environment. EASST 2014 biannual meeting
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2014) Methodologies for improvement of non-residential buildings' day-to-day energy reliability. STS conference, 2014
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2014) Keynote: Rethinking the built environment as dynamic relation between moving targets. STS conference, 2014
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Conference lectureJunghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2014) European Facility Management Conference (EFMC 2014) Research Symposium Presentation: Introducing the MINDER research project. European Facility Management Conference (EFMC 2014)
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Conference lectureJunghans, Antje; Berker, Thomas. (2014) CIB Facilities Management Conference 2014 presentation: Comparison of two passive house schools in Norway and Germany. CIB Facilities Management Conference - Using Facilities in an open world creating value for all stakeholders
2013
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Conference lectureGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2013) Drift av store ZEB-bygg: Å lukke gapet mellom bygget og brukeren. ZEB-konferansen 2013
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Conference lectureMuller, Liana; Berker, Thomas. (2013) Print media coverage of low energy dwellings in Norway. Annual meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2013) STS Approaches to Energy Systems and Their Boundaries. Exchanges Between ANT, Assemblage Theory and Zero Energy Building Design. STS perspectives on energy
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2013) Reassembling digital works: Der Fall des digitalisierten Gebäudebetriebs. Neue Arbeits-Technik-Welten? Digitalisierung, mobiles Internet und der Wandel der Arbeit
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2013) Three scenarios for the future of sustainable engineering in the built environment. Engineers and Sustainability
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2012
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2012) Sustainability transitions outside the modernization paradigm. Gains and losses. International conference on sustainability transitions
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Conference lectureMuller, Liana; Berker, Thomas. (2012) The History of the Passive House Concept and Standard: How a voluntary standard managed to bridge the energy efficiency gap. Annual Meeting of the Society for Social Studies of Science
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2012) Kicking the habit. What happens after people have decided to invest in energy efficient technologies?. Energy and Society
2011
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2011) In the Morning I Just Need a Long, Hot Shower: A Sociology of the(Re)Distribution of the Energy Sensible. DEIIFIIED – DAMNED – DEPLETED Energy as Resource, Symbol and Consumer Good
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2011) Påvirker miljø- og klimasituasjonen i verden våre valg for hus og hjem?. 50 milliarder ut av vinduet?
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Throndsen, William. (2011) Towards new configurations of work, life and energy? The role of the longue durée. Energy and People
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2011) Hva kan vi vite om framtidens bo- og arbeidsformer?. Arkitektur og fremtidens bygg
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2011) Making Zero Emission Buildings Normality. Making Zero Emission Buildings normality
2010
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Löfström, Erica. (2010) Methodological aspects of practice oriented design: Involving the Users in the Process of Creating a Future Carbon-Neutral Residential Area. Knowledge Collaboration and Learning for Sustainable Innovation, ERSCP-EMSU (The European Roundtable on Sustainable Consumption and Production & Environmental Management for Sustainable Universities )
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Conference lectureGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2010) Can aesthetics and design cater for more sustainable energy consumption?. NFR-seminar
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2010) Towards zero emission buildings, settlements and cities. An introduction. EASST biannual meeting
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2010) Sustainable innovation in the building sector. A user perspective. Annual 4S meeting
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2010) Sustainable urbanization? Norwegian cabin culture in transition. 2nd international seasonal homes and amenity migration workshop
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2010) How to live CO2 neutral in bathrooms, offices, living rooms and kitchens?. Renewable Energy Research Conference
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Conference lectureHauge, Åshild Lappegard; Thomsen, Judith; Berker, Thomas. (2010) User evaluations of passive houses and low energy buildings – Literature Review and Further Research. Renewable Energy Research Conference
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2009
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2009) Housing qualities. New perspectives. Visions of Residential Futures: Housing in Transformation
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2009) Bærekraft i utdanningen: Introduksjon. Workshop: Bærekraft i design og arkitektutdanningen
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Feature article
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InterviewJørgensen, Finn Arne; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2009) Liveblogging fra hyttemessen i Trondheim.
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Conference lectureGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2009) Everyday life revisited: New methods and research sites?. Energy and everyday life
2008
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Conference lectureGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2008) Hytte owners as hedonist consumers or small actor in a huge socio-technical network?. 17th Nordic Symposium in Tourism and Hospitality Research
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2008) The redistribution of domestic energy sensibilities. Aesthetics and energy. Towards Post carbon societies
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Conference lectureRyghaug, Marianne; Berker, Thomas. (2008) Arkitektur og ressursbruk – arkitektprofesjonen sett utenfra. Seminar for arkitektstudenter
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2008) Gjesteforelesning: Interdisciplinary collaboration within the building sector. Energikurset i arkitektur (i samarbeid med Husbanken og Chalmers i Gøteborg)
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Conference lectureAune, Margrethe; Berker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2008) Reshaping comfort society? Searching sustainable design. Gjesteforelesning
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Conference lectureGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2008) Energy aesthetic manifestations in the bathroom. Paradoxes of design. 4S/EASST
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Conference lectureGansmo, Helen Jøsok; Berker, Thomas. (2008) Paradoxes of design. Acting with technology, energy and aesthetics in a warm bathroom. Towards post carbon societies?
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2008) Introduction to the session "Mapping Socio-Technical Networks". 4S annual conference
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Gansmo, Helen Jøsok. (2008) The meanings of energy in everyday life. 4S annual meeting
2007
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2007) Energy = Joy x Beauty?. 13th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2007) Vi bruker ikke boliger - vi bor! Om energibruk i (norske) boliger. Forskningskafé 2007 - Om folk, hus og bokvalitet
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2007) Endre privat energibruk – mission impossible?. Årsmøte i Trondheim studentlag for Natur og Ungdom og Naturvernforbundet
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2007) Consumption transitions for sustainability. TIPS final workshop: Progressing towards a sustainable electricity system?
2006
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2006) Issues of interest. Workshop Socio-technical networks as collaborative practice
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Bye, Robert. (2006) Tverrfaglighet i Smartbygg prosjektet. Tverrfaglig nettverksseminar
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2006) The role of energy users with respect to new energy technologies in building/s. ASRELEO Workshop I
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2005
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas; Solli, Jøran. (2005) Power the future: What does it mean to love renewable energy technologies?. BEST-summer course 2005
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2005) Informatisierung im Alltag - STS-Perspektiven auf den Alltag "smarter energieeffektiver Gebaeude" (Informatization in everyday life - STS-perspectives on the everyday of "smart energy efficient buildings"). Informatisierung der Arbeit - Gesellschaft im Umbruch
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Conference lectureAune, Margrethe; Berker, Thomas. (2005) Fra SmartBygg til SmartBruk. Fra forskning til praktisk anvendelse i byggesektoren-Seminar for Forsvarsbygg og Forsvaret
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2004
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2004) 'It's politics, stupid!' Latours og Laws nyeste utspill. Teknologi, vitenskap og kultur. Tradisjon og fornyelse i teori, begrep og tilnærminger
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2004) After Actor Network Theory. Was kommt nach dem Konstruktivismus in der Wissenschafts- und Technikforschung?
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2004) Integrerte Designprosesser (IDP) fra brukerens perspektiv. Seminar om integrert prosjektering
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2004) Privileged Transnationalism � Free flows at last?. Transnational Communities and ICTs: Participation and Citizenship
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2004) Making Science and Technology Studies work. The case of smart energy effective buildings. Public Proofs � Science, Technology and Democracy
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2003
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2003) User representations in the conception and design of smart energy efficient buildings. Cultures of Technology
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2003) Fascination, Use, Protection: Heavy Internet Use Revisited. New Media, Technology and Everyday Life in Europe Conference
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2003) Housetraining Energy Efficiency. From conjectures about �user behaviour� to an understanding of energy use in buildings. Strategies for Sustainable Energy Technologies
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2002
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2002) Networks of Knowledge. Migrant knowledge at work. European Media Technology and Everyday Life Network-workshop
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2002) Flexibilities of Everyday Life. The Case of Migrant Reasearchers' Use of ICTs. European Media Technology and Everyday Life Network-workshop
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2002) Das Projekt: "Migrant Knowledge Work". Kooperationsnetz prospektive Arbeitsforschung (KOPRA): Kick-off meeting
2001
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Conference lectureBerker, Thomas. (2001) Knowledge creation and transfer in distributed work environments. Lessons from the world's biggest telework experiment: Open source software development. Annual meeting, Society for the social studies of science
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2001) Telework as perspective. European Media Technology and Everyday Life Network-workshop
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LectureBerker, Thomas. (2001) Heralds of globalization? Knowledge workers on the move. European Media Technology and Everyday Life Network-workshop