2026

• Wattne, Ole Edward; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2026) Educating for crisis preparedness through design storytelling. E&PDE
  Academic article

2025

• Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret; Gjerde, Morten Tor; McCormack, Amy Anne; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Pettersen, Ida Nilstad. (2025) Unraveling Urban-Rural Sustainable ContradictionsUnraveling Urban-Rural Sustainable Contradictions. Purdue e-Pubs
  Academic article

2024

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Reed, Nina Petersen; Ness, Ottar; Bjerck, Mari Eyde; Pinto, Arnfrid Farbu; Memet, Ipar Ehet; Lineer, Katie Aurora. (2024) StudyWell: a co-design project for enhancing student mental health and wellbeing through service design and relational welfare. Proceedings of the Design Society
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Pedersen, Heidi; Eidhamar, Helga; Fernandez, Daniela; Ness, Ottar; Rishi, Gunika; Hurtig, Milagros; Hartline, france rose; Ubanczyk, Maja; Goodall, Gemma Carol Constance. (2024) Tjenester for Alle 2 Universitetet for Alle. Konferansebidrag og prosjektfunn. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Rishi, Gunika; Bjerck, Mari Eyde. (2024) Prototyping future societies: GIGA-mapping and narratives as design material. Proceedings of the Design Society
  Academic article

2023

• Arntsen, Trude Jeanett; Berndtsson, Christin Høiberget; Dybvig, Dagfinn Døhl; Emstad, Anne Berit; Farshchian, Babak A.; Gaustad, Svein Erik; Gilstad, Heidi; Henriksen, Ottar; Jamtøy, Ann Iren; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2023) Tjenesteinnovasjon i helse og velferd. NTNU
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Santos, Ana Laura R.; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; Depina, Ivan; Herrera, Ivonne; Serwajja, Eria; Pereira, Cláudia. (2023) Humanitarian Design: Joint Efforts in the Face of Uncertainty. Institutt for design
  Research report

2022

• Narvestad, Randi; Støa, Eli; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2022) På vei mot en sosialt bærekraftig tredje boligsektor: Medvirkning og sosial miks i to pilotprosjekter i Boligstiftelsen i Trondheim. Tidsskrift for boligforskning
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Bjerck, Mari. (2022) Relational design. Proceedings of the Design Society
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Torkildsby, Anne Britt; Sinkaberg, Rannveig F.; Ringsø, Torill. (2022) Haster: En oppfordring til personer med nedsatt funksjonsevne. www.universitetsavisa.no
  Commentary

2021

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Khanal, Paras. (2021) A theory of change for cleaner cooking: building a health belief model for service design starting with the slums of Kathmandu.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Lunde, Merete; Ness, Ottar; Bjerck, Mari; Forshaug, Ann Kristin; Høiseth, Marikken; Andersson, Anders-Petter; Bjørnerås, Anita Blakstad; Witsø, Aud Elisabeth; Kvam, Lisbeth. (2021) Tjenester for Alle - Konferanse om universell utforming. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Working paper
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Ringsø, Torill; Torkildsby, Anne Britt; Bjerck, Mari; Høiseth, Marikken; Wattne, Ole Edward; Sinkaberg, Rannveig F.. (2021) Ønsker ikke NTNU at fremtidens campus skal være for alle studenter og ansatte?. www.universitetsavisa.no
  Commentary
• Narvestad, Randi; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Forshaug, Ann Kristin. (2021) Utvikling av sosialt bærekraftige boligløsninger i Boligstiftelsen i Trondheims bygningsmasse. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report

2020

• Gohari, Savis; Ahlers, Dirk; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Junker, Eivind. (2020) The Governance Approach of Smart City Initiatives. Evidence from Trondheim, Bergen, and Bodø. Infrastructures
  Academic article
• Baer, Daniela; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Gohari, Savis; Bø, Lars Arne; Junker, Eivind. (2020) Nytt blikk på medvirkningsprosesser i bærekraftig byutvikling. SINTEF akademisk forlag
  Research report
• Gohari, Savis; Baer, Daniela; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Gilcher, Elena; Situmorang, Welfry Zwestin. (2020) Prevailing approaches and practices of citizen participation in smart city projects: Lessons from Trondheim, Norway. Infrastructures
  Academic article

2019

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Gohari, Savis; Gilcher, Elena; Baer, Daniela; Situmorang, Welfry Zwestin. (2019) Achieving citizen participation in smart cities: Five cross-roads in the planning of the +cityxChange project in Trondheim.
  Academic chapter
• Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019.
  Academic chapter
• Walnum, Harald Taxt; Hauge, Åshild Lappegard; Lindberg, Karen Byskov; Mysen, Mads; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Sørnes, Kari. (2019) Developing a scenario calculator for smart energy communities in Norway: Identifying gaps between vision and practice. Sustainable Cities and Society (SCS)
  Academic article
• Gohari, Savis; Junker, Eivind; Ahlers, Dirk; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2019) SUSTAINABLE SMART CITY DEVELOPMENT IN A FRAMEWORK OF GOVERNANCE.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Woods, Ruth. (2019) Bærekraftig Sveberg.
  Film
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Gohari, Savis; Baer, Daniela. (2019) Guidelines. PI-SEC report 2.4. Regulatory and planning implications for municipalities. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Baer, Daniela; Gohari, Savis; Junker, Eivind. (2019) The Potential of Design Thinking for Tackling the “Wicked Problems” of the Smart City.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Woods, Ruth; Lerme, Wenche. (2019) Aesthetic Preference as Starting Point for Citizen Dialogues on Urban Design: Stories from Hammarkullen, Gothenburg. Urban Planning
  Academic article

2018

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2018) Confronting the five paradoxes of humanitarian design.
  Non-fiction chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Baer, Daniela; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret. (2018) Identifying and supporting exploratory and exploitative models of innovation in municipal urban planning; key challenges from seven Norwegian energy ambitious neighborhood pilots. Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Junker, Eivind; Kallaos, James; Gohari, Savis. (2018) Mobilitet og regulering i smarte byer: Verdier og fremtidsbilder. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Baer, Daniela; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2018) Challenges and Best Practices for the planning of Zero Emission Neighborhoods and Smart Energy Communities - the case of seven Norwegian cities.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Hauge, Åshild Lappegard; Sørnes, Kari; Walnum, Harald Taxt; Uusinoka, Taru. (2018) Toolkit Testing in the Planning of Smart Energy Communities. PI-SEC Report 1.3 / 2.3 : Municipal practice and project planning. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Gohari, Savis; Hauge, Åshild Lappegard; Sørnes, Kari; Walnum, Harald Taxt; Uusinoka, Taru; Lindberg, Karen Byskov. (2018) Toolkit for the planning of smart energy communities. PI-SEC report 2.3. Challenges and best practices from testing of the PI-SEC Planning Wheel. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret; Juhasz-Nagy, Eszter; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Neumann, Hans-Martin; Lobaccaro, Gabriele; Wyckmans, Annemie. (2018) Intermediaries for knowledge transfer in integrated energy planning of urban districts. Technological Forecasting and Social Change
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2018) Implementation of Energy Strategies in Communities (Annex 63) Volume 3: Application of Strategic Measures. International Energy Agency
  Research report

2017

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2017) Framing humanitarian action through design thinking: integrating vulnerable end-users into complex multi-stakeholder systems through 'Agenda Space mapping'. Journal of Design Research
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Resch, Eirik; Andresen, Inger. (2017) The Role of Utility Companies In Municipal Planning of Smart Energy Communities. International Journal of Sustainable Development and Planning (IJSDP)
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Juhasz-Nagy, Eszter; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret; Wyckmans, Annemie; Andersen, Inger; Baer, Daniela. (2017) Planning instruments for smart energy communities. Report 2.2: A preliminary toolkit of municipalplanning instruments. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2017) Implementation of Energy Strategies in Communities (Annex 63) Volume 2: Development of strategic measures. International Energy Agency
  Research report

2016

• Juhasz-Nagy, Eszter; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Andresen, Inger; Wyckmans, Annemie. (2016) Planning Instruments for Smart Energy Communities - Report 2.1. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2016) The Humanitarian Innovation lab dialogue series: defining the 'how's' of humanitarian innovation at NTNU.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Sandvik, Kristin Bergtora; Jumbert, Maria Gabrielsen. (2016) How Can Innovation Deliver Humanitarian Outcomes? Challenges and Approaches for Humanitarian Innovation Policy. Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
  Research report
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Asheim, Jonas. (2016) The Added Value of Social Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Social Design in Norway.
  Academic chapter

2015

• Percy, Ian d'Armond; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2015) Sustainable integration in Norway: A design thinking approach.
  Academic chapter

2014

• Hasselknippe, Kathinka Strand; Reikvam, Gudrun; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2014) HCD in a Quasi-Market: Lessons from a Design Project in Kebri Beyah Refugee Camp, Ethiopia.
  Academic chapter
• Grande, Julie; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2014) The Capability Approach: Theoretical Discussion in Light of a Design Project.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2014) Out of Context. Ethnographic Interviewing, Empathy and Humanitarian Design. Design Philosophy Papers
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2014) Imperatives and trade-offs for the humanitarian designer: Off-grid energy for humanitarian relief. Journal of Sustainable Development
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2014) The reflective designer: A discussion on ethics based on end-user involvement in Kebri Beyah refugee camp. Proceedings of the International Design Conference
  Academic article

2013

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Santos, Ana Laura Rodrigues. (2013) Designing for multiple stakeholder interests within the humanitarian market: the case of off–grid energy devices. International Journal of Learning and Change
  Academic article
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Santos, Ana Laura R.. (2013) Key Challenges of Product Development for Humanitarian Markets.
  Academic chapter
• Keitsch, Martina Maria; Sigurjónsson, Jóhannes B.; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Spencer, Eltressa. (2013) Design for social entrepreneurship. Journal of US-China Public Administration
  Academic article

2012

• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Asheim, Jonas. (2012) Mapping the added value of design thinking in social entrepreneurship.
  Academic chapter
• Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2012) Participate! A critical investigation into the relationship between participation and empowerment in design for development.
  Academic chapter