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Hilde Refstie

Hilde Refstie

Associate Professor
Department of Geography

hilde.refstie@ntnu.no
+4790103741 Bygg 7, 7492, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
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About

CV

Research areas: Citizenship and sustainable development, slum upgrading, participatory urban planning, forced migration, humanitarianism, policy mobility, action research. 

Current teaching: Discourses of Development and Globalisation, Migration and Development.  Programme Leader for the international interdisciplinary MSc Globalisation and Sustainable Development at NTNU. 

Have previously worked on:

  • Urban displacement (Refugee Law Project Uganda)
  • Slum upgrading, gender, youth, and community participation (Cities Alliance)
  • Emergency response rosters (Norwegian Refugee Council)

 

Current research projects:

AIDACCOUNT: Holding Aid Accountable - Plural Humanitarianism in protracted crisis (2020-2024) Funding from the NORGLOBAL Programme of the Research Council of Norway. Project lead PRIO. Project partners: NTNU, Oxford Brookes University, Makerere University, Centre for Migration Research and Development and Rako Research and Communication Centre.

Co-producing smart sustainable cities - the role of knowledge production in fast policymaking (project lead together with Hilde N. Rørtveit). 

COSTCLIM: Collaborative Action for Strengthening Training Capacities in Climate Risk and Natural Resource management (2019-2025) NORPART (project lead from 2023).

Norwegian Dissemination and Communication Network on International Refugee Protection and the UN Global Compact on Refugees (participant, led by Hakan Gurcan Sicakkan UiB). 

DATSAM: Innovasjonsprosjekt i offentlig sektor: Datadrevet samskaping - metoder og verktøy for bærekraftig innovasjon og samfunnsutvikling (participant, led by Bærum Kommune).

 

Selected Practice and Policy related writing

Refstie, H. 2019. NTNU Sustainability - Roar or Chatter? Universitetsavisa. 

Refstie, H. 2015. Is this Participatory Budgeting? The Blantyre Process, NTNU, CCODE, and TRI 

Refstie H., Hunga, W. 2015. Some lessons to be learned – Informal Settlement Upgrading Project in Chinsapo and Mtandire, NTNU, CCODE, and TRI 

Refstie, H (2014): Negotiating services through community committees – Ndirande Makata, Blantyre, CCODE and TRI 

Refstie, H and Da Silva F. (2012): Youth: The face of Urbanization, Inclusive Cities, CIVICS Cities Alliance, Washington DC

Crisp, J. and Refstie, H. The urbanisation of displaced people, CIVICS Cities Alliance, Washington DC

Cities Alliance (2009): 2009 Annual report Building Cities and Citizens – Highlighting Gender Issues in Slum Upgrading, Cities Alliance. 

Refstie H., Dolan, C., Okello M. (2009): Urban IDPs in Uganda, Victims of Institutional Convenience? Forced Migration Review 34

Refugee Law project (2007): What About Us? – The Exclusion of Urban IDPs from Uganda’s IDP related Policies and Intervention, Refugee Law Project, Kampala 

 

Publications

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2022

  • Koshy, Mrudhula; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach. Planning Theory & Practice. volum 23 (5).
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions. Fennia. volum 199 (2).
    Academic article

2019

  • Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019. Universitetskamp.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Andresen, Silje Aurora; Smeplass, Eli; Henriksen, Ida Marie; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) New University Norway og ProtestPub. Universitetskamp.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina; Behroozi, Pegah; Berg, Lawrence D.; Brackebusch, Alexander; Derksen, Murray; Ducs, Jodine; Henriksen, Ida Marie; Huijbens, Edward H.; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Jones, Michael R. Handley; Magusin, Heather; Parker, Ariele; Peak, Adriane; Pyyry, Noora; Refstie, Hilde; Smeplass, Eli; Tao, Hongyang; Thorshaug, Ragne Øwre. (2019) Collective editorial on the neoliberal university. Fennia.
    Editorial
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Gjesteskribenten: Dilemma knyttet til kritisk og konstruktiv forskning. www.universitetsavisa.no.
    Feature article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Gjesteskribenten: NTNU Sustainability – Roar or chatter. www.universitetsavisa.no.
    Feature article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space. Action research.
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Ulikhet og uformalitet i bysamfunn - erfaringer fra det globale sør. Bysamfunn.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Refstie, Hilde; Millstein, Marianne. (2019) Does Participatory Planning Promise Too Much? Global Discourses and the Glass Ceiling of Participation in Urban Malawi. Planning Theory & Practice. volum 20 (2).
    Academic article

2018

  • Refstie, Hilde. (2018) Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. volum 17 (1).
    Academic article
  • Sliwa, Marcin; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde. (2018) Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice. Proceedings of 54th ISOCARP Congress Bodø, Norway, October 1-5, 2018. Cool planning: changing climate & our urban future.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2016

  • Refstie, Hilde; Brun, Cathrine. (2016) Voicing noise: Political agency and the trialectics of participation in urban Malawi. Geoforum. volum 74.
    Academic article

2015

  • Andresen, Silje Aurora; Epremian, Levon; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Jones, Michael; Refstie, Hilde. (2015) Fighting fog - The case of creeping neoliberalism and weakening university democracy in Norway. Krisis: Tijdschrift voor actuele filosofie.
    Academic literature review

2014

  • Vik, Marte Lange; Refstie, Hilde. (2014) Medvirkning, makt og avmakt i planlegging - Norge og Malawi :. Kart og Plan. volum 74, årg. 107 (4).
    Academic article

2012

  • Crisp, Jeff; Morris, Timothy P.; Refstie, Hilde. (2012) Displacement in urban areas: new challenges, new partnerships. Disasters. The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management. volum 36.
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde; Brun, Cathrine. (2012) Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda. Journal of Refugee Studies. volum 25 (2).
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Koshy, Mrudhula; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach. Planning Theory & Practice. volum 23 (5).
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions. Fennia. volum 199 (2).
    Academic article
  • Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina; Behroozi, Pegah; Berg, Lawrence D.; Brackebusch, Alexander; Derksen, Murray; Ducs, Jodine; Henriksen, Ida Marie; Huijbens, Edward H.; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Jones, Michael R. Handley; Magusin, Heather; Parker, Ariele; Peak, Adriane; Pyyry, Noora; Refstie, Hilde; Smeplass, Eli; Tao, Hongyang; Thorshaug, Ragne Øwre. (2019) Collective editorial on the neoliberal university. Fennia.
    Editorial
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Gjesteskribenten: Dilemma knyttet til kritisk og konstruktiv forskning. www.universitetsavisa.no.
    Feature article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Gjesteskribenten: NTNU Sustainability – Roar or chatter. www.universitetsavisa.no.
    Feature article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space. Action research.
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde; Millstein, Marianne. (2019) Does Participatory Planning Promise Too Much? Global Discourses and the Glass Ceiling of Participation in Urban Malawi. Planning Theory & Practice. volum 20 (2).
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2018) Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives. ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies. volum 17 (1).
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde; Brun, Cathrine. (2016) Voicing noise: Political agency and the trialectics of participation in urban Malawi. Geoforum. volum 74.
    Academic article
  • Andresen, Silje Aurora; Epremian, Levon; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Jones, Michael; Refstie, Hilde. (2015) Fighting fog - The case of creeping neoliberalism and weakening university democracy in Norway. Krisis: Tijdschrift voor actuele filosofie.
    Academic literature review
  • Vik, Marte Lange; Refstie, Hilde. (2014) Medvirkning, makt og avmakt i planlegging - Norge og Malawi :. Kart og Plan. volum 74, årg. 107 (4).
    Academic article
  • Crisp, Jeff; Morris, Timothy P.; Refstie, Hilde. (2012) Displacement in urban areas: new challenges, new partnerships. Disasters. The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management. volum 36.
    Academic article
  • Refstie, Hilde; Brun, Cathrine. (2012) Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda. Journal of Refugee Studies. volum 25 (2).
    Academic article

Part of book/report

  • Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019. Universitetskamp.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Andresen, Silje Aurora; Smeplass, Eli; Henriksen, Ida Marie; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) New University Norway og ProtestPub. Universitetskamp.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Ulikhet og uformalitet i bysamfunn - erfaringer fra det globale sør. Bysamfunn.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
  • Sliwa, Marcin; Aranya, Rolee; Refstie, Hilde. (2018) Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice. Proceedings of 54th ISOCARP Congress Bodø, Norway, October 1-5, 2018. Cool planning: changing climate & our urban future.
    Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

  • GEOG3053 - Discourses of Development and Globalisation
  • GEOG2022 - Globalisation and Sustainable Development
  • GEOG3012 - Internship - Globalisation and Sustainable Development
  • GEOG3522 - Migration and the humanitarian-development nexus
  • GEOG3910 - Master's Thesis - Globalisation and Sustainable Development

Media

2022

  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Experiences from the Master's in Globalisation and Sustainable Deveopment. NTNU Internationalization Conference . NTNU; Trondheim. 2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07.
  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Talking about Internationalization - Education. NTNU Internationalization Conference . NTNU; Oslo. 2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Refstie, Hilde; Haugdal Hitland, Sigrun; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2022) Den kritiske student. Nasjonal samling for studentledere i Norge . Studenttinget; Trondheim. 2022-09-21 - 2022-09-21.
  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde; Serwajja, Eria. (2022) Solutions lost or gained? Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda. Norsk Geografisk Selskaps konferanse . Norsk Geografisk Selskap; Oslo. 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28.
  • Lecture
    Viga, Emmanuel; Serwajja, Eria; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Feedback session to refugee representatives and Makerere University researchers from fieldwork in Holding Aid Accountable - Relational Humanitarianism in Protracted Crises (AidAccount). Feedback session AidAccount . Makerere University; Kampala. 2022-08-12 - 2022-08-12.
  • Lecture
    Weldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. Norwegian Geographical Society ; 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28.

2021

  • Popular scientific lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2021) Global ulikhet og bærekraftig utvikling. Nettverksdag for VGS lærere Trøndelag Samfunnsfag, historie, religion, geografi . Nettverksleder Kristine Vistnes; Stjørdal. 2021-12-01 - 2021-12-01.
  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2021) Keynote and Annual Fennia lecture: Reconfiguring research relevance in the search for sustainable solutions - The role of universities in the co-productive turn. The Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographer . Oulu University; Oulu. 2021-11-04 - 2021-11-04.
  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2021) Keynote: Transgressing boundaries in geographic scholarship. Winter seminar in Human Geography . University of Oslo; Online. 2021-03-10 - 2021-03-10.
  • Lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2021) The role of research in a world of fast policymaking: Co-producing smart sustainable cities. Team Society webinar . Team Society NTNU; Online. 2021-11-16 - 2021-11-16.

2019

  • Lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Boklansering og debatt: Kan vi berge universitetet?. Boklansering Universitetskamp . Aksel Tjora; Trondheim Sosiologisk Poliklinikk. 2019-12-11 - 2019-12-11.
  • Lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Presentasjon av kapittel på boklansering Bysamfunn. Boklansering Bysamfunn . Ida Marie Henriksen og Aksel Tjora; Trondheim Sosiologisk Poliklinikk. 2019-10-03 - 2019-10-03.
  • Popular scientific lecture
    Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Talk at Young Researcher's night 2019 Rockheim: Generosity in the academy. Young Researcher's night 2019 Rockheim . Young Academy of Norway; Trondheim. 2019-09-27 - 2019-09-27.
  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen. (2019) The role of research in a globalised world of fast urban policymaking. NGM conference 2019 . NTNU Geography; Trondheim. 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17.
  • Academic lecture
    Refstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen; Aranya, Rolee; Millstein, Marianne. (2019) Session: Planning for sustainable urban futures: transgressing the North-South boundaries in theory and practice. Nordic Geographers Meeting 2019 . NTNU Geography; Trondheim. 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17.
  • Academic lecture
    Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen; Aranya, Rolee; Millstein, Marianne; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Methodological implications of the 'southern' turn in urban theory: introducing North-South dialogues on participatory planning and urban developments. Nordic Geographers Meeting ; Trondheim. 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17.

2017

  • Lecture
    Andresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde. (2017) Tåka letter: New University Norway og kommersialiseringen av universitetets samfunnsoppdrag. Forum for vitenskap og demokrati . Forum for vitenskap og demokrati; Bergen. 2017-09-15 - 2017-09-15.
  • Lecture
    Lujala, Päivi; Refstie, Hilde; Lund, Ragnhild; Refstie, Hilde. (2017) Development studies and research in Geography. Contact meeting with NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) . Geografisk institutt, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige uni; Trondheim. 2017-02-07.

2016

  • Academic lecture
    Andresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde. (2016) Neoliberalization and financialization of our universities. Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference . Royal Geographical Society; London. 2016-08-30 - 2016-09-02.
  • Interview
    Refstie, Hilde. (2016) Hvem definerer universitetets samfunnsoppdrag?. http://www.universitetsavisa.no/leserbrev/2016/02/05/Hvem-de [Avis]. 2016-05-02.

2015

  • Interview
    Andresen, Silje Aurora; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Refstie, Hilde. (2015) Hva skjedde med studentene?. Under Dusken [Avis]. 2015-04-28.
  • Interview
    Epremian, Levon; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Refstie, Hilde; Andresen, Silje Aurora. (2015) Time to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Universitetsavisa [Internett]. 2015-03-24.
  • Interview
    Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Andresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde; Epremian, Levon. (2015) "A flawed process of employee consultation". Universitetsavisa [Internett]. 2015-03-09.
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