Hilde Refstie
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Bygg 7, 7492, Dragvoll, Edvard Bulls veg 1
About
Research areas: Citizenship and global sustainable development, forced migration, humanitarianism, the humanitarian-development-peace building nexus, slum upgrading, participatory urban planning, policy mobility, action research.
Current teaching: Discourses of Development and Globalisation, Migration and the Humanitarian-Development nexus. 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:
EXPAND: Expanding the search for new ways of working along the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus (2024-2028) RCN (Participant, project lead, PRIO).
COSTCLIM: Collaborative Action for Strengthening Training Capacities in Climate Risk and Natural Resource management (2019-2025) NORPART (PI from 2023).
Social innovation - Co-creating humanitarian research impact (2023-2025). PI
Co-producing smart sustainable cities - the role of knowledge production in fast policymaking (PI together with Hilde N. Rørtveit).
Selected Practice and Policy related writing
Brun, C., Horst, C., Refstie, H. 2024. Norges nye humanitære strategi kan hemme lokalt ledet utvikling. Panorama nyheter.
Viga, E., Serwajja, E., Refstie, H. and Horst, C. 2024. Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from Below in Uganda. Policy Brief, PRIO.
Simonsen Nilsen, M., Viga, E., Serwajja, E. & Refstie, H. 2024. Why Refugee ration cuts in Uganda risk long-term social damage. The New Humanitarian.
Simonsen Nilsen, M., Viga, E., Serwajja, E. & Refstie, H. 2024. Uganda - et flyktningeparadis?. Panorama nyheter.
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
2025
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Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Smeplass, Eli.
(2025)
Folkemøte og ProtestPub engasjerte NTNU-fellesskapet.
www.universitetsavisa.no
Feature article
2024
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Viga, Emmanuel;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
Geoforum
Academic article
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Abebe, Tatek Mamo;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Participatory Knowledge Co-Generation with Children Ethics and Politics of Engagement.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen;
Tjora, Aksel Hagen.
(2024)
Er NTNU rustet til å fremme uavhengig kritisk tenkning i fremtidens universitet?.
Universitetsavisa
Feature article
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Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde;
Horst, Cindy.
(2024)
Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda.
PRIO Policy Brief (10)
Report
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Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Hva er veien videre for lokalt ledet respons? Et svar til utviklingsministeren.
Panorama
Feature article
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Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Humanitære prinsipper versus relasjonell etikk: Lokale aktørers rolle i Norges nye strategi.
Panorama
Feature article
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Aruga, Leika;
Refstie, Hilde;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen.
(2024)
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities: An Intersectional Approach.
Urban Planning
Academic article
2023
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Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda.
Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Simonsen Nilsen, Maja;
Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Uganda - et flyktningeparadis?.
Panorama nyheter
Feature article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Byvekst og Bærekraftig Utvikling - Mot en mer global teorigeografi.
Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2022
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Urban Living Labs as an Approach for Co-Creating Sustainable Cities.
NTNU Open
Masters thesis
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions.
Fennia
Academic article
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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
Academic article
2019
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Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina;
Behroozi, Pegah;
Berg, Lawrence D.;
Brackebusch, Alexander;
Derksen, Murray;
Ducs, Jodine.
(2019)
Collective editorial on the neoliberal university.
Fennia
Editorial
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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
Academic article
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Ulikhet og uformalitet i bysamfunn - erfaringer fra det globale sør .
Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
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Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre;
Andresen, Silje Aurora;
Smeplass, Eli;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
New University Norway og ProtestPub.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space.
Action research
Academic article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: NTNU Sustainability – Roar or chatter.
www.universitetsavisa.no
Feature article
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: Dilemma knyttet til kritisk og konstruktiv forskning.
www.universitetsavisa.no
Feature article
2018
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives.
ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
Academic article
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Sliwa, Marcin;
Aranya, Rolee;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
2016
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Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2016)
Voicing noise: Political agency and the trialectics of participation in urban Malawi.
Geoforum
Academic article
2015
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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
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Vik, Marte Lange;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2014)
Medvirkning, makt og avmakt i planlegging - Norge og Malawi :.
Kart og Plan
Academic article
2012
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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
Academic article
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Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2012)
Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda.
Journal of Refugee Studies
Academic article
Journal publications
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Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Smeplass, Eli.
(2025)
Folkemøte og ProtestPub engasjerte NTNU-fellesskapet.
www.universitetsavisa.no
Feature article
-
Viga, Emmanuel;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
Geoforum
Academic article
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen;
Tjora, Aksel Hagen.
(2024)
Er NTNU rustet til å fremme uavhengig kritisk tenkning i fremtidens universitet?.
Universitetsavisa
Feature article
-
Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Hva er veien videre for lokalt ledet respons? Et svar til utviklingsministeren.
Panorama
Feature article
-
Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Humanitære prinsipper versus relasjonell etikk: Lokale aktørers rolle i Norges nye strategi.
Panorama
Feature article
-
Aruga, Leika;
Refstie, Hilde;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen.
(2024)
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities: An Intersectional Approach.
Urban Planning
Academic article
-
Simonsen Nilsen, Maja;
Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Uganda - et flyktningeparadis?.
Panorama nyheter
Feature article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions.
Fennia
Academic article
-
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
Academic article
-
Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina;
Behroozi, Pegah;
Berg, Lawrence D.;
Brackebusch, Alexander;
Derksen, Murray;
Ducs, Jodine.
(2019)
Collective editorial on the neoliberal university.
Fennia
Editorial
-
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
Academic article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space.
Action research
Academic article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: NTNU Sustainability – Roar or chatter.
www.universitetsavisa.no
Feature article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: Dilemma knyttet til kritisk og konstruktiv forskning.
www.universitetsavisa.no
Feature article
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives.
ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
Academic article
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2016)
Voicing noise: Political agency and the trialectics of participation in urban Malawi.
Geoforum
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
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
Academic article
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2012)
Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda.
Journal of Refugee Studies
Academic article
Part of book/report
-
Abebe, Tatek Mamo;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Participatory Knowledge Co-Generation with Children Ethics and Politics of Engagement.
Routledge
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda.
Edward Elgar Publishing
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Byvekst og Bærekraftig Utvikling - Mot en mer global teorigeografi.
Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Ulikhet og uformalitet i bysamfunn - erfaringer fra det globale sør .
Universitetsforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre;
Andresen, Silje Aurora;
Smeplass, Eli;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
New University Norway og ProtestPub.
Scandinavian Academic Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
-
Sliwa, Marcin;
Aranya, Rolee;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice.
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Report
-
Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde;
Horst, Cindy.
(2024)
Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda.
PRIO Policy Brief (10)
Report
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Urban Living Labs as an Approach for Co-Creating Sustainable Cities.
NTNU Open
Masters thesis
Teaching
Courses
Outreach
2024
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Popular scientific lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2024) Hvordan engasjere rundt samskaping . Bærum Kommune Sluttkonferanse DatSam , Bærum 2024-08-19 - 2024-08-19
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Popular scientific lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2024) Samskaping som mål og middel. Kommunenes sentralforbund KS Bærekraftsfredag , Digitalt 2024-05-31 - 2024-05-31
2022
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Popular scientific lectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. Bærum Kommune DatSam workshop , Sandvika 2022-10-25 -
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LectureAranya, Rolee; Hay, Hamish Donald Ashbourne; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Tools for Stakeholder Mapping. NTNU Ålesund Gigamapping Workshop Ålesund , Ålesund 2022-03-31 - 2022-04-01
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LectureWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. Norwegian Geographical Society 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
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Popular scientific lectureRefstie, Hilde; Haugdal Hitland, Sigrun; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2022) Den kritiske student. Studenttinget Nasjonal samling for studentledere i Norge , Trondheim 2022-09-21 - 2022-09-21
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LectureViga, 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) . Makerere University Feedback session AidAccount , Kampala 2022-08-12 - 2022-08-12
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Academic lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2022) Experiences from the Master's in Globalisation and Sustainable Deveopment . NTNU NTNU Internationalization Conference , Trondheim 2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07
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Academic lectureRefstie, Hilde; Serwajja, Eria. (2022) Solutions lost or gained? Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda . Norsk Geografisk Selskap Norsk Geografisk Selskaps konferanse , Oslo 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
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Academic lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2022) Talking about Internationalization - Education . NTNU NTNU Internationalization Conference , Oslo 2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07
2021
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Academic lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2021) Keynote: Transgressing boundaries in geographic scholarship . University of Oslo Winter seminar in Human Geography , Online 2021-03-10 - 2021-03-10
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Popular scientific lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2021) Global ulikhet og bærekraftig utvikling . Nettverksleder Kristine Vistnes Nettverksdag for VGS lærere Trøndelag Samfunnsfag, historie, religion, geografi , Stjørdal 2021-12-01 - 2021-12-01
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Academic lectureRefstie, 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 . Oulu University The Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographer , Oulu 2021-11-04 - 2021-11-04
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LectureRefstie, Hilde. (2021) The role of research in a world of fast policymaking: Co-producing smart sustainable cities . Team Society NTNU Team Society webinar , Online 2021-11-16 - 2021-11-16
2019
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Academic lectureRefstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen; Aranya, Rolee; Millstein, Marianne. (2019) Session: Planning for sustainable urban futures: transgressing the North-South boundaries in theory and practice. NTNU Geography Nordic Geographers Meeting 2019 , Trondheim 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17
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LectureRefstie, Hilde. (2019) Boklansering og debatt: Kan vi berge universitetet?. Aksel Tjora Boklansering Universitetskamp , Trondheim Sosiologisk Poliklinikk 2019-12-11 - 2019-12-11
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LectureRefstie, Hilde. (2019) Presentasjon av kapittel på boklansering Bysamfunn . Ida Marie Henriksen og Aksel Tjora Boklansering Bysamfunn , Trondheim Sosiologisk Poliklinikk 2019-10-03 - 2019-10-03
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Popular scientific lectureRefstie, Hilde. (2019) Talk at Young Researcher's night 2019 Rockheim: Generosity in the academy . Young Academy of Norway Young Researcher's night 2019 Rockheim , Trondheim 2019-09-27 - 2019-09-27
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Academic lectureRørtveit, 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
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Academic lectureRefstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen. (2019) The role of research in a globalised world of fast urban policymaking. NTNU Geography NGM conference 2019 , Trondheim 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17
2017
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LectureLujala, Päivi; Refstie, Hilde; Lund, Ragnhild; Refstie, Hilde. (2017) Development studies and research in Geography. Geografisk institutt, Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige uni Contact meeting with NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) , Trondheim 2017-02-07 -
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LectureAndresen, 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
2016
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Academic lectureAndresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde. (2016) Neoliberalization and financialization of our universities. Royal Geographical Society Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference , London 2016-08-30 - 2016-09-02
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InterviewRefstie, Hilde. (2016) Hvem definerer universitetets samfunnsoppdrag?. http://www.universitetsavisa.no/leserbrev/2016/02/05/Hvem-de http://www.universitetsavisa.no/leserbrev/2016/02/05/Hvem-de [Newspaper] 2016-05-02
2015
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InterviewAndresen, Silje Aurora; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Refstie, Hilde. (2015) Hva skjedde med studentene?. Under Dusken Under Dusken [Newspaper] 2015-04-28
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InterviewEpremian, Levon; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Refstie, Hilde; Andresen, Silje Aurora. (2015) Time to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2015-03-24
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InterviewJakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Andresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde; Epremian, Levon. (2015) "A flawed process of employee consultation". Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2015-03-09