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Natalya Amirova

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Natalya Amirova

Research fellow | Solving marine plastic pollution
Department of Psychology
Faculty of Social and Educational Sciences

natalya.amirova@ntnu.no
Bygg 12, Dragvoll
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About

Research group: Citizens, Environment and Safety (CES)

Research areas:

  • Human dimension of marine plastic pollution
  • Systemic interventions to tackle plastic pollution
  • Co-creation, Stakeholder engagement, Future scenarios

 

Degrees:

  • MSc in Circular Economy
  • MA in Design for Sustainability 

 

Research

In my PhD project, I intend to identify and co-create interventions with transformative potential to reduce plastic pollution along the Norwegian coastlines through leverage points and value theory perspectives.

  • Citizens, Environment and Safety (CES)

The Sweet Spot project

The Sweet Spot project is an interdisciplinary collaboration to identify the primary sources and hot-spot areas of plastic pollution in Norwegian waters.

Publications

Assessment of the transformative potential of interventions in addressing coastal and marine plastic pollution in Norway: A literature review

The contribution of this study is to enhance understanding and encourage research on concrete interventions with transformative potential and transformative.
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2025

  • Amirova, Natalya; Riechers, Maraja; Richter-Jacob, Isabell Gabriele Maria. (2025) Assessment of the transformative potential of interventions in addressing coastal and marine plastic pollution in Norway: A literature review. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
    Academic article

Journal publications

  • Amirova, Natalya; Riechers, Maraja; Richter-Jacob, Isabell Gabriele Maria. (2025) Assessment of the transformative potential of interventions in addressing coastal and marine plastic pollution in Norway: A literature review. PLOS Sustainability and Transformation
    Academic article

Teaching

Courses

  • PSY3816 - Experts in Teamwork - Free Norway of Plastic: Co-developing local solutions for a global problem

PSY3816 Free Norway from Plastics: Co-imagining local solutions for a global problem - Experts in Teams, an interdisciplinary master's course. Students' posters are under "Free Norway of Plastic 2023 and 2024" - https://www.ntnu.edu/web/marine1/eit-posters

PSY2103 Environmental Psychology - bachelor course. Lecture: Encouraging Pro-environmental Behaviour with informational strategies and rewards & penalties 

 

Outreach

Storytelling in communicating Circular Economy

Circular Economy (CE) is regarded as one of the promising solutions to transition to a sustainable future. CE is made upon multiple schools of thought and theories, and frequently seen as a complex term with many definitions.

Slik kan vi løse problemet med plast i havet

Tallrike tiltak har blitt satt i gang for å redusere plastforurensningen i Norge. Bare noen få av dem kan gi omfattende endringer, viser ny studie.

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