Natalya Amirova
About
Research group: Citizens, Environment and Safety (CES)
Research areas:
- Interventions with transformative potential to tackle plastic pollution
- Co-creation, Stakeholder engagement, Alternative futures
- Transformation
- Societal intrinsic and extrinsic (materialistic) values (Tim Kasser)
Methods:
PRISMA literature review
Qualitative methods for data collection and analysis: interviews, workshops, open surveys; Reflexive Thematic Analysis, Affinity Mapping
Degrees:
- MSc in Circular Economy (Erasmus Mundus: University of Graz, Austria and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden)
- MA in Design for Sustainability (Fulbright: Savannah College of Art and Design, GA, USA)
Supervisors: Isabel Richter, Polina Golovátina-Mora, Marius Korsnes
Research
In my research, 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.
Publications
2025
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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
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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
PSY3816 Free Norway from Plastics: Co-imagining local solutions for a global problem - Experts in Teams, an interdisciplinary master's course (2023, 2024, 2025, 2026).
- 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