Samson Afewerki Tella
Publications
2026
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Afewerki, Samson;
Deegan, Jason;
Blomgren, Atle;
Asheim, Bjørn Terje;
Haus-Reve, Silje;
Concha, Ursula Alejandra Landazuri.
(2026)
Oil and gas incumbents' green diversification: Balancing short-term returns with long-term energy transition imperatives?.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
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Afewerki, Samson;
Asche, Frank;
Blomgren, Atle;
Harstad, Anne Marthe;
Concha, Ursula Alejandra Landazuri;
Misund, Bård;
Tveterås, Ragnar;
Straume, Hans-Martin.
(2026)
The dynamics of an industry cluster: Salmon aquaculture in Rogaland, Norway.
Aquaculture
Academic article
2025
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Deegan, Jason;
Asheim, Bjørn Terje;
Haus-Reve, Silje;
Afewerki, Samson;
Blomgren, Atle;
Concha, Ursula Alejandra Landazuri.
(2025)
The oil and gas industry – a key to a successful, sustainable transition in Norway? Barriers and challenges to knowledge transfer to offshore wind and aquaculture.
ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography
Academic article
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Afewerki, Samson;
Olsen, Marit Schei;
Osmundsen, Tonje;
Størkersen, Kristine;
Misund, Andreas;
Thorvaldsen, Trine.
(2025)
Reconfiguring innovation systems for sustainable sectoral transformation: The case of the Norwegian aquaculture industry.
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
Academic article
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Afewerki, Samson;
Blomgren, Atle.
(2025)
Industry development in the absence of a home market: A semi-systemic review of the drivers for offshore wind industry development in Norway.
Social Sciences & Humanities Open (SSHO)
Academic article
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2025)
Business models for electrification of Service Operation Vessels: Enabling decarbonized offshore wind maritime operations.
NORCE Research AS
Research report
2024
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2024)
Energy transition, critical raw materials, & climate justice: A high-level assessment of Norwegian deep-sea mining as an 'x-shoring' strategy and a research agenda.
NORCE Research AS
Research report
2023
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Tella, Samson Afewerki;
Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie;
Olsen, Marit Schei;
Størkersen, Kristine Vedal;
Misund, Andreas Ugelvik;
Thorvaldsen, Trine.
(2023)
Innovation policy in the Norwegian aquaculture industry: Reshaping aquaculture production innovation networks.
Marine Policy
Academic article
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Jolly, Suyash;
Steen, Markus;
Hansen, Teis;
Afewerki, Samson.
(2023)
Renewable energy and industrial development in pioneering and lagging regions: the offshore wind industry in southern Denmark and Normandy.
Oxford Open Energy
Academic article
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Afewerki, Samson;
Asche, Frank;
Misund, Bård;
Thorvaldsen, Trine;
Tveterås, Ragnar.
(2023)
Innovation in the Norwegian aquaculture industry.
Reviews in Aquaculture
Academic literature review
2022
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Afewerki, Samson;
Steen, Markus.
(2022)
Gaining lead firm position in an emerging industry: A global production networks analysis of two Scandinavian energy firms in offshore wind power.
Competition & Change
Academic article
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Afewerki, Samson;
Steen, Markus.
(2022)
Gaining a lead firm position in an emerging project-based industry: A GPN analysis of two Scandinavian energy firms in offshore wind power.
FME NTRANS
Research report
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MacKinnon, Danny;
Afewerki, Samson;
Karlsen, Asbjørn.
(2022)
Technology legitimation and strategic coupling: A cross-national study of floating wind power in Norway and Scotland.
Geoforum
Academic article
2021
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Afewerki, Samson;
Karlsen, Asbjørn.
(2021)
Policy mixes for just sustainable development in regions specialized in carbon-intensive industries: the case of two Norwegian petro-maritime regions.
European Planning Studies
Academic article
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MacKinnon, Danny;
Karlsen, Asbjørn;
Dawley, Stuart;
Steen, Markus;
Afewerki, Samson;
Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya.
(2021)
Legitimation, institutions and regional path creation: a cross-national study of offshore wind.
Regional studies
Academic article
2020
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2020)
GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS AND INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING:
Unpacking the emerging Offshore Wind Industry.
NTNU
Doctoral thesis
2019
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Hanson, Jens;
Normann, Håkon Endresen;
Aspelund, Arild;
Steen, Markus;
Afewerki, Samson;
Bjørgum, Øyvind;
Sæther, Erik Andreas;
Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya;
Dawley, Stuart;
MacKinnon, Danny.
(2019)
Conditions for growth in the Norwegian offshore wind industry. International market developments, Norwegian
firm characteristics and strategies, and
policies for industry development.
Centre for sustainable energy studies (CenSES)
Research report
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2019)
Firm agency and global production network dynamics.
European Planning Studies
Academic article
2018
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Afewerki, Samson;
Karlsen, Asbjørn;
MacKinnon, Danny.
(2018)
Configuring floating production networks: A case
study of a new offshore wind technology across
two oil and gas economies.
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift
Academic article
2015
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2015)
Immigrant entrepreneurship : towards the realization of immigrants' entrepreneurial performance and success in Norway.
NTNU
Master thesis
Journal publications
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Afewerki, Samson;
Deegan, Jason;
Blomgren, Atle;
Asheim, Bjørn Terje;
Haus-Reve, Silje;
Concha, Ursula Alejandra Landazuri.
(2026)
Oil and gas incumbents' green diversification: Balancing short-term returns with long-term energy transition imperatives?.
Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Asche, Frank;
Blomgren, Atle;
Harstad, Anne Marthe;
Concha, Ursula Alejandra Landazuri;
Misund, Bård;
Tveterås, Ragnar;
Straume, Hans-Martin.
(2026)
The dynamics of an industry cluster: Salmon aquaculture in Rogaland, Norway.
Aquaculture
Academic article
-
Deegan, Jason;
Asheim, Bjørn Terje;
Haus-Reve, Silje;
Afewerki, Samson;
Blomgren, Atle;
Concha, Ursula Alejandra Landazuri.
(2025)
The oil and gas industry – a key to a successful, sustainable transition in Norway? Barriers and challenges to knowledge transfer to offshore wind and aquaculture.
ZFW – Advances in Economic Geography
Academic article
-
Tella, Samson Afewerki;
Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie;
Olsen, Marit Schei;
Størkersen, Kristine Vedal;
Misund, Andreas Ugelvik;
Thorvaldsen, Trine.
(2023)
Innovation policy in the Norwegian aquaculture industry: Reshaping aquaculture production innovation networks.
Marine Policy
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Olsen, Marit Schei;
Osmundsen, Tonje;
Størkersen, Kristine;
Misund, Andreas;
Thorvaldsen, Trine.
(2025)
Reconfiguring innovation systems for sustainable sectoral transformation: The case of the Norwegian aquaculture industry.
Journal of the World Aquaculture Society
Academic article
-
Jolly, Suyash;
Steen, Markus;
Hansen, Teis;
Afewerki, Samson.
(2023)
Renewable energy and industrial development in pioneering and lagging regions: the offshore wind industry in southern Denmark and Normandy.
Oxford Open Energy
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Karlsen, Asbjørn.
(2021)
Policy mixes for just sustainable development in regions specialized in carbon-intensive industries: the case of two Norwegian petro-maritime regions.
European Planning Studies
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Asche, Frank;
Misund, Bård;
Thorvaldsen, Trine;
Tveterås, Ragnar.
(2023)
Innovation in the Norwegian aquaculture industry.
Reviews in Aquaculture
Academic literature review
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Blomgren, Atle.
(2025)
Industry development in the absence of a home market: A semi-systemic review of the drivers for offshore wind industry development in Norway.
Social Sciences & Humanities Open (SSHO)
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Steen, Markus.
(2022)
Gaining lead firm position in an emerging industry: A global production networks analysis of two Scandinavian energy firms in offshore wind power.
Competition & Change
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Karlsen, Asbjørn;
MacKinnon, Danny.
(2018)
Configuring floating production networks: A case
study of a new offshore wind technology across
two oil and gas economies.
Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift
Academic article
-
Afewerki, Samson.
(2019)
Firm agency and global production network dynamics.
European Planning Studies
Academic article
-
MacKinnon, Danny;
Karlsen, Asbjørn;
Dawley, Stuart;
Steen, Markus;
Afewerki, Samson;
Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya.
(2021)
Legitimation, institutions and regional path creation: a cross-national study of offshore wind.
Regional studies
Academic article
-
MacKinnon, Danny;
Afewerki, Samson;
Karlsen, Asbjørn.
(2022)
Technology legitimation and strategic coupling: A cross-national study of floating wind power in Norway and Scotland.
Geoforum
Academic article
Report
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2024)
Energy transition, critical raw materials, & climate justice: A high-level assessment of Norwegian deep-sea mining as an 'x-shoring' strategy and a research agenda.
NORCE Research AS
Research report
-
Afewerki, Samson;
Steen, Markus.
(2022)
Gaining a lead firm position in an emerging project-based industry: A GPN analysis of two Scandinavian energy firms in offshore wind power.
FME NTRANS
Research report
-
Hanson, Jens;
Normann, Håkon Endresen;
Aspelund, Arild;
Steen, Markus;
Afewerki, Samson;
Bjørgum, Øyvind;
Sæther, Erik Andreas;
Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya;
Dawley, Stuart;
MacKinnon, Danny.
(2019)
Conditions for growth in the Norwegian offshore wind industry. International market developments, Norwegian
firm characteristics and strategies, and
policies for industry development.
Centre for sustainable energy studies (CenSES)
Research report
-
Afewerki, Samson.
(2025)
Business models for electrification of Service Operation Vessels: Enabling decarbonized offshore wind maritime operations.
NORCE Research AS
Research report
Student thesis or dissertation
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2020)
GLOBAL PRODUCTION NETWORKS AND INDUSTRIAL RESTRUCTURING:
Unpacking the emerging Offshore Wind Industry.
NTNU
Doctoral thesis
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Afewerki, Samson.
(2015)
Immigrant entrepreneurship : towards the realization of immigrants' entrepreneurial performance and success in Norway.
NTNU
Master thesis
Outreach
2024
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Conference lectureAfewerki, Samson. (2024) Energy transition, critical raw materials, & climate justice: A high-level assessment of Norwegian deep-sea mining as an 'x-shoring' strategy and a research agenda. KOS Climate and energy-justice
2023
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LectureAfewerki, Samson. (2023) Transnational Perspectives of the Energy Transition. NORCE H&S division seminar
2022
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Conference lectureSønvisen, Signe Annie; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Olsen, Marit Schei; Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Størkersen, Kristine Vedal; Misund, Andreas Ugelvik; Afewerki, Samson. (2022) Aquaculture technology and governance - Going down rabbit holes. Aquaculture Europe
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Conference posterAfewerki, Samson; Asche, Frank; Misund, Bård; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Tveterås, Ragnar. (2022) Innovation in the Norwegian aquaculture industry. EAS 2022
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Conference posterThorvaldsen, Trine; Føre, Heidi Moe; Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Misund, Andreas Ugelvik; Størkersen, Kristine Vedal; Afewerki, Samson; Tveterås, Ragnar; Sønvisen, Signe Annie; Lader, Pål Furset. (2022) A cross regional study of drivers for innovation in aquaculture. EAS 2022
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Conference lectureKarlsen, Asbjørn; MacKinnon, Danny; Afewerki, Samson. (2022) Technology legitimation and strategic coupling: a cross-national study of floating wind in Norway and Scotland. The 6th Global Conference on Economic Geography
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Conference lectureJolly, Suyash; Steen, Markus; Hansen, Teis; Afewerki, Samson. (2022) Regional industry path development and the role of the contextual environment: offshore wind energy development in South Denmark (Denmark) and Normandy (France). REENEA (Regional Energy Transition) workshop on Breaking down the energy transition: How actors, institutions, and technologies shape transition processes
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Conference lectureAfewerki, Samson; Thorvaldsen, Trine; Osmundsen, Tonje Cecilie; Størkersen, Kristine Vedal; Olsen, Marit Schei; Misund, Andreas Ugelvik. (2022) Technology push policy and the Norwegian aquaculture industry: the case of the development licensing scheme. Aquaculture 2022
2021
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Conference lectureKarlsen, Asbjørn; Afewerki, Samson. (2021) Policy mixes for just sustainable development in regions specialized in carbon-intensive industries: the case of two Norwegian petro-maritime regions. Regions in Recovery - Building Sustainable Future, GLobal E-Festival 2nd-18th June 2021
2020
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Conference lectureKarlsen, Asbjørn; Afewerki, Samson. (2020) Policy mixes for just sustainable regional development in industrially overspecialized regions: the case of two Norwegian petro-maritime regions. Team Society
2019
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Conference lectureKarlsen, Asbjørn; MacKinnon, Danny; Dawley, Stuart; Steen, Markus; Afewerki, Samson; Kenzhegaliyeva, Assiya. (2019) Institutional frameworks and firm strategies in offshore wind production networks across UK, Germany and France. 8 th Nordic Geographers Meeting
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Conference lecture
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Conference lecture
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LectureAfewerki, Samson; Dodge, Alexander S.; Karlsen, Asbjørn; Lund, Henrik Brynthe. (2019) Extra-regional dynamics, innovation, and Development (Paper Session). NGM 2019
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LectureAfewerki, Samson. (2019) GPN and Regional Development: Strategic coupling | Upgrading. GEOG3101 - Innovation and Regional Development (MSc Course)
2018
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Conference lectureAfewerki, Samson. (2018) Global Production Networks 2.0 and the Role of Lead Firms – examples from Offshore Wind. GEOG3518 - Global Production Networks (MSc Course)
2017
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Conference lectureAfewerki, Samson; Karlsen, Asbjørn; MacKinnon, Danny. (2017) Strategic coupling in two regions: comparing inside-out and outside-in modes of incorporation into GPN. AAG Conference
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LectureAfewerki, Samson; Karlsen, Asbjørn; MacKinnon, Danny. (2017) Floating production networks: A case study of a new offshore wind technology across two oil & gas economies. Conference on Global Production
2016
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LectureAfewerki, Samson. (2016) Ethnic and transnational entrepreneurship. GEOG3100 - Social Perspectives on Entrepreneurship (MSc course)