Tomas Moe Skjølsvold

About

Background

I have a masters degree in sociology from the department of sociology and political science (NTNU), with a particular focus on the institutional aspects of development projects in Malawi. In 2012 I received a PhD in Science and Technology Studies (STS) from the department of interdiciplinary studies of culture (NTNU). The thesis focussed on innovation in the Norwegian and Swedish bioenergy industries, comparing the two countries as distinct energy cultures.

Researhch interests: societal transitions and transformations

My key research interests are society-wide transformations and transitions. I aim to understand broadly how such transitions unfold, and further, how one can work to make such transitions as democratic, inclusive and responsible as possible. Underlying this is a concern for the way science, technology and society interacts, and how this tends to privilege certain voices and interests, while marginalizing others.

Energy

Much of my work on these issues deals with transitions in energy systems. I am particularly interested in the development of distributed energy systems with a high penetration of small scale renewable energy technology, and what the emergence of such systems might mean for social organization and engagement with the energy system, and with related issues such as the climate change problem. Further, I am interested in how such systems, and their associated opportunities and obstacles are interpreted by different actors across different societal arenas. How do policy makers, technology developers, incumbent actors, scientists, and technology users work to make their interests recognized across society? This leads to a focus on the many controversies associated with transitions, acknowledging that society is fraught with competing interests and visions of what a good future might be.

This interest has led me to the study of technology policy development processes, research on technology development processes, concrete design exercises as well as the use of technology.

Climate science and society

The interest for societal transformation also shines through in other research areas I am involved in, such as the study of climate scientific knowledge production and communication. One of my key interests here have been the relationship between climate science and various “publics”, and how climate scientists might work to open up and democratize their scientific practice, or at least to present a more realistic image of the working processes of scientists. A related theme is found in my interest in gender and family planning, where I am especially interested in how scientific and technological novelties might serve as enablers or repressors of new progressive practices.

I currently teach a masters course on technology, innovation and culture, and have in the past taught courses on ICT technologies and cultural change, energy and society etc. I am very happy to serve as a supervisor to interested and eager students, feel free to get in touch with interesting projects and proposals.

Publications

2023

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2023) Adresseavisen
Feature article
Solbu, Gisle; Næss, Robert; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Heidenreich, Sara Lena Brigitte. (2023) Stavangers kamp mot bilsamfunnet fortjener støtte. Stavanger Aftenblad
Feature article
Foulds, Chris; Valkenburg, Govert; Ryghaug, Marianne; Suboticki, Ivana; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Korsnes, Marius. (2023) Implementing Mission-oriented Experiments: Recommendations on Epistemic Inclusion for City Stakeholders Working in Climate Change Initiatives. Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE)
Academic article
Ingeborgrud, Lina; Suboticki, Ivana; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2023) Planners as middle actors in facilitating for city cycling. Mobilities
Academic article
Korsnes, Marius; Loewen, Bradley; Dale, Ragnhild Freng; Steen, Markus; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2023) Paradoxes of Norway’s energy transition: controversies and justice. Climate Policy
Academic article
Datava, Zane; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Korsnes, Marius Støylen. (2023) Littering the City or Freedom of Mobility? The Case of Electric Scooters. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Suboticki, Ivana; Heidenreich, Sara; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2023) Fostering justice through engagement: A literature review of public engagement in energy transitions. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Andersen, Allan Dahl; Geels, Frank Willem; Coenen, Lars Martel Antoine; Hanson, Jens; Korsnes, Marius; Linnerud, Kristin. (2023) Faster, broader, and deeper! Suggested directions for research on net-zero transitions. Oxford Open Energy
Academic article
Robison, Rosie; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Hargreaves, Tom; Renström, Sara; Wolsink, Maarten; Judson, Emily. (2023) Shifts in the smart research agenda? 100 priority questions to accelerate sustainable energy futures. Journal of Cleaner Production
Academic article
Solbu, Gisle; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2023) Back to the Present of Automated Mobility: A Typology of Everyday Use of Driving Assistance Systems. Science & Technology Studies
Academic article

2022

Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) Just Flexibility? The Envisioned Role of End Users in Future Electricity Systems . Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Doctoral theses at NTNU (314)
Doctoral dissertation
Bjerkan, Kristin Ystmark; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) The contents and shaping of transition work. Lessons learned from Norwegian ports . Doctoral theses at NTNU (330)
Doctoral dissertation
Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2022) Innovation for preservation? Automated vehicles and the facilitating state. Doctoral theses at NTNU (219)
Doctoral dissertation
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Henriksen, Ida Marie; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2022) Beyond the car: how electric vehicles may enable new forms of material politics at the intersection of the smart grid and smart city. Urban Geography
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ryghaug, Marianne; Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn; Søraa, Roger Andre; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) Testing Emergent Technologies in the Arctic: How Attention to Place Contributes to Visions of Autonomous Vehicles. Science & Technology Studies
Academic article

2021

Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Silvast, Antti; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) Justice aspects of flexible household electricity consumption in future smart energy systems . Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Academic article
Johansen, Jens Petter; Almklov, Petter Grytten; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) From practice to policy — exploring the travel and transformation of energy savings calculations and its implications for future energy transitions. Energy Efficiency
Academic article
Bjerkan, Kristin Ystmark; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) Actors in energy transitions. Transformative potentials at the intersection between Norwegian port and transport systems. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) UTB Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) Flexibility poverty: ‘locked-in’ flexibility practices and electricity use among students. Energy Sources, Part B: Economics, Planning and Policy
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Coenen, Lars Martel Antoine. (2021) Are rapid and inclusive energy and climate transitions oxymorons? Towards principles of responsible acceleration. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Henriksen, Ida Marie; Throndsen, William; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) Electric vehicle charging and end-user motivation for flexibility: a case study from Norway. Energy, sustainability and society
Academic article

2020

Ingeborgrud, Lina; Heidenreich, Sara; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Foulds, Chris; Robison, Rosie. (2020) Expanding the scope and implications of energy research: A guide to key themes and concepts from the Social Sciences and Humanities. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic literature review
Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2020) Promise of the obsolete: expectations for and experiments with self-driving vehicles in Norway. Sustainability: Science, Practice, & Policy
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Throndsen, William. (2020) European island imaginaries: Examining the actors, innovations, and renewable energy transitions of 8 islands. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article

2019

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2019) Norsk sosiologisk tidsskrift
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2019) Temporal echoes and cross-geography policy effects: Multiple levels of transition governance and the electric vehicle breakthrough. Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions
Academic article
Alexander, Fenes; Næss, Robert; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) Fra asken til ilden En fortelling om ulike strategier avhoppere fra yakuzaen anvender når de re-domestiserer ferdigheter og kunnskaper, samt mobiliserer kompetansen gjennom aktør-nettverk for å ta ett oppgjør med sitt tidligere liv. Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier
Masters thesis
Haunstrup Christensen, Toke; Friis, Freja; Bettin, Steffen; Throndsen, William; Michael, Ornetzeder; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) The role of competences, engagement, and devices in configuring the impact of prices in energy demand response: Findings from three smart energy pilots with households. Energy Policy
Academic article
Schwarzinger, Stephan; Bird, David Neil; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) Identifying Consumer Lifestyles through Their Energy Impacts: Transforming Social Science Data into Policy-Relevant Group-Level Knowledge. Sustainability
Academic article
Suboticki, Ivana; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) The multi-politics of urban transformations. The shaping, disruption and liminality of transport technologies. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2019/194)
Doctoral dissertation
Ryghaug, Marianne; Ornetzeder, Michael; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Throndsen, William. (2019) The Role of Experiments and Demonstration Projects in Efforts of Upscaling: An Analysis of Two Projects Attempting to Reconfigure Production and Consumption in Energy and Mobility. Sustainability
Academic article
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) Nurturing a regime shift toward electro-mobility in Norway. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2018

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Throndsen, William; Ryghaug, Marianne; Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Koksvik, Gitte. (2018) Orchestrating households as collectives of participation in the distributed energy transition: New empirical and conceptual insights. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Heidenreich, Sara. (2018) Creating energy citizenship through material participation. Social Studies of Science
Academic article

2017

Christensen, Toke Haunstrup; Friis, Freja; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2017) Changing practices of energy consumption: The influence of smart grid solutions in households. Eceee ... summer study proceedings
Academic article
Throndsen, William; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Christensen, Toke Haunstrup. (2017) From consumer to prosumer. Enrolling users into a Norwegian PV pilot. Eceee ... summer study proceedings
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Jørgensen, Susanne; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2017) Users, design and the role of feedback technologies in the Norwegian energy transition: An empirical study and some radical challenges. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article

2016

Ravn, Malin Noem; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2016) Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Haugseth, Jan Frode; Huseby, Vilde Blix; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2016) Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning
Academic article
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2016) Climate Change Communication in Norway. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2015

Kvam, Yrjan; Finstad, Terje; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Institutt for tverrfalglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Masters thesis
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) The Global Warming of Climate Science: Climategate and the Construction of Scientific Facts. Sage Publications
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Finstad, Terje; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Materialitet og mening i menneskets tidsalder?. Norsk Medietidsskrift
Academic article
Jørgensen, Susanne; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Smart strøm - smarte kunder? En studie av norske husholdningers domestisering av smarte strømmålere og styringsteknologier. Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU Trondheim
Masters thesis
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2015) Embedding smart energy technology in built environments: A comparative study of four smart grid demonstration projects. Indoor and Built Environment
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Swensen, Eirik. (2015) Democracy or war? The communication of the climate issue online. Nordic Journal of Science and Technology Studies
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Vitenskap, teknologi og samfunn. En introduksjon til STS. Cappelen Damm Akademisk Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Non-fiction book
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Lindkvist, Carmel Margaret. (2015) Ambivalence, designing users, and user imaginaries in the European smart grid: Insights from an interdisciplinary demonstration project. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Berker, Thomas. (2015) A traveler’s guide to smart grids and the social sciences. Energy Research & Social Science
Academic article

2014

Frøysnes, Ane Storhaug; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Solli, Jøran. (2014) NTNU
Masters thesis
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2014) Back to the futures: Retrospecting the prospects of smart grid technology. Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Academic article
Solbu, Gisle; Karlstrøm, Henrik; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2014) NTNU
Masters thesis
Klevsand, Anna Patricia; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Karlstrøm, Henrik. (2014) NTNU
Masters thesis

2013

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Dugstad, Jon. (2013) Building on Norway's Energy Goldmine: Policies for Expertise, Export, and Market Efficiencies. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2013) Sosiologisk Tidsskrift
Book review
Henriksen, Ida Marie; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Grønning, Ingeborg. (2013) The Cafè Community. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2013) What We Disagree about When We Disagree about Sustainability. Society & Natural Resources
Academic article

2012

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Hansen, Gard Hopsdal; Kvisvik, Bjørn Christian. (2012) Dagens næringsliv
Feature article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2012) Curb Your Enthusiasm: On Media Communication of Bioenergy and the Role of the News Media in Technology Diffusion. Environmental Communication
Academic article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2012) Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
Feature article
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2012) Publics in the Pipeline. On Bioenergy and its Imagined Publics in Norway and Sweden. Transcript Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2012) Towards a new sociology of innovation. The case of bioenergy in Norway and Sweden. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation

2011

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2011) Sosiologisk Tidsskrift
Book review

Books

Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Vitenskap, teknologi og samfunn. En introduksjon til STS. Cappelen Damm Akademisk Cappelen Damm Akademisk
Non-fiction book

Part of book/report

Datava, Zane; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Korsnes, Marius Støylen. (2023) Littering the City or Freedom of Mobility? The Case of Electric Scooters. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) Gyldendal Norsk Forlag A/S
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2021) UTB Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) Nurturing a regime shift toward electro-mobility in Norway. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ravn, Malin Noem; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2016) Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2016) Climate Change Communication in Norway. Oxford University Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) The Global Warming of Climate Science: Climategate and the Construction of Scientific Facts. Sage Publications
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Dugstad, Jon. (2013) Building on Norway's Energy Goldmine: Policies for Expertise, Export, and Market Efficiencies. Springer
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Henriksen, Ida Marie; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Grønning, Ingeborg. (2013) The Cafè Community. Palgrave Macmillan
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2012) Publics in the Pipeline. On Bioenergy and its Imagined Publics in Norway and Sweden. Transcript Verlag
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Report

Fjellså, Ingvild Firman; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) Just Flexibility? The Envisioned Role of End Users in Future Electricity Systems . Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Doctoral theses at NTNU (314)
Doctoral dissertation
Bjerkan, Kristin Ystmark; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2022) The contents and shaping of transition work. Lessons learned from Norwegian ports . Doctoral theses at NTNU (330)
Doctoral dissertation
Haugland, Bård Torvetjønn; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne. (2022) Innovation for preservation? Automated vehicles and the facilitating state. Doctoral theses at NTNU (219)
Doctoral dissertation
Alexander, Fenes; Næss, Robert; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) Fra asken til ilden En fortelling om ulike strategier avhoppere fra yakuzaen anvender når de re-domestiserer ferdigheter og kunnskaper, samt mobiliserer kompetansen gjennom aktør-nettverk for å ta ett oppgjør med sitt tidligere liv. Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier
Masters thesis
Suboticki, Ivana; Lagesen, Vivian Anette; Sørensen, Knut Holtan; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2019) The multi-politics of urban transformations. The shaping, disruption and liminality of transport technologies. Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU (2019/194)
Doctoral dissertation
Kvam, Yrjan; Finstad, Terje; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Institutt for tverrfalglige kulturstudier, NTNU
Masters thesis
Jørgensen, Susanne; Ryghaug, Marianne; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2015) Smart strøm - smarte kunder? En studie av norske husholdningers domestisering av smarte strømmålere og styringsteknologier. Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier, NTNU Trondheim
Masters thesis
Frøysnes, Ane Storhaug; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Solli, Jøran. (2014) NTNU
Masters thesis
Solbu, Gisle; Karlstrøm, Henrik; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe. (2014) NTNU
Masters thesis
Klevsand, Anna Patricia; Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Karlstrøm, Henrik. (2014) NTNU
Masters thesis
Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Sørensen, Knut Holtan. (2012) Towards a new sociology of innovation. The case of bioenergy in Norway and Sweden. Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Doctoral dissertation

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