https://www.ntnu.edu/kult/at-the-crossroad-between-green-and-black 

Alexander Dodge, Aleksander Myklebust 

https://www.northwindresearch.no/ 

Asbjørn Karlsen

https://www.ntnu.edu/igs/enjust 

Hilde N. Rørtveit (project leader), Ståle A. Rye, Henrik B. Lund

The project seeks to enhance quality in higher education through international mobility and a field-based approach to learning. Our ambition is to provide opportunities for students to deepen their understanding of the uneven impacts of low carbon transition, through actively engage in research and dialogues with governments, industries, communities and fellow students. By engaging with the impacts of global low carbon transition on democracy, justice, and sustainable resources management, the project addresses a critical topic in global education.

https://www.ntnu.no/igs/gsw

Henrik B. Lund (project leader), Asbjørn Karlsen, Alexander Dodge, Jordan Everetts (PhD), Danny MacKinnon, Stuart Dawley, Camilla Houeland, Samson Afewerki, Mari Wardeberg and Markus Steen.

Labour markets vary between places, operating and performing differently based on their industrial histories and employment and skills profiles. As such, our project seeks to better integrate localities and regions, labour markets and working lives as central elements within green shift, rather than merely as outcomes of this transition. We will explore the regional skills ecosystem concept in Oil & Gas specialised regions.

A region’s skills ecosystem examines how the often place-specific demands of industry and employers interact and evolve over time with supplies of workers, skills and intermediaries. As the green shift unfolds, the ways in which different regional skills ecosystems adapt and change will vary and have important implications for processes of regional competitiveness and labour market inclusion.

https://www.prio.org/projects/2023 

Hilde Refstie (lead Prio)

We live in an age defined by uncertainty, where a constant state of crisis seems to have become ʻthe new normalʼ. This reality has led to increasing numbers of displaced with no solution in sight. Humanitarian needs in protracted displacement situations are rising due to ongoing and escalating conflicts, often in intersection with increased economic inequality and the effects of climate change. Amidst forecasts of reduced humanitarian funding, calls for paradigm shifts that bridge short-term humanitarian needs with long-term social-political and environmental sustainability are increasingly heard. EXPAND locates answers to such calls in local contexts as local ownership is key to any potential for ʻresponsible innovationʼ.

EXPAND studies existing innovative locally-led holistic responses to protracted displacement, how they evolved and what effects they have. In the development of innovative locally-led responses to protracted displacement, which actors hold what kinds of responsibilities, resources, and power in these processes over time? How do international, national and local practices, interests and norms interact in locally-led holistic responses? What is understood as ʻlocally-ledʼ by different stakeholders? And what is the impact of different approaches on diverse groups within displaced populations?

The project recognizes the importance of relational ethics in locally-led responses to protracted displacement, drawing on ethics of care, communitarian and decolonial approaches. A relational approach acknowledges that in a concrete context subjects are produced in and through relations with others, and emphases the ʻdoingʼ of a relationship through responsibilities and obligations towards those others. Through research on responses to displacement in Uganda, Somalia and Sri Lanka, the interdisciplinary project team aims to make a theoretical contribution to the study of the role of relational ethics in responses to complex crises.

https://sustain-polgov.fisipol.ugm.ac.id/en/about-us/ 

Ståle A. Rye (project leader), Asbjørn Karlsen, Hilde N. Rørtveit, Håkon da Silva Hyldmo

SUSTAIN is a North-South collaborative capacity-building project funded by NORHED (Norwegian Programme for Capacity Development in Higher Education and Research for Development). The objective is to strengthen partnership between institutions of higher education with an interest in natural resource governance and the transition to more sustainable societies in Indonesia. The project seeks to expand the ongoing research-based partnership between the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) and Universitas Gadjah Mada (UGM) by involving new partners from Universitas Bangka Belitung (UBB), Universitas Nusa Cendana (UNDANA), and Politeknik Negeri Pontianak.

The SUSTAIN project is based on an assumption that citizen participation plays a vital role in developing democratic and sustainable natural resource governance. This has become particularly relevant in recent years, as competition for control over, access to, and use of natural resources has had a serious effect on biodiversity and the socio-ecological systems in Indonesia. The marginalization of local communities and detachment of citizens from natural resource management has increased following massive changes in land use, mineral extraction, as well as the exploitation of forest and maritime resources. Population growth and infrastructure development have also put strong pressure on urban and rural ecosystems. As a result, Indonesia have faced a myriad of challenges, including deforestation, land degradation, and pollution, all of which threaten its biodiversity and contribute to global gas emissions.

https://www.ntnu.no/igs/norske-kommuners-rolle-i-det-gronne-skiftet-norskift 

Henrik B. Lund (project leader), Hilde N. Rørtveit, Ståle A. Rye

The green transition demands a fundamental shift in existing production and consumption patterns. This includes both adapting current industries and developing new sectors to support the move toward a more sustainable future, particularly in energy and transport. The NorSkift project is based on the idea that Norwegian municipalities can play a central role in transitioning the Norwegian society.

Charlotte N. Nakakaawa (project leader), Alexander Dodge

East Africa has embraced the global drive to sustainability transitions. This project focuses on building capacity and competence through education, research and outreach to secure that the region has workforce with relevant skills set and knowledge to implement and demand for a just and sustainable low-carbon energy transition agenda.

Funding: NORAD Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation – NORHED II programme

Ståle A. Rye (project leader), Asbjørn Karlsen, Hilde N. Rørtveit

The overarching objective of the project is to develop a high-quality research-based and work life relevant educational partnership between NTNU and UGM focusing on the dynamic between transnational natural resource governance and local citizen engagement. The project has the following four sub-objectives; (i) to implement a planned and approved master specialization in Natural Resource Governance within a Master of Politics and Government at UGM; (ii) internationalization of the Department of Politics and Governance with emphasis on its master specialization in Natural Resource Governance and its PhD program in Politics; (iii) to strengthen internationalization of existing master programs at the Department of Geography; NTNU, and (iv) to foster inclusive education open for all.

Funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (Hk-Dir). 

Hilde Refstie

Funded by the Norwegian Directorate for Higher Education and Skills (Hk-Dir).

EPICC Environmental Policies Instruments across Commodity Chains: Comparing multi-level governance for Biodiversity Protection and Climate Action in Brazil, Colombia, and Indonesia 

About Us - EPICC

Ståle A. Rye and Diana Vela Almeida 

Holding Aid Accountable: Relational Humanitarianism in Protracted Crisis (AidAccount) – Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)

Hilde Refstie (WP lead), Emmanuel Viga (PhD)

Data-driven co-creation - methods and tools for sustainable innovation and societal development - Prosjektbanken

Hilde Refstie (WP lead), Hilde N. Rørtveit

Datadrevet Samskaping er et prosjekt mellom Bærum og Ålesund kommuner, NTNU og Offshore Simulation Center (OSC). Prosjektet har utforsket hvordan teknologi og medvirkning kan fremme bærekraftmålene, og har vært finansiert av Forskningsrådet og samarbeidspartnerne.

Hilde Refstie, Hilde N. Rørtveit, Leika Aruga, Teklehaymanot G. Weldemichel

Outcomes: 
• Refstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen. (2026) Exploring the Slower Sides of Fast Policymaking: A Call for South–North Dialogues. Nordic Journal of Urban Studies
• 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
• Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions. Fennia 

https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES/S011080/1 

Alexander Dodge, lead Durham University

The project will undertake the first systematic analysis of the evolution and ongoing transformation of the UK’s strategic position in global oil production networks. Findings from the project will foster greater understanding of the trajectories and consequences of transformation in the UK oil sector at a key moment in its evolution.

Amalie Lystrup Østhassel

Caroline Buus Ponthieu

Håkon da Silva Hyldmo

Jordan Everetts

Julian Lahuerta

• Gemini Centre Global Impact: https://www.sintef.no/en/sintef-group/gemini-collaboration/gemini-centre-global-impact/  
• East African Coordination Group
• CitRes: Citizen Engagement and Natural Resources Governance 
• NTNU Community - Team Inclusive Housing and Places: https://www.ntnu.edu/community/inclusive-housing-and-places 
• NTNU Civil Security – Adaptation: https://www.ntnu.edu/civil-security/adaptation