Environment, Sustainability and Governance
Environment, Sustainability and Governance
About us
“Environment, Sustainability and Governance” is an interdisciplinary research group focused on the relationship between nature and society, addressing such issues as sustainable development, energy policies, environmental politics, and governance systems.
Our research and teaching examine the many dilemmas and tradeoffs related to economic, political and social wellbeing and the wellbeing of the planet and ecosystems. For example, how does our need for more energy and food impact climate change, and in turn, how is climate change affecting eco-system services that enhance human wellbeing? What are the political, economic and social solutions for mitigating climate harming human impacts?
Our research is particularly focused on how governance systems might more efficiently address sustainable development that protects social and biophysical environments for the health and wellbeing of the present and future generations.
The group members are involved in multiple research activities and networks related to the environment, sustainability and governance. We are always alert to new ways into our subject-matter and disciplinary parallels that can engage policy stakeholders outside academia.
Research
- NOTRAP - VISTA Senter for norsk transformativ energipolitikkutvikling. Hilde Bjørkhaug, Espen Moe, Stefan Geiss
- Sustainable food governance and international entanglements in the case of salmon aquaculture. Ellinor Bogen
- Health promoting bonds in the Mjøsa region. Sindre Johan Cottis Hoff
- Green move. Sustainable movement and restoration of natural and productive soils in important infrastructure projects. Erlend Gylver, Hilde Bjørkhaug and Jostein Vik
- GoodAnimal: Animal Welfare for Sustainable Futures. Hilde Bjørkhaug
Publications
Bailey, J., and S. Eggereide (2020) Indicating Sustainable Salmon Farming: The case of the new Norwegian Aquaculture Management Scheme. Marine Policy. Vol. 117 (July), art no. 103925.
Bjørkhaug, H., P. McMichael and B. Muirhead (eds.) (2020) Finance or Food? The Role of Cultures, Values and Ethics in Land Use Negotiations. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Hoff, Sindre Cottis; Böcker, Lars; Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn. (2024) Post-/pandemic mobility adaptations and wellbeing in Oslo, Norway: A longitudinal mixed-methods approach. Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment
Midford, P. and E. Moe (eds.) (2021), New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan
Moe, E., S.T. Hansen and E. Hovland Kjær (2021), “Why Norway as a green battery for Europe is still to happen and probably won’t”, in Midford, P. and E. Moe (eds), New Challenges and Solutions for Renewable Energy: Japan, East Asia and Northern Europe, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 281–318.
Schönhage, N. L., Wieland, T., Bellani, L., & Spilker, G. (2024). Can the court bridge the gap? Public perception of economic vs. generational inequality in climate change mitigation policies. Environmental Research Letters.
Vik, Jostein (2020). The agricultural policy trilemma: On the wicked nature of agricultural policy making, Land Use Policy, Vol. 99, 2020.
Wethal, Ulrikke Bryn; Hoff, Sindre Johan Cottis. (2024) Circular additions to linear systems? Exploring Norwegian households' engagement with circularity in everyday life. Energy Research & Social Science.
Åm, H. (2022) "Oppdrettslaks i medvind og motvind, in Matens meglere" in Per Østby, Terje Finstad, and Håkon B. Stokland (eds.) Kontroll, kvalitet og kunnskap i den industrielle matens tid.
Media
Bjørkhaug, Hilde (2023) God eller bedre dyrevelferd – hva er forskjellen? RENMAT 26.05.2023.
Hoff, Sindre Johan Cottis; Böcker, Lars. (2024) De nære ting. NRK Ytring, Kronikk
Networks
NTNU Oceans. Contact person: Jennifer Bailey
NTNU Energy's Team Society. Contact person: Sigurd Lundheim
NTRANS. Contact person: Espen Moe
NTNU Food Forum. Contact person: Hilde Bjørkhaug
Members
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Ane Helland Arntsen Research Assistant
+47-73412996 +4745422841 ane.h.arntsen@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Jennifer Leigh Bailey Professor
+47-73598152 jennifer.bailey@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Jennifer Anne Baumann PhD student
jennifer.baumann@ntnu.no -
Ellinor Bogen PhD Candidate
+47-73412102 ellinor.bogen@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Kate Crosman Postdoctoral Fellow
+47-73592154 katherine.m.crosman@ntnu.no -
Indra de Soysa Professor
+47-73596048 +4773591758 +4799420213(mobile) indra.de.soysa@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Henrikke Sæthre Ellingsen PhD Candidate
+4792464842 henrikke.s.ellingsen@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Gunnar Fermann Professor
+4791897943 gunnar.fermann@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Henning Finseraas Professor
henning.finseraas@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Pablo Fernando Garces Velastegui Postdoctoral Fellow
+47-73413074 pablo.garces-velastegui@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Stefan Geiss Professor
+47-73591774 stefan.geiss@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Michael Grothe-Hammer Professor
+47-73591749 michael.grothe-hammer@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Erlend Engzelius Gylver PhD Candidate
+4748289258 erlend.e.gylver@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Sindre Johan Cottis Hoff PhD Candidate
+4792080506 sindre.j.c.hoff@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Renate Marie Butli Hårstad PhD-student
renate.harstad@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Katja Levy Professor
+47-73559052 catherine.r.levy@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Sigurd Hilmo Lundheim
sigurd.h.lundheim@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Espen Moe Professor
+47-73592230 +4797656678 espen.moe@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Arild Ohren Researcher
+47-73595277 arild.ohren@ntnu.no Department of Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture -
Kurt Georg Rachlitz PhD Candidate
+47-73559785 kurt.rachlitz@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Elisabeth Lio Rosvold Associate Professor
+47-73412729 elisabeth.l.rosvold@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Simen Rostad Sæther Research Scientist, SINTEF
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Jostein Vik Professor
+4790925917 jostein.vik@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Heidrun Åm Professor
+47-73591782 heidrun.aam@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science
