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
Green move. Sustainable movement and restoration of natural and productive soils in important infrastructure projects. Contact person: Hilde Bjørkhaug and Jostein Vik
GoodAnimal: Animal Welfare for Sustainable Futures. Contact Person: 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.
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.
Vik, Jostein (2020). The agricultural policy trilemma: On the wicked nature of agricultural policy making, Land Use Policy, Vol. 99, 2020,
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, Svein Ole Borgen og Renate Butli Hårstad. Dyrevernskandaler: Hvem stoler vi på at forteller sannheten om dyrevelferd i norsk husdyrproduksjon? 16.06.2021.
Bjørkhaug, Hilde. Klima for kunnskap om kjøttproduksjon. Nationen. Spalten Motkultur. 21.02.2020 (Trykket utgave og på nett)
Bjørkhaug, Hilde. Gjenoppbygging av natur som opplevd risiko. Nationen. Spalten Motkultur. 20.01.2020 (Trykket utgave og på nett)
Bjørkhaug, Hilde. Visjon om et bærekraftig samfunn uten olje. Nationen. Spalten Motkultur. 08.11.2019 (Trykket utgave og på nett)
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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Jennifer Leigh Bailey Professor
+47-73598152 jennifer.bailey@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Jennifer Baumann PhD Candidate, European Studies Program
jennifer.baumann@ntnu.no Department of Historical and Classical Studies -
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 Department of Marine Technology -
Gunnar Fermann Professor
+47-91897943 gunnar.fermann@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 Associate Professor
+47-73591749 michael.grothe-hammer@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Susanne Therese Hansen External
+47-+4799511838 susanne.hansen@ntnu.no Department of Historical and Classical Studies -
Sigurd Hilmo Lundheim PhD Candidate
sigurd.h.lundheim@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Renate Marie Butli Hårstad PhD-student
renate.harstad@ntnu.no -
Espen Moe Professor
+47-73592230 +47-97656678 espen.moe@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Arild Ohren PhD Candidate
+47-73595277 arild.ohren@ntnu.no -
Cristina Parau Researcher
cristina.parau@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Kurt Rachlitz PhD Candidate
+47-73559785 kurt.rachlitz@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Indra de Soysa Professor
+47-73596048 +47-+4773591758 +47-+4799420213(mobile) indra.de.soysa@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Simen Rostad Sæther
+47-73550529 +47-+4792831505 simen.r.sather@ntnu.no Department of Sociology and Political Science -
Jostein Vik Professor
+47-90925917 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