Nettsider med emneord «Sustainability»
Adaptation: Combining Old and New kNowledge to Enable Conscious Transformation to Sustainability
The objective of AdaptationCONNECTS is to develop new understandings of whether and how different types of transformations can contribute to successful adaptation to climate change.
Norway's poor innovation rankings is usually explained by the high presence of oil and gas companies in the industry structure. Nevertheless, the Norwegian petroleum industry is regarded highly innovative - this contradiction seem to be the result of a different way of organising innovation processes compared to other industries.
Norway's poor innovation rankings is usually explained by the high presence of oil and gas companies in the industry structure. Nevertheless, the Norwegian petroleum industry is regarded highly innovative - this contradiction seem to be the result of a different way of organising innovation processes compared to other industries.
Simulation games are increasingly popular tools for opening up future imaginaries, especially in the arena of sustainability policy-making and decision support. However, there is a lack of understanding regarding the potential power of games in anticipatory governance. Manjana Milkoreit and co-writers explore this in new article in Geoforum.
Sarah Mahoney is among the few anthropology students who have gone on fieldwork as normal during the pandemic. “The village is quite self-sufficient therefore I did not feel the impact of covid as much as in the city,” she says.
Lecturers:
Karen O'Brien and Per Gunnar Røe, Professors at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography at the University of Oslo
Robin Leichenko, Professor of Geography at Rutgers University and co-Director of the Rutgers Climate Institute
Roger Keil, Professor and Research Chair in Global Sub/Urban Studies at York University in Toronto
Lars Böcker, Senior Researcher and Human Geographer at the Institute for Transport Economics in Oslo
Course credits: 5 ECTS
