Karen O'Brien

Bentz, J., O’Brien, K. and Scoville-Simonds, M. (2022). Beyond “blah blah blah”: exploring the “how” of transformation. Sustainability Science 17: 497–506 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11625-022-01123-0.

O'Brien, K. (2021). You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World. Oslo: cCHANGE press.

Vogel, C. and O’Brien, K. (2021) Getting to the Heart of Transformation. Sustainability Science. 

Leichenko, R., Gram-Hanssen, I. and O’Brien, K. (2021) Teaching the “how” of transformation. Sustainability Science.

O’Brien, K. (2021). Reflecting on the Anthropocene: The Call for Deeper Transformations. Ambio 50^th Anniversary Collection. Theme: Anthropocene.

Shrivastava, P., Stafford Smith, M., O’Brien, K., and Zsolnai, L. (2020). Transforming sustainability science to generate positive social and environmental change globally. One Earth 2(4): 329-340.

Leichenko, R. and O’Brien K. (2020). Teaching Climate Change in the Anthropocene”: An Integrative Approach. Anthropocene 30: 100241.

Leichenko, R.M. and K.L. O’Brien 2019. Climate and Society: Transforming the Future. London: Polity Press.

Bentz, J. and O’Brien, K. (2019). ART FOR CHANGE: Transformative learning and youth empowerment in a changing climate. Elementa: Science of the Anthropocene.

O’Brien, K. and Leichenko, R. (2019). Towards an Integrative Discourse on Climate Change. Dialogues in Human Geography 9 (1): 33-37.

Bradbury, H., S. Waddell, K. O’Brien, M. Apgar, B. Teehankee, and Fazey I.  (2019). A call to Action Research for Transformations: The times demand it. Action Research 17(1): 3–10.

O’Brien, K. L., El Khoury, A., Schafenacker, N. and Rosenfeld, J. (eds). 2019. Our Entangled Future: Stories to Empower Quantum Social Change. AdaptationCONNECTS Research Project, University of Oslo: Oslo, Norway.

Van der Merwe, S., Biggs, R., Preiser, R., Cunningham, C., Snowden, D.J., O’Brien, K., Jenal, M., Vosloo, M., Blignaut, S., and Goh, Z. (2019). Making Sense of Complexity: Using SenseMaker as a Research Tool. Systems 7(2): 25.

O’Brien, K., Selboe, E. and Hayward, B.M. (2018). Exploring youth activism on climate change: dutiful, disruptive, and dangerous dissent. Ecology and Society 23(3):42. https://doi.org/10.5751/ES-10287-230342

O'Brien, K. (2018). Is the 1.5°C Target Possible? Exploring the Three Spheres of Transformation. Current Opinion in Sustainability 31: 153-160. 

Fazey, I., Moug, P., Allen, S., Beckmann, K., Blackwood, D., Bonaventura, M., Burnett, K., Danson, M., Falconer, R., Gagnon, A.S., Harkness, R., Hodgson, A., Holm, L., Irvine, K.N., Low, R., Lyon, C., Moss, A., Moran, C., Naylor, L., O’Brien, K., Russell, S., Skerratt, S., Rao-Williams, J., and Wolstenholme, R. (2017) Transformation in a changing climate: a research agenda, Climate and Development. DOI: 10.1080/17565529.2017.1301864

O’Brien, K. (2016) Climate change and social transformations: Is it time for a quantum leap? WIREs Climate Change doi: 10.1002/wcc.413.

Brondizio, ES, O’Brien, K, Bai, X, Biermann, F, Steffen, W, Berkhout, F, Cudennec, C. Lemos, MC, Wolfe, A, Palma-Oliveira, J, and Chen-Tung, AC. (2016). Re-conceptualizing the Anthropocene: A call for collaboration. Global Environmental Change. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2016.02.006

Bai, X, van der Leeuw, S, O'Brien, K, Berkhout, F, Biermann, F, Brondizio, E, Cudennec, C, Dearing, J, Duraiappah, A, Glaser, M, Revkin, A, Steffen, W, and Syvitski, J. (2015). Plausible and desirable futures in the Anthropocene: A new research agenda. Global Environmental Change.  http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2015.09.017

O’Brien, K. (2015) Political agency: The key to tackling climate change. Science  350(6265): 1170- 1171.

Pelling, M., O’Brien, K. and Matyas, D. (2015) Adaptation and Transformation. Climatic Change 133: 113-127.

O’Brien, K.L. and E. Selboe (eds) (2015) The Adaptive Challenge of Climate Change. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Inderberg, T.H., S. Eriksen, K.L. O´Brien and L. Sygna (2015) Climate Change Adaptation and Development: Transforming Paradigms and Practices. London: Routledge.

O’Brien, K.L., L. Sygna and J. Wolf (eds) (2013) A Changing Environment for Human Security: Transformative Approaches to Research, Policy and Action. London: Earthscan.

O’ Brien, K.L., A. St. Clair, and B. Kristoffersen (eds) (2010) Climate Change, Ethics, and Human Security. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Matthews, R. A., J. Barnett, B. McDonald and K. L. O'Brien (eds) (2010) Global Environmental Change and Human Security, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

O´Brien, K. (2012) Global environmental change II. From adaptation to deliberate transformation. Progress in Human Geography 36(5): 667-676.

Leichenko, R.M. and K.L. O’Brien (2008) Environmental Change and Globalization: Double Exposures. New York: Oxford University Press

O’Brien, K.L. et al. (2007) Why different interpretations of vulnerability matter in climate change discourses, Climate Policy 7: 73-88.

O’Brien, K. et al. (2004) Mapping vulnerability to multiple stressors: Climate change and economic globalization in India, Global Environmental Change 14(4): 303-313.

O’Brien, K.L., L. Sygna and J.E. Haugen (2004) Vulnerable or resilient? A multi-scale assessment of climate impacts and vulnerability in Norway, Climatic Change 64: 193-225.

Leichenko, R. and K. O’Brien (2002) The dynamics of rural vulnerability to global change: The case of Southern Africa, Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change 7: 1-18.

O’Brien, K. and R. Leichenko (2000) Double exposure: Assessing the impacts of climate change within the context of economic globalization, Global Environmental Change 10(3): 221-232.

• Reyes-García, Victoria; Krug, Rainer M.; Agrawal, Arun; Benessaiah, Karina; Bonilla-Moheno, Martha & Claudet, Joachim [Vis alle 29 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2026). Actions and actors driving transformative change for global sustainability. Nature Sustainability. 9(4), s. 595–603. doi: 10.1038/s41893-026-01783-1. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Milkoreit, Manjana; Boyd, Emily; Constantino, Sara M.; Hausner, Vera Helene; Hessen, Dag Olav & Kääb, Andreas [Vis alle 15 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2024). Governance for Earth system tipping points – A research agenda. Earth System Governance. 21. doi: 10.1016/j.esg.2024.100216. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Tipping points in the Earth system could be passed within the Paris Agreement's temperature goal range (1.5°C–2°C). Tipping processes are a feature of complex Earth system dynamics that present major governance challenges not addressed by existing global governance institutions. The common governance toolkit is a poor match for dealing with tipping processes, especially non-linear change, and radical intertemporality. To support the development of effective responses to anticipated, rapid state changes in the Earth system, there is an urgent need for new interdisciplinary research programs focused specifically on tipping-point governance. We distinguish two domains of action in a multi-phase framework - prevention and impact governance - and identify key research areas and questions that need to be addressed. These include developing governance principles, identifying actors and institutions that should be involved or need to be created, and determining the appropriate temporal and spatial scales for governance efforts.

• O'Brien, Karen; Carmona, Rosario; Gram-Hanssen, Irmelin; Hochachka, Gail; Sygna, Linda & Rosenberg, Milda (2023). Fractal approaches to scaling transformations to sustainability. Ambio. ISSN 0044-7447. 52, s. 1448–1461. doi: 10.1007/s13280-023-01873-w. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract Responses to sustainability challenges are not delivering results at the scale and speed called for by science, international agreements, and concerned citizens. Yet there is a tendency to underestimate the large-scale impacts of small-scale, local, and contextualized actions, and particularly the role of individuals in scaling transformations. Here, we explore a fractal approach to scaling sustainability transformations based on “universal values.” Universal values are proposed as intrinsic characteristics that connect humans and nature in a coherent, acausal way. Drawing on the Three Spheres of Transformation framework, we consider how enacting universal values can generate fractal-like patterns of sustainability that repeat recursively across scales. Fractal approaches shift the focus from scaling through “ things ” (e.g., technologies, behaviors, projects) to scaling through a quality of agency based on values that apply to all. We discuss practical steps involved in fractal approaches to scaling transformations to sustainability, provide examples, and conclude with questions for future research.

• O'Brien, Karen (2023). The Role of Actionless Action in Generating Quantum Social Change: Forum on Snapshots from Home. Journal of International Political Theory. ISSN 1755-0882. s. 1–6. doi: 10.1177/17550882231214891. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This article considers an alternative paradigm for responding to the climate emergency. Drawing on Fierke’s ideas on quantum complementarity and wuwei, or actionless action, it considers what quantum social science and Eastern philosophies can offer to a fragmenting, polarized world where responses to climate change appear to be limited and ineffective. The wisdom of actionless action involves engaging differently with difference, emphasizing a spontaneous and ethical quality of agency that both disrupts the patterns that maintain the drivers of climate change and contributes to social and cultural norms, rules, regulations, and institutions that are equitable and sustainable. In contrast to doing nothing, actionless action may one of the keys to generating quantum social change.

• Sæther, Bjørnar & O'Brien, Karen (2022). "The hottest summer ever!": exploring vulnerability to climate change among grain producers in Eastern Norway. I Bankoff, Greg & Hilhorst, Dorothea (Red.), Why vulnerability still matters. Routledge. ISSN 9781032113432. s. 222–237. doi: 10.4324/9781003219453-16. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  This chapter revisits tensions between Norway’s image as a climate-resilient society and the reality of vulnerability among farmers in Eastern Norway. Over the past decade, farmers in Eastern Norway have introduced various measures to adapt to climate variability and extreme events related to heavy rain. The summer of 2018, however, represented an unusual challenge – it was an ‘extreme’ extreme event of prolonged heat and very little rainfall. New records were set, with May temperature 5°C–6°C above average. Neither farmers nor institutions in the farming sector were prepared for the vulnerability made visible by the summer of 2018. According to climate models, the probability of similar summers in the future has already doubled and will continue to increase as emissions rise. In the chapter, we discuss some key insights based on farmers’ experiences in 2018. We first explore the uneven impacts and differential responses among grain farmers in Eastern Norway, both individually and collectively. We then consider the extent to which responses to ‘the hottest summer ever’ in Eastern Norway were transformative, assessing them in relation to the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation. Finally, we consider some implications of this changing vulnerability landscape for the future. This study shows the importance of institutional responses and a culture of cooperation in reducing vulnerability, and it draws attention to the importance of linking environmental risks with the social, economic, and political processes that are contributing to vulnerability in the first place.

• Bentz, Julia; O'Brien, Karen & Scoville-Simonds, Morgan (2022). Beyond ‘blah blah blah’: Exploring the ‘how’ of transformation. Sustainability Science. ISSN 1862-4065. 17(2), s. 497–506. doi: 10.1007/s11625-022-01123-0. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen & Milkoreit, Manjana (2022). Climate Politics and Social Change: What Can Cognitive and Quantum Approaches Offer? I Derian, James Der & Wendt, Alexander (Red.), Quantum International Relations: A Human Science for World Politics. Oxford University Press. ISSN 9780197568248. s. 127–152. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780197568200.001.0001. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Vogel, Coleen & O'Brien, Karen (2021). Getting to the Heart of Transformation. Sustainability Science. ISSN 1862-4065. doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-01016-8. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract Climate change, biodiversity loss, the COVID-19 pandemic, and growing inequity and poverty are some of the key global challenges facing us today. These multiple and interacting crises have elicited growing appeals to the need for transformation. Yet while the scholarly literature on transformations is expanding rapidly, the concept risks becoming an empty buzzword or an alibi for superficial interventions and business-as-usual responses within research, policy and practice communities. In this perspective, we look more closely at what is needed to generate the deep and enduring changes that are called for to address multiple, interacting challenges. We do this by focusing on the prefix ‘trans-’, which signifies moving “across, over, or beyond” the current state of affairs, and we consider how the potential for equitable and sustainable transformations lies in our capacity to transcend entrenched boundaries and limits. Focusing on transdisciplinary, transgressive, and transcendent approaches, we reflect on how individuals, groups, and organizations can plant seeds and help to nurture the potential for radical transformative change at all scales.

• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Reflecting on the Anthropocene: The Call for Deeper Transformations. Ambio. ISSN 0044-7447. 50(10), s. 1793–1797. doi: 10.1007/s13280-020-01468-9. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Abstract Research on global environmental change has transformed the way that we think about human-environment relationships and Earth system processes. The four Ambio articles highlighted in this 50th Anniversary Issue have influenced the cultural narrative on environmental change, highlighting concepts such as “resilience,” “coupled human and natural systems”, and the “Anthropocene.” In this peer response, I argue that global change research is still paying insufficient attention to how to deliberately transform systems and cultures to avoid the risks that science itself has warned us about. In particular, global change research has failed to adequately integrate the subjective realm of meaning making into both understanding and action. Although this has been an implicit subtext in global change research, it is time to fully integrate research from the social sciences and environmental humanities.

• Leichenko, Robin; Gram-Hanssen, Irmelin & O'Brien, Karen (2021). Teaching the “how” of transformation. Sustainability Science. ISSN 1862-4065. doi: 10.1007/s11625-021-00964-5. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Shrivastava, Paul; Smith, Mark Stafford; O'Brien, Karen & Szolnai, Laszlo (2020). Transforming Sustainability Science to Generate Positive Social and Environmental Change Globally. One Earth. ISSN 2590-3330. 2(4), s. 329–340. doi: 10.1016/j.oneear.2020.04.010. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Despite the decades-long efforts of sustainability science and related policy and action programs, humanity has not gotten closer to global sustainability. With its focus on the natural sciences, sustainability science is not able to contribute sufficiently to the global transition to sustainability. This Perspective argues for transforming sustainability science into a transdisciplinary enterprise that can generate positive social and environmental change globally. In such transformation, the social sciences, humanities, and the arts can play an important role to address the complex problems of culture, institutions, and human behavior. To realize a truly integrated sustainability science, we need renewed research and public policies that reshape the research ecosystem of universities, funding agencies, science communications, policymaking, and decision making. Sustainability science must also engage with society and creatively employ all available sources of knowledge in favor of creating a sustainable Earth.

• Leichenko, Robin M. & O'Brien, Karen (2020). Teaching climate change in the Anthropocene: An integrative approach. Anthropocene. 30:100241, s. 1–4. doi: 10.1016/j.ancene.2020.100241. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Why are we still educating college and university students through a Holocene lens? How can we expect young people to engage with the transformative challenges required to meet the targets of the Paris Agreement when climate change education is organized in a narrow and linear fashion? Climate change courses and teaching modules largely emphasize scientific literacy through a focus on physical processes, documentation of rising emissions, and empirical evidence of a changing climate. Classroom explorations of responses to climate change are often limited to "business-as-usual" policy options, new technologies, and behavioral interventions to reduce emissions or promote adaptation. Such approaches make it difficult for students to recognize the social dimensions of climate change and to identify openings and entry points for sustainability transformations. This Viewpoint contribution argues that it is time to rethink climate change curricula within higher education and adapt it to the Anthropocene. We present an integrative approach to climate change education that focuses on humans as active and reflexive agents of large-scale systems change, incorporates economic, political, cultural, psychological, and emotional dimensions of the issue, and fosters active engagement with transformations to sustainability.

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• O'Brien, Karen (2021). You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a Thriving World. cCHANGE Press. ISBN 9788269181951. 179 s. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv

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• O'Brien, Karen (2025). Transformations to sustainability: ​ Are we talking with or past each other? ​. doi: https:/www.globe.uio.no/english/include/research/projects/results/events/conferences/results-symposium. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• A., Lambertucci, Sergio; Niki, Frantzeskaki,; Sebastian, Villasante,; Wickson, Fern; Yves, Zinngrebe, & Victoria, Reyes-García, [Vis alle 23 forfattere av denne artikkelen] (2025). Supporting researchers’ engagement in international science–policy bodies | Nature Sustainability. Nature Sustainability. 8, s. 982–985. doi: 10.1038/s41893-025-01612-x. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv Vis sammendrag

  Systemic barriers to sustained academic participation in the activities of international science–policy organizations undermine equitable knowledge co-production — a collaborative multi-actor creation of knowledge. We outline institutional reforms to tackle such barriers to the benefit of researchers, organizations and society at large.

• O'Brien, Karen; Hausner, Vera Helene & Stokland, Håkon Borchgrevink (2024). Transformative change assessment. Overview for second external review. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen & O'Brien, Karen (2024). Transformations to Sustainability: You Matter More Than You Think. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Getting to 2050: The Three Spheres of Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Three Spheres of Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Climate Change and Transformations To Sustainability: You Matter More Than You Think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Transformations To Sustainability: You Matter More Than You Think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Scaling Transformations to Sustainability: You Matter More than You Think. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). What’s the Risk? Engaging with Deliberate Transformations in Response to Climate Change. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Education for Transformation: How can universities meet the challenges of sustainability? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Quantum Social Change For a Thriving World: You Matter More Than You Think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2023). Responding to Climate Change: You Matter More Than You Think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Fazey, Ioan & O'Brien, Karen (2023). Coming to our senses in a world of transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Fractals of Change: The Role of Agency in Transformations to Sustainability. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). The Challenge of Global Change: How do we Transform? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Transformations to Sustainability: What are they and how do we make them happen? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Taking the Urgency seriously: You matter more than you think. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Eriksen, Siri Ellen Hallstrøm; Degvold, Frode; O'Brien, Karen; Ulsrud, Kirsten & Mosberg, Marianne (2022). IPCC, 2022: Chapter 18: Climate Resilient Development Pathways. I Pörtner, Hans-Otto; Roberts, Debra C.; Tignor, Melinda M.B.; Poloczanska, Elvira S.; Mintenbeck, Katja; Alegría, Andrés; Craig, Marlies; Langsdorf, Stefanie; Löschke, Sina; Möller, Vincent; Okem, Andrew & Rama, Bardhyl (Red.), IPCC, 2022: Climate Change 2022: Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability. Contribution of Working Group II to the Sixth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781009325844. doi: 10.1017/9781009325844.027. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen & Pavel, Paloma (2022). Breakthrough Communities. [Internet]. Cities & Society [Podcast]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). 144. Karen O’Brien on Quantum Social Change & Mattering More Than We Think. [Internet]. The RegenNarration Podcast. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen; Samset, Bjørn Hallvard; Saltvedt, Thina Margrethe; Lomelde, Ingrid Margrete & Vandvik, Vigdis (2022). Naturkrise - hva må til? Hvordan kan vi endre de strukturene i samfunnet som gjør at vi overforbruker naturen vår? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Vil vi klare å overholde Paris-avtalen? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Pathways for June 26, 2022: You Matter More Than You Think – Karen O’Brien. [Radio]. Pathways Radio by Paul O'Brien [Podcast]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). #37 - Quantum Social Change, med Karen O'Brien. [Radio]. Dekodet [Podcast]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Transformations to Sustainability: You Matter More Than You Think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Quantum Social Change: You Matter More Than You Think! [Keynote]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Climate Change and Sustainability: Three Spheres of Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Transformative Change and Biodiversity: Integrating the Practical, Political, and Personal Spheres of Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Importas más de lo que crees! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Quantum Social Change: You Matter More Than You Think. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Hope for the Paris Agreement? You matter more than you think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Transformations to Sustainability. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Sustainability: You Matter More Than You Think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Climate Change: It’s a Relationship Problem. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• Pavel, Paloma & O'Brien, Karen (2022). Breakthrough Communities: Sustainability and Justice in the Next American Metropolis. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). The Human Dimensions: They matter more than you think! Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Climate Change: It’s a Relationship Problem. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Transformative Change: Integrating the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Karen O’Brien skal lede utredning for FNs naturpanel. [Internet]. Universitet i Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). Karen O’Brien: – Det er ikke CO2-utslippene som er det største problemet. [Journal]. Aftenposten A Magasinet. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). En 30 dagers utfordring – for klima. [Internet]. NRK. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2022). – Jeg tror det er et paradigmeskifte på vei. [Internet]. Forskerforum. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). The Three Spheres of Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Climate Change: It’s A Relationship Problem. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Quantum social change. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Political Agency for Transformations: What does it take? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). From Problems to Solutions: Engaging People in Transformations to Sustainability. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Climate Change: It’s A Relationship Problem. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Transformative Change. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Looking into the Crystal Ball: What Does the Future Hold for the Cultural Environments. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Governing Transformations: It’s All About Relationships. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Climate Change: We Matter More Than We Think. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Integrative Approaches to Transformations. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Education for Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Transformative Change: Integrating the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Transforming to reach the 1.5℃ target. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). You Matter More Than You Think: Climate change, Social change, and The Humanities in the 21st Century. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Accelerating Action on Climate Change: Engaging with the practical, political, and personal spheres of transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Relationship matter. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change for a World in Crisis. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Democracy and Change. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Social and Cultural Values and Fractal Perspectives. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Transformation in Action. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). DF #21for21 - #8 - Karen O'Brien. [Internet]. Digital Society School [Podcast]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Karen O'Brien ~You Matter More Than You Think: Quantum Social Change For A Thriving World. [Radio]. WE Earth Radio: Conversations That Make A ... [Podcast]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen; Bjordam, Tone; Cooper, Lisa & Skadal, Martin (2021). Book Launch: "You Matter More Than You Think". Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Conversations with Michael & Karen O'Brien ~Climate and Society: Transforming the Future. [Radio]. WE Earth Radio: Conversations That Make A ... [Podcast]. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Verdenskjent klimaforsker: – Det er nesten så vi er trent til å si at det vi gjør, ikke betyr noe. [Internet]. Universitet i Oslo. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Dekolonisering av paradigmer. I Ossavy, Nina & Kolbenstvedt, Marius (Red.), Naturtro. Om å dekolonisere naturen.. Iris forlag. ISSN 9788293359265. s. 67–68. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). Møtereferat: En aften som skal snu opp-ned på tankemønstre. [Journal]. Morgenbladet. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2021). – Jeg håper at vi alle kan forstå, enten vi er bussjåfører, leger, arkitekter, eller musikere, at det vi gjør, betyr noe. [Internet]. Forskning.no. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Education for Transformation: The significance of paradigms, politics, and practices. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Transformational Leadership for Sustainability. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Education for transformation: Aligning values and visions for a sustainable future. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). En helhetlig tilnærming til mobilitetsomstilling: Det handler om transformasjon. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Taking the Climate Crisis Seriously: Three Spheres of Transformation. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Education for Transformation: Whose Values and Visions are Shaping the Future? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). The Adaptive Challenge of Sustainable Development: Looking beyond a purely technical approach. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). The Decade that Matters: Taking Transformations to Climate Change and Transformations to Sustainability Seriously. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Paneldebatt: Hvordan lager vi en klimapolitikk som oppleves som rettferdig? Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). A springboard in the transition to a low emission society. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
• O'Brien, Karen (2020). Transforming the Future. Fulltekst i vitenarkiv
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