The Centre for the study of innovation policy for industrial transformation, sustainability and digitalization (INTRANSIT) focuses on understanding how the Norwegian economy can be made smarter and more sustainable through industrial transformation.
We explore this question with a broad multidisciplinary approach and study different levels of the transformation processes – from analysing firm behaviour in transitions, via technological development and diffusion, to studying transformation policies. Our research focuses on transformation process in four important Norwegian sectors; the energy sector, the maritime sector, the industrial sectors (processing and manufacturing), and the bio-economy.
You can read more about our research, meet our researchers, and learn more about the Centre and its partners by following the links below.
INTRANSIT is an 8-year research centre (2019-2026) funded by the Research Council of Norway.
News
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Why young workers are leaving fossil fuel jobs
In our recent research in the oil and gas sector, we started observing the phenomena of ‘climate quitting’. For our research, we interviewed dozens of people, and got a sneak preview of our results published in ‘the Conversation’.
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INTRANSIT interview: Incumbents in transitions
An important (and somewhat contentious) question in the energy transition is the role of large established actors, like oil and gas companies. We know these companies have a lot of resources, competencies, and influence that could contribute to a transition, but we also know they are companies that may benefit from the status quo. This means that how established organizations change and react to change, becomes an important question. We sat down with PhD candidate, Hannah Schupfer, to learn more about her research into these questions.
Publications
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Multi-sector technology diffusion in urgent net-zero transitions: Niche splintering in carbon capture technology
In this article, Finstad and Andersen study the diffusion of multi-purpose technologies in the context of urgent grand challenges. The authors conduct a case study on the diffusion of carbon capture.
Events
IST 2024 is hosted by the TIK Centre for technology, innovation and culture at the University of Oslo, in collaboration with SINTEF, the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), the INTRANSIT and NTRANS research centers and the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences.
A collaboration between
- TIK Centre for Technology, innovation and culture (UiO)
- Digitalisation (DIG) (UiO)
- SINTEF Digital
- Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development (Utrecht University)
Gemini Centre
Many of us are involved in the Gemini Centre for Sustainability Transitions. A centre focused on strengthening the sustainability transitions research field in Norway.
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Funding
INTRANSIT is financed by the Research Council of Norway, and led by the TIK Centre for technology, innovation and culture.