Publikasjoner

Susanne Bauer (TIK) and Tanja Penter (Heidelberg University) have published “Tracing the Atom. Nuclear Legacies in Russia and Central Asia” with Routledge, London (open access).

The article, by Kjersti Aalbu and Tore Longva, examines the quest for data in the negotiations on the reduction of greenhouse gases in the International Maritime Organization (IMO) from 2012 to 2020.

In this paper, Flanagan, Uyarra, and Wanzenböck, explore the place-based roles of agency, institutions, networks and values in discursive processes of problem-framing and market creation.

In this article Kristin Asdal and Beatrice Cointé address the question on how objectivity is accomplished in laboratory economic experiments by focusing on the written instructions that guide experimental subjects in the lab.

Silje Tellmann and Magnus Gulbrandsen look at boundary work in science-policy relations from the policy side and find that it has many of the same characteristics as the boundary work of scientists, and that it seems to follow certain cycles where boundaries are either defended or challenged. They conclude that boundary work is a constructive part of productive interactions that enables users to balance the diverse relations they engage in and create a strategic room for maneuvering.

This paper, by Jakob Edler, Maria Karaulova and Katharine Barker, presents a framework to understand the impact of scientific knowledge on the policy-making process, focusing on the conceptual impact. 

Silje Tellmann analyses the interrelations between academic disciplines and society beyond academia by the case of sociology in Norway. 

In this article Tone Druglitrø writes about care and accountability in animal research by exploring and analysing the technical and rhetorical aspects of the current licensing system in Norway.

The reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has entered regulatory agendas in shipping. In Norway, a debate has been ongoing for over a decade about whether liquefied natural gas (LNG) ship fuel enables or impedes the transition to a greener future for shipping. This paper explores the assembling of ship fuel before and after the introduction of a controversial carbon tax on LNG, writes Irene Tvedten and Susanne Bauer.

In this viewpoint, the authors call for more work on digitalization in transition studies and offer a number of perspectives to study the roles of digitalization in sustainability transitions.