News from TIK

Published May 24, 2024 1:08 AM

How can we manage the complex relationship between the need for extensive societal transformation and increased pressure on limited natural resources? This pressing dilemma will be one of the main questions at a large international conference TIK is organizing on campus from June 17-19.

Published Apr. 3, 2024 12:25 PM

In their newly published blog post, OSIRIS researchers Magnus Gulbrandsen and Silje Tellmann ask: Even if researchers do everything that is expected of them – collaborate with stakeholders, target important societal problems, engage in intensive science communication – societal impact may still not happen. What are the possible explanations?

Published Oct. 10, 2023 10:28 AM

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.

Published Sep. 5, 2023 12:51 PM

Last week Silje Maria Tellmann from OSIRIS took part in a panel on ‘The Blind Spots in Impact Research’ at CHER2023 in Vienna together with Stefan DeJong (Erasmus University Rotterdam), Reetta Muhonen (Tampere University) and Rachita Munshi (Erasmus University Rotterdam).

Published June 22, 2023 12:46 PM

INTRANSIT gathered in Lofoten to reflect on our research and discuss avenues for further work. Among fishing boats and shipbuilders in Svolvær, we discovered we have much to say about industrial transformation. And among June snow and mid-night sun, our fantastic group of people had a chance to connect.

Published Apr. 14, 2023 10:16 AM

Valentin is a Ph.D. candidate in sociology of science at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and a researcher at the Fraunhofer Center for International Management and Knowledge Economy IMW in Germany. He is currently also a visiting researcher at OSIRIS. 

Published Mar. 28, 2023 2:06 PM

INTRANSIT welcomes master students who are interested in studying green industry transformations in Norway.  Our research focuses on ongoing transformation processes in sectors such as aquaculture and agriculture, process industry, and the maritime, transport and energy sectors.

We also study specific technologies (such as CCS, offshore wind, hydrogen solutions), firms, clusters and different innovation policy questions. See some suggested topics below.

Published Nov. 18, 2022 12:43 PM

Many countries with abundant natural resources experience lower economic growth than countries with little or no natural resources. In the economics literature this is referred to as the "resource curse". One reason put forward is lack of technological progress. In a recent study, we have examined a related issue, that is, whether a resource curse may occur due to the wrong type of technological progress, write Greaker, Heggedal and Rosendahl.

Published Nov. 18, 2022 12:35 PM

Many countries with abundant natural resources experience lower economic growth than countries with little or no natural resources. In the economics literature this is referred to as the "resource curse". One reason put forward is lack of technological progress. In a recent study, we have examined a related issue, that is, whether a resource curse may occur due to the wrong type of technological progress.