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Making Clothing Last: A Design Approach for Reducing the Environmental Impacts
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This article discusses the extent it is possible to delay clothing disposal through improved design, thus reducing negative environmental impacts. This has been done by including user centered design methods into more ... -
Materialised Ideals: Sizes and Beauty
(Culture Unbound;Volume 3, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2011)Today’s clothing industry is based on a system where clothes are made in readyto-wear sizes and meant to fit most people. Studies have pointed out that consumers are discontent with the use of these systems: size designations ... -
Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social Sustainability of Short Food Supply Chains
(Sustainability;Volume 11, Issue 15, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019-07-12)The production and distribution of food are among the hot topics debated in the context of sustainable development. Short food supply chains (SFSCs) are now widely believed to be more sustainable in comparison to mass food ... -
Methodological reflections on curating an artistic event with African youth in a Norwegian city
(Qualitative Research;, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)In this article, we remember experiences of our participation in an artistic event for youth of African descent in a Norwegian city to reflect on the potential of arts-based methods for exploring migrant and diasporic youth ... -
Microfibres from apparel and home textiles: Prospects for including microplastics in environmental sustainability assessment
(Science of the Total Environment;Volume 652, 20 February 2019, Journal article; Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-10-12)Textiles release fibres to the environment during production, use, and at end-of-life disposal. Approximately two-thirds of all textile items are now synthetic, dominated by petroleum-based organic polymers such as polyester, ... -
Motivations for and against second-hand clothing acquisition
(Clothing Cultures;Volume 5, Number 2, 1 June 2018, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-01)One of the possibilities consumers have for more sustainable clothing acquisition is to select pre-owned products. This article explores consumers’ motivations for clothing reuse: why they choose or do not choose to acquire ... -
Moving Consumers along the Innovation Adoption Curve: A New Approach to Accelerate the Shift toward a More Sustainable Diet
(Sustainability;Volume 13 / Issue 8, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-16)Unsustainable food production and consumption contribute to greenhouse gas emissions and global warming. Adopting a more plant-based diet has been identified as a necessary change toward a more sustainable food system. In ... -
Nisseluelandet—The Impact of Local Clothes for the Survival of a Textile Industry in Norway
(Fashion Practice: the journal of design, creative process & the fashion industry;Volume 10, Issue 2: Localism and Fashion, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018-06-22)The article discusses the importance of local clothing for the survival of the Norwegian textile industry. It draws upon stakeholder interviews, as well as desktop research. Local clothes are discussed as they are understood ... -
Organic and Geographical Indication Certifications’ Contributions to Employment and Education
(Journal of Agricultural & Food Industrial Organization;20190042, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-10-30)In this paper, we test to what extent Food Quality Schemes (FQS, including Geographical Indications and organic products) contribute to the social and economic sustainability of farmers and regions through employment and ... -
Organic‐and Animal Welfare‐labelled Eggs: Competing for the Same Consumers?
(Journal of Agricultural Economics;Volume 67, Issue 2, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016-03-22)To understand the market for sustainable foods, it is important to allow for heterogeneous preferences. However, most studies of consumer preferences for sustainable foods only investigate average consumer preferences. ... -
Popularity, Gender and Social Inclusion among Girls i ethnically diverse contexts in Norway
(International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies;Vol 11 No 1 (2020): International Journal of Child, Youth and Family Studies, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-02-12)This article discusses the phenomenon of popularity and its implications for gender construction, social inclusion, and gender equality among girls in two ethnically diverse contexts in Norway. At one field site, girls of ... -
Positioning product longevity in Norwegian environmental policy
(Conference object, 2021)With an increasing interest in the circular economy, current environmental policies in Europe aim to prepare economies for a ‘green’ transition. Contrary to circularity, however, product longevity has yet to become a policy ... -
The potential of food environment policies to reduce socioeconomic inequalities in diets and to improve healthy diets among lower socioeconomic groups: an umbrella review
(BMC Public Health;22, Article number: 433 (2022), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022-03-04)Socioeconomic inequalities in diets need to be tackled to improve population diets and prevent obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases. The potential of food environment policies to reduce such inequalities has ... -
Practicing Responsible Research and Innovation in a crowdsourcing project
(ORBIT Journal;Vol 2,No 1, Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The paper discusses the operationalization of responsible research and innovation (RRI), drawing on empirical materials from a research project that explored ICT-enabled tools and methods for crowdsourcing in urban ... -
Public beliefs about high-voltage powerlines in Norway, Sweden and the United Kingdom: A comparative survey
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2014)As countries worldwide, and particularly in Europe, move to increase deployment of low carbon energy sources, significant investments in new transmission networks are planned. However, past cases of public opposition – ... -
Rating mechanisms among participants in sharing economy platforms
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This study shares findings from 23 qualitative interviews of participants from five sharing economy platforms in Norway (2016) about how they make sense of rating scores, use rating scores when making decisions and provide ... -
Reconnection work. A network approach to households' dealing with ICT breakdowns
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)How can the concept of networks contribute to understanding the role of households in crises where ICT infrastructure fail? ICT infra - structures are large-scale techno-material networks crucial to mod - ern human ... -
Reducing environmental impacts from garments through best practice garment use and care, using the example of a Merino wool sweater
(The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment;26, pages 1188–1197 (2021), Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-04-19)Purpose: Garment production and use generate substantial environmental impacts, and the care and use are key determinants of cradle-to-grave impacts. The present study investigated the potential to reduce environmental ... -
Reducing Plastic in Consumer Goods: Opportunities for Coarser Wool
(Fibers;Volume 11 / Issue 2, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Production and use of plastic products have drastically increased during the past decades and their environmental impacts are increasingly spotlighted. At the same time, coarse wool, a by-product of meat and dairy production, ... -
Relationship between teaching modality and COVID-19, well-being, and teaching satisfaction (campus & corona): A cohort study among students in higher education
(Public Health in Practice;Volume 2, November 2021, 100187, Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-08-27)Objectives: Higher education institutions all over the world struggled to balance the need for infection control and educational requirements, as they prepared to reopen after the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. A ...