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Markus Steen @markussteen.bsky.social · 14d

PhD position at SINTEF - sustainability transitions (social science) - CCS in waste-to-energy - fully funded 3 years starting Jan 2026 www.finn.no/428930743

PhD position in Sustainability Transitions – Carbon capture and storage | FINN.no

We are searching for a talented social science candidate to join our Innovation and Sustainability research group as a PhD candidate. The group is a part of

www.finn.no

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · 25d

Difficult to argue against

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Aug 14

As @transitionsnetwork.bsky.social continues to thrive, EIST will hopefully do the same. We will be waiting for your high-quality papers on sustainability transitions!

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Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Aug 14

I will do my best to continue to strengthen EIST, in collaboration with the brilliant colleagues on the editorial board. EIST is first of all a central part of the infrastructure of the sustainability transitions research community.

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Aug 14

Yesterday I delivered my first desk decision report to the Associate Editors of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions. It is a great honour to take over the role as Editor-in-Chief from Bernhard Truffer who has done a tremendous job in developing the journal.

Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions | Journal | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

Read the latest articles of Environmental Innovation and Societal Transitions at ScienceDirect.com, Elsevier’s leading platform of peer-reviewed scholarly literature

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Markus Steen @markussteen.bsky.social · Oct 25

Two excellent days of old-school fieldwork in Mo i rana🇧🇻 on CCUS and process industry decarbonization w/ Bård from NTNU and Stuart from Newcastle Uni. Fascinating complexity and opportunity! Part of our #CaptureX project

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Mar 13

Our department currently has its annual open call for PhD positions. As always, we welcome applications with a focus on entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability transitions. Deadline April 21st
candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI...

PhD fellowship at the Department of Food and Resource Economics

The Department of Food and Resource Economics (IFRO) is inviting applications for PhD scholarships to start up in August 2024 or later. IFRO carries out pure ba

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Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · Nov 22

Northvolt's Ch11 filing is a wake-up call for European industrial policy. The continent's leading battery champion is restructuring while Chinese firms dominate the global market. 1/

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/b...

Northvolt, Europe’s Hope for a Battery Champion, Files for Bankruptcy

The company’s woes are symptomatic of a wider malaise among companies that make batteries for electric vehicles.

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John Harrison @drjwharrison.bsky.social · Oct 19

📢NEW JOB ALERT

Come and join us in Geography & Environment at Loughborough University

** Lecturer in Human Geography **

💷£45,585 to £54,395 - permanent position

⏰Deadline to apply 30 October jobs.ac.uk/job/DDD737/l...

Applications welcome from any relevant specialism linking to our research

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Jul 18

when the FT revealed in January that the cost of building the Sizewell C nuclear plant had risen to around £40bn they all denied it

now we can reveal the actual price tag - to be announced this week - and it is £38bn

www.ft.com/content/d431...

Ministers set to admit Sizewell C nuclear plant pricetag has soared to £38bn

New official estimate reflects surging construction inflation and contingency costs

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · May 9

Theoretically, the paper adds a geographical dimension to the (otherwise) quite aspatial literature on transition pathways.
W @bardhaugland.bsky.social @markussteen.bsky.social & Nils Oskar Tronrud.

Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · May 9

We analyse the feasibility of implementing CCS, including how this varies significantly across different plants. Core policy implication: investment support for CCS in waste-to-energy should not be reserved exclusively for pioneer projects, as there are limits to learning across plants.

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · May 9

New paper out on #CCS in waste incineration. With expected large increases in waste incineration for the coming decades, we urgently need to address emissions from #waste-to-energy plants. 🏭
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Redirecting

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Lars Coenen @larscoenen.bsky.social · Feb 24

Very pleased to announce we are running our PhD course Innovation and Sustainability Transitions May 12-16th again here at HVL in Bergen. Application deadline 31th of March. norsi.no/course/susta...

Sustainability Transitions and Innovation - NORSI

Fundamental transitions within societal sectors such as energy, transport, water and food are required to cope with sustainability challenges that are

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Jasper Vis @jaspervis.bsky.social · Feb 6

Het Kabinet gaat een staatsbedrijf oprichten voor de bouw en exploitatie van kerncentrales. Want ‘Marktpartijen zijn niet bereid om een kerncentrale volledig voor eigen risico te bouwen en te exploiteren.’
www.tweedekamer.nl/kamerstukken...

Kernenergie | Tweede Kamer der Staten-Generaal

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Elin Lerum Boasson @elinlb.bsky.social · Feb 6

Over hele verden har regjeringer etablert klimaråd. Disse gir mer systematisk+forskningsbasert klimastyring. I Danmark skaper de også ekstra rom for at sivilsamfunnet kan bidra i klimadebatt. Når regjeringen lager klimamål for 2035 kan de etablere norskt råd #polkvart . www.climatecouncils.org

International Climate Councils Network (ICCN) – Global network of national climate advisory bodies

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Stefan Philipp @philste.bsky.social · Feb 3

🚨 📣 🚨 Job claxon🚨 📣 🚨

We are hiring TWO (senior) researchers for transformative innovation and innovation policy!

We are looking for two researchers, one research assistant, and one project manager (25-40 hours/week) to join our team.

www.zsi.at/de/object/ne...

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Jan 16

...and here comes the real announcement: up to 4 POSTDOCS with an interest in transitioning the agri-food and land use system! Short deadline - February 5th - so apply fast. Link:
employment.ku.dk/all-vacancie...

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Koen Frenken @kfrenken.bsky.social · Jan 13

Three-year postdoc vacancy in the Innovation Studies group at Utrecht University, to investigate the effects of regulation on innovation and adoption; apply before 5 February. Please re-post www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Postdoc Position in Quantitative Innovation Studies

Are you interested in sustainable innovation, adoption trajectories and the impact of policy in agri-food and land-use systems? Work with us as a postdoc!

www.uu.nl

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Jan 9

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Jan 9

Pre-announcement of up to 4 postdocs on agrifood and land use transitions.

We will soon open for postdoc applications at UCPH for an upcoming project. Keywords: policies, technologies, scenarios for European agrifood and land use transitions. Short deadline, so feel free to reach out already now.

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Reader David Toke @davidtoke.bsky.social · Dec 31

Two floating wind farms awarded contracts by the French Governments at surprisingly low prices - as low as recently awarded UK fixed offshore windfarms www.powerengineeringint.com/renewables/w...

France awards two floating offshore wind farms in Mediterranean

The French Ministry of Industry and Energy has announced the award of two 250MW floating offshore wind farms in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Markus Steen @markussteen.bsky.social · Dec 5

Kronikk om norsk klimapolitikk og dens negative konsekvenser for utslipp, innovasjon og omstilling. M/ @hakonen.bsky.social @teis.bsky.social tuukka mäkitie og jens hanson

Tafatt norsk klimapolitikk hindrer grønn næringsomstilling

Regjeringens forslag til statsbudsjett for 2025 satser på biodrivstoff og utslippskutt i utlandet. Det er uheldig ikke bare for norske utslippsmål, men også for innovasjon og grønn næringsomstilling, ...

www.energiogklima.no

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Nov 22

Crazy thought: maybe Europe could even learn from China's policy approach that drove this development? Especially re the adaptability of policies...

Jonas Nahm @jonasnahm.com · Nov 22

Northvolt's Ch11 filing is a wake-up call for European industrial policy. The continent's leading battery champion is restructuring while Chinese firms dominate the global market. 1/

www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/b...

Northvolt, Europe’s Hope for a Battery Champion, Files for Bankruptcy

The company’s woes are symptomatic of a wider malaise among companies that make batteries for electric vehicles.

www.nytimes.com

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Nov 19

As expected, producing and distributing enough low-carbon electricity is considered a key challenge. But there are also notable differences between the two countries; for example, Norwegian participants are more skeptical towards the possibility of reaching climate goals.

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Nov 19

What are the core challenges for decarbonising energy-intensive industries? New paper out w @markussteen.bsky.social, Hans Hellsmark, Jens Hanson, & Elizaveta Johansson, using q-method to analyse similarities and differences within and across Norway and Sweden

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Perceptions of decarbonisation challenges for the process industry in Sweden and Norway

The energy-intensive process industries (EPIs) account for a high share of global carbon emissions but have so far been slow to decarbonise. One of th…

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Nov 16

We demonstrate how changes over time in scalar orientation of policy rationales in Norway have influenced legitimacy for three technologies: LNG in shipping, offshore wind, and CCS

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Nov 16

Do policies have a scalar orientation? Yes they do! And it matters for whether specific technologies are deemed as relevant for receiving support. We develop a novel framework depending on the focus on domestic/global challenges and whether domestic/global policy effects are prioritised

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Teis Hansen @teis.bsky.social · Nov 16

Re-starting my activity over here! Good occasion to share this paper published last month: "Scalar orientation of policies and technology legitimacy: The case of decarbonization in Norway" @hakonen.bsky.social @markussteen.bsky.social Jens Hanson Tuukka Mäkitie

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Scalar orientation of policies and technology legitimacy: The case of decarbonization in Norway

This paper suggest that we need to better understand the relationship between policy rationales and their scalar orientation. The former refers to the…

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