Green transition

The green transition should not only contribute to a sustainable future. It must also be conducted in a democratic and just manner. A new research project will explore how Indigenous peoples and local communities can best be included in the green transition.

Project working to convert agricultural side-streams into valuable products by development of new electrochemical processes.

Project examining how gender equality is understood and implemented in climate policy institutions across the eight Nordic and Baltic states.

Project aiming to devise innovative nature-inspired strategies to increase the efficiency of bio-based production under low temperatures from waste from food system.

Project analysing mechanisms of agency, appropriation, and resistance in energy transitions, distributed among people, politics, and infrastructures.

Project aiming to develop a novel food system that is independent of fossil-based energy, weather conditions, or land use, and that can reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Project aiming to develop a framework for just land use assessment that can be applied in the study of both completed and planned renewable energy projects and related processes.

Interdisciplinary and community-driven project investigating Sámi democratic participation as a crucial element for the legitimacy of the energy transition in Norway, Sweden, and Finland.

Project aiming to transition synthetic nitrogen fertilizers production to short-chain, reduced greenhouse gas, and circular economy-based technology.

Project studying the role of democratic participation and involvement in the legitimisation of green energy projects in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.