Browsing Journal articles by Author "Westskog, Hege"
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A multi-method evaluation of the potential for using the electricity bill to encourage energy savings in Norwegian households
Westskog, Hege; Sælen, Håkon (Journal article, 2013)This study explores whether the electricity bill can be used as a medium to deliver information that encourages energy conservation in Norwegian households. Two main categories of information were tested: social comparative ... -
Electricity consumption: should there be a limit? Implications of people’s attitudes for the forming of sustainable energy policies
Westskog, Hege; Winther, Tanja (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014)The aim of this paper is to examine people’s attitudes towards electricity and electricity consumption within the Norwegian market context. The empirical material is based on 18 in-depth interviews and eight focus group ... -
How to make local context matter in national advice: Towards adaptive comanagement in norwegian climate adaptation
Westskog, Hege; Hovelsrud, Grete K.; Sundqvist, Göran (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017) -
Like having an electric car on the roof: Domesticating PV solar panels in Norway
Winther, Tanja; Westskog, Hege; Sæle, Hanne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Worldwide, the number of electricity end-users who produce electricity and feed it to the grid, denoted ‘prosumers’, is increasing. Following innovations in policy, technology (e.g. inverters, smart meters), tariffing and ... -
The role of community sharing in sustainability transformation: case studies from Norway
Westskog, Hege; Julsrud, Tom Erik; Kallbekken, Steffen; Frenken, Koen; Schor, Juliet; Standal, Karina (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Based on three case studies of community sharing in different sectors of society, we address how and under what conditions community sharing can contribute to sustainability transformation. Considering modes of exchange ... -
Sharing among neighbours in a Norwegian suburb
Westskog, Hege; Aase, Tor Halfdan; Standal, Karina; Tellefsen, Sølvi (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Sharing goods and services has been promoted as fostering more sustainable consumption. In this paper, we explore sharing in a middle-class neighbourhood in a Norwegian city. We ask what influences and frames neighbours’ ... -
The creation of an ecovillage: Negotiating boundaries and identities in a Norwegian sustainable valley
Westskog, Hege; Winther, Tanja; Aasen, Marianne (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018) -
The transformative potential of local-level planning and climate policies. Case studies from Norwegian municipalities
Westskog, Hege; Aarsæther, Nils Johan; Hovelsrud, Grete K.; Amundsen, Helene; West, Jennifer Joy; Dale, Ragnhild Freng (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)We analyse whether and how current municipal climate policies can be characterised as transformative and which factors and pathways may lead to transformative change at the municipal level. Based on 13 in-depth case studies ... -
Understanding low-carbon food consumption transformation through social practice theory: The case of community supported agriculture in Norway
Standal, Karina; Westskog, Hege (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Drawing on a qualitative case study of consumers involved in community-supported agriculture farms in Norway, this article applies social practice theory to understand pro-environmental behaviour transformation in relation ... -
Urban contractual agreements as an adaptive governance strategy: under what conditions do they work in multi-level cooperation?
Westskog, Hege; Amundsen, Helene; Christiansen, Petter; Tønnesen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Norwegian urban growth agreement (UGA) is a governance platform combining transport-infrastructure development with land-use and transport policy. It is a policy package of measures involving network cooperation between ... -
Urban contractual agreements as an adaptive governance strategy: under what conditions do they work in multi-level cooperation?
Westskog, Hege; Amundsen, Helene; Christiansen, Petter; Tønnesen, Anders (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The Norwegian urban growth agreement (UGA) is a governance platform combining transport-infrastructure development with land-use and transport policy. It is a policy package of measures involving network cooperation between ...