• Path creation in Nordic energy and road transport systems – The role of technological characteristics 

      Hansen, Teis; Scordato, Lisa; Wessberg, Nina; Klitkou, Antje; Borup, Mads (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017)
      This paper reviews path-creation processes in road transport systems in the Nordic countries: e-mobility in Denmark, hydrogen and fuel-cell electrical vehicles in Norway, and advanced biofuels in Finland and Sweden. The ...
    • Policy mixes for the sustainability transition of the pulp and paper industry in Sweden 

      Scordato, Lisa; Klitkou, Antje; Tartiu, Valentina Elena; Coenen, Lars (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The need to view innovation policy through the lens of policy mixes has gained momentum given the growing complexity, the dynamics of real-world policy and the wide array of difficulties to address the current great societal ...
    • Review of modelling energy transitions pathways with application to energy system flexibility 

      Bolwig, Simon; Bazbauers, Gatis; Klitkou, Antje; Lund, Peter D.; Blumberga, Andra; Gravelsinš, Armands; Blumberga, Dagnija (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      The aim of this review is to discuss how quantitative modelling of energy scenarios for sustainable energy transition pathways can be made more realistic by taking into account insights from the socio-technical and related ...
    • Spørsmål til Skole-Norge : Analyser og resultater fra Utdanningsdirektoratets spørreundersøkelse til skoler og skoleeiere høsten 2019 

      Rogde, Kristin; Federici, Roger André; Pedersen, Cathrine; Wollscheid, Sabine (NIFU-rapport;2020:1, Research report, 2020-01)
      Nordisk institutt for studier av innovasjon, forskning og utdanning (NIFU) har en treårig rammeavtale for 2017–2019 med Utdanningsdirektoratet om å gjennomføre halvårlige spørreundersøkelser rettet mot skoler og skoleeiere. ...
    • The role of trials and demonstration projects in the development of a sustainable bioeconomy 

      Fevolden, Arne Martin; Coenen, Lars; Hansen, Teis; Klitkou, Antje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      This article provides an overview of the literature on demonstration projects and trials, and accounts for how insights drawn from this literature can contribute to the development of a sustainable bioeconomy. The article ...
    • Theoretical perspectives on innovation for waste valorisation in the bioeconomy 

      Bugge, Markus; Bolwig, Simon; Hansen, Teis; Tanner, Anne Nygaard (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      This book is anchored in a systemic and evolutionary understanding of how society evolves through technological development and innovation that are socially embedded and conditioned by actors, networks and institutions. ...
    • Understanding conditions for path development after path exhaustion 

      Klitkou, Antje; Capasso, Marco; Hansen, Teis (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      This paper focuses on path development processes after a sudden path exhaustion. We analyse the decline, the closure and the attempts at the re-orientation of a forestry-based industry agglomeration in Southern Norway, ...
    • Valorization of bio-residuals in the food and forestry sectors in support of a circular bioeconomy: A review 

      Gregg, Jay Sterling; Jürgens, Jonas; Happel, Maaike Karlijn; Strøm-Andersen, Nhat; Tanner, Anne Nygaard; Bolwig, Simon; Klitkou, Antje (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      This literature review focuses on valorization of bio-residuals from the brewery, dairy, slaughterhouse and forestry sectors. Bio-residuals are organic wastes, side streams, or residues that remain at the end of the ...
    • Value Chain Structures that Define European Cellulosic Ethanol Production 

      Gregg, Jay Sterling; Bolwig, Simon; Hansen, Teis; Solér, Ola; Amer-Allam, Sara Ben; Viladecans, Julia Pladevall; Klitkou, Antje; Fevolden, Arne Martin (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Production of cellulosic ethanol (CE) has not yet reached the scale envisaged by the literature and industry. This study explores CE production in Europe to improve understanding of the motivations and barriers associated ...
    • Visualizing the Evolving Fit of Education and Economy : The Case of ICT Education in Norway 

      Capasso, Marco; Mark, Michael Spjelkavik (NIFU Arbeidsnotat;2020:1, Working paper, 2020-01)
      Our study suggests a pattern of methodological steps aimed at an efficient visualization of the fit between an education and an economy. The steps help to detect cross-sectoral skills, originating in a given education path, ...
    • What is the bioeconomy? 

      Bugge, Markus; Hansen, Teis; Klitkou, Antje (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      The notion of grand challenges has over the last decade emerged as a central issue in policymaking and – increasingly – academia. In a European context, the Lund Declaration [1] stressed the urgency of pursuing solutions ...
    • What is the bioeconomy? A review of the literature 

      Bugge, Markus; Hansen, Teis; Klitkou, Antje (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)
      The notion of the bioeconomy has gained importance in both research and policy debates over the last decade, and is frequently argued to be a key part of the solution to multiple grand challenges. Despite this, there seems ...
    • What knowledge does the bioeconomy build upon? 

      Dybdahl, Linn Meidell; Iversen, Eric James (Chapter; Peer reviewed, 2019)
      Modern economies have long been characterised as ‘knowledge-based economies’ (e.g. David & Foray, 2002), whereby more advanced economies are distinguished by their ability to generate, disseminate and use new scientific ...