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@sidsareen.bsky.social

Oslo-based. Research Professor at The Fridtjof Nansen Institute and Professor II at the University of Bergen. Energy social science expert on the governance of transitions.

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In a world of selfish authoritarians, be a plugged-in politician like Mamdani in NYC. Work for everyone, not to grab for yourself.

31.08.2025 15:46 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Siddharth Sareen, Marianne Ryghaug, Dominic Boyer & Cymene Howe entitled: 'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' with an orange banner at the top.

Screenshot of a paper abstract in Geo: Geography and Environment by Siddharth Sareen, Marianne Ryghaug, Dominic Boyer & Cymene Howe entitled: 'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' with an orange banner at the top.

πŸ”‹New dialogue in Geo!πŸ”‹

'Impact in the energy social sciences and humanities: How we matter matters' by @sidsareen.bsky.social et al.

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #geosky #geo

28.08.2025 13:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Governing land, landscapes and infrastructure for a just energy transition [Commentary] India’s renewable energy transition is accelerating, marked by a drop in fossil fuel power generation and a push for green investment.

"Ensconcement offers an epistemological and developmental tool to study and understand past injustices in order to co-create ways to address them β€” upholding the vital principles of democracy, transparency and accountability to a high standard."

Our latest work: india.mongabay.com/2025/08/gove...

12.08.2025 12:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Awesome possum!

22.07.2025 13:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The dawn of solar photovoltaics: emergent political economies at the solar–agri–land nexus - Sustainability Science Solar power is the most rapidly growing energy source worldwide. Solar turn holds potential for a significant shift to renewable energy and swift reductions in carbon emissions. Yet, as a land- and re...

I'm happy to share that our Special Issue is now complete, and our editorial introduction has just been published in Sustainability Science!

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

@sidsareen.bsky.social @uibcet.bsky.social @empoweredfutures.bsky.social @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social

05.07.2025 14:12 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

In the world of 2025, bet like China on an electro-state future, not like the US on being a petro-state. Wish Norway would embrace the first right proper instead of desperately clinging to the latter as it fades. Today, build like it's for tomorrow, not as you recall from yesterday.

01.07.2025 20:25 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Congrats @adrianhiel.bsky.social, a key role in our time!

01.07.2025 06:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Spain responding rightly to an astute and evidenced understanding of the outage by improving technical systems support to continue exponential expansion of renewable energy. The fossil fuel lobby cannot win over facts in a competitive market with informed governance and management of energy systems.

25.06.2025 10:58 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Jon Worth is live
YouTube video by Jon Worth Jon Worth is live

He's here, he's live! Catch @jonworth.eu on livestream from @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=y726...

20.06.2025 09:04 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A useful overview of electrification and deep decarbonisation, pointing out the need for a lot more electricity production to move towards net zero targets.

19.06.2025 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Sounds perfect, see you when you hop off your bicycle!

19.06.2025 17:08 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We do have an 'Owl' set up, but the less IT involved the better in terms of conviviality :)

19.06.2025 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hvor gΓ₯r toget? - besteforeldre for en ansvarlig klimapolitikk Neppe hΓΈyhastighetsbaner i Norge med det fΓΈrste! Det var et av svarene ass. generalsekretΓ¦r i BKA, Lasse Heimdal, fikk av tidl. informasjonssjef Preben Colstrup i NSB og tidl. konsernsjef i NSB/VY, Ge...

Can set up an improvised version of that, yes (laptop facing you), and if you have a link to share ahead of time, the Norwegian Grandparents' Climate Campaign might be interested as they have an active campaign: www.besteforeldreaksjonen.no/2025/05/hvor...

19.06.2025 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Looking forward to hosting @jonworth.eu tomorrow @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social - he'll address European railway politics, a theme there's widespread interest in and a cause there's momentum for! Join us at 11 if interested :) (venue: Spisestuen, Fridtjof Nansens vei 17A, 1366 Lysaker)

19.06.2025 16:16 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful peaceful protest against the man who would be king, a song for a free country.

14.06.2025 22:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Beautiful stuff. In a world with so much going wrong, nice to see a few things going right.

14.06.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Such a treat to witness the mesmerising @buggewesseltoft.bsky.social (twice!), the awesome @harukimurakami.bsky.social with sage reflections, and the one and only Mari Boina who evocatively recited a Palestinian poem and called for an end to the Israeli genocide. Packed house and a standing ovation.

07.06.2025 19:47 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Lovely to be in beautiful Bergen for the kickoff of the ECOBUDGETS project about sustainability budgeting related to municipal work on climate and land use planning. Useful reflections shared to inform my role as an advisor on this @uibcet.bsky.social collaboration with a range of societal partners.

04.06.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Death of a glacier, climate murder, indifferent = complicit.

28.05.2025 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bearing witness: apocalypse now. For this glacier anyway.

28.05.2025 20:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This train is gonna gather speed.

15.05.2025 09:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Good things come in twos! Here's a nifty summary takeaway and links to two latest pieces by @jeremywallace.bsky.social

14.05.2025 14:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A really solid contribution.

14.05.2025 06:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This paper will be in a special collection edited by shining solar scholar @sidsareen.bsky.social and colleagues. The Dawn of Photovoltaics.. Please check out these exceptional papers. #agrivoltaics #agriculture #landusechange #energysky πŸœοΈπŸ”ŒπŸ’‘https://link.springer.com/collections/aaigciigef

14.05.2025 04:05 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present Transformations Workshop in Oslo The recent collaborative workshop held in Oslo on 15–16 April brought together a diverse and interdisciplinary community of 32 scholars and practitioners from across 18 countries, including David S…

πŸ–ŠοΈ Reflections on the Prefigurative Politics of Present #Transformations: a short report from our colleagues on the topic, proceedings and planned outputs of the Oslo workshop helmed by @sidsareen.bsky.social and Sirkku Juhola under www.cost-transformers.eu.

sustainablecz.org/2025/05/13/r...

13.05.2025 13:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Way cool.

04.05.2025 22:14 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Towards dynamic evaluations: Assessing the politics of Stavanger’s free public transport experiment In this essay we argue for what we term β€˜dynamic evaluation’ of transport policies. In a time of increasing political polarization of public transport, dynamic evaluations involve a broader scope of f...

New Essay by @sidsareen.bsky.social and colleagues:

"Towards dynamic evaluations: Assessing the politics of Stavanger’s free public transport experiment"

journals.plos.org/climate/arti...

02.05.2025 09:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Welcome to Bluesky, @carmenbmapis.bsky.social!

30.04.2025 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Double whammy and the power of cascading effects to amplify system risks.

30.04.2025 14:41 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hyggeplyndring Hyttekosen stenger fjellet for fellesskapet.

Common wealth, not "walling in and walling out", argues Carmen Mapis in the Frostian tradition of 'Mending wall' in this op-ed against luxury privatisation of Norwegian nature: www.nrk.no/ytring/hygge.... 'Hyggeplyndring' is a cheeky coinage riffing off of 'hytteplyndring' to drive home a key point!

30.04.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

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