Christine Hvitsand

Senior researcher PhD / Economics and resource management

Christine Hvitsand is a researcher, educated at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences with specialities in Business Administration and Environmental Economics. She also has a doctoral degree from the same university within Agroecology and studied how participatory and collaborative niche innovations in agri-food systems can be motivated, organized and contribute to sustainability transitions.

She has broad experience with projects within environment, sustainability and public health, and has also been a project leader of many projects. Most activity is related to sustainable agri-food systems and waste management, bio-economy and the circular economy, as well as perspectives of participation, co-creation, innovation and values. Her academic interests are linked to sustainability transitions, looking at challenges and possible solutions across various sectors and societal roles. 

See publications at NMBU:

Participatory and collaborative approaches in sustainability transitions : niche innovations in agri-food systems

Know the Farmer That Feeds You: A Cross-Country Analysis of Spatial-Relational Proximities and the Attractiveness of Community Supported Agriculture

Establishing an Agri-food living lab for sustainability transitions: Methodological insight from a case of strengthening the niche of organic vegetables in the Vestfold region in Norway

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Universell forebygging av vold og overgrep – Sammen Mot.

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Co-organiser of SISA-4 workshop, Agri-food sustainability transition group

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«Barnets trygghet er ikke et prosjekt, det er vår fremtid». Følgeevaluering av folkehelsesatsingen Sammen Mot

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Eksperimentering med samskaping i kommunal sektor

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Piloting a co-created local and alternative food network involving professional buyers in Norway: Forces and tensions influencing viability

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Følgeevaluering av forsøk med programfag Bioøkonomi ved Dokka videregående skole. Andre underveisrapport

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Co-creative processes as a way for municipalities to mobilize communities towards urban farming and more sustainable and inclusive living

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Urbant landbruk i Stad

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Action research and agri-food living labs

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Agri-food living lab with action research

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Vitenskapelig artikkel i antologi

Bærekraftige matsystemer – et offentlig ansvar?

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Følgeevaluering av forsøk med programfag Bioøkonomi ved Dokka videregående skole.

REKO-ring: En viktig omsetningskanal for økologisk landbruk?

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Utvikling av samhandlings- og innovasjonsplattformer etter Urban Living Lab-metoden

Eplepressrest i kretsløp

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Urban Living Lab – Bruk av metoden i Norge og med eksempler fra Europa

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The Magic Factory – A centre for sustainability, innovative teaching and transformative learning

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Evaluering av prøveordning med mobbeombud

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Er det kun pølse som er fotballmat?

Kulturarv og bred verdiskaping

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Kraftsentre for brukermedvirkning?

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En tvetydig gave?

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Buzau geopark: Applied research for sustainable development and economic growth following the principles of geoconservation. (GeoSust): REPORT YEAR 1

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Andelslandbruk – økologisk spydspiss

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Alternative food networks (AFN) and their encounter with regime structures

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Sustainability innovations through agri-food living labs and co-creative processes

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Establishing a cross-sectorial systemic intervention for sustainability transitions in agri-food systems

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Shared values and visions as base for actions in agri-food systems

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)

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Urban Living Labs: Bruk av metoden i Norge og med eksempler fra Europa

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Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) –

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Samfunnsansvar og etikk knyttet til klima og ressursforvaltning i kjøttbransjen

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Within the frames of real-life circular economy:

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Andelslandbruk som økologisk spydspiss. Hva betyr det?

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Can Community supported agriculture (CSA) contribute towards national objectives within agriculture and food consumption? Explored by looking at motivations for CSA among farmers, growers and consumers

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