Marianne Singsaas

Senior Researcher

Singsaas is employed as a senior researcher at Telemarksforsking. She holds a PhD in spatial and community planning from the Norwegian University of Life Sciences. Her main fields of expertise are sustainable resource and land management, regional planning, outdoor recreation, tourism and broad value creation, outfield management, wild reindeer management, and social sustainability in the green transition.

In 2023, Singsaas was awarded a Fulbright research scholarship and spent the autumn of 2023 at Cornell University in New York, USA. There, she conducted research on the management of zoonotic diseases in the Arctic and northern regions, such as CWD (chronic wasting disease), from a One Health perspective.

Singsaas has been the project leader for the Research Council of Norway project Sustainable coastal recreation – the role and potential of voluntary organisations and civil society in coastal areas under pressure (COASTREC) link: COASTREC | Telemarksforsking. She is also a partner in the Research Council project Planning for sustainable second-home development (SECPLAN) link: SECPLAN – Planning for Sustainable Second-Home Development | NMBU and was a partner in the recently completed project Governing transitions in the Norwegian outfields: Between agrarian traditions, modern consumption and green industrialisation (GOVOUT) link: Governing transitions in the Norwegian outfields: Between agrarian traditions, modern consumption and green industrialisation (GOVOUT) – Ruralis.

From 2023 to 2025, Singsaas served as Deputy Director at Telemarksforsking. She comes from a leadership position in environmental management and also has extensive political experience. She is a frequently used process leader and lecturer, with particularly broad experience in user-driven and cross-sectoral R&D projects. The combination of practical experience from management and politics makes the societal contribution of research particularly important to Singsaas.

Current Projects

COEXISTENCE

Norway holds an international responsibility to protect the last 24 more or less isolated populations of European wild reindeer, which

Evaluering av arealplaner i villreinfjellet

Klima- og miljødepartementet inviterer med dette til konkurranse om en direkte anskaffelse av tjenester knyttet til gjennomføring av et evalueringsprosjekt.

COASTREC

Prosjektet COASTREC (FRIKYST på norsk) skal støtte opp under Norges første helhetlige handlingsplan for Oslofjorden. Det er et fireårig prosjekt,

NFR Planforskning SECPLAN

SECPLAN centres on second-home planning in Norway with the aim of promoting environmentally sustainable development. Second homes in Norway have

Current publications

Report

Rapport

Konsekvensvurdering av felles sti- og løypeplan for Hardangervidda

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Balancing biosecurity and local stewardship: Wildlife disease management in rural Norway

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Land use planning as instrument for more environmentally sustainable second-home developments

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Land use planning as an instrument for more environmentally sustainable second-home developments: Hindrances and potentials

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Besøksforvaltning i hyttekommuner – spenninger mellom tradisjon og destinasjon

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Biosikkerhetsregimet inntar utmarka. En analyse av CWD-prosessen i Nordfjella

Article

Artikkel

Utmark i endring

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Sosiale sumeffekter i utmarka

Presentation

Foredrag

Taking a lesson from the Norwegian anti-cabin protests

Presentation

Foredrag

Bedre hytteplanlegging

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Artikkel

Tror vi får se færre slike byggeprosjekter i fremtiden

Presentation

Foredrag

Utbygging i strandsonen

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Balancing biosecurity and local stewardship: Wildlife disease management in rural Norway

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Land use planning as instrument for more environmentally sustainable second-home developments

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Land use planning as an instrument for more environmentally sustainable second-home developments: Hindrances and potentials

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Besøksforvaltning i hyttekommuner – spenninger mellom tradisjon og destinasjon

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Sosiale sumeffekter i utmarka

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Biosikkerhetsregimet inntar utmarka. En analyse av CWD-prosessen i Nordfjella

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Zoned but not resolved: Balancing Environmental Conservation and Local Development through Comprehensive Land Use Planning in Rondane, Norway.

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Fritidsbygg, friluftsliv og ferdsel: Sonering som redskap?

Scientific article in a journal or series

Vitenskapelig artikkel i tidsskrift eller serier

Forvaltning av hensynsfull ferdsel i villreinområder

Report

Rapport

Konsekvensvurdering av felles sti- og løypeplan for Hardangervidda

Report

Rapport

Kultur og bærekraft: En kartlegging av kunnskapsstatus og praksiser i kultursektoren

Report in an external report series

Rapport i ekstern rapportserie

Ferdsel i Hardangervidda villreinområde

Bærekraftig utvikling i små kommuner

Article

Artikkel

Utmark i endring

Presentation

Foredrag

Taking a lesson from the Norwegian anti-cabin protests

Presentation

Foredrag

Bedre hytteplanlegging

Presentation

Foredrag

Utbygging i strandsonen

Article

Artikkel

Tror vi får se færre slike byggeprosjekter i fremtiden

Article

Artikkel

Statens nye hytteveileder svarer ikke til problemene

Presentation

Foredrag

Tomtereserver for hyttebygging og ny hytteveileder

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Artikkel

Hytteopprør i villreinfjell

Conference paper

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Høstingsfriluftsliv og lokal naturbruk i hyttekommuner

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Foredrag

Friluftslivsparadokset

Presentation

Foredrag

Arealforvaltning i fjellområder

Presentation

Foredrag

Grønn omstilling

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