Perspectives from the social sciences and on pathways to Litteraturhuset 13.05.2019

Program

Opening 10.00 – 10.30 Prorektor Margareth Hagen Roger Sollie Bente Wold

Project presentations 10.30 – 12.00 Jesicca Jewell, Eystein Jansen: Contractions of fossil fuels: The challenge of tackling incumbent industries

Kjersti Fløttum, Endre Tvinnereim: Norwegian citizens’ associations with “oil and gas”, “energy” and “transition”

Lunch 12.00 – 13. 00

Project presentations cont. 13.00 – 13.45 Gisela Böhm, Rouven Doran, Charles Ogunbode: Public engagement with and energy: The role of mental representations and

Invited speakers 14.00 – 15.00 Ann Bostrom, University of Washington, Seattle: Social and behavioral science strategies for energy transition

Marianne Karlsen: Ministry perspectives on research impact & collaboration with industry

Concluding remarks 15.00 – 15.30 Eystein Jansen: Interdisplinary research in the climate/energy interface: status and lessons learned

End 15:30

Chair: Ole Martin Lægreid

Findings from a research project funded by Akademiaavtalen (A cooperation agreement between the University of Bergen and Equinor; project number 803589) About the speakers

Roger Sollie is the head Prorektor Margareth Marianne Karlsen is Senior of research and Hagen is Professor of Adviser at the Norwegian development and leader Italian Literature, Head of Ministry of Climate and of the Akademiaavtalen Research at the Environment. She is also the at Equinor. Sollie has Department of Foreign deputy chief negotiator for completed a PhD in Languages, and Dean of the the Norwegian delegation to Physics and worked as Faculty of Humanities. the UNFCCC. an Adjunct Professor at NTNU.

Ann Bostrom is the Weyerhaeuser Bente Wold is Dean of the Eystein Jansen is Professor of endowed Professor of Environmental Faculty of , and Earth Sciences at the University Policy at the Evans School of Public Professor of health psychology. of Bergen, Research Professor at Policy & Governance, University of She has managed several large- the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Washington. She researches risk scale international research Research, and Principal perception, communication, and projects. She has participated in a Researcher at NORCE. Jansen decision-making under uncertainty, number of national councils and headed the Bjerknes Centre and is especially interested in mental committees, including the from its founding in 2000 to models of hazardous processes, such Norwegian councils of Physical 2013.He was a coordinating lead as climate change, earthquakes, and Activity and Tobacco Control, author for the paleoclimate hurricanes. Dr. Bostrom holds a review committees in the chapter of the IPCC Fourth Ph.D. in public policy analysis from Norwegian Research Council and Assessment Report, and was Carnegie Mellon University, an the Swedish Foundation for one of the lead authors of the M.B.A. from Western Washington Humanities and Social Sciences, IPCC Fifth Assessment Report. University, and a B.A. from the and is co-editor of several University of Washington. international journals.

Gisela Böhm is full Professor of Kjersti Fløttum is Professor of Rouven Doran is Associate psychometrics and research French linguistics at the Dep. of Professor of general psychology methods at the University of foreign languages, University of at the Department of Bergen (UiB), Norway, and adjunct Bergen; vice-rector 2005-2009; Psychosocial Science, professor in environmental since 2013 member of the University of Bergen. His psychology at Inland Norway university board. Research fields: research focuses on social University of Applied Sciences text theory, discourse analysis. cognition, risk perception, and (Lillehammer). She is co- Head of cross-disciplinary projects: mental representation in coordinator (with E. Tvinnereim) KIAP 2001-06 (academic relation to environmental of the 'Climate and Energy' module discourse); EURLING 2005-12 behaviour. Present projects of the Norwegian Citizen Panel. (European political discourse); address public perceptions of Her main research interests are LINGCLIM 2013-18 (climate climate change and energy, as climate psychology, and the change discourse). Co-author of well as psychological interplay between risk, morality, Academic Voices (2006), editor of determinants of sustainable and in responses to Speaking to Europe (2013), The role of consumption across contexts. environmental risks. language in the climate change debate (2017).

Endre Tvinnereim is Associate Jessica Jewell is Assistant Charles Ogunbode is a Professor at the department for Professor at Chalmers University Researcher at the Faculty of Administration and and an Adjunct Associate Professor Psychology, University of Bergen. Organization Theory at the in the field of energy transitions at He completed a PhD in University of Bergen and Senior the University of Bergen. She was a Psychology at the University of Researcher at NORCE. contributing author in the IPCC St Andrews. His research Tvinnereim is co-coordinator WGIII fifth assessment report, a interests are in environmental (with G. Böhm) of the 'Climate lead author in the Global Energy psychology with a focus on the and Energy' module of the Assessment and a lead author of a roles of experience, attitudes, Norwegian Citizen Panel and report by the UN Secretary values and social influence in he is a board member at CET. General's Task Force on the SE4All public engagement with climate renewables and efficiency targets. change.

About the conference

This conference marks the conclusion of a cross -disciplinary research project examining public preferences and realities of different energy transition pathways. Profound changes in the ways we use and produce energy are required to avoid dangerous climate change, which raises significant challenges for existing Chair: Ole Martin Lægreid is a industries. These changes can only be achieved Senior Researcher at NORCE. He completed a PhD in Political through concerted actions and public support Science at the University of for relevant policies. With presentations from a Gothenburg. His research interests network of national and international partners, concern the relationship between this conference is a platform for sharing and economic growth, good government, and pro- reflecting on the new knowledge generated by environmental behavior. the project, as well as an opportunity to chart future directions for research.