Hilde Refstie
Biographic Data
| ID | 2142015 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Hilde Refstie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Hilde |
| FAMILY NAME | Refstie |
| SIGNATURE | REFSTIE H |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7772-4419 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 64 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities
The importance and benefits of engaging citizens as co-producers of urban transformation have been increasingly recognised. However, the mere implementation of citizen co-production does not guarantee more legitimate or inclusive policy decisions and outcomes, especially when power inequalities that shape local decision-making remain unaddressed. This article examines the transformative potential of citizen co-production in smart sustainable city…
Unsettling humanitarian binaries
The work of ‘local responders’, including crisis-affected populations and civic humanitarians have gained more attention in humanitarian practice following the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit’s call for localising humanitarian aid. In this article, we draw on research conducted among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda to examine how crisis-affected people and their neighbours support themselves and each other in situations of protracted displacemen…
Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala
Increasing environmental crises due to climate change calls for bridging the research and operational logics of spatial planning and humanitarian response. This article explores how long-term spatial planning and short-term humanitarian responses relate to three facets of uncertainty that are particularly relevant in developmental contexts, namely epistemic uncertainty, ontic uncertainty, and ambiguity. The authors explore these facets through a …
The Beginning is never the beginning
Most action research processes aim to improve living conditions, assist in the development of more effective policies or create spaces for mobilization. The outputs of such research tend to be well documented, but less attention has been given to how spaces for action research are formed. This article uses a narrative autobiographical approach to analyse the initial phase of a collaborative action research process with informal settlement groups …
Voicing noise
Displacement in urban areas
Rapid urbanisation is a key characteristic of the modern world, interacting with and reinforcing other global mega trends, including armed conflict, climate change, crime, environmental degradation, financial and economic instability, food shortages, underemployment, volatile commodity prices, and weak governance. Displaced people also are affected by and engaged in the process of urbanisation. Increasingly, refugees, returnees, and internally di…
Towards Transformative Participation
‘Urban internally displaced persons’ is a contested category in Uganda. Both international and national definitions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) include, in principle, persons displaced by conflict and dwelling in urban areas. However, existing assistance and protection practices have transformed the IDP label, effectively restricting its application to people residing in IDP camps. Displaced people living in urban areas are perceived e…
Displacement in urban areas
Rapid urbanisation is a key characteristic of the modern world, interacting with and reinforcing other global mega trends, including armed conflict, climate change, crime, environmental degradation, financial and economic instability, food shortages, underemployment, volatile commodity prices, and weak governance. Displaced people also are affected by and engaged in the process of urbanisation. Increasingly, refugees, returnees, and internally di…
Voicing noise
Towards Transformative Participation
‘Urban internally displaced persons’ is a contested category in Uganda. Both international and national definitions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) include, in principle, persons displaced by conflict and dwelling in urban areas. However, existing assistance and protection practices have transformed the IDP label, effectively restricting its application to people residing in IDP camps. Displaced people living in urban areas are perceived e…
Unsettling humanitarian binaries
The work of ‘local responders’, including crisis-affected populations and civic humanitarians have gained more attention in humanitarian practice following the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit’s call for localising humanitarian aid. In this article, we draw on research conducted among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda to examine how crisis-affected people and their neighbours support themselves and each other in situations of protracted displacemen…
The Beginning is never the beginning
Most action research processes aim to improve living conditions, assist in the development of more effective policies or create spaces for mobilization. The outputs of such research tend to be well documented, but less attention has been given to how spaces for action research are formed. This article uses a narrative autobiographical approach to analyse the initial phase of a collaborative action research process with informal settlement groups …
Towards Transformative Participation
‘Urban internally displaced persons’ is a contested category in Uganda. Both international and national definitions of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) include, in principle, persons displaced by conflict and dwelling in urban areas. However, existing assistance and protection practices have transformed the IDP label, effectively restricting its application to people residing in IDP camps. Displaced people living in urban areas are perceived e…
Displacement in urban areas
Rapid urbanisation is a key characteristic of the modern world, interacting with and reinforcing other global mega trends, including armed conflict, climate change, crime, environmental degradation, financial and economic instability, food shortages, underemployment, volatile commodity prices, and weak governance. Displaced people also are affected by and engaged in the process of urbanisation. Increasingly, refugees, returnees, and internally di…
Voicing noise
The Beginning is never the beginning
Most action research processes aim to improve living conditions, assist in the development of more effective policies or create spaces for mobilization. The outputs of such research tend to be well documented, but less attention has been given to how spaces for action research are formed. This article uses a narrative autobiographical approach to analyse the initial phase of a collaborative action research process with informal settlement groups …
Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala
Increasing environmental crises due to climate change calls for bridging the research and operational logics of spatial planning and humanitarian response. This article explores how long-term spatial planning and short-term humanitarian responses relate to three facets of uncertainty that are particularly relevant in developmental contexts, namely epistemic uncertainty, ontic uncertainty, and ambiguity. The authors explore these facets through a …
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities
The importance and benefits of engaging citizens as co-producers of urban transformation have been increasingly recognised. However, the mere implementation of citizen co-production does not guarantee more legitimate or inclusive policy decisions and outcomes, especially when power inequalities that shape local decision-making remain unaddressed. This article examines the transformative potential of citizen co-production in smart sustainable city…
Unsettling humanitarian binaries
The work of ‘local responders’, including crisis-affected populations and civic humanitarians have gained more attention in humanitarian practice following the 2016 World Humanitarian Summit’s call for localising humanitarian aid. In this article, we draw on research conducted among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda to examine how crisis-affected people and their neighbours support themselves and each other in situations of protracted displacemen…
Political science (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Public relations (4 works) · Social science (4 works) · Economic growth (3 works) · Internally displaced person (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Refugee (3 works) · Transformative learning (3 works)