Bård Torvetjønn Haugland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4082873 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Bård Torvetjønn Haugland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Bård Torvetjønn |
| FAMILY NAME | Haugland |
| SIGNATURE | HAUGLAND B T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2385-416X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Commitment Issues in Science & Technology Studies: On the Necessity of Compromising One’s Principles
There have been longstanding discussions regarding the place of normative commitments in Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholarship. Analysing STS critiques of Innovation Studies and accounts of the institutionalisation of RRI in the European Union, the article highlights how co-productionist scholarship often commits to second-order (meta-governance) principles rather than first-order (substantial) principles. Relating this tendency to the…
Tales of being a public transport user: Urban commuters’ experiences of minibuses in Kampala
Public transport plays a vital role in urban sustainability and social and economic development. In Kampala, Uganda, 14-seater minibuses are the dominant mode of public transport and serve as an essential means of accessing urban mobility. This study examines the lived experiences of minibus commuters in Kampala. Drawing on interviews with 25 participants across the city’s five divisions. Through an analytical framework that combines user studies…
Towards multi-scalar transition management? Insights from four transition arenas in Norway’s port sector
Transition management has been applied at organisational, local, regional, and national scales. However, transition management methodology only treats scale in passing. Drawing upon experiences from four transition arenas in Norway’s port sector – three local, one national – the article describes how arena outputs differed between local and national arenas. Outputs from the national arena were significantly less specific than in the local arenas.…
Mainstreaming stormwater NBS: A study in transition governance
Sustainability transitions challenge established governance models, in terms of balancing short- and long-term objectives, adaptation and mitigation, local and global perspectives, and fostering innovation, while maintaining stability. Recent research calls for more knowledge on managing such trade-offs and tensions. We address this gap through a study on stormwater management, where current efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions (NBS) chal…
Capturing context: A sociotechnical feasibility assessment of carbon capture and storage in Norwegian waste incineration
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is central to decarbonisation of the waste-to-energy industry. We complement existing lifecycle assessments and techno-economic analyses of CCS in waste-to-energy with a socio-technical perspective that emphasises interrelations between technologies, practices, institutions, and infrastructures in supporting (or not) development and diffusion of novel solutions such as CCS. More specifically, we assess the feasibi…
Thinking Like a Road: A Companion Piece to ‘Framing Intelligent Transport Systems in the Arctic’
Watt sense of community? A human geography agenda on energy communities
Energy communities can potentially advance just transitions towards low-carbon systems by devolving energy production and consumption to local scales. During vibrant debates on evolving energy geographies for more than a decade, human geographers have engaged with conceptualization and emergent models of energy communities in generative ways. We argue for a research agenda where these understandings of space, place and scale enhance research on e…
Framing Intelligent Transport Systems in the Arctic: Reindeer, Fish and the Engineered Road
The article explores the relationship between humans and other animals, technology, and engineering practices in a project testing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the arctic. Generally, roads are engineered to promote efficiency and predictability for transport. However, in the arctic northern region of Norway, animals sometimes challenge these virtues. Using Goffman’s notion of frames and Callon’s concept of overflow as theoretical starti…
The future is present: Prefiguration in policy and technology experimentation
The article adds to the theorisation of temporality within sustainability transitions by introducing the concept of prefiguration. Through two transport-related case studies, one technology experiment and one policy experiment, the article shows how prefiguration might elucidate the temporal aspects of experimentation. By employing the conceptual pair of ends-guided and ends-effacing prefiguration, the article shows how the future-orientation cha…
Testing Emergent Technologies in the Arctic: How Attention to Place Contributes to Visions of Autonomous Vehicles
There are great expectations around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs). Such visions often picture vehicles that work everywhere without human interference. In this article we use empirical data from a pilot project taking place in the Norwegian Arctic to explore the place-specificity of such technologies. The case study is used to demonstrate how new configurations of emergent technologies are shaped by the places where the trial unfolds; a…
Changing oil: Self-driving vehicles and the Norwegian state
Expectations regarding the imminent arrival of self-driving vehicles has prompted nations to embed such vehicles in policy and explore their potential through pilot projects. The article analyses interviews and document to explore the politics of self-driving vehicles in Norway. Using sociotechnical imaginaries as a theoretical starting point, the article finds that Norwegian policy and legislation frame self-driving vehicles in rather general te…
Watt sense of community? A human geography agenda on energy communities
Energy communities can potentially advance just transitions towards low-carbon systems by devolving energy production and consumption to local scales. During vibrant debates on evolving energy geographies for more than a decade, human geographers have engaged with conceptualization and emergent models of energy communities in generative ways. We argue for a research agenda where these understandings of space, place and scale enhance research on e…
The future is present: Prefiguration in policy and technology experimentation
The article adds to the theorisation of temporality within sustainability transitions by introducing the concept of prefiguration. Through two transport-related case studies, one technology experiment and one policy experiment, the article shows how prefiguration might elucidate the temporal aspects of experimentation. By employing the conceptual pair of ends-guided and ends-effacing prefiguration, the article shows how the future-orientation cha…
Changing oil: Self-driving vehicles and the Norwegian state
Expectations regarding the imminent arrival of self-driving vehicles has prompted nations to embed such vehicles in policy and explore their potential through pilot projects. The article analyses interviews and document to explore the politics of self-driving vehicles in Norway. Using sociotechnical imaginaries as a theoretical starting point, the article finds that Norwegian policy and legislation frame self-driving vehicles in rather general te…
Testing Emergent Technologies in the Arctic: How Attention to Place Contributes to Visions of Autonomous Vehicles
There are great expectations around the future of autonomous vehicles (AVs). Such visions often picture vehicles that work everywhere without human interference. In this article we use empirical data from a pilot project taking place in the Norwegian Arctic to explore the place-specificity of such technologies. The case study is used to demonstrate how new configurations of emergent technologies are shaped by the places where the trial unfolds; a…
Framing Intelligent Transport Systems in the Arctic: Reindeer, Fish and the Engineered Road
The article explores the relationship between humans and other animals, technology, and engineering practices in a project testing Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) in the arctic. Generally, roads are engineered to promote efficiency and predictability for transport. However, in the arctic northern region of Norway, animals sometimes challenge these virtues. Using Goffman’s notion of frames and Callon’s concept of overflow as theoretical starti…
The future is present: Prefiguration in policy and technology experimentation
The article adds to the theorisation of temporality within sustainability transitions by introducing the concept of prefiguration. Through two transport-related case studies, one technology experiment and one policy experiment, the article shows how prefiguration might elucidate the temporal aspects of experimentation. By employing the conceptual pair of ends-guided and ends-effacing prefiguration, the article shows how the future-orientation cha…
Watt sense of community? A human geography agenda on energy communities
Energy communities can potentially advance just transitions towards low-carbon systems by devolving energy production and consumption to local scales. During vibrant debates on evolving energy geographies for more than a decade, human geographers have engaged with conceptualization and emergent models of energy communities in generative ways. We argue for a research agenda where these understandings of space, place and scale enhance research on e…
Mainstreaming stormwater NBS: A study in transition governance
Sustainability transitions challenge established governance models, in terms of balancing short- and long-term objectives, adaptation and mitigation, local and global perspectives, and fostering innovation, while maintaining stability. Recent research calls for more knowledge on managing such trade-offs and tensions. We address this gap through a study on stormwater management, where current efforts to mainstream nature-based solutions (NBS) chal…
Capturing context: A sociotechnical feasibility assessment of carbon capture and storage in Norwegian waste incineration
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is central to decarbonisation of the waste-to-energy industry. We complement existing lifecycle assessments and techno-economic analyses of CCS in waste-to-energy with a socio-technical perspective that emphasises interrelations between technologies, practices, institutions, and infrastructures in supporting (or not) development and diffusion of novel solutions such as CCS. More specifically, we assess the feasibi…
Thinking Like a Road: A Companion Piece to ‘Framing Intelligent Transport Systems in the Arctic’
Commitment Issues in Science & Technology Studies: On the Necessity of Compromising One’s Principles
There have been longstanding discussions regarding the place of normative commitments in Science and Technology Studies (STS) scholarship. Analysing STS critiques of Innovation Studies and accounts of the institutionalisation of RRI in the European Union, the article highlights how co-productionist scholarship often commits to second-order (meta-governance) principles rather than first-order (substantial) principles. Relating this tendency to the…
Tales of being a public transport user: Urban commuters’ experiences of minibuses in Kampala
Public transport plays a vital role in urban sustainability and social and economic development. In Kampala, Uganda, 14-seater minibuses are the dominant mode of public transport and serve as an essential means of accessing urban mobility. This study examines the lived experiences of minibus commuters in Kampala. Drawing on interviews with 25 participants across the city’s five divisions. Through an analytical framework that combines user studies…
Towards multi-scalar transition management? Insights from four transition arenas in Norway’s port sector
Transition management has been applied at organisational, local, regional, and national scales. However, transition management methodology only treats scale in passing. Drawing upon experiences from four transition arenas in Norway’s port sector – three local, one national – the article describes how arena outputs differed between local and national arenas. Outputs from the national arena were significantly less specific than in the local arenas.…
Engineering (6 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Norwegian (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (3 works) · The arctic (3 works) · Arctic (2 works)