Asbjørn Karlsen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4895901 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Asbjørn Karlsen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Asbjørn |
| FAMILY NAME | Karlsen |
| SIGNATURE | KARLSEN A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Norwegian University of Science and Technology |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7645-5066 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
An emerging epistemic community
Standards can help to improve sustainability of modern production systems. This paper studies the International Standardisation Organisation’s (ISO) process of development of standards for circular economy and aims to answer the following research question: “ How are international sustainability standards created and how do these processes evolve? ” The concept of epistemic community is employed to understand who creates the international standar…
Actors justifying policies and strategies in the face of climate change – Examples from two oil and gas-related regions in institutionally contrasting nations
Sustainable transitions in Northern regional contexts
This special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift–Norwegian Journal of Geography is devoted to one of the pressing questions concerning researchers, politicians, and citizens, namely that of our co
De la montée en gamme économique à la montée en gamme sociale dans le secteur éthiopien du textile et de l'habillement
Les auteurs explorent les liens entre montée en gamme économique et avancées sociales en Éthiopie, pays en développement doté d'une politique industrielle volontariste et d'une législation du travail stricte. Ils analysent pour ce faire les stratégies de cinq entreprises impliquées dans les réseaux de production mondiaux de l'habillement, observées en 2015. L'analyse montre que les réglementations influant sur la sécurité de l'emploi et le bien‐ê…
Reinforcing path marginalization
How could we conceptualize path development taking place in regions dominated by extracting industries and subsistence economies? The article expands existing Evolutionary Economic Geography theory by focussing on extractive economies in a peripheral region that has, thus far, barely been covered. It challenges existing conceptualizations by highlighting a tin producing island in Indonesia. The article introduces the concept of path marginalizati…
The role of state agency in path development
The role of the state remains underdeveloped in the regional path development literature. This paper analyses how the Norwegian state via different roles (regulator, purchaser, owner, facilitator) directly and indirectly has enabled and influenced path development in two defence-related high-tech manufacturing regions in Norway since the end of the Second World War, notably by contributing to the modification of localised assets and the strategic…
Policy mixes for just sustainable development in regions specialized in carbon-intensive industries
Research on the Geography of Sustainability Transitions (GOST) has enhanced our understanding in how place-based factors condition sustainability transitions. Its emphasis on the geography of niche development, however, neglects regime-level responses to regional sustainably transitions imperatives. Given the urgency of sustainability transitions, recent sustainability transitions research has emphasized an active destabilization and/or phase-out…
Technology legitimation and strategic coupling
Building upon recent work in sustainability transitions studies and economic geography, this paper is concerned with the process of legitimation by which emerging technologies are aligned with broader societal rules and norms. Challenging the assumption of earlier research that legitimation occurs within regional and national borders, the paper views legitimation as set of transregional processes whereby the actors behind emerging technologies se…
Legitimation, institutions and regional path creation
This paper assesses legitimation as a crucial dimension of industry emergence, addressing the neglect of institutional and political aspects of path creation in economic geography. It investigates how the legitimacy of emerging industries is built up over time and examines differences in legitimation across space. The paper focuses on the evolution of legitimation narratives in the context of national and regional differences in institutions, act…
Path creation, global production networks and regional development
Framing industrialization of the offshore wind value chain – A discourse approach to an event
Innovation by co-evolution in natural resource industries
Når yrkesferdigheter genererer næringsspesialisering
Legitimation, institutions and regional path creation
This paper assesses legitimation as a crucial dimension of industry emergence, addressing the neglect of institutional and political aspects of path creation in economic geography. It investigates how the legitimacy of emerging industries is built up over time and examines differences in legitimation across space. The paper focuses on the evolution of legitimation narratives in the context of national and regional differences in institutions, act…
Innovation by co-evolution in natural resource industries
The role of state agency in path development
The role of the state remains underdeveloped in the regional path development literature. This paper analyses how the Norwegian state via different roles (regulator, purchaser, owner, facilitator) directly and indirectly has enabled and influenced path development in two defence-related high-tech manufacturing regions in Norway since the end of the Second World War, notably by contributing to the modification of localised assets and the strategic…
Technology legitimation and strategic coupling
Building upon recent work in sustainability transitions studies and economic geography, this paper is concerned with the process of legitimation by which emerging technologies are aligned with broader societal rules and norms. Challenging the assumption of earlier research that legitimation occurs within regional and national borders, the paper views legitimation as set of transregional processes whereby the actors behind emerging technologies se…
Framing industrialization of the offshore wind value chain – A discourse approach to an event
Når yrkesferdigheter genererer næringsspesialisering
Innovation by co-evolution in natural resource industries
Framing industrialization of the offshore wind value chain – A discourse approach to an event
Path creation, global production networks and regional development
Legitimation, institutions and regional path creation
This paper assesses legitimation as a crucial dimension of industry emergence, addressing the neglect of institutional and political aspects of path creation in economic geography. It investigates how the legitimacy of emerging industries is built up over time and examines differences in legitimation across space. The paper focuses on the evolution of legitimation narratives in the context of national and regional differences in institutions, act…
Policy mixes for just sustainable development in regions specialized in carbon-intensive industries
Research on the Geography of Sustainability Transitions (GOST) has enhanced our understanding in how place-based factors condition sustainability transitions. Its emphasis on the geography of niche development, however, neglects regime-level responses to regional sustainably transitions imperatives. Given the urgency of sustainability transitions, recent sustainability transitions research has emphasized an active destabilization and/or phase-out…
Technology legitimation and strategic coupling
Building upon recent work in sustainability transitions studies and economic geography, this paper is concerned with the process of legitimation by which emerging technologies are aligned with broader societal rules and norms. Challenging the assumption of earlier research that legitimation occurs within regional and national borders, the paper views legitimation as set of transregional processes whereby the actors behind emerging technologies se…
De la montée en gamme économique à la montée en gamme sociale dans le secteur éthiopien du textile et de l'habillement
Les auteurs explorent les liens entre montée en gamme économique et avancées sociales en Éthiopie, pays en développement doté d'une politique industrielle volontariste et d'une législation du travail stricte. Ils analysent pour ce faire les stratégies de cinq entreprises impliquées dans les réseaux de production mondiaux de l'habillement, observées en 2015. L'analyse montre que les réglementations influant sur la sécurité de l'emploi et le bien‐ê…
Reinforcing path marginalization
How could we conceptualize path development taking place in regions dominated by extracting industries and subsistence economies? The article expands existing Evolutionary Economic Geography theory by focussing on extractive economies in a peripheral region that has, thus far, barely been covered. It challenges existing conceptualizations by highlighting a tin producing island in Indonesia. The article introduces the concept of path marginalizati…
The role of state agency in path development
The role of the state remains underdeveloped in the regional path development literature. This paper analyses how the Norwegian state via different roles (regulator, purchaser, owner, facilitator) directly and indirectly has enabled and influenced path development in two defence-related high-tech manufacturing regions in Norway since the end of the Second World War, notably by contributing to the modification of localised assets and the strategic…
Sustainable transitions in Northern regional contexts
This special issue of Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift–Norwegian Journal of Geography is devoted to one of the pressing questions concerning researchers, politicians, and citizens, namely that of our co
An emerging epistemic community
Standards can help to improve sustainability of modern production systems. This paper studies the International Standardisation Organisation’s (ISO) process of development of standards for circular economy and aims to answer the following research question: “ How are international sustainability standards created and how do these processes evolve? ” The concept of epistemic community is employed to understand who creates the international standar…
Actors justifying policies and strategies in the face of climate change – Examples from two oil and gas-related regions in institutionally contrasting nations
Political science (10 works) · Economics (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Economic system (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Computer Science (4 works) · Economy (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Politics (4 works)