Inge-Merete Hougaard
Biographic Data
| ID | 92824 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Inge-Merete Hougaard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Inge-Merete |
| FAMILY NAME | Hougaard |
| SIGNATURE | HOUGAARD I |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Copenhagen |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7665-6522 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 53 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Willows and farmer resistance: Withstanding change in rural Denmark
This article describes willow scrubs and how, according to Danish farmers, they “sprout uncontrollably” in deindustrializing agricultural landscapes. Across Europe, the green transition of the agricultural sector has led to farmers’ protests, but in Denmark such expressions of discontent have been limited. Instead, willow scrubs have become a matter of concern after the retirement of peatland soil from production. Farmers find willows “ugly” and …
From rejection to reliance on carbon capture and storage in Denmark: A case of mitigation deterrence
Domesticating technology: Sociotechnical imaginaries of carbon capture and storage in Denmark
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has in recent years gained new attention in national and corporate strategies for achieving climate goals. This is for instance seen in Denmark, where CCS was positioned as the largest single mitigation tool in the 2020 Climate Programme. As an example of how international imaginaries of mitigation technologies translate into national settings, this paper explores how CCS was brought into, adapted and adopted in D…
Carbon removal and the empirics of climate delay
As we exploit the river, we should give something back’: A moral ecology of sand extraction
Sand is one of the most extracted materials in the world and a fundamental input for the construction sector. Currently, extraction rates exceed the natural rates of renewal locally and globally, why much literature on sand extraction focusses on environmental and social impacts. Sand extractors are often portrayed as external actors damaging local environments and communities, and limited attention has been granted to how sand extraction unfolds…
Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions
Carbon dioxide removal is rapidly becoming a key focus in climate research and politics. This is raising concerns of “moral hazard” or “mitigation deterrence,” that is, the risk that promises of and/or efforts to pursue carbon removal end up reducing or delaying near‐term mitigation efforts. Some, however, contest this risk, arguing that it is overstated or lacking evidence. In this review, we explore the reasons behind the disagreement in the li…
Enacting biochar as a climate solution in Denmark
Following the Paris Agreement’s climate targets and the modelling community’s scenarios of how to reach them, carbon dioxide removal is gaining increasing importance in national climate policies. This is also the case in Denmark – considered by itself and others a climate frontrunner – where biochar is envisioned to cover 10% of the 2030 reduction goal. However, apart from research experiments and test sites, biochar is at the time of research no…
Nar forandringens vinde blæser over det abne land: Fortællinger og landmandsfrihed i den grønne omstilling
I lyset af den globale klima- og biodiversitetskrise er landbrugets rolle i landskabet udfordret. I Danmark er det politisk besluttet, at 100.000 hektar lavbundsjord skal tages ud af landbrugsdrift, og nye naturforvaltningsprojekter er igangsat for at fremme biodiversiteten. Denne artikel undersøger, hvordan lokale landmænd forholder sig til de ændrede vilkår og den grønne omstilling af landbruget. Med udgangspunkt i feltarbejde i Skalsådalen det…
Rural precarity: Relational Autonomy, Ecological Dependence and Political Immobilisation in the Agro-Industrial Margin
Across the world, economic interests and state-making interventions have converged in dispossessing rural and urban dwellers. Drawing on literature on rural transformation, precarity, and life after dispossession, this paper explores how lifeworlds are constructed after dispossession. Based on ethnographic research in an Afro-descendant village in agro-industrial Colombia, I analyse five income-generating activities that together point to rural p…
Unsettled Rights: Afro-descendant recognition and ex-situ titling in Colombia
Ethnic recognition and collective titling have since the second half of the 20th century been promoted as ways of compensating for historical injustices and countering the destructive effects of capitalist development. While holding promise of autonomy, territorial rights, and resource control, they have also been seen as political technologies governing, spatially tying identities to place, and incorporating new areas into capital market relatio…
Shifting sands: Legal dispossession of small-scale miners in an extractivist era
Shifting sands: Legal dispossession of small-scale miners in an extractivist era
Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions
Carbon dioxide removal is rapidly becoming a key focus in climate research and politics. This is raising concerns of “moral hazard” or “mitigation deterrence,” that is, the risk that promises of and/or efforts to pursue carbon removal end up reducing or delaying near‐term mitigation efforts. Some, however, contest this risk, arguing that it is overstated or lacking evidence. In this review, we explore the reasons behind the disagreement in the li…
Unsettled Rights: Afro-descendant recognition and ex-situ titling in Colombia
Ethnic recognition and collective titling have since the second half of the 20th century been promoted as ways of compensating for historical injustices and countering the destructive effects of capitalist development. While holding promise of autonomy, territorial rights, and resource control, they have also been seen as political technologies governing, spatially tying identities to place, and incorporating new areas into capital market relatio…
Carbon removal and the empirics of climate delay
Rural precarity: Relational Autonomy, Ecological Dependence and Political Immobilisation in the Agro-Industrial Margin
Across the world, economic interests and state-making interventions have converged in dispossessing rural and urban dwellers. Drawing on literature on rural transformation, precarity, and life after dispossession, this paper explores how lifeworlds are constructed after dispossession. Based on ethnographic research in an Afro-descendant village in agro-industrial Colombia, I analyse five income-generating activities that together point to rural p…
Shifting sands: Legal dispossession of small-scale miners in an extractivist era
Unsettled Rights: Afro-descendant recognition and ex-situ titling in Colombia
Ethnic recognition and collective titling have since the second half of the 20th century been promoted as ways of compensating for historical injustices and countering the destructive effects of capitalist development. While holding promise of autonomy, territorial rights, and resource control, they have also been seen as political technologies governing, spatially tying identities to place, and incorporating new areas into capital market relatio…
As we exploit the river, we should give something back’: A moral ecology of sand extraction
Sand is one of the most extracted materials in the world and a fundamental input for the construction sector. Currently, extraction rates exceed the natural rates of renewal locally and globally, why much literature on sand extraction focusses on environmental and social impacts. Sand extractors are often portrayed as external actors damaging local environments and communities, and limited attention has been granted to how sand extraction unfolds…
Is carbon removal delaying emission reductions
Carbon dioxide removal is rapidly becoming a key focus in climate research and politics. This is raising concerns of “moral hazard” or “mitigation deterrence,” that is, the risk that promises of and/or efforts to pursue carbon removal end up reducing or delaying near‐term mitigation efforts. Some, however, contest this risk, arguing that it is overstated or lacking evidence. In this review, we explore the reasons behind the disagreement in the li…
Enacting biochar as a climate solution in Denmark
Following the Paris Agreement’s climate targets and the modelling community’s scenarios of how to reach them, carbon dioxide removal is gaining increasing importance in national climate policies. This is also the case in Denmark – considered by itself and others a climate frontrunner – where biochar is envisioned to cover 10% of the 2030 reduction goal. However, apart from research experiments and test sites, biochar is at the time of research no…
Nar forandringens vinde blæser over det abne land: Fortællinger og landmandsfrihed i den grønne omstilling
I lyset af den globale klima- og biodiversitetskrise er landbrugets rolle i landskabet udfordret. I Danmark er det politisk besluttet, at 100.000 hektar lavbundsjord skal tages ud af landbrugsdrift, og nye naturforvaltningsprojekter er igangsat for at fremme biodiversiteten. Denne artikel undersøger, hvordan lokale landmænd forholder sig til de ændrede vilkår og den grønne omstilling af landbruget. Med udgangspunkt i feltarbejde i Skalsådalen det…
Rural precarity: Relational Autonomy, Ecological Dependence and Political Immobilisation in the Agro-Industrial Margin
Across the world, economic interests and state-making interventions have converged in dispossessing rural and urban dwellers. Drawing on literature on rural transformation, precarity, and life after dispossession, this paper explores how lifeworlds are constructed after dispossession. Based on ethnographic research in an Afro-descendant village in agro-industrial Colombia, I analyse five income-generating activities that together point to rural p…
Carbon removal and the empirics of climate delay
Domesticating technology: Sociotechnical imaginaries of carbon capture and storage in Denmark
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) has in recent years gained new attention in national and corporate strategies for achieving climate goals. This is for instance seen in Denmark, where CCS was positioned as the largest single mitigation tool in the 2020 Climate Programme. As an example of how international imaginaries of mitigation technologies translate into national settings, this paper explores how CCS was brought into, adapted and adopted in D…
Willows and farmer resistance: Withstanding change in rural Denmark
This article describes willow scrubs and how, according to Danish farmers, they “sprout uncontrollably” in deindustrializing agricultural landscapes. Across Europe, the green transition of the agricultural sector has led to farmers’ protests, but in Denmark such expressions of discontent have been limited. Instead, willow scrubs have become a matter of concern after the retirement of peatland soil from production. Farmers find willows “ugly” and …
From rejection to reliance on carbon capture and storage in Denmark: A case of mitigation deterrence
Carbon fibers (4 works) · Economics (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Acceptance of Renewable Energy (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Climate Change Policy and Economics (3 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Environmental Justice and Health Disparities (3 works) · Politics (3 works)