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E-mail: marianne.aasen@cicero.oslo.no
Marianne har bakgrunn i institusjonell økonomi, og har jobbet ved CICERO siden 2006. Hun har særlig erfaring med tverrfaglig forskning på omstilling til et lavutslippssamfunn, og med problemstillinger knyttet til folks respons på klimaendringer, klimapolitikk og virkemidler.
I avhandlingen sin anvendte hun institusjonell teori når hun blant annet undersøkte betydningen av individuelle trekk og kontekst påvirker hva folk ser på som riktige løsninger på klimafeltet. Arild Vatn var veileder for avhandlinga.
For tiden samarbeider hun videre med Arild Vatn, og med miljø-sosiologer (Riley Dunlap) og miljø-psykologer (Paul Stern) i et prosjekt ( ACT) som søker å forstå hvordan adferd, normer, kunnskap og virkemidler samspiller over tid. I dette prosjektet utvikles en første tverrfaglig fundert tidsseriedatabase over nordmenns adferd, oppfatninger, normer og holdninger som er relevante for utslippskutt og omstilling til et lavutslippssamfunn.
Hun har kompetanse i både kvalitativ og kvantitativ datasamling og analyse, og er spesielt interessert i forskning som kombinerer metoder.
Projects
- Politically Feasible Renewable Energy Development: The Role of Public Acceptance. The over-arching task of this project is to study the political feasibility of the low carbon energy policy transition initiated by the EU. In order to adopt and implement efficient policies at the regional, national and local level, public acceptance for policy change will be crucial.
- Power from the People? Driving forces and hindrances We address the driving forces and barriers for households in Norway to become producers of electricity which is made possible by smart grids and smart meters, allowing energy users not only to consume energy, but also to generate energy and feed this into the grid.
- Sis-klimat- Climate transitions in the Norwegian food system How can the Norwegian food production - consumption system be changed towards sustainable production of more climate friendly food? This overarching question targets opportunities for climate change adaptation and emission reductions, but also looks for co-benefits for, and stronger links between, producers and consumers.
- Klimavalg 2017
- ACT - Public responses to climate policy instruments ACT will establish the first scientifically based annual survey tracking Norwegians’ attitudes and actions in response to climate policy instruments.
- Flexeffect -Flexible electricity use in households: barriers, opportunities and effects The project will meet the urgent need for social science research on flexible electricity policy and technology in Norway.
- SUSTAIN In January 2021, the Norwegian government presented an ambitious plan to reduce Norway's climate emissions by up to 55 percent by 2030 compared with 1990 (Ministry of Climate and Environment 2021). To achieve this, transport policy must support comprehensive emission reductions that are at the same time perceived as sufficiently fair that it can be maintained over time. This is the starting point in the collaborative project SUSTAIN.
- POPCLIM This project seeks to understand the relationship between right-wing populism (RWP) and opposition to climate science and policy, and to identify climate policy options that are politically feasible even in electorates inclined to support RWP.
Publications and outreach at CICERO
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Journal article
2022
- Marianne Aasen, Håkon Sælen, 2022 Right-wing populism and climate policies: Explaining opposition to road tolls in Norway Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment, EN
2021
- John Thøgersen, Arild Vatn, Marianne Aasen, Riley Dunlap, Dana Fisher, Ottar Hellevik, Paul C. Stern, 2021 Why do people continue driving conventional cars despite climate change? Social-psychological and institutional insights from a survey of Norwegian commuters Energy Research & Social Science, EN
- Marianne Aasen, Arild Vatn, 2021 Institutional context, political-value orientation and public attitudes towards climate policies: a qualitative follow-up study of an experiment Environmental Values, EN
2018
- Hege Westskog, Tanja Winther, Marianne Aasen, 2018 The creation of an ecovillage: Handling identities in a Norwegian sustainable valley Sustainability, EN
- Marianne Aasen, Arild Vatn, 2018 Public Attitudes Toward Climate Policies: The Effect of Institutional Contexts and Political Values Ecological Economics, EN
2017
- Marianne Aasen, 2017 The polarization of public concern about climate change in Norway Climate Policy, EN
2016
- Marianne Aasen, Hege Westskog, Kristine Korneliussen, 2016 Energy performance contracts in the municipal sector in Norway: overcoming barriers to energy savings? Energy Efficiency, EN
- Marianne Aasen, Hege Westskog, Kristine Korneliussen, 2016 Energy performance contracts in the municipal sector in Norway: overcoming barriers to energy savings? Energy Efficiency, Springer Netherlands, EN
2015
- Marianne Aasen, 2015 The polarization of public concern about climate change in Norway Climate Policy, EN
2013
- Marianne Aasen, Arild Vatn, 2013 Deliberation on GMOs: A Study of How a Citizens' Jury Affects the Citizens' Attitudes Environmental Values, EN
2010
- Marianne Aasen, Hege Westskog, Harold Langford Wilhite, Marie Byskov Lindberg, 2010 The EU electricity disclosure from the business perspective-A study from Norway Energy Policy, EN
- Steffen Kallbekken, Marianne Aasen, 2010 The demand for earmarking: Results from a focus group study Ecological Economics, EN