Employees

Pia Piroschka Otte is a research professor at Ruralis and was research manager between April 2021- May 2023. She has an interdisciplinary background with a PhD in Political Science and a Master’s Degree in Development Studies from NTNU. Her work focuses on social science research addressing sustainable business models, crowdfunding, energy transitions, social acceptance of new technologies, and circular economy. She works internationally and has carried out fieldwork in Bhutan, Nepal, India, Mozambique, Tanzania, Burkina Faso, Botswana, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Otte has a strong expertise in interdisciplinary research and a solid methodological background including participatory methods and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA). Besides her research, she has taught several courses at NTNU, Technische Universität Darmstadt and Lund University.