With an increasing focus on women in systems engineering at INCOSE, through groups such as Empowering Women Leaders in Systems Engineering (EWLSE), and the desire to develop policy to increase gender diversity, it is important to: (1) conceptually understand what gender diversity means in a systems engineering context and (2) gain a deeper understanding of…

The objective of this paper is to empirically test the explanatory ability of cultural capital, which is generally considered more qualitatively and rarely quantified, for farmers’ water conservation behavior. In applying this approach, we reflect the growing interest in the role of culture and identity in influencing farmer’s decision-making. The study design involved a cross-sectional…

The reappearance of large carnivores in Europe can be viewed as a conservation success, however, the increase in carnivore numbers has also resulted in an increase in livestock predation. While multiple studies have been conducted into farmers’ attitudes to large carnivores, the consequence of predation on farmers’ mental health and wellbeing is under-researched. Using a…

Mountain areas are often subject to conflicts between different user interests and protection. The authors examine land use planning processes in Norway applied in accordance with the Planning and Building Act and the Nature Diversity Act and discuss how they might be improved. They find that although influenced by trends of decentralization, inclusion and integration,…

This article examines how rhythmanalysis can expand understanding of the spatiotemporal features of the host-visitor interface, examining the Telemark Canal region in Norway and its rural development and heritagization processes. Part of the heritagization of the Telemark Canal is to utilize the potential of the canal as a tourist attraction in order to generate economic,…

This article addresses the dynamic and contested processes of establishing new legal arrangements in the marine bioeconomy, and spatio-legal aspects of establishing a rights system for marine bioprospecting in Norway is explored. There are great expectations from authorities and researchers that marine bioprospecting can have major effects on future economies, through innovations that would lead…

Innovation and implementation of new technology in farming is considered important to meet challenges for agriculture to increase sustainability and improve efficiency in production. Less emphasise has been on how the farmers experience the new technology. This paper responds to this gap and explores how Automatic Milking Systems (AMS) influence farmers’ job satisfaction. The research…

The background for this paper was a wish to extend the understanding of how sustainable transitions in sociotechnical systems come about, especially the characteristics of processes and the role of actors. The empirical context was the case of developing biogas production and improving transport in the Trondheim region in Norway. The case consisted of two…

I Noreg vart det i 2018 sloppe ut 52,9 millionar tonn CO2-ekvivalentar, og av dette var jordbrukets utslepp på 4,5 millionar tonn, eller 8,5 prosent av dei samla norske utsleppa. Jordbruksorganisasjonane vart i juni 2019 samde med staten om å forplikta seg til å kutta 5 millionar tonn i CO2-ekvivalentar klimagassar fordelt over ti år…

In this essay, I will reflect upon what has been sociology’s contribution to understanding the emergence and development of nationalism and how sociology can contribute to understanding nationalism’s present and future through a property rights perspective. The essay will discuss, in particular, how historical sociological analysis of property rights and property rights regimes may be…

Despite a longstanding literature on small farm-households, there is limited consideration of small farms’ role in food and nutrition security (FNS) at territorial level. The purpose of this study is to provide insights about how small farms contribute to FNS at different territorial scales, by focusing on farmers’ strategies and consequential FNS outcomes. Analysis is…

 International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food. 26(1): 26-47

I Rotem Shneor, Liang Zhao og Bjørn-Tore Flåten (eds). Advances in Crowdfunding Research and Practice, s. 393-422. Palgrave MacMillan

Many countries have included agriculture as one of the sectors where they intend to obtain significant greenhouse gas emission reductions. In Norway, the dairy-beef sector, in particular, has been targeted for considerable emission cuts. Despite publicly expressed interest within the agricultural sector for reducing emissions, significant measures have yet to be implemented. In this paper,…

It is argued that the pattern of landownership in Scotland is inequitable and inefficient, since the land (and its associated outputs) is concentrated in only a few, private hands. Critics argue that the scale of private landownership in Scotland maintains historical inequalities and injustices, and that alternative forms of land occupancy and smaller land holdings…

This paper investigates transition pathways using an example from the bioeconomy: salmon farming and feed development in Norway. With a Multi-Level Perspective (MLP), the analysis shows how a crucial biological input factor, feed, was gradually developed and innovated through interactions among technologies, institutions, and landscape (external) pressures, with the industry’s ambitions of becoming more sustainable.…