Antje Klitkou- Dr. phil.
- Research professor at Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
Antje Klitkou
- Dr. phil.
- Research professor at Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education
Addressing climate change with innovation in the forest-based industry (Inno4Tree). Research Council of Norway, 2021-24
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Introduction
Antje Klitkou currently works at the Nordic Institute for Studies in Innovation, Research and Education. Antje does research in quantitative and qualitative social science, Science, Technology and Environmental Politics and Green Economics. Her most recent projects are Sustainable path creation for innovative value chains for organic waste products (SusValueWaste) and Addressing climate change with innovation in the forest-based industry (Inno4Tree).
Current institution
Current position
- Research professor
Additional affiliations
November 1995 - February 2001
Work Research Institute
Position
- Librarian
January 1993 - June 1995
Ökostadt
Position
- Editor
Description
- Ökostadt was a NGO targeting ecological urban development. Our organisation published a magazine and I was one of the editor.
April 1991 - June 1994
Das Argument
Position
- Editor
Description
- Coordinating the publishing process and editing the journal "Das Argument", working as a subeditor for the book reviews and for the history section.
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Publications (70)
This paper studies the existence of board interlocks between wood-based firms in the Norwegian construction supply chain and firms in other industries, and their role in enabling increased use of wood in construction. Wood-based construction remains a niche market globally. The literature highlights two main barriers to wood-based construction: 1)...
The presented perspective paper delivers insights into the complex problem of energy inequalities in the context of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The war resulted in a loss of stability in Europe's energy system and increased social issues and difficulties in meeting energy transition targets. The perspective presented calls for a broader framew...
Norge har vedtatt en rekke ambisiøse mål for å møte klima- og miljøutfordringene. Innen 2030 skal 55 prosent av de norske klimagassutslippene kuttes, målt mot 1990. Dette er bare et delmål på veien mot netto nullutslipp innen 2050 og innebærer en betydelig omstilling som blant annet vil kreve et stort behov for ny kompetanse. Derfor skal Kompetanse...
This review article analyses the interconnectedness of different fields of social practice. Our aim is to understand if and how the literature using social practice theory addresses these interrelations and how this is linked to questions of sustainability transformations. Based on our review, we suggest a framework that conceives everyday-life pra...
In the acceleration phase transitions often increase in depth and scope, and thereby create knock-on effects for wider system structures. In the renewable energy transition, for example, higher shares of intermittent renewable energy sources call for new grid technologies to increase flexible grid operation. At the same time, there are different wa...
Dear Colleagues, To implement energy transition, effective climate protection and the European Green Deal (EGD), in addition to changes in technology and financial investments in renewable energy, social commitment and behaviour change are needed at the civic level. Without social dialogue, the participation of civic initiatives and the involvement...
This paper focuses on path development processes after a sudden path exhaustion. We analyse the decline, the closure and the attempts at the re-orientation of a forestry-based industry agglomeration in Southern Norway, located around the municipality of Hønefoss. In particular, this paper focuses on the Treklyngen holding company in Hønefoss. This...
This chapter gives a short overview of important forest-related residues and side streams and examples of their valorisation. We apply a comparative case study approach for studying the valorisation of forest-industry residues and side-streams across three forest-industry clusters in Norway. The three cases of forest-based industry clusters have sh...
The activities of cluster initiatives operating as systemic intermediaries and supporting networking activities have been discussed in prior studies. We integrate insights from the cluster theory and the literature on sustainability transitions to study the activities of clusters acting as systemic intermediaries in the different phases of the deve...
IKT-kompetanse er etterspurt i det norske arbeidsmarkedet. En uventet høy arbeidsledighet blant IKT-nyutdannede tyder på vansker med å få innpass på arbeidsmarkedet. På oppdrag fra Kunnskapsdepartementet har NIFU utarbeidet en samlet analyse av arbeidsmarkedssituasjonen for personer med høyere utdanning innenfor IKT. Formålet med undersøkelsen har...
A framework to account for social acceptance in the modelling of energy-transition pathways is outlined. The geographical focus is on the Nordic-Baltic energy region and the technological focus is on onshore wind power and power transmission, which are considered key technologies in achieving carbon-neutral energy systems in northern Europe. We com...
This literature review focuses on valorization of bio-residuals from the brewery, dairy, slaughterhouse and forestry sectors. Bio-residuals are organic wastes, side streams, or residues that remain at the end of the processing of a biological raw material. These under-utilized resources have the potential to support circular bioeconomies, given the...
Bioeconomy is a concept increasingly used to circumscribe that part of the economy which depends on the utilisation of biomass. Recent empirical analyses of the European Union bioeconomies have adopted a definition of bioeconomy which also encompasses activities in “hybrid” sectors; inputs for these sectors include not only biomass, but also a rele...
Environmental challenges at global scale are forcing countries to re-examine their economic structure and adopt new economic concepts. The bioeconomy is a concept increasingly used to circumscribe that part of the economy which de-pends on the utilization of biomass.
Our study has replicated recent analyses of the European bioeconomies, to assess...
This paper evaluates how policy shaped the emergence of electric mobility in three countries, Norway, the Netherlands and Denmark, between 2010 and 2015. Whereas previous studies have looked at the effects of separate policy instruments, this paper gives insights in the interaction effects of instruments on the diffusion of battery electric cars be...
Governments in countries across the world increasingly adopt the “green growth” discourse to underline their ambition for the greening of their economies. The central tenet of this narrative is the economic opportunities rather than challenges arising from the pursuit of environmental sustainability. Our paper synthesises insights from 113 recent s...
A zero-emission pathway for the Nordic and Baltic region in Europe is described based on the comprehensive policy and scenario analyses, accompanied by energy system modelling. The analyses show that a least-cost strategy would massively employ renewable energy, particularly in the power sector. Through strong coupling across energy sectors and cou...
This working paper summarises the results of eight comparative case studies on green growth in four Nordic countries: Northern Jutland and Southern Denmark in Denmark, Tampere and Central Finland for Finland, Hordaland and Trøndelag for Norway, and Scania and Värmland for Sweden.
The eight case studies give some background information and explain...
The notion of the bioeconomy has gained importance in both research and policy debates over the last decade, and is frequently argued to be a key part of the solution to multiple grand challenges. Despite this, there seems to be little consensus concerning what bioeconomy actually implies. Consequently, this chapter seeks to enhance our understandi...
For decades, the forestry-based industry in Norway has specialised in pulp and paper production. Huge volumes of forest resources, including residues and side-streams, have been channelled into this industry. However, the recent decline in European pulp and paper production has had a tremendous impact on the market possibilities of Norwegian forest...
Our study explores research avenues that can help policymakers to assess regional capabilities for 'green' economic restructuring. After reviewing the relevant literature, and envisioning research paths which consider both market transactions and externalities, we propose possible ways to translate past research findings into novel statistical tool...
The aim of this review is to discuss how quantitative modelling of energy scenarios for sustainable energy transition pathways can be made more realistic by taking into account insights from the socio-technical and related literatures. The proposition is that an enriched modelling approach would focus not just on technology development and deployme...
This paper analyses urban waste systems to explore how local authorities can resolve challenges related to climate change, urbanization and resource depletion. The paper investigates how different public governance regimes affect local authorities’ ability to move upwards in the waste hierarchy. It identifies three different governance regimes – tr...
Article shows how system dynamics modelling (SDM) approach could be used in modelling the energy transition towards low carbon energy system. SDM can be used to combine the techno-economic and socio-technical analysis. The study considers flexibility issues related to integration of renewable energy sources. Simplified model structure is made to il...
The aim of the paper is to discuss how quantitative modelling of energy scenarios for sustainable energy transition pathways can be made more realistic by taking into account insights from the socio-technical and related literatures. The proposition is that an enriched modelling approach would focus not just on technology development and deployment...
The need to view innovation policy through the lens of policy mixes has gained momentum given the growing complexity and the dynamics of real-world policy, and the wide array of difficulties to address the current great societal challenges, notably the increasing pressure on the ecosystems that support our society. One of the main challenges concer...
Addressing climate change is one of the grand societal challenges of our time. It requires a concerted effort of innovation, industrial and environmental policy. In order to achieve green restructuring at regional level, which constitutes an essential element of sustainability transitions, transformation processes must occur across the entire innov...
This paper reviews path-creation processes in road transport systems in the Nordic countries: e-mobility in Denmark, hydrogen and fuel-cell electrical vehicles in Norway, and advanced biofuels in Finland and Sweden. The study builds on the path creation literature, which seeks to explain the emergence of new technological pathways. Drawing on recen...
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This article provides an overview of the literature on demonstration projects and trials, and accounts for how insights drawn from this literature can contribute to the development of a sustainable bioeconomy. The article reviews the literature on demonstration projects and trials, covering both more broad-based studies on demonstration projects ma...
Production of cellulosic ethanol (CE) has not yet reached the scale envisaged by the literature and industry. This study explores CE production in Europe to improve understanding of the motivations and barriers associated with this situation. To do this, we conduct a case study-based analysis of CE production plants across Europe from a global valu...
NIFU has conducted a follow up study on social science research on environmentally friendly energy, on commission from the Research Council of Norway. The study builds on and updates a 2010 NIFU STEP report on the same subject.
This article explores whether old, incumbent industries can prevent new, green industries from emerging by studying the rise and fall of the Norwegian advanced biofuel sector. It investigates three competing explanations that have been proposed to account for why Norway failed to develop a vibrant industry within this field: (i) the petroleum indus...
The notion of the bioeconomy has gained importance in both research and policy debates over the last decade, and is frequently argued to be a key part of the solution to multiple grand challenges. Despite this, there seems to be little consensus concerning what bioeconomy actually implies. Consequently, this paper seeks to enhance our understanding...
In this paper, an analysis was made of the role of public support schemes funding demonstration, test and trial activities for sustainable development in energy and road transport. This paper presents the analysis of the effects of demonstration projects in transition processes to sustainable energy and transport in the Scandinavian countries on th...
This paper revisits the theoretical concepts of lock-in mechanisms to analyse transition processes in energy production and road transportation in the Nordic countries, focussing on three technology platforms: advanced biofuels, e-mobility and hydrogen and fuel cell electrical vehicles. The paper is based on a comparative analysis of case studies....
Over the past decades, a systemic perspective on innovation (Freeman, 1987) has been highly influential not only to study conditions and processes of innovation at the level of regions, nations, industries and technological fields but also to inform policy-making and enable policy-analysis (Smits & Kuhlmann, 2004). In such analysis, most attention...
The notion of ‘Grand Challenges’ is increasingly used in international research and innovation discourse, but risks being used rhetorically to justify business as usual policy approaches. We draw on a study that maps the characteristics of policy problems and proposals referred to in association with ‘Grand Challenges’, showing how transition manag...
The concept of path-dependency, and more specifically that of lock-in, has been extensively used to explain the persistence of fossil fuel-based technological systems despite their well-known environmental externalities contributing to climate change. Moreover, this ‘carbon lock-in’ inhibits the diffusion and adoption of carbon-saving technologies...
In the transition towards sustainable energy and transport systems the development and up-scaling of niche experiments plays a decisive role. The problems of the incumbent fossil-based socio-technical regime increase possibilities for niche development, but this is not sufficient to succeed. Following processes have been highlighted in the transiti...
We compare path-creation processes in Nordic energy and transport systems and discuss how new paths can be created, sub-optimal solutions be avoided and existing barriers be tackled. We address following research questions:
1. How do the Nordic countries develop new paths for sustainable road transport?
2. How do these countries address barriers to...
The formative EU transport policy focuses on region-wide initiatives to promote more sustainable transportation, including electrical mobility. The vow to integrate or coordinate the ongoing development of electrical mobility into a Europe-wide recharging-infrastructure confronts a number of challenges. As a region, Europe consists of a range of na...
Geographies: distances, cities and rural areas Well-connected and 'compact' country with rather short distances and no mountains Long distances and many mountains, some more densely populated regions in the South Renewable electricity production Wind power – fluctuating In 2011, the share of renewable sources in electricity generation varied from 3...
This report is a literature review on the role of policy instruments for a sustainable and competitive pulp and paper industry.
The paper ca be retrieved at: http://www.nifu.no/files/2014/02/NIFUarbeidsnotat2013-19B.pdf
For the benefit of our common future, policies aimed at the development and promotion of renewable energy technologies should be based on a Triple Helix approach with a sense of technological agency. This view is supported by a case study on the emergence and development of a Norwegian solar photovoltaic manufacturing industry. The data and analyse...
Norway has built up a remarkable solar photovoltaic (PV) industry over the last 15 years with central industrial players such as the Renewable Energy Corporation Group and Elkem. Norwegian companies are mainly active in manufacturing materials for solar cells, but also other elements of the value chain for solar PVs, such as manufacturing of solar...
Despite over 10 years of research there is no agreement on the most suitable roles for Webometric indicators in support of research policy and almost no field-based Webometrics. This article partly fills these gaps by analyzing the potential of policy-relevant Webometrics for individual scientific fields with the help of 4 case studies. Although We...
This paper adds to the growing empirical evidence on the relationship between patenting and publishing among university employees. Data from all Norwegian universities and a broad set of disciplines is used, consisting of confirmed patent inventors and group of peers without patents matched to the inventors by controlling for gender, age, affiliati...
This paper analyses university-industry linkages based on co-publishing and patenting data for thirteen technical universities in different European countries, with a special focus on Central and East European Countries (CEECs). The paper address in what degree do researchers from technical universities in CEECs co-publish with industry and if ther...
As highlighted by the Lisbon Strategy, knowledge accumulated through investment in R&D, innovation and education is a key driver of long-term growth. Research-related policies aimed at increasing investment in knowledge and strengthening the innovation capacity of the EU economy are thus at the heart of the Lisbon Strategy. This is reflected in gui...
This paper reports results of a survey among patent inventors from Norwegian public research organisations. The survey covered motives, support structure and further development of the patents. We focus on determinants of success criteria for academic patents like granted patents, extension to other countries, development of prototype or saleable p...
This paper examines the relationship between specialisation patterns in science, technology and economic performance in Norway
by using the following indicators: business R&D specialisation, economic specialisation in terms of value-added and employment,
and scientific publications involving Norwegian industry compared with scientific publication p...
As the commercialization of academic research has risen as a target area in many countries, the need for better empirical
data collection to evaluate policy changes on this front has increasingly been recognized. This need is exemplified in the
Norwegian case where legislative changes went into effect in 2003 expressly to encourage greater commerci...
This study explores boundary-crossing networks in fuel-cell science and technology. We use the case of Norwegian fuel cell
and related hydrogen research to explore techno-science networks. Standard bibliometric and patent indicators are presented.
Then we explore different types of network maps — maps based on co-authorship, co-patenting and co-ac...
This paper presents a case study of recent reforms of national higher education funding
mechanisms aiming at strengthening the relation between funding and research outputs. The specific contribution of the paper consists of taking into account the organisational context in which the reforms are to be implemented. The paper investigates the patter...
Paper submitted to the Conference on Indicators on Science, Technology and Innovation, Special session on Indicators for strategic management of higher education institutions,
This paper deals with three issues: First it describes the Norwegian R&D system and discusses general trends and key issues in Norwegian research policy. Second, it compares comparative advantages of Norwegian research with comparative advantages of research activities in South Africa. Third, the paper ascertains research areas that do not fall und...
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Would you please add Peter Lund, our RTU colleagues and me to the project?
Kind regards,
Antje Klitkou
We have started a new research project on the circular bioeconomy in Scandinavia. The project title is "Sustainable path creation for innovative value chains for organic waste products" (short: SusValueWaste) and we start with screening the State-of-the-art. This is a rather interdisciplinary project, combining transition theory, innovation theory, value chain analysis, political science and life cycle assessment.
