Affiliation
Professor Emerita. Special interest fields: Culture and sustainability. Everyday aesthetics. Nordic design in a global perspective. Design theory
Disciplines
Working areas
- EU
- Research training
- Research quality
- Research collaboration
- Research strategy
- Innovation
- Commercialisation
- Reporting
Publications and research
Scientific publications (24)
- Skjerven, Astrid (2024). Norway in the United Nations Security Council: How a discarded tapestry and a pair of pink socks became the nucleus of a promotion campaign. Skjerven, Astrid; Gotlieb, Rachel (Ed.). Transnational Discourses i Nordic Design. Bloomsbury Academic
- Skjerven, Astrid; Berg, Lisbeth Løvbak; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Stuedahl, Dagny (2024). Mediating sustainability in the consumer society. 254 p.. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid (2024). Creating sustainability by mythmaking: IKEA's advertising campaigns "The Trash Collection" and "The Life Collection". Skjerven, Astrid; Berg, Lisbeth Løvbak; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.). Mediating sustainability in the consumer society. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid; Fordham, Maureen (2022). Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Infrastructure, Empowerment and Education. 208 p.. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid; Fordham, Maureen (2022). Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals. 208 p.. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Bauhaus-innflytelse på undervisningen ved SHKS. Kunst og Kultur. p. 224-239
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Envisioning versus realizing products for use in poor communities: The case of Victor Papanek and Nordic designers. Sustainable Development. p. 1-6
- Skjerven, Astrid; Martins, Nuno (2019). Architecture, design and planning towards sustainable development: Regional approaches. Sustainable Development. Vol. 27. p. 197-198
- Skjerven, Astrid; Arnold, Marlen Gabriele; Schneider, Katja (2018). Introduction to the special issue on "The role of SDGs for progressing sustainability". Business Strategy and Development. Vol. 1. p. 228-229
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Design without borders: Ideologies, realities, and results. Design Issues. Vol. 33. p. 17-29
- Skjerven, Astrid; Reitan, Janne Beate (2017). Design for a Sustainable Culture. Perspectives, Practices and Education.. 223 p.. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid; Øvrebekk, Nikolai (2017). Relating to the individual's level of consumption: An indicator of ecological footprint. Berg, Arild; Bohemia, Erik; Buck, Lyndon; Gulden, Tore; Kovacevic, Ahmed; Pavel, Nenad (Ed.). proceedings of E&PDE 2017 – International Conference on Engineering and Product Design Education. Building Community: Design Education for a Sustainable Future. The Design Society
- Reitan, Janne Beate; Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Introduction. Skjerven, Astrid; Reitan, Janne Beate (Ed.). Design for a Sustainable Culture. Perspectives, Practices and Education.. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Design research for sustainability: Historic origin and development. Proceedings of DRS. Vol. 1. p. 43-51
- Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Unpleasant events: the significance of preserving their symbolic monuments. Sustainable Development. Vol. 24. p. 298-306
- Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Vernacular Traditions in Norwegian Jewelry Design - Past, Present, Future. FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk. Vol. 8. p. 1-14
- Skjerven, Astrid (2014). Norwegian rural jewelry traditions in the era of globalization. Barbosa, Helena; Calvera, Anna (Ed.). 9th International Committee Design History and Design Studies - ICDHS 2014: tradition, transition, trajectories, major or minor influences?: Proceedings. UA Editora
- Skjerven, Astrid (2014). Exhibition Review of "Design without Borders - Creating Change. Design Issues. Vol. 30. p. 96-100
- Skjerven, Astrid (2012). Cultural Traditions for the Sake of Innovation: the Concept of Scandinavian Design as a Potential Tool in the Development of a Sustainable China. Sustainable Development. Vol. 20. p. 230-238
- Skjerven, Astrid (2011). A fruitful confrontation: report from educational experiment combining theory and practice. Jachna, Tim; Lam, Yan Yan (Ed.). The 7th annual DesignEd Asia Conference 2011: Education into Industry: Collaboration, Transition, Mutation. DesignEd Asia Conference Secretariat
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Smykkekunstneren. Gilje, Karianne Bjellås (Ed.). Grete Prytz Kittelsen : emalje - design. Gyldendal Litteratur
- Skjerven, Astrid (2007). Norwegian design. Stockholm Furniture Fair 2007 : work by the students of furniture design at Oslo National Academy of the Arts. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo
- Skjerven, Astrid (2004). Anders V. Munch: Den stilløse stil: Adolf Loos. Scandinavian Journal of Design History. Vol. 14. p. 101-103
- Skjerven, Astrid (1998). Like a Sculptural Painting: Arne Korsmo’s Interior Architecture in Norway. Studies in the Decorative Arts. Vol. 6. p. 2-31
Textbooks (6)
- Skjerven, Astrid; Gotlieb, Rachel (2024). Transnational Discourses i Nordic Design. 265 p.. Bloomsbury Academic
- Skjerven, Astrid (2020). Sustainable cities and communities. 1000 p.. Springer
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Sustainable Cities and Communities. 400 p.. Springer
- Andersen, Kyrre; Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Lux - Lighting projects by 2nd year bachelor students at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences.. 43 p.. HiOA
- Mæhlum, Johan; Skjerven, Astrid; Haugen, Sigrid; Seiersten, Nils; Gundersen, Gunnar H (2014). Light: Exhibition at DogA - Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture may 27th - June 1st 2014. Product models by 2nd years bachelor students at the Department of Product design, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. 43 p.. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
- Gundersen, Gunnar H; Skjerven, Astrid (2011). Switch - katalog belysningsobjekter 2BA produktdesign HiAk: Utstilling DogA 13 mai - 22. mai 2011. 27 p.. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
Dissemination (102)
- Lutnæs, Eva; Berg, Arild Skarsfjord; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Ringvold, Tore Andre; Maus, Ingvill Gjerdrum; Skjerven, Astrid; Strand, Ingri; Stubbrud-Allum, Christina; Støa, Ida; Brodshaug, Irene (2026). En pioner i fagfeltet. FORM. Vol. 60. p. 36-39
- Skjerven, Astrid (2025). Shakerstil: Fra religiøs sekt til ikonisk design
- Skjerven, Astrid (2025). Norge må hente akademikere fra USA. p. 16-16
- Skjerven, Astrid (2025). PS Magasin : A post scriptum of the era of independent fashion journals?. International Library of Fashion Research Guest Salon
- Skjerven, Astrid (2025). The challenges of interdisciplinary research. SDG Conference 2025
- Skjerven, Astrid (2025). Tverrfaglig og transfaglig forskning om bærekraft: Fra ord til handling. Forskningspolitikk. p. 24-25
- Skjerven, Astrid (2025). The challenges of establishing an interdisciplinary PhD programme: Experiences from the PhD programme Innovation for Sustainability (PINS). National network for sustainability in higher education
- Skjerven, Astrid (2024). Rølp og futurisme. Klassekampen. p. 22-22
- Skjerven, Astrid (2024). Kjønnede konvensjoner. p. 30-30
- Skjerven, Astrid; Berg, Lisbeth Løvbak; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Stuedahl, Dagny (2024). Introduction. Skjerven, Astrid; Berg, Lisbeth Løvbak; Nielsen, Liv Merete; Stuedahl, Dagny (Ed.). Mediating sustainability in the consumer society. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid (2024). Memphis Milano: En postmoderne provokasjon. Rom & møbler : NILs årbok. p. 12-17
- Schøyen, Amanda; Skjerven, Astrid (2023). Stjernegris i oppløsning
- Skjerven, Astrid (2023). Dette er Oslos nye skamplett. p. 26-26
- Skjerven, Astrid (2022). Er akademikere fritt vilt?. p. 22-22
- Skjerven, Astrid (2022). Publisering, formidling og rettsbeskyttelse: Er akademikere fritt vilt?
- Skjerven, Astrid (2022). Klassekampen, design og vanlige folk. p. 45-45
- Hansen, Petter William; Skjerven, Astrid; Foss, Yngve; Traaseth, Anita Krohn; Jensen, Nina; Graff, Geir; Simonsen, Jesper Werdelin; Warell, Anders; Thodesen, Carl Christian (2022). Phd-programmet Innovasjon for bærekraft, Fakultet for Teknologi, Kunst og Design. Heldagsseminar med eksterne interessenter med faglige innlegg med påfølgende paneldebatt og diskusjon. Faglig seminar tilknyttet nytt doktorgradsprogram
- Skjerven, Astrid; Fordham, Maureen; Keitsch, Martina Maria (2022). Introductory chapter. Skjerven, Astrid; Fordham, Maureen (Ed.). Gender and the Sustainable Development Goals: Infrastructure, Empowerment and Education. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid; Stokstad, Regine (2021). Nøye kuratert
- Skjerven, Astrid (2021). Nærings- og Offentlig sektor-ph.d.: Forsknings-Norges best bevarte hemmelighet?. Nærings- og Offentlig sektor-ph.d: Forsknings-Norges best bevarte hemmelighet?
- Skjerven, Astrid (2021). Victor Papanek: En pionér for miljøvennlig og demokratisk design i Norden?. Designdialog
- Skjerven, Astrid (2021). The Lunning Prize: A Story of Nordic Encounters. Svelne, Elna; Vihma, Anne; Blond, Anne (Ed.). Travel as a tool for Nordic designers 1940-2020. Vandalorum
- Skjerven, Astrid (2020). Farligere enn korona. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). p. 21-21
- Skjerven, Astrid (2020). Ny vri på Y: Bygg nye regjeringskontorer på Kjeller!. Klassekampen. p. 41-41
- Skjerven, Astrid (2020). La Campus Kjeller og Regjeringskontorene bytte plass!
- Skjerven, Astrid (2020). Tobias Hoffmann (red.): Nordic Design: The Response to Bauhaus. Arnoldsche, 2020. Kunst og Kultur. Vol. 103. p. 109-111
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Bærekraft som branding. p. 39-39
- Arntzen, Mari Grinde; Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Den nye motedietten
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Bør jeg reise til Costa del Sol?. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.). p. 23-23
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Kunsten å fortrenge: Når regjeringskvartalet rives, forsvinner fortellingen om den gangen vi som samfunn kom til kort. p. 36-37
- Eritsland, Ida; Skjerven, Astrid (2019). En svart tråd: Designprofessor Astrid Skjerven sverger til en bærekraftig stilfilosofi
- Skjerven, Astrid (2019). Victor Papanek, Norden og Norge: Miljødesign i perspektiv. Rom & møbler : NILs årbok. p. 44-49
- Øren, jonas; Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Garderoben: Astrid Skjerven
- Henriksen, Arve; Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Fant kunstskatter gjemt i taket.
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Anne Léger og Therese Hoen.. Galleri Format, Oslo. Åpning av utstilling.
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Gender - design - education.. Cirrus Conference
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). The Wonder network.. Nordic Network of Women in Aesthetics
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Design and cultural diversity. FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk. Vol. 11. p. 1-4
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Bauhaus og SHKS. Moderne norsk arkitektur og arkitektonisk kultur
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Female empowerment: Requirements for design education. 8th International Conference on Building Resilience (ICBR)
- Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Bauhaus and SHKS. Know your Bauhaus
- Lowley, James Duncan; Skjerven, Astrid (2018). Edited aesthetics of taste. 20th International Conference on Engineering & Product Design Education
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Kan vi ønske DOGA et godt nytt år?
- Korsvik, Trine Rogg; Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Hva er kjønnsperspektiver i design?
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Gamle holdninger hindrer fortsatt innovasjon. Dagens næringsliv. p. 39-39
- Gray, Morten; Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Astrid Skjerven, Professor design theory. Henriksen, Pia (Ed.). Department of Product Design 1917-2017. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Envisioning versus realizing products for use in poor communities:The case of Victor Papanek and Nordic designers. ISDRS conference
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Design research: contents, characteristics and possible contributions for a sustainable society. Skjerven, Astrid; Reitan, Janne Beate (Ed.). Design for a Sustainable Culture. Perspectives, Practices and Education.. Routledge
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Arne Korsmo som utstillingsarkitekt. Foredrag i forbindelse med utstillingen "Moss 1937-2017"
- Skjerven, Astrid (2017). Design, kultur og bærekraft. Lansering av nytt nummer av tidsskroftet "A new type of imprint"
- Øren, jonas; Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Professoren
- Hegnes, Atle Wehn; Amilien, Virginie; Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Den tverrfaglige hansken
- Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Internasjonal og nordisk design i etterkrigstiden. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Fakultet for design og Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo, Fakultet for desig
- Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Scandinavian design: Epoke, fenomen og myte. Kunsthøgskolen i Oslo, Fakultet for design og Arkitekthøgskolen i Oslo, Faklutet for design
- Skjerven, Astrid (2016). COST Action IS1007 Investigating Cultural sustainability: Erfaringer, resultater, forventninger. Fra COST til Horizon
- Keitsch, Martina; Kua, Harn Wei; Skjerven, Astrid (2016). Special Issue: The Cultural Dimension of Resilience and Sustainability. Sustainable Development. Vol. 24. p. 273-274
- Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Norwegian fashion design. Alpha Talks: Norwegian Fashion Design
- Andersen, Kyrre; Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Light, space and culture. Andersen, Kyrre; Skjerven, Astrid (Ed.). Lux - Lighting projects by 2nd year bachelor students at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences.. HiOA
- Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Unpleasant Events: The Significance of preserving their symbolic Monuments. ISDRS Conference
- Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Scandinavian Design: Superbrand for Sustainability. Nordic Design Impact Conference
- Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Arne Korsmo som Designer. Forelesning
- Skjerven, Astrid (2015). Arne Korsmo: Helhet og Deler. Klingenberg, Ellen S. (Ed.). Interiørarkitektur. Scandinavian Academic Press
- Skjerven, Astrid; Mæhlum, Johan (2014). The diversity of light. Mæhlum, Johan; Skjerven, Astrid; Haugen, Sigrid; Seiersten, Nils; Gundersen, Gunnar H (Ed.). Light: Exhibition at DogA - Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture may 27th - June 1st 2014. Product models by 2nd years bachelor students at the Department of Product design, Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
- Skjerven, Astrid (2014). Exhibition review of "Design without Borders - Creating Change: Norwegian Centre for Design and Architecture, DogA, Oslo (September 21 - December 2, 2012). Design Issues. Vol. 30. p. 96-100
- Skjerven, Astrid (2013). "The White Man's Burden" and the creation of sustainability in the non-Western world: The case of Design Without Borders. ISDRC 19 Conference: Just transitions: A global perspective
- Skjerven, Astrid; Mæhlum, Johan (2013). Lys, rom, identitet = Light, space, identity. Akershus, HIOA Høgskolen i Oslo og (Ed.). Flow: Katalog belysningsobjekter: BA2 Produktdesign HIOA: Utstilling DOGA / 16.-26. mai 2013. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet
- Skjerven, Astrid (2013). Vernacular traditions in Norwegian jewelry design. The 2nd International Conference for Design Education Researchers: DRS// CUMULUS 2013
- Skjerven, Astrid (2012). What happened to vernacular traditions in Norwegian jewellery design?. Nordic Forum for Studies in Design History
- Skjerven, Astrid (2012). Corporate identity in a global market: The challenge of the Jotun company. ICDHS 2012. 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies
- Skjerven, Astrid (2012). The jewelry artist. Gilje, Karianne Bjellås (Ed.). Grete Prytz Kittelsen: the art of enamel design. W.W. Norton & Company
- Skjerven, Astrid (2012). Planetveien 12: Arne Korsmo og Grete Prytz Kittelsens hus. Et viktig bidrag til en betydningsfull boligs biografi. FormAkademisk - Forskningstidsskriftet for design og designdidaktikk. Vol. 5. p. 1-4
- Skjerven, Astrid (2012). Corporate identity in a global market: the challenge of the Jotun company. Farias, Priscila Lena; Calvera, Anna; Braga, Marcos da Costa; Schincario, Zuleica (Ed.). Design Frontiers: territories, concepts, technologies. ICDHS 2012; 8th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies. Blucher
- Skjerven, Astrid (2011). Cultural sustainability and design. COST Action Committee Meeting
- Skjerven, Astrid (2011). Combining theory and practice in design education. DesignEd Asia Conference 2012
- Skjerven, Astrid (2011). Tegneskolen og utviklingen av designerprofesjonene. Tegneskolen 200 år
- Skjerven, Astrid (2011). What happened to vernacular traditions in Norwegian jewelry design? A comparative study. Transnational Clothing: Productional Consumption
- Gundersen, Gunnar H; Skjerven, Astrid (2011). Lys kultur energi. Gundersen, Gunnar H; Skjerven, Astrid (Ed.). Switch - katalog belysningsobjekter 2BA produktdesign HiAk: Utstilling DogA 13 mai - 22. mai 2011. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
- Skjerven, Astrid (2010). The concept of Scandinavian Design: A potential for developing of a qualitatively sustainable China. The 16th Annual International Sustainable Development Research Conference
- Skjerven, Astrid (2010). The Concept of Scandinavian Design: A potential for the development of a culturally sustainable China. Cumulus 2010: Young Creators for Better City and Better Life
- Skjerven, Astrid (2010). Lys og kultur. Lys - Magasin for belysning og lysdesign. p. 30-30
- Skjerven, Astrid (2010). Light and culture is on. On Off: belysningsobjekter fra Høgskolen i Akershus. Katalog - utstilling DogA 11. mai - 18. mai 2010. Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus
- Skjerven, Astrid (2010). Mirjam Gelfer-Jørgensen: Møbler med mening: dansk møbelkunst 1840 - 1920. Kunst og Kultur. Vol. 93. p. 132-134
- Skjerven, Astrid (2010). The concept of Scandinavian design and challenge of securing craft traditions in modern China. Design and Craft : a History of Convergences and Divergences. 7th Conference of the International Committee for Design History and Design Studies ICDHS 2010
- Skjerven, Astrid (2009). Som skulpturer i rommet
- Skjerven, Astrid (2009). Nye kister for nye tider. BFN-nytt. Vol. 31. p. 19-19
- Skjerven, Astrid; Gundersen, Gunnar H. (2008). Kistedesign på pensum
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Jubileumsegget
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Gravferdskister for vår tid: designstudenter med nye ideer. BFN-nytt. Vol. 30. p. 16-16
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Hvorfor er det ingen World Music i design : om design og estetikk. utenTitteltekst
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Hva har smykker med hus å gjøre? Grete Prytz Kittelsen som formgiver av smykker. Designbad
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Constructing identities through jewelry in the Scandinavian Design idiom. Memory Design
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Docomomo : ressursgruppe for modernismen. Fortidsvern. Vol. 33. p. 34-35
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Designhistorie som forskningsdisiplin : teori og praksis. utenTitteltekst
- Skjerven, Astrid (2008). Brukskunst i tid og rom : Grete Prytz Kittelsens smykker. Forskningsseminar
- Skjerven, Astrid (2007). Docomomo satser videre. Arkitektnytt. p. 21-21
- Skjerven, Astrid (2007). SHKS og profesjonsutdanningene. Gjesteforelesning
- Skjerven, Astrid (2007). SHKS og kunstfagene. Gjesteforelesning
- Skjerven, Astrid; Bøe, Eirik T. (2000). Arne Korsmo – 100 år. Aftenposten (morgenutg. : trykt utg.)
- Skjerven, Astrid (2000). Poul Kjærholm / Christoffer Harlang, Keld Helmer-Pettersen and Krestine Kjærholm (eds.)Arkitektens forl. Copenhagen 1999. Scandinavian Journal of Design History. Vol. 10. p. 117-122
- Skjerven, Astrid (1986). Kunstbibliotek. Bob : Bok og bibliotek. Vol. 53. p. 190-191
- Skjerven, Astrid (1985). Litteratur om norsk kunsthåndverk og design, utgitt i tiden 1.01.1985-31.08.1985 [bibliografi]. Norsk form. Vol. 1. p. 105-107
- Skjerven, Astrid (1984). Norsk kunstnerleksikon: bildende kunstnere - arkitekter - kunsthåndverkere. Art Libraries Journal (ALJ). Vol. 9. p. 83-83
These publications are obtained from Norwegian Research Information Repository. The list may be incomplete.