Fields of study
Academic disciplines
International politics Political science and organisational theory Urbanism
Subject areas
Sustainable urban development ICT in developing countries Social and political movements Active Citizenship Climate change adaptation
Countries
Brazil Mozambique South Africa
Research groups
Research projects
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CENSU - Climate Change Energy Sustainability
CENSU is a Norwegian-Tanzanian-Mozambican university collaboration within education and research which focuses on sustainable gas extraction and governance in the context of vulnerable communities and climate change.
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Cities confronted by protests: Democratic governance for efficient and socially just climate transformation (DEMOCLIM)
DEMOCLIM explores new democratic governance methods in the design and implementation of effective and socially just climate policies that emerge in the face of climate protests in four Scandinavian cities; Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm and Gothenburg.
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FUSILLI - Fostering the Urban Food System Transformation through Innovative Living Labs Implementation
Through experimental methods and knowledge sharing, researchers will explore new ways of producing and distributing food in European cities. OsloMet and the municipality of Oslo are Norwegian partners in the project, which has been supported by Horizon 2020, the EU's framework program for research.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Sørbøe, Celina; Braathen, Einar
(2022).
Contentious Politics of Slums: Understanding different outcomes of community resistance against evictions in Rio de Janeiro.
19 p.
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research.
Vol. 46.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2427.13082
Braathen, Einar
(2020).
Pac’Stão versus the City of Police: Contentious Activism Facing Megaprojects, Authoritarianism, and Violence.
19 p.
Conflict and Society - Advances in Research.
Vol. 6.
https://doi.org/10.3167/arcs.2020.060109
Braathen, Einar (2020). ’Venstrepopulisme’ i Sør-Europa etter finanskrisen. Vardøger. http://www.vardoger.no/fulltekst/vardoger38/09_bra...
Ekeland, Anders; Braathen, Einar
(2020).
Venstresida og regjeringsspørsmålet – kritiske og
sammenliknende perspektiv på SVs erfaringer.
Vardøger.
http://www.vardoger.no/fulltekst/vardoger38/11_eke...
Leal de Oliveira, Fabricio; Vainer, Carlos B.; Mascarenhas, Gilmar; Bienenstein, Glauco; Braathen, Einar
(2019).
"Mega-events, legacies and impacts: notes on 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics".
14 p.
International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development.
https://doi.org/10.1080/19463138.2019.1650748
Simon, Véronique Karine; Braathen, Einar
(2018).
Collective heritage and urban politics: an uncertain future for the living culture of Rio de Janeiro?.
International Journal of Heritage Studies (IJHS).
Vol. 25.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13527258.2018.1493700
Braathen, Einar (2018). The Olympic Movement at the Crossroads. Sustainability challenges and the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games. Kostas, Georgiadis (Ed.). Olympic Education as a Tool for Development and Sustainability. p. 29-45. International Olympic Academy.
Braathen, Einar (2018). Brazil - the rise and fall of democratic developmentalism. Tapscott, Chris; Halvorsen, Tor; Teresita, Crus-Del Rosario (Ed.). The Democratic Developmental State: North-South Perspectives . p. 131-149. Ibidem-Verlag.
Braathen, Einar (2016). Ups and down in Rio de Janeiro: The changing phases of mobilisation in Morro da Providência. Dupont, Véronique; Jordhus-Lier, David Christoffer; Sutherland, Catherine; Braathen, Einar (Ed.). The Politics of Slums in the Global South: Urban Informality in Brazil, India, South Africa and Peru. p. 144-150. Routledge.
Braathen, Einar; May, Julian; Ulriksen, Marianne S.; Wright, Gemma C. (2016). Poverty and Politics in Middle Income Countries. Braathen, Einar; May, Julian; Ulriksen, Marianne S.; Wright, Gemma C. (Ed.). Poverty and Inequality in Middle Income Countries. p. 1-15. Zed Books.
