About
My positionality is first of all based on being a professor in development studies at a university in a wealthy and fossil fuel producing country in the Global North. I find it vital to conduct research as well as to teach about justice implications of climate policies and green transformation strategies in the case of my own country Norway. I discuss climate justice from the two broad perspectives of climate justice in time and space. I look at consequences of present climate decisions in Norway for future generations as well as for people today in the Global South, and with a special attention to people living in poverty and vulnerability. Moreover, I try to explain why injustices tend to take place. Finally, I engage in discussions about how policies can be changed from neo-colonialism and unsustainable development and into more just and sustainable alternatives. I think schools and universities could play a seminal role here, equipping students with knowledge and tools that enable them to critically examine and engage in their countries’ choices of alternatives towards climate justice in time and space.
Examples of my publications:
Svarstad, H. 2021. Critical climate education: Studying climate justice in time and space. International Studies in Sociology of Education 30(1-2):214-232. Open Access: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09620214.2020.1855463
Benjaminsen, T.A. and H. Svarstad. 2021. Political Ecology: A Critical Engagement with Global Environmental Issues. London: Palgrave Macmillan.
Svarstad, H. & T.A. Benjaminsen. 2020. Reading radical environmental justice through a political ecology lens. Geoforum 108 (1-11). Open access:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0016718519303161
Svarstad, H., T.A. Benjaminsen & R. Overå. 2018. Power Theories in Political Ecology. Journal of Political Ecology. Vol. 25: 350-363. Open Access.
Svarstad, H. & T.A. Benjaminsen 2017. Nothing succeeds like success narratives: A case of conservation and development in the time of REDD. Journal of Eastern African Studies 11(3): 482-505.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Environment Climate Development studies Nature conservation Political ecology Sustainable development
Regions
Countries
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.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne; Shaw of Tordarroch, Iselin Katinka
(2021).
Recognising Recognition in Climate Justice.
IDS Bulletin
.
Vol. 53.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3001208
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne (2021). Political ecology: a critical engagement with global environmental issues. ISBN: 978-3-030-56035-5. 249 p. Palgrave Macmillan. 10.1007/978-3-030-56036-2
Svarstad, Hanne
(2021).
Critical climate education: Studying climate justice in time and space.
International Studies in Sociology of Education
.
Vol. 30.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09620214.2020.1855463
Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A
(2020).
Reading radical environmental justice through a political ecology lens.
Geoforum
.
Vol. 108.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2829467
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne (2019). Political Ecology. Encyclopedia of Ecology. Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences. Volume 4. p. 391-396. Elsevier.
Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A; Overå, Ragnhild
(2018).
Power theories in political ecology.
Journal of political ecology
.
Vol. 25.
https://journals.uair.arizona.edu/index.php/JPE/ar...
Svarstad, Hanne; Hansen, Camilla (2018). Kyndig veiledning av norske studenter på praksis i det globale Sør. Tveiten, Sidsel; Iversen, Anita (Ed.). Veiledning i høyere utdanning. En vitenskapelig antologi.. Kapittel 11. p. 189-201. Fagbokforlaget.
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne
(2018).
REDD og norsk klimakolonialisme i Tanzania.
Internasjonal Politikk
.
Vol. 76.
http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2567023
Benjaminsen, Tor A; Svarstad, Hanne
(2017).
Politisk økologi - Miljø, mennesker og makt. 2. reviderte utgave.
ISBN: 9788215026527.
296 p.
Universitetsforlaget.
https://www.universitetsforlaget.no/nettbutikk/pol...
Svarstad, Hanne; Benjaminsen, Tor A
(2017).
Nothing succeeds like success narratives: a case of conservation and development in the time of REDD.
Journal of Eastern African Studies
.
Vol. 11.
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/175310...
