About
Dr. Hanne Torjusen is a researcher at Consumption Research Norway, Oslo Metropolitan University. Torjusen is a nutritionist with a particular interest in the health and sustainability issues of consumption practices and food and fiber systems. Her doctoral thesis (UiO, 2022), based on data from the Norwegian Mother, Father, and Child Cohort Study (MoBa), describes characteristics associated with consumption of organic food among pregnant women and the potential impact of organic food consumption during pregnancy on the risk of developing pre-eclampsia in the women, and hypospadias and cryptorchidism in their male babies. Other previous research includes multidisciplinary, international collaborations, such as the EU-funded projects Welfare Quality, Organic-PLUS, Strength2Food and FOOdIVERSE. Recent projects include Amazing Grazing, a project on sheep rangeland grazing systems led by NIBIO, and a project on sustainability, self-sufficiency, and local food preparedness: A safer value chain for locally adapted varieties of food plants in Norway, led by the Fridtjof Nansen Institute (FNI).
She is currently engaged in the projects RootResilience (led by FNI), which aims to strengthen local self-sufficiency and food security in Troms and Finnmark through a systematic mapping and analysis of the production, distribution, and use of potatoes and other root crops in the region; and FOODprepared (led by SIFO), which explores how strengthening local food systems can help improve Norway's food security and preparedness in the face of climate change, pandemics, and geopolitical tensions.
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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Amazing grazing
Amazing grazing will bring new knowledge on how sheep rangeland grazing systems can be part of sustainable food and fiber systems.
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FOOdIVERSE: Diversifying sustainable and organic food systems
The purpose of the FOOdIVERSE project is to produce practice-oriented knowledge on how diversity in diets, novel food supply chains and food governance contributes to more organic and sustainable food systems.
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Organic-PLUS
The aim of Organic-PLUS is minimising, and eventually phasing out contentious inputs from certified organic agriculture.
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Strength2Food: Food quality for sustainability and health
Strength2Food assesses the impacts, exchanges knowledge, and informs policy making on sustainable food chains.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Vittersø, Gunnar
; Kuraj, Sabina;
Torjusen, Hanne
(2026).
Eating to sustain. Challenges for local food diversity: The case of the Ringerike potato, a Norwegian PGI.
Amilien, Virginie; Saïdi, Monia; Labarre, Matthieu Duboys de (Ed.).
Sustainable Consumption and Everyday Food Practices in Europe. p. 137-156.
Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/5536096
Wahlen, Stefan; Mahr, Bärbel; Forno, Francesca;
Vittersø, Gunnar
;
Torjusen, Hanne
; Andreola, Mattia; Kuraj, Sabina
(2026).
Bio-Cultural Diversity and Good Food Conventions: Comparing Engaged Eaters in Germany, Italy and Norway.
The International Journal of Sociology of Agriculture and Food (IJSAF).
Vol. 32.
https://doi.org/10.48416/IJSAF.V31I1.656
Vittersø, Gunnar
; Andreola, Mattia;
Kjærnes, Unni
; Kuraj, Sabina;
Schjøll, Alexander
;
Torjusen, Hanne
(2024).
Conditions for Sustainable Food Consumption: A Comparative Study of Europeans' Valuations of Chicken Meat.
Jacobsen, Eivind; Strandbakken, Pål; Dulsrud, Arne; Skuland, Silje Elisabeth (Ed.).
Consumers and consumption in comparison. p. 115-138.
Emerald Group Publishing Limited.
https://doi.org/10.1108/S0195-631020240000037006
Torjusen, Hanne
;
Vittersø, Gunnar
(2023).
Sustainability conventions in a local organic consumer cooperative in Norway: Hope and trouble of participants.
Morrow, Oona; Veen, Esther; Wahlen, Stefan (Ed.).
Community Food Initiatives A Critical Reparative Approach. p. 117-134.
Routledge.
https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003195085-9
Liu, Buyun; Curl, Cynthia L.; Brantsæter, Anne Lise;
Torjusen, Hanne
; Sun, Yangbo; Du, Yang; Lehmler, Hans-Joachim; Balentine, Annica; Snetselaar, Linda G.; Bao, Wei
(2022).
Perspective: Organic food consumption during pregnancy and the potential effects on maternal and offspring health.
Advances in Nutrition.
Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advnut.2022.11.001
Vittersø, Gunnar
;
Torjusen, Hanne
;
Laitala, Kirsi
; Tocco, Barbara; Biasini, Beatrice; Csillag, Peter; Labarre, Matthieu Duboys de; Lecoeur, Jean-Loup; Maj, Agnieszka; Majewski, Edward; Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata; Menozzi, Davide; Török, Áron; Wavresky, Pierre
(2019).
Short Food Supply Chains and Their Contributions to Sustainability: Participants’ Views and Perceptions from 12 European Cases.
Sustainability.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11174800
Brantsæter, Anne Lise;
Torjusen, Hanne
; Meltzer, Helle Margrete; Papadopoulou, Eleni; Hoppin, Jane A; Alexander, Jan; Lieblein, Geir;
Roos, Gun
; Holten, Jon Magne; Swartz, Jackie; Haugen, Margaretha
(2016).
Organic Food Consumption during Pregnancy and Hypospadias and Cryptorchidism at Birth: The Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study (MoBa).
Environmental Health Perspectives.
Vol. 124.
https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.1409518
Torjusen, Hanne
; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Haugen, Margaretha; Alexander, Jan; Bakketeig, Leiv Sigmund; Lieblein, Geir; Stigum, Hein; Næs, Tormod; Swartz, Jackie; Holmboe-Ottesen, Gerd;
Roos, Gun
; Meltzer, Helle Margrete
(2014).
Reduced risk of pre-eclampsia with organic vegetable consumption: results from the prospective Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
BMJ Open.
Vol. 4.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2014-006143
Olsen, Sjurdur Frodi; Birgisdottir, Bryndis Eva; Halldorsson, Thorhallur Ingi; Brantsæter, Anne Lise; Haugen, Margaretha;
Torjusen, Hanne
; Petersen, Sesilje B; Strøm, Martin; Meltzer, Helle Margrete
(2014).
Possibilities and considerations when merging dietary data from the world's two largest pregnancy cohorts: The Danish National Birth Cohort and the Norwegian Mother and Child Cohort Study.
Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica.
Vol. 93.
https://doi.org/10.1111/aogs.12513
Kjærnes, Unni
;
Torjusen, Hanne
(2012).
Beyond the Industrial Paradigm? : Consumers and Trust in Food.
Spaargaren, Gert; Oosterveer, Peter; Loeber, Anne (Ed.).
Food Practices in Transition : Changing Food Consumption, Retail and Production in the Age of Reflexive Modernity. p. 86-106.
Routledge.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/4165882
