Harald Throne-Holst

About

I have a Masters degree in Inorganic chemistry from the Norwegian Institute for Technology (1994), and a PhD in Governance studies from the University in Twente, the Netherlands (2012). My main interests are the interactions between technology and society - particularly Responsible Research and innovation (RRI); Energy in households (use, savings, understandings and production) and Sustainable consumption.

Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Nanotechnology Sociology

Subject areas

STS Sustainable consumption Tverrfaglighet Sustainability Responsible Research and Innovation Emerging technologies

Administrative field of work

Research policy Research strategy Innovation Commercialisation Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) EU Research ethics Funding Protection of privacy in research Reporting

Research groups

Technology and Sustainability

Research projects

GoNano: Governing Nanotechnologies through Societal Engagement
Aligning future nanotechnologies with societal needs and concerns.
IMAGINE – Contested Futures of Sustainability
When you think about the future, what do you imagine? Flying cars, tubed food, or high-tech clothing might be among the images that come to mind. IMAGINE sets out to study these images of the future as imaginaries. Imaginaries are the many ways in which we humans think about the future and ways in which they can become possible. Our project looks specifically at how we imagine sustainable futures.
REDUCE – Rethinking Everyday Plastics
The project will look at plastic in a systems perspective and investigate how the consumption of plastic products in everyday life can be reduced.
The Circular consumption Activities to tRansform households toward material Efficiency (CARE)
CARE project empowers households to reduce food waste and extend the lifespan of clothes.

Scientific publications

Borch, Anita ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2021). Does Proof of Concept Trump All? RRI Dilemmas in Research Practices. Science and Engineering Ethics. Vol. 27.
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11948-021-00288-8

Laitala, Kirsi ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Haugrønning, Vilde ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Strandbakken, Pål (2020). Increasing repair of household appliances, mobile phones and clothing: Experiences from consumers and the repair industry. Journal of Cleaner Production. Vol. 282.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.125349

Heidenstrøm, Nina ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2020). “Someone will take care of it”. Households' understanding of their responsibility to prepare for and cope with electricity and ICT infrastructure breakdowns. 11 p. Energy Policy. Vol. 2020.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111676

Myhr, Anders; Røyne, Frida; Brandtsegg, Andreas Saur; Bjerkseter, Catho; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Borch, Anita ; Wentzel, Alexander; Røyne, Anja (2019). Towards a low CO2 emission building material employing bacterial metabolism (2/2): Prospects for global warming potential reduction in the concrete industry. 26 p. PLOS ONE. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0208643

Røyne, Anja; Phua, Yi Jing; Le, Simone Balzer; Eikjeland, Ina Grosås; Josefsen, Kjell Domaas; Markussen, Sidsel; Myhr, Anders; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Sikorski, Pawel; Wentzel, Alexander (2019). Towards a low CO2 emission building material employing bacterial metabolism (1/2): The bacterial system and prototype production. 24 p. PLOS ONE. Vol. 14.
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0212990

Laitala, Kirsi ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Haugrønning, Vilde Anine Rydal ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Strandbakken, Pål (2019). Is It Worth It? Repair of Household Appliance, Mobile Phones and Clothing. Segalàs, Jordi; Lazzarini, Boris (Ed.). Proceedings of the 19th European Roundtable for Sustainable Consumption and Production Circular Europe for Sustainability: Design, Production and Consumption . p. 1003-1016. Institute for Sustainability Science and Technology, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya - BarcelonaTech (ISST-UPC).

Fossum, Selamawit Molla; Barkved, Line; Throne-Holst, Harald (2019). Practicing responsible research and innovation in a crowdsourcing project in Norway. 28 p. The ORBIT Journal. Vol. 2.
https://doi.org/10.29297/orbit.v2i1.82

Tangeland, Torvald ; Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2016). Teknologioptimisme – en behagelig hindring for bærekraftig forbruksutvikling?. Vittersø, Gunnar; Borch, Anita; Laitala, Kirsi Maria; Strandbakken, Pål (Ed.). Forbruk og det grønne skiftet. p. 55-75. Novus Forlag.

Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt ; Vittersø, Gunnar ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2015). Understanding consumption as social practice in enviromental policy. Strandbakken, Pål; Gronow, Jukka (Ed.). The consumer in society : A tribute to Eivind Stø. p. 59-84. Abstrakt forlag.

Delemarle, Aurélie; Throne-Holst, Harald (2013). The role of standardization in the shaping of a vision for nanotechnology. 20 p. International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM). Vol. 10.
https://doi.org/10.1142/S0219877013400051

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Research reports

Kjus, Audun; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Hegnes, Atle Wehn (2023). Fremtidsbilder. Rapportering fra innsamling på minner.no. 76 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3083174

Heidenstrøm, Nina ; Haugsrud, Ingrid ; Hebrok, Marie ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2022). ”Hvorfor kan ikke bare alle produkter være bærekraftige?” Hvordan forbrukere oppfatter og påvirkes av markedsføring med bærekraftpåstander. 136 p. Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO.
https://oda.oslomet.no/oda-xmlui/handle/11250/2838

Throne-Holst, Harald ; Dulsrud, Arne ; Tangeland, Torvald ; Kjærnes, Unni (2021). Husholdningenes innkjøps-og spisemønster under pandemien. ISBN: 978-82-7063-535-1. 42 p. Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO, OsloMet. Vol. 2021.
https://oda.oslomet.no/oda-xmlui/handle/11250/2982

Vittersø, Gunnar ; Hebrok, Marie ; Heidenstrøm, Nina ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Laitala, Kirsi ; Tangeland, Torvald ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Torjusen, Hanne (2021). Bærekraftig koronaliv. 30 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6528

Hebrok, Marie ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Bakkeli, Nan Zou (2021). Plastsortering i norske kommuner – hvorfor er det så store forskjeller?. ISBN: 978-82-7063-533-7. 54 p. Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO, OsloMet. Vol. 2021.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2781373

Tangeland, Torvald ; Heidenstrøm, Nina ; Haugrønning, Vilde ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Hebrok, Marie ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Laitala, Kirsi ; Steinnes, Kamilla Knutsen (2020). Virkemidler for forbruksendringer – med utgangspunkt i tiltak fra Klimakur 2030. 156 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/6496

Haugrønning, Vilde Anine Rydal ; Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Strandbakken, Pål ; Laitala, Kirsi ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2019). Leve av å reparere? En studie av økonomien i reparasjonsbransjen for klær og hvitevarer. ISBN: 978-82-7063-491-0. 94 p. Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/2878

Shelley-Egan, Clare; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Strandbakken, Pål ; Standal Bøyum, L; Schuurbiers, Daan (2018). Building on the state-of-the-art: ex-post evaluation of mutual learning. GoNano. A project funded by the European Commission. 174 p. European Commission.

Klepp, Ingun Grimstad ; Laitala, Kirsi ; Tangeland, Torvald ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Vittersø, Gunnar ; Hebrok, Marie Cathrine ; Heidenstrøm, Nina ; Torjusen, Hanne (2018). Forbruk og det grønne skiftet. Kunnskapsoppsummeringer forbrukerpolitikk 2018. 17 p. Forbruksforskningsinstituttet SIFO.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5982

Throne-Holst, Harald ; Watson, David; Gylling, Anja Charlotte; Tojo, Naoko; Bauer, Bjørn; Milios, Leonidas (2017). Circular Business Models in the Mobile Phone Industry. ISBN: 978-92-893-5202-4. 88 p. Nordisk Ministerråd. Vol. 2017.
http://norden.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:1153

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Dissemination

Throne-Holst, Harald (2023). Spørretime i Ekko: Smarte valg i dyrtiden.

Throne-Holst, Harald ; Bøyum, Live Standal ; Borgen, Svein Ole (2023). Bærekraftig laksefôr: En forutsetning for at forbrukerne kan gjøre gode valg. Nationen.
https://www.nationen.no/barekraftig-laksef-r-en-fo

Sandvik Gulliksen, Joakim; Dulsrud, Arne ; Throne-Holst, Harald (2023). Plastflommen må stoppes. Dagsavisen.

Throne-Holst, Harald (2023). Spørretime Ekko, NRK2: Høyt forbruksnivå i Norge sammenliknet med Europa?.

Tangeland, Torvald ; Alfnes, Frode ; Throne-Holst, Harald ; Dulsrud, Arne (2023). Forbrukerne i strømmarkedet: Dømt til å feile?. Dagens næringsliv.
https://www.dn.no/innlegg/strompris/stromsalg/kraf

Throne-Holst, Harald (2023). Over halvparten aner ikke hva slags strømavtale de har.
https://www.nrk.no/norge/over-halvparten-av-nordme

Throne-Holst, Harald (2023). Strømkunder bytter ikke leverandør og vet ikke at timeprisen varierer.

Throne-Holst, Harald ; Lassen, Kjersti ; Tangeland, Torvald (2023). Få vet hvilken strømavtale de har.
https://forskning.no/energi-forbruk-oslomet/fa-vet

Throne-Holst, Harald (2023). Strømavtaler.

Throne-Holst, Harald ; Laitala, Kirsi (2023). Flawed or redundant: Products with long lifespans against the odds. PLATE - Product Lifetimes And The Environment. Aalto University.
https://aaltodoc.aalto.fi/handle/123456789/122687

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Harald Throne-Holst

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Fields of study

Academic disciplines

Subject areas

Administrative field of work

Research groups

Technology and Sustainability

Research projects

Publications and research

Scientific publications

Research reports

Dissemination