Hege Hofstad

About

My research centers around governance and co-creation between public authorities at local, regional and national level, organized civil society, various types of business actors, and knowledge institutions to develop and implement overarching and long-term goals such as public health, climate change and sustainability. I study how such processes play out at the local level - in local community development, community and spatial planning or in specific political decision-making processes. Leadership is a special interest.

Fields of study

Research groups

Welfare, Democracy and Governance

Research projects

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.
Governing the green shift in Oslo, Gothenburg, Copenhagen and Cape Town (GreenGov)
The GreenGov research project aims to create new and exciting knowledge about the challenges and dilemmas public leaders face in managing the green shift in Oslo, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Cape Town.

Scientific publications

Hofstad, Hege (2023). Well understood? A literature study defining and operationalising community social sustainability. Local Environment : the International Journal of Justice and Sustainability.
https://doi.org/10.1080/13549839.2023.2195620

Vedeld, Trond; Hofstad, Hege (2022). How to Lead Collaborative Governance for Climate Transformation: A Guide for City Leaders and Decision-makers. 12 p. Journal of City Climate Policy and Economy (JCCPE). Vol. 1.
https://doi.org/10.3138/jccpe-2022.1.1.0005

Schou, Arild; Hofstad, Hege; Monkerud, Lars Chr. (2022). The role of organisational resources for integrating health surveillance data into municipal action in Norway. 14 p. International Journal of Health Promotion and Education.
https://doi.org/10.1080/14635240.2022.2107556

Hofstad, Hege; Sørensen, Eva; Torfing, Jacob; Vedeld, Trond (2022). Designing and leading collaborative urban climate governance: Comparative experiences of co-creation from Copenhagen and Oslo. Environmental Policy and Governance. Vol. 32.
https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1984

Hofstad, Hege; Vedeld, Trond; Agger, Annika; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær; Tønnesen, Anders; Valencia, Sandra (2022). Cities as public agents: A typology of co-creational leadership for urban climate transformation. Earth System Governance. Vol. 13.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2022.100146

Vedeld, Trond; Hofstad, Hege; Hilde, Solli; Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær (2021). Polycentric urban climate governance: Creating synergies between integrative and interactive governance in Oslo. 14 p. Environmental Policy and Governance. Vol. February.
https://doi.org/10.1002/eet.1935

Hofstad, Hege; Millstein, Marianne; Tønnesen, Anders; Vedeld, Trond; Hansen, Karsten Bruun (2021). The role of goal-setting in urban climate governance. 9 p. Earth System Governance. Vol. 7.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.esg.2020.100088

Hofstad, Hege; Vedeld, Trond (2021). Exploring city climate leadership in theory and practice: responding to the polycentric challenge. 13 p. Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning.
https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1883425

Hofstad, Hege; Sørensen, Eva; Torfing, Jacob; Vedeld, Trond (2021). Leading co-creation for the green shift. Public Money & Management. Vol. 43.
https://doi.org/10.1080/09540962.2021.1992120

Vedeld, Trond; Hofstad, Hege; Mathur, Mihir; Büker, Patrick; Stordal, Frode (2020). Reaching out? Governing weather and climate services (WCS) for farmers. Environmental Science and Policy. Vol. 104.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envsci.2019.11.010

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Research reports

Hofstad, Hege; Mouratidis, Konstantinos; Dahl, Christel; Sagen, Stine; Zeiner, Hilde Hatleskog (2022). Hva er lokal, sosial bærekraft? Erfaringer fra Stavanger. 28 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
https://www.nmbu.no/en/projects/node/44446

Hofstad, Hege (2021). Sosialt bærekraftige lokalsamfunn –en litteraturstudie. ISBN: 978-82-8309-345-2. 54 p. By- og regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet. Vol. 2021.
https://hdl.handle.net/11250/2767557

Hofstad, Hege; Vedeld, Trond; Millstein, Marianne; Agger, Annika; Hansen, Karsten Bruun; Taylor, Anna; Tønnesen, Anders; Torfing, Jacob; Valencia, Sandra (2020). Urban climate governance and co-creation – In Cape Town, Copenhagen, Gothenburg and Oslo. ISBN: 978-82-8309-309-4. 111 p. Norwegian Institute for Urban and Regional Research, Oslo Metropolitan University. Vol. 2020.
https://blogg.hioa.no/greengov

Heimburg, Dina Von; Hofstad, Hege (2019). Samskaping som samarbeids- og styringsform for kommunenes folkehelsearbeid - Hva vet vi? Hva er utfordrende? Og hvor går vi videre?. 53 p. By- og regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, OsloMet.. Vol. 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/1328

Hofstad, Hege (2019). Byvekstavtaler i et flernivåperspektiv: helhetlig styringsverktøy med demokratiske utfordringer. 39 p. CICERO.

Hofstad, Hege (2019). Kommunal planlegging som redskap for å redusere sosiale helseforskjeller - Oppsummering av erfaringer fra tidligere forskning og workshop med nøkkelaktører. 71 p. By- og regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, OsloMet.. Vol. 2019.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/1314

Hofstad, Hege (2018). Hva er viktige faktorer for lokal utøvelse av folkehelseoppdraget, og hvordan kan folkehelsemyndighetene støtte opp?,. 32 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.

Hanssen, Gro Sandkjær; Barkved, Line Johanne; Görlitz, Stefan; Hisdal, Hege; Hofstad, Hege; Interwies, Eduard; Jagers, Sverker C; Junker, Eivind; Lundqvist, Lennart J; Seifert, Isabel; Seva, Mikael (2017). Governing risk society: Institutional conditions for local adaptive capacity to climate change in Norway, Sweden and Germany. ISBN: 978-82-8309-199-1. 101 p. By- og regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Vol. 2017.
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12199/5927

Hofstad, Hege; Bergsli, Heidi (2017). Folkehelse og sosial bærekraft - en sammenligning og diskusjon av begrepsinnhold, målsettinger og praktiske tilnærminger. ISBN: 978-82-8309-217-2. 104 p. OsloMet - storbyuniversitetet.
http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/Senter-for-velferds-og-...

Millstein, Marianne; Hofstad, Hege (2017). Fortetting og folkehelse: Hvilke folkehelsekonsekvenser har den kompakte byen. ISBN: 978-82-8309-164-9. 84 p. By- og regionforskningsinstituttet NIBR, Høgskolen i Oslo og Akershus. Vol. 2017.
http://www.hioa.no/Om-HiOA/Senter-for-velferds-og-...

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Dissemination

Hofstad, Hege (2023). Om NIBRs forskning på sosial bærekraft. Utforsking av samarbeidsmuligheter KS-NIBR. KS - NIBR.

Haarstad, Håvard; Hofstad, Hege; Vedeld, Trond (2023). Maktforhold i klimapolitikk i de største byene. FNI-Rapport.

Hofstad, Hege (2023). «Inkluderende lokale boligmarkeder». Internt seminar. Fredensborg Bolig.

Hofstad, Hege (2023). "Medvirkning". Internt seminar. Drammen kommune.

Hofstad, Hege; Haarstad, Håvard; Smas, Lukas (2023). Democratic dilemmas of densification as a pathway to reform. Storbykonferansen. OsloMet.

Hofstad, Hege; Vedeld, Trond; Haarstad, Håvard (2023). Creating a sustainable future, exploring institutional transformative capacity. Storbykonferansen. OsloMet.

Hofstad, Hege (2023). Sosial bærekraft som begrep – hva har vi funnet?. Storbykonferansen. OsloMet.

Hofstad, Hege (2023). Hvordan rigger vi styringssystemet til å ivareta sosial bærekraft?. Storbykonferansen. OsloMet.

Hofstad, Hege (2023). Sosialt bærekraftige lokalsamfunn, hva betyr det i praksis?. Senter for eiendom. Senter for Eiendom.

Hofstad, Hege (2023). En samskapende kommune? Kjernedilemmaer og hvordan løse dem. Nasjonal samling for innbyggertorg og bibliotek. Drammen kommune.

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Hege Hofstad

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