About
Nina Heidenstrøm has a masters degree in sociology from the University of Oslo (2009) with a thesis on sustainable consumption and everyday life. She worked as a research assistant at SIFO from 2010-2013, and as a researcher from 2013-2015. Her research topics include sustainable energy consumption, material culture and theories of practice. She is the co-editor of the book "Beyond Symbolic Value. Consumption and Materiality" (2013). In January 2015, she started working as a PhD Candidate in the HOMERISK-project on households' role in crisis management and preparedness for disrupted electricity and ICT infrastructure. She uses theoretical and methodological tools like practice theory, ANT, fieldwork and visual methods to study informal and tacit knowledge on risk management and preparedness.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Consumption Energy use Sustainable consumption Emergency preparedness Matsvinn
Research groups
Research projects
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LASTING: Sustainable prosperity through product durability
How can the lifespans of consumer goods be increased?
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Plateforms: Enabling sustainable food practices through socio-technical innovation
The Research Project PLATEFORMS aims to produce in-depth knowledge on how food practices in the home are affected by innovations in food provisioning platforms.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Heidenstrøm, Nina; Rhiger Hansen, Anders (2020). Embodied competences in preparedness for blackouts: Mixed methods insights from rural and urban Norwegian households. Energy Research & Social Science .
Heidenstrøm, Nina (2019). Informal household preparedness. Methodological approaches to everyday practices. Journal of Risk Research .
Hebrok, Marie; Heidenstrøm, Nina (2019). Contextualising food waste prevention - Decisive moments within everyday practices. Journal of Cleaner Production . Vol. 2010.
Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt; Kvarnlöf, Linda (2018). Coping with blackouts: A practice theory approach to household preparedness. Journal of Contingencies and Crisis Management . Vol. 26.
Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt; Storm-Mathisen, Ardis
(2017).
Reconnection work. A network approach to households' dealing with ICT breakdowns.
Akademisk Kvarter
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Vol. 15.
http://www.akademiskkvarter.hum.aau.dk/AKsamlet/AK...
Gram-Hanssen, Kirsten; Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt; Vittersø, Gunnar; Madsen, Line Valdorff; Jacobsen, Mette Hove (2017). Selling and installing heat pumps: influencing household practices. Building Research & Information . Vol. 45.
Vittersø, Gunnar; Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt; Tangeland, Torvald (2016). Energismarte Husholdninger?. Lavik, Randi; Borgeraas, Elling Martin (Ed.). Forbrukstrender 2016. SIFO-survey: Bruk av ullklær, miljøholdninger, miljøatferd, digital betaling, håndverkertjenester, søndagshandel, med barn i butikken, innholdsmarkedsføring. 3. p. 21-25.
Vittersø, Gunnar; Heidenstrøm, Nina Vatvedt (2016). Bruktomsetning på internett. Til det beste for miljøet?. Vittersø, Gunnar; Borch, Anita; Laitala, Kirsi Maria; Strandbakken, Pål (Ed.). Forbruk og det grønne skiftet. 7. p. 109-129. Novus Forlag.
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. 4. 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. 3. p. 59-84. Abstrakt forlag.
