About
Nina Heidenstrøm has a PhD in sociology, University of Oslo. She researches sustainable consumption and household preparedness. Common to the two topics is a focus on everyday life, social practices and embodied knowledge. She uses qualitative, ethnographic methods with a particular interest in how material culture can be used to understand the social world.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Subject areas
Consumption Energy use Sustainable consumption Emergency preparedness Matsvinn
Research groups
Research projects
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Wasted Textiles
The primary objective of this project is to reduce the use of synthetic textiles and the amount that goes to waste.
Publications and research
Scientific publications
Heidenstrøm, Nina; Hebrok, Marie (2021). Towards realizing the sustainability potential within digital food provisioning platforms: The case of meal box schemes and online grocery shopping in Norway. Sustainable Production and Consumption .
Heidenstrøm, Nina (2021). The utility of social practice theory in risk research. Journal of Risk Research .
Heidenstrøm, Nina; Hebrok, Marie (2021). Fridge studies – Rummage through the fridge to understand food waste. Appetite . Vol. 165.
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
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Vol. 2020.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/...
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
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Vol. 66:101498.
http://hdl.handle.net/10852/82850
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.
Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (2013). Utgang. Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (Ed.). Hinsides symbolverdi. Materialiteten i forbruket. 13. p. 259-267. Novus Forlag.
Heidenstrøm, Nina; Strandbakken, Pål (2013). Å leke Gud med utendørsklimaet. Terrassevarmere og energibruk. Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (Ed.). Hinsides symbolverdi. Materialiteten i forbruket. 10. p. 207-224. Novus Forlag.
Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (2013). Mobiltelefoner og frysere. Forbrukerpraksiser og produkters levetid. Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (Ed.). Hinsides symbolverdi. Materialiteten i forbruket. 4. p. 83-98. Novus Forlag.
Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (2013). Hinsides symbolverdi. Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (Ed.). Hinsides symbolverdi. Materialiteten i forbruket. 1. p. 9-30. Novus Forlag.
Strandbakken, Pål; Heidenstrøm, Nina (2013). Hinsides symbolverdi. Materialiteten i forbruket. ISBN: 978-82-7099-737-4. 272 p. Novus Forlag.
Stø, Eivind; Heidenstrøm, Nina; Strandbakken, Pål; Throne-Holst, Harald (2011). A secret success: Reduced electricity consumption in Norwegian households. Lindström, Therese; Nilsson, Lisa (Ed.). Energy efficiency first: The foundation of a low-carbon society. ECEEE 2011 Summer Study Proceedings. 8-385. p. 2047-2056. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE).
Heidenstrøm, Nina; Strandbakken, Pål; Throne-Holst, Harald (2011). Conceptualization of a new technology: exploring the terrace heater. Lindström, Therese; Nilsson, Lisa (Ed.). Energy efficiency first: The foundation of a low-carbon society. ECEEE 2011 Summer Study Proceedings. 8-315. p. 1993-2000. European Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ECEEE).
