About
Main research interests: Innovations, Sustainability, Consumer Studies, Institutional Economics, Value Chains Analysis (Agriculture and Fisheries), Local Food Systems, RRI (Responsible Research and Innovation), Sociology of Science, Urban Food Systems, Cooperative Organizations, Animal welfare, Food Quality Schemes.
Fields of study
Academic disciplines
Comparative politics Social sciences Economics Agricultural sciences Agriculture and fisheries science
Subject areas
Innovation Institutional theory Chains of values Participatory Action Research Strategic analysis Cooperatives Organisasjonsanalyse Forbrukerundersøkelse Innovation networks
Research groups
Research projects
Completed research projects
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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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FUSILLI - Fostering the Urban Food System Transformation through Innovative Living Labs Implementation
Through experimental methods and knowledge sharing, researchers will explore new ways of producing and distributing food in European cities. OsloMet and the municipality of Oslo are Norwegian partners in the project, which has been supported by Horizon 2020, the EU's framework program for research.
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GoodAnimal: Animal Welfare for Sustainable Futures
GoodAnimal’s primary objective is to acquire knowledge that will mitigate threats and increase opportunities for sustainable farm and industry practices.
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Improving aquaculture sustainability by modulating the feed-microbiome-host axis in Fish
The ImprovAFish project takes a transdisciplinary approach to address critical knowledge gaps related to the feed-microbe-host-axis in Atlantic salmon aquaculture production.
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SafeConsume
The objective of SafeConsume is to reduce health burden from foodborne illnesses.
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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
Wittrock, Christian
; Nelhans, Gustaf; Myhr, Anne Ingeborg;
Borgen, Svein Ole
(2024).
Norwegian engagement with RRI and the propagation of RRI by the Research Council of Norway.
De Grandis, Giovanni; Blanchard, Anne (Ed.).
The Fragility of Responsibility: Norway’s Transformative Agenda for Research, Innovation and Business. p. 49-79.
Walter de Gruyter (De Gruyter).
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783111397
Kjærnes, Unni
;
Borgen, Svein Ole
; Thorjussen, Christian Bernhard Holth
(2022).
Behind a fluttering veil of trust: The dynamics of public concerns over farm animal welfare in Norway.
18 p.
Sociologia Ruralis.
Vol. 62.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12405
Borgen, Svein Ole
(2021).
Standard quality as a boundary object - A conceptual study.
25 p.
Sociologia Ruralis.
Vol. 61.
https://doi.org/10.1111/soru.12345
Malak-Rawlikowska, Agata; Majewski, Edward; Was, Adam;
Borgen, Svein Ole
; Csillag, Peter; Donati, Michele; Freeman, Richard; Hoang, Viet; Lecoeur, Jean-Loup; Mancini, Maria Cecilia; Nguyen, An; Saidi, Monia; Tocco, Barbara; Török, Áron; Veneziani, Mario;
Vittersø, Gunnar
; Wavresky, Pierre
(2019).
Measuring the Economic, Environmental, and Social
Sustainability of Short Food Supply Chains.
23 p.
Sustainability.
Vol. 11.
https://doi.org/10.3390/su11154004
Borgen, Svein Ole
; Aarset, Bernt
(2016).
First the seed, next the smolt?.
British Food Journal.
Vol. 118.
https://doi.org/10.1108/BFJ-02-2016-0048
Borgen, Svein Ole
; Aarset, Bernt
(2016).
Participatory Innovation: Lessons from breeding cooperatives.
Agricultural Systems.
Vol. 145.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agsy.2016.03.002
Aarset, Bernt;
Borgen, Svein Ole
(2015).
The battle of the eyed egg: Critical junctures and the control of genes in Norwegian salmon farming.
Aquaculture.
Vol. 445.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.aquaculture.2015.04.016
Schjøll, Alexander
;
Alfnes, Frode
;
Borgen, Svein Ole
(2013).
Attitude vs. action for farm animal welfare: What can we learn from natural field experiments?.
Hansson, Lena; Holmberg, Ulrika; Brembeck, Helene (Ed.).
Making Sense of Consumption. Selections from the 2nd Nordic Conference on Consumer Research 2012. p. 231-246.
Centre for Consumer Science, School of Business, Economics and Law at University of Gothenburg.
https://www.google.no/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&sou
Poppe, Christian ; Tufte, Per Arne ; Borgen, Svein Ole (2011). Hjelper det å dulte til dem som snublet? Et atferdsøkonomisk perspektiv på tilgangen av kreditt til utsatte låntagere. Tidsskrift for samfunnsforskning. Vol. 52.
Borgen, Svein Ole
(2011).
Product differentiation and cooperative governance.
The Journal of Socio-Economics (JSE).
Vol. 40.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socec.2010.12.002
