Bakgrunn og erfaring
Laura Tolnov Clausen holds a Ph.D. from Roskilde University exploring issues of participation and non-participation in environmental planning processes in Denmark. Her research interests centers around nature, society and technology relations in regards to understandings of sustainability, development and democracy, especially considering the role of knowledge and potential of social learning.
She possesses many years of research experience with facilitation and theorizing over public participation in various settings – e.g. nature resource management, wildlife management and renewable energy planning. In recent years she has become increasingly interested in the transition to renewables and related topics such as energy democracy, popular movements and community development. She was part of Wind2050.dk (2014-2017) looking at both the processes behind and the results from previous wind turbine projects in Denmark. She was also part of NFR ENERGIX project WINDPLAN (2018-2022) exploring public participation in wind power planning in Norway, Scotland and Denmark. Currently she is project leader of the NFR ENERGIX project, WINDREG (2023-2027) exploring offshore wind and regional futures with a particular focus on challenges and opportunities for energy justice in regional transitions. https://windreg.uia.no
Forskning
Utvalgte publikasjoner
Clausen, L.T. & Cruickshank (2023) ‘Norsk vannkraft mellom lokale hensyn og globale utfordringer’ [Norwegian hydropower between local considerations and global challenges]. Chapt. 11, pp. 239-268, In, Allmenningsressurser i nord – felleskap og grunnrente [Common ressources in the North. Community and ground rent]. Nilsen, R., Brox, O., Eythorsson, E. og Jentoft, S. (eds.) Oslo: Orkana Akademisk. ISBN: 9781032060019, https://doi.org/10.33673/OOA20231/10
Clausen, L.T. & Rudolph, D. (2022): Sustainable rural development and rural energy communities after Brexit. Paralysis or broader visions in uncertain times? Pp. 140-161. In, ‘Rural Governance in the UK: Towards a Sustainable and Equitable Society’, A. Attorp, S. Heron, & R. McAreavey (eds.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003200208-8
Clausen, L. T., & Rudolph, D. P., Nyborg, S. (2021) The good process or the great illusion? A spatial perspective on public participation in Danish municipal wind turbine planning. Journal of Environmental Policy & planning, 34, 6, 732-751 https://doi.org/10.1080/1523908X.2021.1910017
Clausen, L.T. & Rudolph, D. (2020) ‘Renewable energy and sustainable rural development: How to realize potential synergies?’ Special issue on Conceptualizing Rural Energy Transitions: Energizing Rural Studies, Ruralizing Energy Research. Energy Policy. Energy Policy, 138 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2020.111289