My research focuses on urban climate governance and transformative change. Cities worldwide have become central actors in responding to climate change, yet most are still falling short of their ambitious targets. The increasingly diverse urban dimensions of climate change make managing climate action more complex. How can we design governance tools and processes that enable rapid, transformative change?

I am conducting a qualitative case study of climate budgeting in Nordic cities, combined with co-creation workshops with our local partners, the City of Bergen and Vestland County Council. My PhD-project runs from 2025-2029. 

Before starting my PhD, I worked at the Climate Agency in the City of Bergen (2021–2025), focusing on consumption-based emissions and circularity initiatives, as well as the institutionalization of climate action within the city administration.

Keywords: urban climate governance, climate change mitigation and adaptation, transformative change, urban planning, public policy, political geography, consumption, circular economy

• Course coordinator, "Geographies of transformation: mitigating and adapting to rapid climate change" (GEO283).
• Guest lecturer, "Sustainable development of cities and local communities" (GEO223)
• Group supervisor, "Regional Development: Theory and Method" (GEO124)

Master's thesis: A consumption-based approach to climate transition

ECOBUDGETS
Actionable budgets for sustainable climate and nature (ECOBUDGETS) helps municipalities and regional authorities make more sustainable decisions, by integrating budgets for emissions reductions and land use change into financial and other forms of administrative and political decision-making.

Principal investigator: Prof. Håvard Haarstad