Strategies for commercialisation and market development of new renewable energy-technology:
This is currently my main project, which will hopefully result in me obtaining a PhD sometime in 2012. The project seeks to examine innovation, implementation and commercialization of bioenergy and related technologies from the suppliers’ point of view. With this in mind, its main purpose is to perform a comparison between Norway and Sweden. At a general level the project aims to study different efforts at utilizing bio energy that has resulted in successful implementation, commercialization and market development in the two countries.
- Organic innovation – on innovation in the bioenergy industry and media coverage of bioenergy. Lecture at center for renewable energy. Slides and video stream available here
- Et grønt paradoks (feature article in Adresseavisen)
- Opprett klimadepartementet! (feature article in Dagens Næringsliv, Norwegian newspaper. Written with Gard Hopsdal Hansen and Jøran Solli)
- De grønne gründerne (Dagbladet, Norwegian newspaper. Written with Gard Hopsdal Hansen)
Climate change: controversy and media coverage
- Ryghaug, M. and T.M Skjølsvold (2010) The Global Warming of Climate Science: Climategate and the Construction of Scientific Facts. International Studies in the Philosophy of Science 2010 ;Vol. 24.(3) p. 287-307 (read)
- Ikke juks og bedrag (Not ruse and trickery) Feature article in Adresseavisen, written with Marianne Ryghaug (link)
- “Omstridt” forskning? (“Disputed” science?) Interview at “Radio Revolt” (Read or listen)
- Ryghaug, M and T.M Skjølsvold. 2009. Achieving a balanced view? A comparative analysis of newspaper coverage of climate change in Norway and Sweden, 2002–2008. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science. Vol. 6 532022 (link)
- Achieving a balanced view? (Poster, presented at Climate Change. Global risks, challenges & decisions. 10-12 March 2009, Copenhagen. )
- Norske avisers klimasvik (Dagbladet, Norwegian newspaper)
The Malawi Landtenure and Social capital Research-project
The MLT&SC’s main goal is to assess what impact formalization of property rights to land will have on the distribution of this important economic resource in the population. As an MA-associate with the project I had the opportunity to do three months of fieldwork in the Kasungu district in central-Malawi. In my thesis I examined two Common Pool Resources from an institutional point of view, trying to assess how formal and informal institutions fosters cooperation, conflict or something in-between. In addition to studying actual Common Pool Resources a series of experimental public goods games were played with local participants to see how cooperative players could be under stable rules of the game.
Read more:
- Skjølsvold, Tomas M. 2010. One size fits all? Designer-institutions: Lessons from two flawed attempts in Malawi. International Journal of the Commons. Vol 4. No. 2, p.758-771. (read)
- Skjølsvold, Tomas M. 2008. The institutional Reality of Common Pool Resources, MA-thesis in sociology. Department of sociology and political science, NTNU.
- Skjølsvold, Tomas M. 2008. Institutional conflicts as results of institutional design – can they be avoided?. Paper presented at the 12th biennial conference of the international association for the study of commons. 14-18 July, 2008: Cheltenham, UK.
Read more about the project on it’s homepages