Outi Pitkänen
About
I am a PhD student in Science and Technology Studies based at the Department of Interdisciplinary Studies on Culture. My project is part of FME CINELDI (Centre for Intelligent Electricity Distribution).
In the PhD project, I am looking into innovation on smart electricity grids and, more specifically, how the concept of end-user flexibility gets shaped in the Norwegian innovation efforts.
I received my Master’s degree from the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo. In my Master thesis I studied the interactions between household energy consumption and decentralized energy systems, looking at how the adoption of solar photovoltaic systems by Mexican households was interconnected to their electricity-consuming practices.
Research interests:
- Smart grids
- Households as actors in energy systems
- Digitalisation and energy services
- Interdisciplinarity in the field of energy
- Decentralised energy systems
- Consumption practices
- Energy Transitions
I have also researched the impact that tourism has on food consumption in Vietnam, and worked several semesters as seminar leader in Development Studies and Contemporary Development in Asia
Competencies
Publications
2019
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Pitkänen, Outi.
(2019)
Invisible Powers: Solar Panels and The Complexities of Energy
Engagement.
Tvergastein
Popular scientific article
2018
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Pitkänen, Outi.
(2018)
Passive power? Domesticating solar photovoltaic systems in Querétaro, Mexico.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Masters thesis
Journal publications
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Pitkänen, Outi.
(2019)
Invisible Powers: Solar Panels and The Complexities of Energy
Engagement.
Tvergastein
Popular scientific article
Report
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Pitkänen, Outi.
(2018)
Passive power? Domesticating solar photovoltaic systems in Querétaro, Mexico.
Universitetet i Oslo
Universitetet i Oslo
Masters thesis
Outreach
2021
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Academic lectureHansen, Arve; Nguyen, Binh; Pitkänen, Outi. (2021) Feeding (and eating) a tourist boom: Geographies of food and development in Hoi An, Vietnam . RGS-IBG Annual International Conference 2021 2021-08-31 - 2021-09-03
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Academic lectureSkjølsvold, Tomas Moe; Ryghaug, Marianne; Branlat, Jennifer; Sørensen, Siri Øyslebø; Henriksen, Ida Marie; Pitkänen, Outi. (2021) Gender and emergent technologies: beyond stereotypes and binaries?. workshop on gender and energy technologies , zoom 2021-11-04 -
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LecturePitkänen, Outi. (2021) Implementering av sluttbrukerfleksibilitet i norske husholdninger . Statnettdag ved NTNU 2021-04-12 - 2021-04-12
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Academic lecturePitkänen, Outi. (2021) Expecting the fully electric society - Experts’ expectations on system changes needed to enroll households into providing flexibility to the Norwegian electric grid. NorSTS 2021 2021-05-20 - 2021-05-21
2020
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LectureValler, Thea Marie; Pitkänen, Outi. (2020) Asianettverket Annual MA Course 2020 . Asianettverket, UiO Asia Week , Skyen/UiO 2020-12-12 - 2020-12-13