Sustainability Analytics

Sustainability Analytics

 

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Research activity

Sustainability Analytics is an interdisciplinary research arena established as a collaboration between the Department of International Business (IIF) and Department of ICT and Natural Sciences (IIR) at NTNU in Ålesund.

The arena aims to offer data-driven decision support for sustainable development by integrating data analysis, sustainability analysis, and decision analysis.

The research arena will provide an integrated decision support chain to facilitate a seamless process from data acquisition to decision making. The arena will focus on application areas defined in the development plan for NTNU in Ålesund: Hav, handel, helse, and smart cities and regions.

Sustainability Analytics is anchored in the Sustainable Digital Transformation Group at the Department of ICT and Natural Sciences (IIR) and the research group Business Transitions to Sustainable Development at the Department of International Business (IIF) at NTNU in Ålesund. 

The Sustainable Digital Transformation Research Group at IIR has been established as the core arena at NTNU for developing cutting-edge cross-disciplinary research related to the designing, implementation, and validation of digitalization disruptive innovations aiming to address societal needs. The research group focuses on the development of smart, sustainable solutions. The research group is intrinsically interdisciplinary and has active members across NTNU and from different industry partners and research centers.

Business Transitions to Sustainable Development (BTSD) at IIF works to support public and private decision makers in promoting sustainable business development. This is achieved through new theories, methods and tools for sustainable management, marketing, innovation and strategy development.


Projects and activities

Projects and activities

Smart Plan will create a digital twin of Ålesund municipality to analyze and visualize smart, sustainable solutions in city planning. The project will engage policy-makers, citizens and industry in developing co-creative tools and processes for sustainable cities and regions.

Twin Fjord aims to create a participatory planning support system using digital twin technology. The project is a collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders from academia ad the public and private sector and will use Stranda and Fjord municipality as case area.

Prediction Model for Ocean Plastic Policy (PlastOPol) aims to develop prediction models to trace and analyze marine plastic waste flows and provide support for policy makers and citizens in developing and implementing mitigation measures.