Sustainability research (SusRes)
Sustainability research projects - The SusRes@NTNU program
Research projects for a better systems understanding related to transformative changes for sustainability
SusRes@NTNU is a strategic research initiative linked to NTNU Sustainability, spanning 11 projects and 47 Phd/post doc positions. All projects have an interdisciplinary orientation and will address the transformative changes needed to achieve a sustainable society. Please explore the people and scientific content in each project by clicking the project boxes below:
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Marine Plastic Pollution
Environmental Impact and life cycle scenarios (MAPLE)
Marine Plastic Pollution
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Nature-based solutions
For land use transitions towards more sustainable societies
Nature-based solutions
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Sustainable hydropower
Development and reservoir management as an enabler of the renewable energy transition
Sustainable hydropower
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Marine plastic pollution
Combining skills to identify the «Sweet Spot» to solve marine plastic pollution
Marine plastic pollution
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Circular City
To better understand the role of existing buildings as a resource base for a future circular economy.
Circular City
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Recycling of Lithium-ion Batteries
Developing a Holistic Ecosystem for Sustainable Repurposing and/or Recycling of Lithium-ion Batteries
Recycling of Batteries
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Interdisciplinary cooperation for Sustainability
If and how interdisciplinary cooperation has a positive effect on sustainability
Interdisciplinary cooperation
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Environments for better Health and Well-being
The need for a new environmental conceptualization of public health.
Environments for better Health
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Sustainable digital transformations
Digital transformation as a core phenomenon with its own agency
SustainDiT
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Narrating Sustainability
A transdisciplinary research project that redefine sustainability as a matter of sociopolitical, cultural, and environmental justice.
Narrating Sustainability
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