Arbeids- og kompetanseområde

I am Professor in renewable energy at Western Norway University of Applied Sciences, Faculty of Engineering and Sciences. I have a master degree (1988) in mechanical engineering from the Department of Energy and Process Engineering, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU). In 2002, I received a doctoral degree in urban planning at Department of Urban Design and Planning, NTNU. Since then, I have studied sociology and social psychology at the Program for Research and Documentation for a sustainable Society (ProSus), University of Oslo from 2001 to 2004. I have been visiting professor at Oxford University (2015, 2016, 2018), London University College (2014, 2015), Imperial College London (2014), and Oxford Brookes University (2005-06). I have worked with issues related to energy, transport and sustainable development since 1988. In my work, I combine one or more of three different theoretical perspectives: technological-oriented environmental studies, sociological and socio-psychological behavioural studies, and physical planning studies. Since 2008 I have also worked with projects related to renewable energy projects’ impacts on local economies, local societies, and local environments in pursuing a sustainable energy policy. My main publications are: What next for Sustainable Development? (eds) (Edward Elgar, 2019), The Imperatives of Sustainable Development (Routledge, 2017), Transport og miljø (Transport and the Environment) (Tapir, 2009), Achieving Sustainable Mobility (Ashgate, 2007), and Housing as Basis for Sustainable Consumption (PhD thesis, 2001).

Underviser i
  • FE405 Energisystemer og produksjonsteknologier
  • FE403 Bacheloroppgåve i fornybar energi
  • PL4-302 Towards a Low Emission Society

Forskar på
  • Sustainable development
  • Sustainable mobility
  • Renewable energy

Forskargrupper
Underviser i
  • FE408, Berekraftig energiomstilling, Høst 2025

Publikasjonar

  • Sustainable development: Notions, numbers, and narratives

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, Vegard Bøe (2024)
  • War, energy crisis and the acceptance of a global offshore wind sector.

    Kristin Linnerud, Anders Dugstad, Bente Johnsen Rygg, Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, Erling Holden (2024)
  • Fornybar Energi

    Erling Holden, Jacob Joseph Lamb, Andres Olivares, Habtamu Bayera Madessa (2024)
  • Measuring renewables’ impact on biosphere integrity: A review

    Vegard Bøe, Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2023)
  • ISR in conversation with Holden & Linnerud on sustainable development gaps.

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2023)
  • Ekspertintervjuet: – Vi kan ikke velge mellom fattigdom og miljø.

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Lars Ursin (2022)
  • FNs bærekraftsmål - veike, vage og meningsløse?

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2022)
  • Sustainable Mobility Paths

    Erling Holden, Geoffrey Sean Gilpin (2021)
  • Unpacking democracy: The effects of different democratic qualities on climate change performance over time.

    Torbjørn Selseng, Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling: Ulike modeller som kan brukes.

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling: Modeller & aktører.

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling

    Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling

    Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling

    Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling og fornybar energi

    Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling. En ide om rettferdighet. Foredrag for Idrettshøgskolen.

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2021)
  • Could Isac Newton show us the way into the Greeen Shift?

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2021)
  • Kan Isaac Newton vise vei inn i det grønne skiftet?

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2021)
  • Presentation: Closing the sustainable development gap: A global study of goal interactions

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Morten Simonsen (2021)
  • Foredrag: Bærekraftig utvikling. Fra idé til handling

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling. En idé om rettferdighet

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2021)
  • A review of dominant sustainable energy narratives

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, Bente Johnsen Rygg (2021)
  • Framtidens drivstoff

    Eilif Ursin Reed, Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2021)
  • Closing the sustainable development gap: A global study of goal interactions

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Morten Simonsen (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling: fra global idé til lokal verdiskapning?

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2020)
  • Grand Narratives for sustainable mobility: A conceptual review

    Erling Holden, David Banister, Stefan Gössling, Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, Kristin Linnerud (2020)
  • Høgskulen på Vestlandet med ph.d.-program for ansvarlig innovasjon og regional utvikling

    Arnt Fløysand, Frode Fadnes Jacobsen, Stig Erik Jakobsen, Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, Tobba Therkildsen Sudmann (2019)
  • Sustainable Development: A normative model

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, Morten Simonsen (2019)
  • Sustainable development: From normative model to numbers

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, Morten Simonsen (2019)
  • Høgskolen på Vestlandet ser på ansvarlig innovasjon og regional utvikling

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Arnt Fløysand, Stig-Erik Jakobsen (2019)
  • Vindkraft og bærekraft

    Erling Holden (2019)
  • Sustainable mobility at thirty

    Erling Holden, Geoffrey Sean Gilpin, David Banister (2019)
  • What Next for Sustainable Development?

    David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud, James Meadowcroft, Geoffrey Gilpin (2019)
  • What Next for Sustainable Development? Introduction.

    James Meadowcroft, David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud, Geoffrey Gilpin (2019)
  • A normative model of sustainable development: how do countries comply?

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, Geoffrey Gilpin, Morten Simonsen (2019)
  • What Next for Sustainable Development? Our Common Future at Thirty

    James Meadowcroft, David Banister, Erling Holden, Oluf Langhelle, Kristin Linnerud, Geoffrey Gilpin (2019)
  • Does change in ownership affect community attitudes toward renewable energy projects? Evidence of a status quo bias

    Kristin Linnerud, George Philip Toney, Morten Simonsen, Erling Holden (2019)
  • Grøn omstilling handler lige så meget om samfundet som om teknologi

    Allan Dahl Andersen, Øyvind Bjørgum, Kari Aamodt Espegren, Erling Holden, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, Markus Steen (2019)
  • Grønt skifte handler like mye om samfunnet som om teknologi

    Allan Dahl Andersen, Øyvind Bjørgum, Kari Aamodt Espegren, Erling Holden, Tomas Moe Skjølsvold, Markus Steen (2019)
  • The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2017)
  • Needs, Justice, Limits: Entering the Sustainable Development Space

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2017)
  • Lecture and workshop: Sustainable Transport

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2017)
  • Key note lecture on: The imperatives of Sustainable Development

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2017)
  • The imperatives of sustainable development: needs, justice, limits

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden, David Banister (2017)
  • The Imperatives of Sustainable Development: Needs, Justice, Limits

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, David Banister, Valeria Jana Schwanitz, August Hubert Wierling (2017)
  • The Imperatives of Sustainable Development

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, David Banister (2017)
  • Sustainable mobility: the concept and its implications

    Erling Holden (2016)
  • From 0 to 20 min in 20 years (Or: The battle for land!)

    Erling Holden (2016)
  • FNs bærekraftsmål--veike, vage og verdiløse?

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2016)
  • Five criteria for global sustainable development

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2016)
  • What’s wrong with the sustainable development goals?

    Erling Holden (2015)
  • Renewable Energy as a Community Concern: How Local Communities Face the Challenge of Increasing Use and Production of Renewable Energy

    Bente Johnsen Rygg, Knut Holtan Sørensen, Erling Holden (2015)
  • Sustainability and travel

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2015)
  • Sustainable transport and the troublesome leisure travel

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2015)
  • Sustainable Development: theory, goals, indicators and thresholds

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2015)
  • Sustainable Development: dimensions, indicators and 2030 thresholds

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2015)
  • Fra null til 20 min på 20 år

    Erling Holden (2015)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling. Fra Our Common Future til The Future We Want

    Erling Holden (2015)
  • Troublesome leisure travel: Counterproductive sustainable transport policies

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2015)
  • Promoting renewable electricity projects: Empirical evidence from planned hydropower projects in Norway

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2015)
  • Elektrisitet sertifikater: Empirisk studie av investeringsbarrierer

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2015)
  • Sustainable Mobility

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2015)
  • The use of renewable energy cooperation mechanism: Evidence from hydropower projects in Norway.

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2014)
  • Sustainable Mobility – Challenges for a Complex Transition

    Gerald Berger, Peter Feindt, Erling Holden, Frieder Rubik (2014)
  • Kampen om arealene

    Erling Holden (2014)
  • Klima og bærekraftig transport

    Erling Holden (2014)
  • Klima og bærekraftig transport

    Erling Holden (2014)
  • Klima og bærekraftig transport

    Erling Holden (2014)
  • Renewable energy support schemes and investment barriers: Evidence from Hydropower projects

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2014)
  • Troublesome Leisure Travel: The contradictions of three sustainable passenger transport policies

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2014)
  • Sustainable development: Our Common Future revisited

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, David Banister (2014)
  • Ny norsk vannkraft innen 2020: optimisme og barrierer

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2014)
  • Renewable Energy Investment: Applying a Motivation Opportunity and Ability Framework in Evaluating Investment Behaviour

    Parmita Saha, Erling Holden (2014)
  • Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility

    Erling Holden (2014)
  • Beste praksis i prosjektledelse

    Marit Støre Valen, Nils Olsson, Anita Moum, Bjørn Andersen, Ole Jonny Klakegg, Erling Holden (2013)
  • Norsk vannkraft og elsertifikater mot 2020

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2013)
  • 26,4 TWh målet og norsk vannkraft

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2013)
  • Green certificates and the potential for hydropower in Norway

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2013)
  • Elsertifikater og potensiale for norsk vannkraft

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2013)
  • Potensiale og hindringer for opprusting/utvidelser prosjekter

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2013)
  • Ny vannkraft innen 2020--potensiale og barrierer

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2013)
  • Biofuels and Sustainable Transport: A conceptual discussion

    Erling Holden, Geoffrey Gilpin (2013)
  • Sustainable Passenger Transport: Back to Brundtland

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, David Banister (2013)
  • Transport, miljø og byvekst

    Erling Holden (2012)
  • Den store biltesten

    Erling Holden (2012)
  • På tide å gå tilbake til Brundtlandrapporten

    Erling Holden (2012)
  • Ecological Footprint

    Erling Holden (2012)
  • Housing and Sustainable Transport

    Kristin Linnerud, Erling Holden (2012)
  • "Transport for Suburbia" by Paul Mees (Earthscan)

    Erling Holden (2012)
  • På tide å gå tilbake til Brundtlandrapporten

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2012)
  • Fornybar energi: mer eller mindre bærekraftig utvikling?

    Erling Holden (2011)
  • Er vannkraft fornybar energi?

    Erling Holden (2011)
  • Fornybar energi og transport-del 1

    Erling Holden (2011)
  • Fornybar energi og transport-del2

    Erling Holden (2011)
  • Hvor fornybare kan vi bli?

    Erling Holden (2011)
  • Troublesome Leisure Travel: The Contradictions of Three Sustainable Transport Policies

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2011)
  • Sustainable Mobility and the Troublesome Leisure Travel

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2010)
  • Hvis alle gjør litt, blir lite gjort

    Erling Holden (2010)
  • 8 år igjen som verdens rikeste land?

    Erling Holden (2010)
  • Kampen om arealene

    Erling Holden (2010)
  • Environmental Attitudes and Household Consumption: An Ambiguous Relationship

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2010)
  • The future of sustainable passenger transport

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2010)
  • Nye professorat dreg nye studietilbod til HSF-systemet

    Ingvild Austad, Stein Bondevik, Erling Holden, Knut Rydgren (2009)
  • Fornybar energi i Sogn og Fjordane - frå vyer til veer

    Erling Holden, Ole Inge Gjerald, Geoffrey Gilpin (2009)
  • Klimabankprosjektet 2009 - vindenergi som framtidsstrategi?

    Erling Holden, Johannes Idsø, Ole Inge Gjerald, Andersen Otto (2009)
  • Bør du kjøpe ny bil?

    Erling Holden (2009)
  • Du store verden, så liten den er blitt

    Erling Holden (2009)
  • Fly me to the moon!

    Erling Holden (2009)
  • The Future of Sustainable Passenger Transport

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2009)
  • Transport og miljø

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud, Holger Schlaupitz (2009)
  • Bærekraftig transport: bedre teknologi, mer tog eller mindre reiser?

    Erling Holden (2008)
  • 'Green' attitudes and sustainable household consumption of enegy and transport? Six conditions that improve attitude-behaviour consistency

    Erling Holden (2008)
  • Rettferdig transport?

    Erling Holden (2007)
  • Miljøhensyn eller det gode liv?

    Erling Holden (2007)
  • "Urban structure matters" by Petter Næss (Routledge)

    Erling Holden (2007)
  • The sustainable development area: satisfying basic needs and safeguarding ecological sustainability

    Erling Holden, Kristin Linnerud (2007)
  • Achieving Sustainable Mobility: Everyday and Leisure-time Travel in the EU

    Erling Holden (2007)
  • Alternative fuels and sustainable mobility: is the future road paved by biofuels, electricity or hydrogen?

    Karl Georg Høyer, Erling Holden (2007)
  • The development in eco-efficiency of personal mobility in Norway

    Rolf André Bohne, Per Jostein Hovde, Tore Øivin Sager, Erling Holden (2006)
  • The Ecological Footprints of Fuels

    Erling Holden, Karl Georg Høyer (2005)
  • Three Challenges for the Compact City as a Sustainable Urban Form: Household Consumption of Energy and Transport in Eight Residential Areas in the Greater Oslo Region

    Erling Holden, Ingrid T. Norland (2005)
  • Den tredje vei

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Tre myter om hydrogen

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Tenk om alle bodde i Oslo

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Tre myter om hydrogen

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Kunsten å dele en pizza

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Tre myter om hydrogen

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Tre utfordringar for �den kompakte byen�

    Erling Holden, Ingrid Thorsen Norland (2005)
  • Bærekraftig transport er mulig

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Tre utfordringar for "den kompakte byen"

    Ingrid Thorsen Norland, Erling Holden (2005)
  • Three challenges for the compact city as a sustainable urban form � Household consumption of energy and transport in eight residential areas in the Greater Oslo Region

    Erling Holden, Ingrid Thorsen Norland (2005)
  • En rett og to vrange- tre teser om miljøholdninger og husholdningenes forbruk

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • The Ecological Footprints of Fuels

    Erling Holden, Karl Georg Høyer (2005)
  • Consumption of energy and transport in urban households: The role of urban planning vs 'green consumerism' in promoting sustainable consumption

    Erling Holden, Ingrid Thorsen Norland (2005)
  • Consumption of energy and transport in urban households: The role of urban planning vs. �green consumerism� in promoting sustainable consumption

    Erling Holden, Ingrid Thorsen Norland (2005)
  • Attitudes and sustainable household consumption � Household consumption of energy and transport in eight Norwegian Residential areas

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Consumption of energy and transport in urban households: The role of urban planning vs 'green consumerism' in promoting sustainable consumption

    Ingrid Thorsen Norland, Erling Holden (2005)
  • Veier til bærekraftig mobilitet

    Erling Holden (2005)
  • Transport scenarios in a company strategy

    Otto Andersen, Hans-Einar Lundli, Erling Holden, Karl Georg Høyer (2004)
  • Towards sustainable consumption: Do green households have smaller ecological footprints?

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Forbrukersamfunnets usynlige hånd

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Begeistring og provokasjon

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Den nye transportpolitikken

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Tenk om alle bodde i Oslo

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Ja takk, begge deler?

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Bærekraftighet - det nye imperativet i transportpolitikken

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Bolig, biff og bil

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Transport Scenarios in a Company Strategy

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Urban Form

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • SusHomes - En undersøkelse av husholdningers forbruk av energi til bolig og transport i Stor-Oslo. Dokumentasjonsrapport

    Erling Holden, Ingrid Thorsen Norland (2004)
  • SusHomes � En undersøkelse av husholdningers forbruk av energi til bolig og transport i Stor-Oslo

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Den besværlige mobiliteten - Ulike strategier for å begrense energibruk og CO2-utslipp fra transportsektoren

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • Sustainable Urban Form � Household consumption of energy and transport in eight Norwegian Residential areas

    Erling Holden (2004)
  • SusHomes - presentasjon av resultat

    Erling Holden, Ingrid Thorsen Norland (2004)
  • Vi må reise mindre

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Household consumption and ecological footprints in Norway - Does Urban Form matter?

    Karl Georg Høyer, Erling Holden (2003)
  • For eller imot hydrogen?

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Ingen har sagt at det kommer til å bli lett

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Sure folk eller sur nedbør?

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Den besværlige fritiden

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Snart svinger vi inn på hydrogenstasjoner

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Vi må reise mindre

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Sure folk eller sur nedbør?

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Den besværlige mobiliteten

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Hydrogen er fremtidens drivstoff � og vil alltid være det?

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Bustad, forbruk og økologiske fotavtrykk

    Carlo Aall, Erling Holden, Karl Georg Høyer (2003)
  • Energi og miljødata for alternative og konvensjonelle drivstoffer � år 2010

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Hydrogen er fremtidens drivstoff � og vil alltid være det?

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Ecological footprints and Sustainable Urban Form

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • The Ecological Footprints of Fuels

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk

    Erling Holden (2003)
  • Biff, bil og bolig � strategier for bærekraftig forbruk

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Skaff oss to nye jordkloder!

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • De viktige valgene

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Hydrogen fremtidens drivstoff

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Drivstoffenes flyktige historie

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Bolig, biff og bil

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Økologiske fotavtrykk og bærekraftig planlegging

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Hydrogen er fremtidens drivstoff - og vil være det i 50 år til!

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • SusHomes � Bakgrunn, relevante prosjekter og viktige perspektiver

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • CSR Management System

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Household consumption and ecological footprints in Norway � does urban form matter?

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Urban Development

    Erling Holden (2002)
  • Housing as basis for sustainable consumption

    Karl Georg Høyer, Erling Holden (2001)
  • Bærekraftig forbruk i et forbrukersamfunn?

    Erling Holden (2001)
  • Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk

    Erling Holden (2001)
  • Bolig, biff og bil

    Erling Holden (2001)
  • Bærekraftig forbruk i et forbrukersamfunn?

    Erling Holden (2001)
  • Muligheter og hindringer for en bærekraftig praksis innen transport og energiforbruk

    Erling Holden (2001)
  • Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk

    Erling Holden (2001)
  • Ja takk, begge deler

    Erling Holden (2000)
  • The Domicile as a basis for Sustainable Consumption

    Erling Holden (1999)
  • Housing as Basis for Sustainable Consumption

    Erling Holden (1999)
  • Planning Theory: Democracy or Sustainable Development? - Both (But don't bother about the bread, please)

    Erling Holden (1998)
  • Varmepumper

    Erling Holden (1998)
  • Er miljøbilene bærekraftige ?

    Erling Holden (1998)
  • Bærekraftig mobilitet � illusjon eller reell mulighet?

    Erling Holden (1998)
  • Er miljøbilen bærekraftig ?

    Erling Holden (1997)
  • Den miljøvennlige bilen - finns den?

    Erling Holden (1996)
  • Transport: areal-, forurensnings-, energi-, ressurs- eller mobilitetsproblem?

    Erling Holden (1996)
  • Elektriske biler

    Erling Holden (1993)
  • Lavere utslipp med el-biler?

    Erling Holden (1992)
  • The use of natural gas in the transportation sector

    Erling Holden (1992)
  • Alternative use of natural gas as a fuel in the transportation sector - a cradle to grave analysis

    Erling Holden (1992)
  • Alternative drivstoffer

    Erling Holden (1992)