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

Publikasjonar

  • Measuring renewables’ impact on biosphere integrity: A review

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2023)
  • FNs bærekraftsmål - veike, vage og meningsløse?

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2022)
  • Ekspertintervjuet: – Vi kan ikke velge mellom fattigdom og miljø.

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling, Ursin, Lars (2022)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling

    (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling

    (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling

    (2021)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling og fornybar energi

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling, Simonsen, Morten (2021)
  • Framtidens drivstoff

    Reed, Eilif Ursin, Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2021)
  • Unpacking democracy: The effects of different democratic qualities on climate change performance over time.

    Selseng, Torbjørn, Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2021)
  • Grand Narratives for sustainable mobility: A conceptual review

    Holden, Erling, Banister, David, Gössling, Stefan, Gilpin, Geoffrey Sean, Linnerud, Kristin (2020)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling: fra global idé til lokal verdiskapning?

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2020)
  • Grøn omstilling handler lige så meget om samfundet som om teknologi

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

    Andersen, Allan Dahl, Bjørgum, Øyvind, Espegren, Kari Aamodt, Holden, Erling, Skjølsvold, Tomas Moe, Steen, Markus (2019)
  • What Next for Sustainable Development?

    Banister, David, Holden, Erling, Langhelle, Oluf, Linnerud, Kristin, Meadowcroft, James, Gilpin, Geoffrey (2019)
  • Høgskulen på Vestlandet med ph.d.-program for ansvarlig innovasjon og regional utvikling

    Fløysand, Arnt, Jacobsen, Frode Fadnes, Jakobsen, Stig Erik, Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin, Sudmann, Tobba Therkildsen (2019)
  • Vindkraft og bærekraft

    (2019)
  • Sustainable mobility at thirty

    Holden, Erling, Gilpin, Geoffrey Sean, Banister, David (2019)
  • Høgskolen på Vestlandet ser på ansvarlig innovasjon og regional utvikling

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling, Fløysand, Arnt, Jakobsen, Stig-Erik (2019)
  • Sustainable Development: A normative model

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling, Gilpin, Geoffrey Sean, Simonsen, Morten (2019)
  • A normative model of sustainable development: how do countries comply?

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling, Gilpin, Geoffrey, Simonsen, Morten (2019)
  • Does change in ownership affect community attitudes toward renewable energy projects? Evidence of a status quo bias

    Linnerud, Kristin, Toney, George Philip, Simonsen, Morten, Holden, Erling (2019)
  • What Next for Sustainable Development? Introduction.

    Meadowcroft, James, Banister, David, Holden, Erling, Langhelle, Oluf, Linnerud, Kristin, Gilpin, Geoffrey (2019)
  • What Next for Sustainable Development? Our Common Future at Thirty

    Meadowcroft, James, Banister, David, Holden, Erling, Langhelle, Oluf, Linnerud, Kristin, Gilpin, Geoffrey (2019)
  • Lecture and workshop: Sustainable Transport

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2017)
  • The Imperatives of Sustainable Development

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

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin, Banister, David, Schwanitz, Valeria Jana, Wierling, August Hubert (2017)
  • Key note lecture on: The imperatives of Sustainable Development

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

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

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling, Banister, David (2017)
  • From 0 to 20 min in 20 years (Or: The battle for land!)

    (2016)
  • Sustainable mobility: the concept and its implications

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

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2016)
  • Bærekraftig utvikling. Fra Our Common Future til The Future We Want

    (2015)
  • Fra null til 20 min på 20 år

    (2015)
  • What’s wrong with the sustainable development goals?

    (2015)
  • Sustainability and travel

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

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

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2015)
  • Sustainable Mobility

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

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2015)
  • Investment barriers under a renewable-electricity support scheme: Differences across investor types

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

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

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

    Rygg, Bente Johnsen, Sørensen, Knut Holtan, Holden, Erling (2015)
  • Sustainable Mobility – Challenges for a Complex Transition

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

    (2014)
  • Klima og bærekraftig transport

    (2014)
  • Klima og bærekraftig transport

    (2014)
  • Klima og bærekraftig transport

    (2014)
  • Moving Towards Low Carbon Mobility

    (2014)
  • Sustainable development: Our Common Future revisited

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

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2014)
  • The use of renewable energy cooperation mechanism: Evidence from hydropower projects in Norway.

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

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

    Saha, Parmita, Holden, Erling (2014)
  • Biofuels and Sustainable Transport: A conceptual discussion

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

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

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

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2013)
  • Norsk vannkraft og elsertifikater mot 2020

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

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

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2013)
  • Beste praksis i prosjektledelse

    Valen, Marit Støre, Olsson, Nils, Moum, Anita, Andersen, Bjørn, Klakegg, Ole Jonny, Holden, Erling, Torp, Olav, Lædre, Ola, Lohne, Jardar (2013)
  • Den store biltesten

    (2012)
  • Ecological Footprint

    (2012)
  • På tide å gå tilbake til Brundtlandrapporten

    (2012)
  • "Transport for Suburbia" by Paul Mees (Earthscan)

    (2012)
  • Transport, miljø og byvekst

    (2012)
  • På tide å gå tilbake til Brundtlandrapporten

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2012)
  • Housing and Sustainable Transport

    Linnerud, Kristin, Holden, Erling (2012)
  • Er vannkraft fornybar energi?

    (2011)
  • Fornybar energi og transport-del 1

    (2011)
  • Fornybar energi og transport-del2

    (2011)
  • Fornybar energi: mer eller mindre bærekraftig utvikling?

    (2011)
  • Hvor fornybare kan vi bli?

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

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2011)
  • 8 år igjen som verdens rikeste land?

    (2010)
  • Hvis alle gjør litt, blir lite gjort

    (2010)
  • Kampen om arealene

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

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2010)
  • Sustainable Mobility and the Troublesome Leisure Travel

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

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

    Austad, Ingvild, Bondevik, Stein, Holden, Erling, Rydgren, Knut (2009)
  • Bør du kjøpe ny bil?

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

    (2009)
  • Fly me to the moon!

    (2009)
  • Fornybar energi i Sogn og Fjordane - frå vyer til veer

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

    Holden, Erling, Idsø, Johannes, Gjerald, Ole Inge, Otto, Andersen (2009)
  • The Future of Sustainable Passenger Transport

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

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

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

    (2008)
  • Alternative fuels and sustainable mobility: is the future road paved by biofuels, electricity or hydrogen?

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

    (2007)
  • Miljøhensyn eller det gode liv?

    (2007)
  • Rettferdig transport?

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

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

    Holden, Erling, Linnerud, Kristin (2007)
  • The development in eco-efficiency of personal mobility in Norway

    Bohne, Rolf André, Hovde, Per Jostein, Sager, Tore Øivin, Holden, Erling (2006)
  • Attitudes and sustainable household consumption � Household consumption of energy and transport in eight Norwegian Residential areas

    (2005)
  • Bærekraftig transport er mulig

    (2005)
  • Den tredje vei

    (2005)
  • Kunsten å dele en pizza

    (2005)
  • Tenk om alle bodde i Oslo

    (2005)
  • Tre myter om hydrogen

    (2005)
  • Tre myter om hydrogen

    (2005)
  • Tre myter om hydrogen

    (2005)
  • Veier til bærekraftig mobilitet

    (2005)
  • The Ecological Footprints of Fuels

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

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

    Holden, Erling, Norland, Ingrid Thorsen (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

    Holden, Erling, Norland, Ingrid Thorsen (2005)
  • Tre utfordringar for �den kompakte byen�

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

    Norland, Ingrid Thorsen, Holden, Erling (2005)
  • Tre utfordringar for "den kompakte byen"

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

    (2005)
  • The Ecological Footprints of Fuels

    Holden, Erling, Høyer, Karl Georg (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

    Holden, Erling, Norland, Ingrid T. (2005)
  • Begeistring og provokasjon

    (2004)
  • Bolig, biff og bil

    (2004)
  • Bærekraftighet - det nye imperativet i transportpolitikken

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

    (2004)
  • Den nye transportpolitikken

    (2004)
  • Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Urban Form

    (2004)
  • Forbrukersamfunnets usynlige hånd

    (2004)
  • Ja takk, begge deler?

    (2004)
  • SusHomes � En undersøkelse av husholdningers forbruk av energi til bolig og transport i Stor-Oslo

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

    (2004)
  • Tenk om alle bodde i Oslo

    (2004)
  • Transport Scenarios in a Company Strategy

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

    Holden, Erling, Norland, Ingrid Thorsen (2004)
  • SusHomes - presentasjon av resultat

    Holden, Erling, Norland, Ingrid Thorsen (2004)
  • Transport scenarios in a company strategy

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

    (2004)
  • Bustad, forbruk og økologiske fotavtrykk

    Aall, Carlo, Holden, Erling, Høyer, Karl Georg (2003)
  • Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk

    (2003)
  • Den besværlige fritiden

    (2003)
  • Den besværlige mobiliteten

    (2003)
  • Ecological footprints and Sustainable Urban Form

    (2003)
  • Energi og miljødata for alternative og konvensjonelle drivstoffer � år 2010

    (2003)
  • For eller imot hydrogen?

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

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

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

    (2003)
  • Snart svinger vi inn på hydrogenstasjoner

    (2003)
  • Sure folk eller sur nedbør?

    (2003)
  • Sure folk eller sur nedbør?

    (2003)
  • The Ecological Footprints of Fuels

    (2003)
  • Vi må reise mindre

    (2003)
  • Vi må reise mindre

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

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

    (2002)
  • Bolig, biff og bil

    (2002)
  • CSR Management System

    (2002)
  • De viktige valgene

    (2002)
  • Drivstoffenes flyktige historie

    (2002)
  • Ecological Footprints and Sustainable Urban Development

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

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

    (2002)
  • Hydrogen fremtidens drivstoff

    (2002)
  • Skaff oss to nye jordkloder!

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

    (2002)
  • Økologiske fotavtrykk og bærekraftig planlegging

    (2002)
  • Bolig, biff og bil

    (2001)
  • Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk

    (2001)
  • Bærekraftig forbruk i et forbrukersamfunn?

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

    (2001)
  • Boligen som grunnlag for bærekraftig forbruk

    (2001)
  • Bærekraftig forbruk i et forbrukersamfunn?

    (2001)
  • Housing as basis for sustainable consumption

    Høyer, Karl Georg, Holden, Erling (2001)
  • Ja takk, begge deler

    (2000)
  • Housing as Basis for Sustainable Consumption

    (1999)
  • The Domicile as a basis for Sustainable Consumption

    (1999)
  • Bærekraftig mobilitet � illusjon eller reell mulighet?

    (1998)
  • Er miljøbilene bærekraftige ?

    (1998)
  • Varmepumper

    (1998)
  • Planning Theory: Democracy or Sustainable Development? - Both (But don't bother about the bread, please)

    (1998)
  • Er miljøbilen bærekraftig ?

    (1997)
  • Den miljøvennlige bilen - finns den?

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

    (1996)
  • Elektriske biler

    (1993)
  • Alternative drivstoffer

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

    (1992)
  • Lavere utslipp med el-biler?

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

    (1992)