Ada Eldevik-Stjernqvist is a PhD Research Fellow in human geography at the Centre for Global Sustainability, University of Oslo. She is a part of the MEATPOWER project.
In her own project, Scales of tension: Governance of infectious diseases in Norwegian meat production, Ada will research how the Norwegian meat industry prepares for and handles the increasing threat of infectious diseases.
Academic interests
- Sustainability transitions
- Food systems and industrial meat production
- One Health
- Global supply chains
- Political ecology
- Energy production and consumption
- Socially inclusive energy transition
PhD supervisors
Main supervisor: Mariel Aguilar-Støen, professor at the Centre for Global Sustainability, University of Oslo.
Co-supervisor: Sverre Johan Herstad, professor at the Department of Sociology and Human Geography, University of Oslo.
Background
Ada Eldevik-Stjernqvist holds a master's degree in Development, Environment and Cultural Change and a bachelor's degree in Culture and Communication with a specialization in media studies from the University of Oslo. Her master’s thesis focused on driving forces, hinders and enablers for creating energy communities in Norway, and whether development of energy communities contributes to democratization of energy governance. Ada worked as a research assistant in the PANDEMEAT project for two years.
Teaching
SGO2500 - North/South Development: Energy transitions
Stipends and certificates
- Include master stipend
- Honours Certificate in Environmental Humanities and Sciences, UiO