Elin Helena Wyller Engkvist is a doctoral fellow in science and technology studies (STS) at the TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation and Culture. She is employed at the Centre for Global Sustainability in the interdisciplinary research project RIPARAGRO: Restoring Riparian Zones on Agricultural Land. Her research focuses on uncovering and understanding farmers' perspectives towards restoring soil health on the farm and ecosystems along riparian zones.
Academic interests
- Knowledge cultures
- Processes of change within agriculture
- Food and sustainability
- Regenerative agriculture and soil health
- How culture and policy affect food production
- Environmental humanities
Background
Elin holds a masters degree from Development, Environment and Cultural Change and a bachelors degree in Cultural and Societal Psychology from the University of Oslo.
Her master thesis shows how Norwegian farmers navigate in the still undefined field of regenerative agriculture. She explores the agricultural paradigms they challenge, the scientific fields they mix, and the social barriers they bridge. Read the thesis here (pdf).
Elin published her thesis with the surname Wyller.