Hilde Refstie
Om
Research areas: Citizenship and global sustainable development, forced migration, humanitarianism, the humanitarian-development-peace building nexus, slum upgrading, participatory urban planning, policy mobility, action research.
Current teaching: Discourses of Development and Globalisation, Migration and the Humanitarian-Development nexus. Programme Leader for the international interdisciplinary MSc Globalisation and Sustainable Development at NTNU.
Have previously worked on:
- Urban displacement (Refugee Law Project Uganda)
- Slum upgrading, gender, youth, and community participation (Cities Alliance)
- Emergency response rosters (Norwegian Refugee Council)
Current research projects:
EXPAND: Expanding the search for new ways of working along the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus (2024-2028) RCN (Participant, project lead, PRIO).
COSTCLIM: Collaborative Action for Strengthening Training Capacities in Climate Risk and Natural Resource management (2019-2025) NORPART (PI from 2023).
Social innovation - Co-creating humanitarian research impact (2023-2025). PI
Co-producing smart sustainable cities - the role of knowledge production in fast policymaking (PI together with Hilde N. Rørtveit).
Selected Practice and Policy related writing
Brun, C., Horst, C., Refstie, H. 2024. Norges nye humanitære strategi kan hemme lokalt ledet utvikling. Panorama nyheter.
Viga, E., Serwajja, E., Refstie, H. and Horst, C. 2024. Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from Below in Uganda. Policy Brief, PRIO.
Simonsen Nilsen, M., Viga, E., Serwajja, E. & Refstie, H. 2024. Why Refugee ration cuts in Uganda risk long-term social damage. The New Humanitarian.
Simonsen Nilsen, M., Viga, E., Serwajja, E. & Refstie, H. 2024. Uganda - et flyktningeparadis?. Panorama nyheter.
Refstie, H. 2019. NTNU Sustainability - Roar or Chatter? Universitetsavisa.
Refstie, H. 2015. Is this Participatory Budgeting? The Blantyre Process, NTNU, CCODE, and TRI
Refstie H., Hunga, W. 2015. Some lessons to be learned – Informal Settlement Upgrading Project in Chinsapo and Mtandire, NTNU, CCODE, and TRI
Refstie, H (2014): Negotiating services through community committees – Ndirande Makata, Blantyre, CCODE and TRI
Refstie, H and Da Silva F. (2012): Youth: The face of Urbanization, Inclusive Cities, CIVICS Cities Alliance, Washington DC
Crisp, J. and Refstie, H. The urbanisation of displaced people, CIVICS, Cities Alliance, Washington DC
Cities Alliance (2009): 2009 Annual report Building Cities and Citizens – Highlighting Gender Issues in Slum Upgrading, Cities Alliance.
Refstie H., Dolan, C., Okello M. (2009): Urban IDPs in Uganda, Victims of Institutional Convenience? Forced Migration Review 34
Refugee Law project (2007): What About Us? – The Exclusion of Urban IDPs from Uganda’s IDP related Policies and Intervention, Refugee Law Project, Kampala
Publikasjoner
2025
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Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Smeplass, Eli.
(2025)
Folkemøte og ProtestPub engasjerte NTNU-fellesskapet.
Kronikk
2024
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Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde;
Horst, Cindy.
(2024)
Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda.
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Rapport
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Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Hva er veien videre for lokalt ledet respons? Et svar til utviklingsministeren.
Kronikk
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Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Humanitære prinsipper versus relasjonell etikk: Lokale aktørers rolle i Norges nye strategi.
Kronikk
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Aruga, Leika;
Refstie, Hilde;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen.
(2024)
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities: An Intersectional Approach.
Urban Planning
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Viga, Emmanuel;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
Geoforum
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Participatory Knowledge Co-Generation with Children Ethics and Politics of Engagement.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
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Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen;
Tjora, Aksel Hagen.
(2024)
Er NTNU rustet til å fremme uavhengig kritisk tenkning i fremtidens universitet?.
Kronikk
2023
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Byvekst og Bærekraftig Utvikling - Mot en mer global teorigeografi.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
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Nilsen, Maja Simonsen;
Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Uganda - et flyktningeparadis?.
Kronikk
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Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
2022
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions.
Fennia
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Koshy, Mrudhula;
Aranya, Rolee;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach.
Planning Theory & Practice
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Urban Living Labs as an Approach for Co-Creating Sustainable Cities.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Mastergradsoppgave
2019
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Ulikhet og uformalitet i bysamfunn - erfaringer fra det globale sør.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
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Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
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Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre;
Andresen, Silje Aurora;
Smeplass, Eli;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
New University Norway og ProtestPub.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: Dilemma knyttet til kritisk og konstruktiv forskning.
Kronikk
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: NTNU Sustainability – Roar or chatter.
Kronikk
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Refstie, Hilde;
Millstein, Marianne.
(2019)
Does Participatory Planning Promise Too Much? Global Discourses and the Glass Ceiling of Participation in Urban Malawi.
Planning Theory & Practice
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space.
Action research
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina;
Behroozi, Pegah;
Berg, Lawrence D.;
Brackebusch, Alexander;
Derksen, Murray;
Ducs, Jodine.
(2019)
Collective editorial on the neoliberal university.
Fennia
Leder
2018
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives.
ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Sliwa, Marcin;
Aranya, Rolee;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
2016
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Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2016)
Voicing noise: Political agency and the trialectics of participation in urban Malawi.
Geoforum
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2015
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Andresen, Silje Aurora;
Epremian, Levon;
Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre;
Jones, Michael;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2015)
Fighting fog - The case of creeping neoliberalism and weakening university democracy in Norway.
Krisis: Tijdschrift voor actuele filosofie
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
2014
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Vik, Marte Lange;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2014)
Medvirkning, makt og avmakt i planlegging - Norge og Malawi :.
Kart og Plan
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2012
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Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2012)
Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda.
Journal of Refugee Studies
Vitenskapelig artikkel
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Crisp, Jeff;
Morris, Timothy P.;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2012)
Displacement in urban areas: new challenges, new partnerships.
Disasters. The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Tidsskriftspublikasjoner
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Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Smeplass, Eli.
(2025)
Folkemøte og ProtestPub engasjerte NTNU-fellesskapet.
Kronikk
-
Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Hva er veien videre for lokalt ledet respons? Et svar til utviklingsministeren.
Kronikk
-
Brun, Cathrine;
Horst, Cindy;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Humanitære prinsipper versus relasjonell etikk: Lokale aktørers rolle i Norges nye strategi.
Kronikk
-
Aruga, Leika;
Refstie, Hilde;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen.
(2024)
“The Citizen” as a Ghost Subject in Co-Producing Smart Sustainable Cities: An Intersectional Approach.
Urban Planning
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Viga, Emmanuel;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Unsettling humanitarian binaries: Civic humanitarianism and relational aid among South Sudanese refugees in Uganda.
Geoforum
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Pettersen, Ida Nilstad;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen;
Tjora, Aksel Hagen.
(2024)
Er NTNU rustet til å fremme uavhengig kritisk tenkning i fremtidens universitet?.
Kronikk
-
Nilsen, Maja Simonsen;
Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Uganda - et flyktningeparadis?.
Kronikk
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Reconfiguring research relevance – steps towards salvaging the radical potential of the co-productive turn in searching for sustainable solutions.
Fennia
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Koshy, Mrudhula;
Aranya, Rolee;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Handling Compounded Uncertainty in Spatial Planning and Humanitarian Action in Unexpected Floods in Wayanad, Kerala: Towards a Contextualised Contingency Planning Approach.
Planning Theory & Practice
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: Dilemma knyttet til kritisk og konstruktiv forskning.
Kronikk
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Gjesteskribenten: NTNU Sustainability – Roar or chatter.
Kronikk
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Millstein, Marianne.
(2019)
Does Participatory Planning Promise Too Much? Global Discourses and the Glass Ceiling of Participation in Urban Malawi.
Planning Theory & Practice
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
The Beginning is never the beginning: Co-producing action research space.
Action research
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Kallio, Kirsi Pauliina;
Behroozi, Pegah;
Berg, Lawrence D.;
Brackebusch, Alexander;
Derksen, Murray;
Ducs, Jodine.
(2019)
Collective editorial on the neoliberal university.
Fennia
Leder
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Action research in critical scholarship: Negotiating multiple imperatives.
ACME: An International E-Journal for Critical Geographies
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2016)
Voicing noise: Political agency and the trialectics of participation in urban Malawi.
Geoforum
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Andresen, Silje Aurora;
Epremian, Levon;
Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre;
Jones, Michael;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2015)
Fighting fog - The case of creeping neoliberalism and weakening university democracy in Norway.
Krisis: Tijdschrift voor actuele filosofie
Vitenskapelig oversiktsartikkel/review
-
Vik, Marte Lange;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2014)
Medvirkning, makt og avmakt i planlegging - Norge og Malawi :.
Kart og Plan
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde;
Brun, Cathrine.
(2012)
Towards Transformative Participation: Collaborative Research with 'Urban IDPs' in Uganda.
Journal of Refugee Studies
Vitenskapelig artikkel
-
Crisp, Jeff;
Morris, Timothy P.;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2012)
Displacement in urban areas: new challenges, new partnerships.
Disasters. The Journal of Disaster Studies, Policy and Management
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Del av bok/rapport
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Refstie, Hilde.
(2024)
Participatory Knowledge Co-Generation with Children Ethics and Politics of Engagement.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Byvekst og Bærekraftig Utvikling - Mot en mer global teorigeografi.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
-
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2023)
Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Ulikhet og uformalitet i bysamfunn - erfaringer fra det globale sør.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
-
Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal;
Nielsen, Brita Fladvad;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
Den kritiske student, Norge anno 2019.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
-
Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre;
Andresen, Silje Aurora;
Smeplass, Eli;
Henriksen, Ida Marie;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2019)
New University Norway og ProtestPub.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
-
Sliwa, Marcin;
Aranya, Rolee;
Refstie, Hilde.
(2018)
Urban Ecological Planning: Principles, value positions and application in practice.
Vitenskapelig Kapittel/Artikkel/Konferanseartikkel
Rapport
-
Viga, Emmanuel;
Serwajja, Eria;
Refstie, Hilde;
Horst, Cindy.
(2024)
Engaging with the Humanitarian Localisation Agenda from ‘Below’ in Uganda.
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)
Rapport
-
Refstie, Hilde.
(2022)
Urban Living Labs as an Approach for Co-Creating Sustainable Cities.
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Norges teknisk-naturvitenskapelige universitet
Mastergradsoppgave
Undervisning
Emner
Formidling
2024
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2024) Samskaping som mål og middel. KS Bærekraftsfredag , Digitalt 2024-05-31 - 2024-05-31
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2024) Hvordan engasjere rundt samskaping. Sluttkonferanse DatSam , Bærum 2024-08-19 - 2024-08-19
2022
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Faglig foredragAranya, Rolee; Hay, Hamish Donald Ashbourne; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Tools for Stakeholder Mapping. Gigamapping Workshop Ålesund , Ålesund 2022-03-31 - 2022-04-01
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Faglig foredragWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot G Meskel; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. DatSam workshop , Sandvika 2022-10-25 -
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2022) Experiences from the Master's in Globalisation and Sustainable Deveopment. NTNU Internationalization Conference , Trondheim 2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07
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Faglig foredragViga, Emmanuel; Serwajja, Eria; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Feedback session to refugee representatives and Makerere University researchers from fieldwork in Holding Aid Accountable - Relational Humanitarianism in Protracted Crises (AidAccount). Feedback session AidAccount , Kampala 2022-08-12 - 2022-08-12
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde; Serwajja, Eria. (2022) Solutions lost or gained? Self-reliance and refugee economics in Uganda. Norsk Geografisk Selskaps konferanse , Oslo 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde; Hitland, Sigrun Haugdal; Nielsen, Brita Fladvad. (2022) Den kritiske student. Nasjonal samling for studentledere i Norge , Trondheim 2022-09-21 - 2022-09-21
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2022) Talking about Internationalization - Education. NTNU Internationalization Conference , Oslo 2022-12-06 - 2022-12-07
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Faglig foredragWeldemichel, Teklehaymanot; Refstie, Hilde. (2022) Localizing the Sustainable Development Goals in Norwegian urban municipalities. Norwegian Geographical Society 2022-10-27 - 2022-10-28
2021
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2021) The role of research in a world of fast policymaking: Co-producing smart sustainable cities. Team Society webinar , Online 2021-11-16 - 2021-11-16
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2021) Keynote and Annual Fennia lecture: Reconfiguring research relevance in the search for sustainable solutions - The role of universities in the co-productive turn. The Annual Meeting of Finnish Geographer , Oulu 2021-11-04 - 2021-11-04
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2021) Keynote: Transgressing boundaries in geographic scholarship. Winter seminar in Human Geography , Online 2021-03-10 - 2021-03-10
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2021) Global ulikhet og bærekraftig utvikling. Nettverksdag for VGS lærere Trøndelag Samfunnsfag, historie, religion, geografi , Stjørdal 2021-12-01 - 2021-12-01
2019
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen; Aranya, Rolee; Millstein, Marianne. (2019) Session: Planning for sustainable urban futures: transgressing the North-South boundaries in theory and practice. Nordic Geographers Meeting 2019 , Trondheim 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17
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Vitenskapelig foredragRefstie, Hilde; Rørtveit, Hilde Nymoen. (2019) The role of research in a globalised world of fast urban policymaking. NGM conference 2019 , Trondheim 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17
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Vitenskapelig foredragRørtveit, Hilde Nymoen; Aranya, Rolee; Millstein, Marianne; Refstie, Hilde. (2019) Methodological implications of the 'southern' turn in urban theory: introducing North-South dialogues on participatory planning and urban developments. Nordic Geographers Meeting , Trondheim 2019-06-17 - 2019-06-17
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2019) Boklansering og debatt: Kan vi berge universitetet?. Boklansering Universitetskamp , Trondheim Sosiologisk Poliklinikk 2019-12-11 - 2019-12-11
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2019) Presentasjon av kapittel på boklansering Bysamfunn. Boklansering Bysamfunn , Trondheim Sosiologisk Poliklinikk 2019-10-03 - 2019-10-03
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Faglig foredragRefstie, Hilde. (2019) Talk at Young Researcher's night 2019 Rockheim: Generosity in the academy. Young Researcher's night 2019 Rockheim , Trondheim 2019-09-27 - 2019-09-27
2017
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Faglig foredragLujala, Päivi; Refstie, Hilde; Lund, Ragnhild; Refstie, Hilde. (2017) Development studies and research in Geography. Contact meeting with NORAD (Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation) , Trondheim 2017-02-07 -
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Faglig foredragAndresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde. (2017) Tåka letter: New University Norway og kommersialiseringen av universitetets samfunnsoppdrag. Forum for vitenskap og demokrati , Bergen 2017-09-15 - 2017-09-15
2016
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IntervjuRefstie, Hilde. (2016) Hvem definerer universitetets samfunnsoppdrag?. http://www.universitetsavisa.no/leserbrev/2016/02/05/Hvem-de http://www.universitetsavisa.no/leserbrev/2016/02/05/Hvem-de [null] 2016-05-02
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Vitenskapelig foredragAndresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde. (2016) Neoliberalization and financialization of our universities. Royal Geographical Society Annual International Conference , London 2016-08-30 - 2016-09-02
2015
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IntervjuEpremian, Levon; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Refstie, Hilde; Andresen, Silje Aurora. (2015) Time to acknowledge the elephant in the room. Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2015-03-24
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IntervjuAndresen, Silje Aurora; Jakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Refstie, Hilde. (2015) Hva skjedde med studentene?. Under Dusken Under Dusken [null] 2015-04-28
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IntervjuJakobsen, Thomas Sætre; Andresen, Silje Aurora; Refstie, Hilde; Epremian, Levon. (2015) "A flawed process of employee consultation". Universitetsavisa Universitetsavisa [Internet] 2015-03-09