Martine Alexandra Andersen Hennig

Om

My work focuses on the restoration of biodiverse soils in construction projects. Topsoil is a non-renewable resource, which is inevitably lost when paving the way for new infrastructure. Relocating and restoring soil elsewhere can be an environmental compensation measure and contribute to restoring degraded nature elsewhere. I mainly focus on forests, grasslands and peatlands. To connect the ecology of topsoil translocation to infrastructure management and sustainability, I have incorporated the step-by-step impacts of soil relocation into life cycle analysis (LCA).

My work is funded under Forskningsrådet by the interdiciplinary research project GreenMove (2022-2027).

My work is supervised by Rolf André Bohne (main), Bente J. Graae and Martijn L. Vandegehuchte (Department of Biology), Hrefna R. Vignisdottir and Katrin C. Knoth (SINTEF).

Education:

MSc in Natural Resources Management in biology at NTNU.

Honors/awards:

Best presentation at the "First European PhD and Postdoc Symposium on delivering the future of Infrastructure Research", hosted by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR), Dublin, Ireland 2024

Best Master thesis in Sustainable development, Faculty of Natural Science, 2023

Publikasjoner

2026

Hennig, Martine Alexandra Andersen; Vetnes, Alexander Grødum; O'Born, Reyn Joseph; Bohne, Rolf André. (2026) Something to re-peat? Reusing peat in infrastructure projects for natural restoration - an LCA-approach. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
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Hennig, Martine Alexandra Andersen; Vandegehuchte, Martijn L.; Graae, Bente Jessen; Lum, Eryn; Vignisdottir, Hrefna Run; Knoth, Katrin; Bohne, Rolf André. (2026) A road toward nature neutrality? Incorporating biodiversity restoration into life cycle assessment of road construction. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Vitenskapelig artikkel

Tidsskriftspublikasjoner

Hennig, Martine Alexandra Andersen; Vetnes, Alexander Grødum; O'Born, Reyn Joseph; Bohne, Rolf André. (2026) Something to re-peat? Reusing peat in infrastructure projects for natural restoration - an LCA-approach. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science (EES)
Vitenskapelig artikkel
Hennig, Martine Alexandra Andersen; Vandegehuchte, Martijn L.; Graae, Bente Jessen; Lum, Eryn; Vignisdottir, Hrefna Run; Knoth, Katrin; Bohne, Rolf André. (2026) A road toward nature neutrality? Incorporating biodiversity restoration into life cycle assessment of road construction. Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Vitenskapelig artikkel

Formidling

Sustainable Built Environment, SBE2025

Something to re-peat? Repurposing peat in infrastructure projects – a life cycle assessment approach, oral presentation, Trondheim, Norway 26.11.2025

Conference of Urban Transitions 2024

Thrift shopping biodiversity? Moving of biodiverse topsoil from a road site to enhance biodiversity in an urban area, poster presentation, Barcelona, Spain 06.11.2024.

Symposium on delivering the Future of Infrastructure Research 2024

Translocation of valuable and biodiverse soils in transport construction projects – a thrift shopping approach, oral presentation. Hosted by the Conference of European Directors of Roads (CEDR) in Dublin, Ireland 16.04.2024.

Flytta torv 80 kilometer for å redde planter fra veiutbygging

Interview with NRK about my MSc and PhD work.

2025

Konferanseforedrag

Hennig, Martine Alexandra Andersen; Vetnes, Alexander Grødum; O'Born, Reyn Joseph; Bohne, Rolf André. (2025) Something to re-peat? Reusing peat in infrastructure projects for natural restoration - an LCA-approach. SBE25 Trondheim Cities and Climate Change
Konferanseforedrag

Vetnes, Alexander Grødum; Hennig, Martine Alexandra Andersen; O'Born, Reyn Joseph. (2025) Road Decommissioning: A Path to Sustainability or an Uncertain Mitigation Strategy?. SBE25 Trondheim Cities and Climate Change

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Martine Alexandra Andersen Hennig