Emmy Nøklebye

Emmy Nøklebye is a PhD Fellow at SINTEF Digital, Department of Technology Management, research group Innovation and Sustainability. Her research sits at the intersection of environmental policy, sustainability transitions, and social justice, with a focus on how system change is shaped, governed, and experienced in practice. Her doctoral project studies the feasibility and legitimacy of carbon capture and storage (CCS) in waste-to-energy systems, as part of the CaptureY project.

Education

Ph.d TIK Centre for Technology, Innovation, and Culture, University of Oslo (2026 - )
MSc Sustainable Development, University of Exeter (2019–2020)
BSc International Relations, University of Plymouth (2016–2019)

Competence and research areas

Emmy Nøklebye researches environmental policy, sustainability transitions, and justice, with an interest in how low-carbon transitions are shaped by policy frameworks, system dynamics, and legitimation processes. Her background is interdisciplinary, with experience in environmental governance, pollution policy, and circular economy, including providing scientific input to the international plastics treaty negotiations and coordinating the Scientists' Coalition for an Effective Plastics Treaty.

Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/emmynoklebye/

ORCID

https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2387-823X