
- Unit:
- SINTEF Industry
- Department:
- Sustainable Energy Technology
- Office:
- Trondheim
Education
MSc (2006) Econometrics and Operations Research, Maastricht University
PhD (2012) Economics and Policy Studies of Technological Change, United Nations University MERIT
PostDoc Centre for Integrated Sustainability Analysis, University of Sydney
Competence and research areas
The analysis of sustainability aspects of the global transition to a green economy is at the core of Kirsten's research. She is an expert in global and national macro-econometric input-output modelling, an elected member of the Council of the International Input-Output Association, and a member of the Editorial Board of the journal "Economic Systems Research". Previously she has been working at NTNU's Industrial Ecology Programme, at the OECD in the Trade in Value Added initiative, and at the Institute of Economic Structures Research in Germany. She holds a PhD from UNU-MERIT in Maastricht for her thesis "Quantitative assessment of sustainable development and growth in Sub-Saharan Africa".
Her work was a major contribution to the ILO's "World Employment Social Outlook 2018: Greening with jobs" and the Inter-American Development Bank's 2020 report "Jobs in a net-zero emissions future in Latin America and the Caribbean". Her research continues to provide background information for UNFCCC's work on climate change response measures, esp. regarding impacts on global sustainability and cross-border effects, and the UNDP's NDC partnership.
Expertise
Publications
- Impacts on the Sustainable Development Goals of Offshore Wind Energy
- Increasing the speed, scope, and level of decarbonization for meeting the Net-zero 2050 challenge. Implications for sustainability transitions research
- Global SDG impacts of offshore wind and solar PV diffusion
- Future changes in consumption: The income effect on greenhouse gas emissions
- Offshore Wind: Employment and value creation of EPCI exports in Norway
- SDG impacts of selected circular economy strategies in Norway
- Nigeria Green Jobs Assessment Report: Measuring the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Policies to Guide NDC Enhancement and a Just Transition
- Zimbabwe Green Jobs Assessment Report: Measuring the Socioeconomic Impacts of Climate Policies to Guide NDC Enhancement and a Just Transition
- Close the carbon loophole
- The Norwegian Climate Plan 2021: Towards a comprehensive emissions accounting framework that includes international trade