Hanne Svarstad

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
31 papers, 1.7k citations indexed

About

Hanne Svarstad is a scholar working on Global and Planetary Change, Sociology and Political Science and General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. According to data from OpenAlex, Hanne Svarstad has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 1.7k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 17 papers in Global and Planetary Change, 8 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 8 papers in General Agricultural and Biological Sciences. Recurrent topics in Hanne Svarstad's work include Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 papers). Hanne Svarstad is often cited by papers focused on Conservation, Biodiversity, and Resource Management (13 papers), Sustainability and Climate Change Governance (7 papers) and Agriculture, Land Use, Rural Development (5 papers). Hanne Svarstad collaborates with scholars based in Norway, United Kingdom and Netherlands. Hanne Svarstad's co-authors include Tor A. Benjaminsen, W. Neil Adger, Katrina Brown, Frank Wätzold, Dale S. Rothman, Lars Kjerulf Petersen, H. Siepel, Ragnhild Overå, Odd Inge Vistad and Karoline Daugstad and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Nature Climate Change and Conservation Biology.

In The Last Decade

Hanne Svarstad

30 papers receiving 1.6k citations

Hit Papers

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Advancing a Political Ecology of Global Environmental Discourses

2001 553 citations Tor A. Benjaminsen, Hanne Svarstad et al. profile →

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Anja Nygren Finland

Brendan Coolsaet France

Christos Zografos Spain

Thomas J. Bassett United States

Po Garden Thailand

Paul Selman United Kingdom

Marcus Colchester United Kingdom

Kendra McSweeney United States

Pamela McElwee United States

David Manuel‐Navarrete United States

Anja Nygren Finland

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Hanne Svarstad

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Hanne Svarstad. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Hanne Svarstad based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Hanne Svarstad. Hanne Svarstad is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Koot, Stasja, Sian Sullivan, Wolfram Dressler, et al.. (2025). Intimidation as epistemological violence against social science conservation research. Conservation Biology. 39(2). e14454–e14454. 4 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne, Alfredo Jornet, Glen P. Peters, Tom Griffiths, & Tor A. Benjaminsen. (2023). Critical climate education is crucial for fast and just transformations. Nature Climate Change. 13(12). 1274–1275. 6 indexed citations

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Benjaminsen, Tor A., et al.. (2022). Recognising Recognition in Climate Justice. IDS Bulletin. 53(4). 4 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne. (2021). Critical climate education: studying climate justice in time and space. International Studies in Sociology of Education. 30(1-2). 214–232. 26 indexed citations

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Benjaminsen, Tor A. & Hanne Svarstad. (2021). Political Ecology: A Critical Engagement with Global Environmental Issues. 15 indexed citations

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Escobar, Arturo, Andrew Gardner, James M. Greenberg, et al.. (2020). Political Ecology Across Spaces, Scales, and Social Groups. Rutgers University Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne & Tor A. Benjaminsen. (2019). Reading radical environmental justice through a political ecology lens. Geoforum. 108. 1–11. 94 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne. (2019). Håvard Haarstad,Grete Rusten (red.): Grønn omstilling – norske veivalg. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 3(1). 92–95. 1 indexed citations

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Benjaminsen, Tor A. & Hanne Svarstad. (2018). REDD og norsk klimakolonialisme i Tanzania. Internasjonal politikk. 76(1). 2 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne, Ragnhild Overå, & Tor A. Benjaminsen. (2018). Power theories in political ecology. Journal of Political Ecology. 25(1). 136 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne & Tor A. Benjaminsen. (2017). Nothing succeeds like success narratives: a case of conservation and development in the time of REDD. Journal of Eastern African Studies. 11(3). 482–505. 58 indexed citations

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Benjaminsen, Tor A. & Hanne Svarstad. (2010). The Death of an Elephant: Conservation Discourses Versus Practices in Africa. Forum for Development Studies. 37(3). 385–408. 82 indexed citations

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Linnell, John D. C., et al.. (2008). Vegas framtid formes nå. Rapport fra scenarioutviklingsseminar Vega 23. – 24. september 2008. Duo Research Archive (University of Oslo). 1 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne, Lars Kjerulf Petersen, Dale S. Rothman, H. Siepel, & Frank Wätzold. (2007). Discursive biases of the environmental research framework DPSIR. Land Use Policy. 25(1). 116–125. 282 indexed citations

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Daugstad, Karoline, Hanne Svarstad, & Odd Inge Vistad. (2006). Community-based Nature Protection: Lessons from Norway. The International Journal of Environmental Cultural Economic and Social Sustainability Annual Review. 2(3). 127–136. 6 indexed citations

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Vistad, Odd Inge, Hanne Svarstad, & Karoline Daugstad. (2005). Geiranger-Herdalen: Lang dags ferd mot vern. Plan. 37(3-4). 58–64. 1 indexed citations

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Dhillion, Shivcharn S., et al.. (2002). Bioprospecting: Effects on Environment and Development. AMBIO. 31(6). 491–493. 29 indexed citations

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Svarstad, Hanne. (2002). Analysing Conservation—Development Discourses: The Story of a Biopiracy Narrative. Forum for Development Studies. 29(1). 63–92. 17 indexed citations

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Dhillion, Shivcharn S., et al.. (2002). Bioprospecting: Effects on Environment and Development. AMBIO. 31(6). 491–491.

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Svarstad, Hanne, et al.. (2000). From Norway to Novartis: cyclosporin from Tolypocladium inflatum in an open access bioprospecting regime. Biodiversity and Conservation. 9(11). 1521–1541. 28 indexed citations

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