Hanne Svarstad

Hanne Svarstad is a professor at Oslo Metropolitan University’s Faculty of Teacher Education and International Studies, Department of International Studies and Interpreting Education. Her work focuses on climate justice, political ecology, and development studies from a Nordic oil-rich country perspective.

• Affiliation: Oslo Metropolitan University
• Research: Climate justice, political ecology, sustainable development
• Projects: CENSU (Norwegian-Tanzanian-Mozambican collaboration)

Her recent publications analyze climate policy through justice theory, emphasizing intergenerational and spatial equity, epistemological violence in conservation, and critiques of climate colonialism. She advocates for critical climate education to empower citizens in climate decision-making.

Her work spans collaborations with institutions in Africa and Europe, focusing on vulnerable communities, conservation ethics, and transformative education strategies. She actively contributes to public discourse via op-eds and conference presentations.