Lise Tjørring

Lise Tjørring is a Researcher at the Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Humanities, University of Copenhagen. She is affiliated with the Centre for Applied Ecological Thinking (CApE) and the HumanImpact research project, serving as Special Consultant at the Queen Mary Center. Her work bridges humanities knowledge with private sector challenges in sustainability transitions, climate action, and energy systems.

She holds a cand.scient.anth (Master of Science in Anthropology) and an industrial PhD earned through collaboration with energy company SE, focusing on energy conservation in citizens' everyday lives. Her educational background combines anthropological theory with practical industry engagement.

Tjørring's research centers on gender dynamics within the green transition, examining how cultural contexts shape sustainability efforts. Through fieldwork at Danish fire stations, she analyzed masculinity cultures influencing firefighting gear development. With Preferred by Nature, she studied gendered power dynamics in international sustainability certification. In Ghana, she investigated digital inequality through gendered internet access patterns. Her approach emphasizes actionable anthropological insights for real-world problems.

Her recent publications reveal strong interdisciplinary trends merging anthropology with environmental science and innovation management. Key themes include sustainable food systems (dairy alternatives), urban-rural divides, perceived spatial distance, and sustainability-masculinity intersections. This body of work demonstrates how humanities perspectives can address complex societal challenges through university-industry collaboration.

Lise actively contributes to CApE and HumanImpact, which facilitate collaborative projects between academia and external partners. These initiatives focus on ecological thinking and anthropological methods to solve pressing societal issues, with particular attention to gendered dimensions of sustainability transitions.