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Academic publications

In preparation

Reverse Vending Technology: The Story of What We Do With Our Bottles and Cans. Book manuscript under contract for Rutgers University Press, scheduled for publication in 2011.

Hyttedrømmen: Historien om den norske hytta, 1850-2000. Book manuscript in preparation, to be completed in 2010.

Article on simplicity and technology in the history of the Norwegian leisure cabin, in review with Technology and Culture.

2009

“Recycling” and “Keep America Beautiful.” Entries in the Encyclopedia of American Environmental History, Facts on File, forthcoming 2009.

2008

“Miljøhistorie: Kunsten å lytte til naturens stemme?” Fortid 4, 2008, 6-9. Co-authored with Dolly Jørgensen.

“Nettsiden Miljøhistorie i Norge,” Fortid 4, 2008, 41.

2007

“The infrastructure of everyday environmentalism. Tomra and the reverse vending machine, 1970-2000.” PhD Dissertation, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim.

2004

“I Brochmanns kjøkken. Vitenskap, modernitet og politikk i mellomkrigstidens husstelldiskurs.” Working Paper, IKON Research Group. [Read full text]

2002

“Det mangetydige forbruket” in Maurseth & Borgersen (eds.) Fabrikkens sted, bilde og idé, Trondheim.

Tidens krav. Framveksten av det vitenskapelige husstellet i Norge, 19001940. STS Report 52/2002, NTNU. Published and revised version of MA thesis.