PhD Candidate

Therese Skarlo

Field of work

PhD Research Fellow in Responsible Innovation and Regional Development.

Therese has a BCs in Economics and business administration and a MSc in Innovation and management from the Western Norway University of Applied Sciences. The title of her master thesis is 'Investor-driven transition in the salmon farming industry: Financing as niche-driver in a sociotechnical system'. 

The PhD Project

Working title: ‘Money talks’ – but what do they do for sustainability transitions?

Situated within the field of sustainability transitions, this project focus on how the role of financial capital, and the agency of financial actors, restricts or promotes sustainability transition in the salmon farming industry. 

Research areas
  • Sustainability transitions 
  • Responsible innovartion 
  • Salmon farming || Aquaculture 
  • Financial capital 
Research groups