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Laura Tolnov Clausen is a Senior Researcher specializing in ethnology with a focus on the democratic, political, and socio-economic spatial dimensions of energy transitions. She holds a PhD in Environmental Planning from Roskilde University. Her research interests encompass energy climate policy, public participation, energy democracy, and green economy perspectives on everyday life that involve local citizens and strategies for the green transition. Clausen analyzes existing arenas of public participation, exploring how they are framed within national policy discourses and actual case studies of wind power planning. Furthermore, she employs a critical discourse theoretical approach in her energy research and is experienced in qualitative research methods, including ethnographic fieldwork, qualitative interviews, focus groups, and participatory research related to action research. Her work particularly addresses citizens' attitudes towards wind turbine planning in Denmark, and she has begun to explore current wind power developments in Norway and Scotland, focusing on local community understandings and planning rationalities.
Technical University of Denmark • Lyngby, Denmark
Participated in projects related to energy transitions and public participation, focusing specifically on citizens' attitudes towards wind turbine planning.
This requirement applies generally across Technical University of Denmark (DTU) MSc programs including Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, and Engineering disciplines. Specific prerequisites vary by department/curriculum.