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Popular topics include:
- Climate Change Skepticism – Who are “they” and what are the drivers behind climate attitudes?
- Sustainable Education – How to use our imagination to explore desired futures?
- Interactive Teaching Methods – How to use tools from improv to create an inspiring teaching environment?
- Improv – Teambuilding – How can we use improv to create great memories together, get out of our comfort zone and learn about communication and collaboration?
The workshops and presentations will be adapted to the audience, organization, topic and experiences.
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Gi f*** i klima: Klimakommunikasjon i et hav av fakta, følelser og forvirring
Breakfast Meeting: Are the People of Oslo Still Concerned About Climate?
In a world marked by war, economic unrest, and presidents wielding significant power, we risk climate being overshadowed.
Event May 27
For nine years, we have been asking the people of Oslo about their opinions on climate. They have shared their everyday choices, like whether they sort plastics, drive cars, eat meat, or travel by plane. We’ve inquired about the car’s place in the city and their views on climate efforts. Can we now better understand the attitudes and behaviors of Oslo’s residents by analyzing developments since 2017?
Program:
09:00 – 10:00: Climate Goals 2030 – Is it really true that men are no longer interested in climate? Are women or men more focused on implementing climate measures? And how strongly does Oslo’s goal of a 95% reduction in emissions stand among the population?
Panel discussion with Climate Pilot and author Hauk Are Fjeld and researcher Marthe Elden Wilhelmsen. The discussion will be led by director of the Climate Agency, Heidi Sørensen.
LINK: https://www.klimaoslo.no/arrangementer/frokostmote-er-oslofolk-fortsatt-opptatt-av-klima/
Climate Agency with Thomas Seltzer: Is Climate Too Feminine?
March 13, 2025 Join Thomas Seltzer and an informed panel consisting of a researcher, a politician, and a climate leader as we discuss whether and how genders can – and should – be united in the times ahead.
Practical Information Date: March 13, 2025 Venue: Kulturhuset in Bergen Price: 250 NOK Student: 125 NOK Stage: TBA Event Start: 19:00 Guardian Arrangement: Yes Kulturhuset in Bergen, Warmer Wetter Wilder presents: Climate Agency with Thomas Seltzer: Is Climate Too Feminine?
Why is it not perceived as “manly” to combat an existential threat like the climate crisis? Could it be that climate engagement is perceived as “too feminine” and thus faces resistance from certain groups? Or is it more complex? What causes some men to view the climate fight as “uncool” or irrelevant? Is it the fear of losing individual freedom? “No one should come and tell us to limit our cars, beef, and drilling!” And most importantly, can we overcome these barriers – and should we?
As the right-wing wave sweeps across the West, polarization between young right-leaning men and young left-leaning women is growing. Women, generally, are more positive towards climate measures and are more likely to believe that climate change is human-induced. Men are more willing to take risks and often work in industries and the oil sector. Research has shown that this is also tied to our identity. The more feminine men perceive themselves, the more concerned they are with climate, and the more masculine they perceive themselves, the less concerned they are. And what about the emphasis in public discourse? Should there be more focus on technology and war to engage men? Is climate simply too feminine for men? And if so – is the solution for all of us to become more feminine?
In an era where we can choose our own information, it is increasingly difficult to separate fact from fiction. Understanding how identity, gender, and values influence our interpretation of both information and politics is crucial. But how can we create a fruitful conversation when values, identity, and gender can trump scientific facts?
Participants: Anja Bakken Riise, Leader of the Future in Our Hands Ola Svenneby, Leader of Young Conservatives Marthe Elden Wilhelmsen, Research Fellow at the University of Agder
Moderated by: Thomas Seltzer, journalist, social commentator, and host of Trygdekontoret
LINK: https://www.kulturhusetibergen.no/program/klimaetaten-med-thomas-seltzer-er-klima-for-femi/
CET Lunch “But what about the men?”
An ethnographic Study of Climate Scepticism and Gender Performance in Southern Norway
12th of March, University of Bergen
This ethnographic research delves into climate skepticism in Southern Norway and how this can act as an expression of underlying frustrations connected to gender, moral evaluations, and masculinity. This research builds on symbolic interactionism and role performance when examining how gender perceptions are intertwined with climate-skeptical attitudes. This paper aims to explore how gender-based identity markers can function both as identity expression, and as a way of expressing group belonging to a self-proclaimed silenced and excluded group of climate-skeptical, privileged men in Southern Norway. Ethnographic fieldwork from January 2022 to March 2025 unveiled that climate skepticism often worked as a strategy to express frustrations regarding gender and changes in the status quo. The question thus emerges: how can we have fruitful conversations about climate, if climate skepticism can be a mask to express underlying frustrations of something else?
About the speaker
Marthe Elden Wilhelmsen is a PhD research fellow at the University of Agder (Norway) at the department of Global Development and Planning. Her PhD thesis is called “What are we really talking about when we discuss climate policies? An ethnographic study in Southern Norway”.
Her research focuses on different underlying values related to climate policies, especially for those who are skeptical of anthropogenic climate change and/or climate related policies. She is excited to both share her insights from her research, and engage in conversations with fellow curious individuals at this event.
My research
My research focuses on climate change skepticism and what the underlying values and grievances are. What are we really trying to communicate with our climate perceptions? How is this connected to identity, power and values? I especially focus on the moral evaluations we make connected to climate topic.
How can climate attitudes be an expression of something else?
Publications LINK CRISTIN: https://app.cristin.no/persons/show.jsf?id=1298282
Wilhelmsen, M. E. (2020). How dare she?: A critical discourse analysis of Greta Thunberg [University of Agder]. http://hdl.handle.net/11250/2682426
Wilhelmsen, M. E. (2022). Iver B. Neumann: Innføring i diskursanalyse (2. utgave). Norsk Sosiologisk Tidsskrift, 6(2), 1–3. https://doi.org/10.18261/nost.6.2.5
Wilhelmsen, M. E. (2024). The (In-)Justice League and the Battle of the Climate Narratives: An Ethnographic Study of Climate Policy Skepticism in the Norwegian Paradox. In N. Marschner, C. Richter, J. Patz, & A. Salheiser (Eds.), Contested Climate Justice – Challenged Democracy: International Perspectives (1. Auflage, pp. 221–234). Campus.
Tschötschel, R. S., Diamond, E., Howley, S. E., McNally, B., Morris, H. E., Perry, K. E., & Wilhelmsen, M. E. (2025). Public Communication of Climate and Justice: A Scoping Review. WIREs Climate Change, 16(1), e932. https://doi.org/10.1002/wcc.932
