Rannveig Edda Hjaltadottir
Førsteamanuensis
Handelshøgskolen
Rannveig Works at the Centre for Industrial Business Development (SIF) at the Department of Innovation and Entrepreneurship. Her research interests focus on Innovation, Innovation cooperation, and Circular Economy.
Rannveig holds a Ph.D. in Business Economics from the University of Southern Denmark and has an international profile having worked at universities in Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg, and Norway.
Rannveig is currently working on several research projects on circular economy and sustainable development where she contributed to securing the funding, including INDIGO (Norwegian research Counsel, 2022-2028), IPR4SC, Developing skills in Intellectual Property Rights Open Data for sustainability and circularity an international project (funded by Erasmus program) and NoviKrog, Circular Public Procurement for Closing Local Material Loops (
I currently teach or contribute to courses on Circular Economy at bachelor's, master's and Ph.D. levels and a bachelor's course in Statistics. I am also involved in developing new courses for our Bachelor's program at Mo. Other teaching activities include courses on innovation and business economics.
My research is mainly focused on how the implementation of CE depends on multiple types of innovation that come together as bundles of innovations for integrated change, how regional innovation systems need to adapt to support CE innovation and development, and the role of cooperation in developing Circular Supply chains and business models.
Rannveig has held positions in several European Universities and is a part of an international network for researchers in the fields of regional economics and economic geography.
Rannveig has participated in research projects in Denmark, Luxembourg, Norway, and Iceland with funding from national and international funding agencies, Including INTERREG, the national research fund of Luxembourg (FNR), and the Norwegian research council.
2021
Circular Economy in the building industry
European policy and local practices 2021, European Planning Studies: Volum 29 s. 2226-2251 Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Hild, Paula
2020
Inter-regional innovation cooperation and structural heterogeneity: Does being a rural, or border region, or both, make a difference? 2020, Journal of Rural Studies: Volum 74 s. 257-270 Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Makkonen, Teemu; Timo, Mitze
2019
). Analysis of the satisfaction degree of students participating in international educational projects. 2019, Journal of Studies in International Education: Makarova, Elena A.; Makarova, Elena L.; Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda
Practising circles: Studying institutional change and circular economy practices 2019, Journal of Cleaner Production: Volum 237 Schulz, Christian; Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Hild, Paula
2017
Cross-border innovation cooperation: Partner selection, national borders and knowledge bases Geographies of Growth: Innovations, Networks and Collaborations 2017, Edward Elgar Publishing: s. 330-354 Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Makkonen, Teemu; Sørensen, Nils Karl
2015
Grænseoverskridende samarbejde om innovation 2015, Pluk, fra Forskningen i Soenderjylland: Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda
2023
Reiseliv i Hemnes - Økosystem, samarbeid og utvikling 2023, Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Larsen, Jenny Sofie Kjemphei; Selfors, Morten Dahle
Rått, raust og inkluderende reiseliv - Sluttrapport for prosjektet Rått, raust og inkluderende: Arctic hub Helgeland 2023, Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Bjørkan, Maiken; Ekeland, Christian Buschmann; Antonsen, Karin Marie
Why we need Transformative Circular Economy 2023, SDG Knowledge Hub neewsletter: Lavtizar, Vesna; Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Modic, Dolores; Mark, Elder
Development at the polar circle
2023, RanaBlad: Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda
Med små steg kan vi få til stedsutvikling som er rå, raus og inkluderende. Da blir Helgeland et bedre sted for alle 2023, RanaBlad: Lebel, Julien; Bjørkan, Maiken; Antonsen, Karin Marie; Hjaltadóttir, Rannveig Edda; Ekeland, Christian Buschmann