27. februar - Kristine Myhrer Svartebekk (KBM)

English title of thesis:
From waste to awareness: designing household food waste interventions across consumer profiles

Norwegian title of the thesis:
Fra svinn til bevissthet: utforming av tiltak mot matsvinn i husholdninger på tvers av forbrukerprofiler

Prescribed subject of the trial lecture (Approved):
How do emotions influence sensory measurements, and how can we measure this?
The trial lecture was held on February 10th, 2026.

Evaluation committee - trial lecture:
Professor Siv Skeie, KBM, NMBU
Associate professor Catrin Tyl, KBM, NMBU
Associate Professor Davide Porcellato, KBM, NMBU (Administrator)

Time and place for the public defence:
Friday February 27th 2026, at 12.15.
The defence will be held at NMBU in U215 Festsalen, Urbygningen, NMBU.

Evaluation committee:
First opponent: Professor Annemarie Olsen, Department of Psychology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

Second opponent: Dr. PhD Gertrude Zeinstra, Consumer Research group, Wageningen University & Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Committee coordinator: Associate Professor Davide Porcellato, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

Supervisors:
Main supervisor:
Valerie Lengard Almli, Adjunct Associate Professor at Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences and Senior Scientist at Nofima, Ås, Norway

Co-supervisors:
PhD Mari Øvrum Gaarder, Nofima, Ås Norway
Professor Siv Kjølsrud Bøhn, Faculty of Chemistry, Biotechnology and Food Science, Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Ås, Norway

The doctoral thesis is available for public review.
For those of you who wants access to this please send an email to:
phd-kbm@nmbu.no

Thesis number 2026:3; ISSN 1894-6402; ISBN 978-82-575-2319-0