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Jin Xue

Jin Xue

Professor

  • Institutt for by- og regionsplanlegging

Jeg har en Ph.D. i byplanlegging fra Aalborg Universitet, Danmark (2012), og en mastergrad i byplanlegging og design fra Zhejiang Universitet, Kina (2009). Min akademiske karriere omfatter stillinger både i Danmark og Norge. Siden 2022 har jeg vært professor i bærekraftig by- og regionplanlegging ved NMBU.

Min forskning fokuserer på bærekraftig by- og regionplanlegging, med et kritisk blikk på dominerende planleggingsdiskurser og arealstrategier forankret i grønn vekst-paradigmet. Arbeidet mitt kombinerer konseptuell og teoretisk utvikling med empirisk forskning, særlig innenfor nordiske kontekster. Jeg arbeider med fem sammenhengende forskningsområder:

1) Økomodernistisk by- og boligutvikling
Med et kritisk tilnærming undersøker jeg utfordringer, begrensninger og muligheter ved dominerende bærekrafttilnærminger i by- og boligutvikling, særlig de som er basert på grønn vekst og økologisk modernisering.

2) Vekstfri planlegging
Min forskning utforsker nedvekst(degrowth) som et samfunns- og økonomisk paradigme, og integrerer dette med planlegging. Jeg undersøker hvordan nedvekst påvirker bolig, mobilitet og byutvikling, og bidrar til teorien om ‘sufficiency planning’. Ved å bruke politisk økonomi og kritisk byteori analyserer jeg strukturelle barrierer og forutsetninger for en omstilling mot nedvekst.

3) Fremtidsstudier, scenarioplanlegging og backcasting
Jeg benytter scenarioplanlegging og backcasting—ofte gjennom deltakende verksteder—for å utforske alternative utviklinger for boliger, byer og fritidsboliger.

4) Bærekraftig arealbruk og fritidsboligplanlegging
Jeg undersøker hvordan planlegging på ulike nivåer kan fremme naturvern, biologisk mangfold og klimatiltak, med særlig fokus på arealplanlegging for fritidsboliger i distriktene.

5) Vitenskapsfilosofi: Kritisk realisme
Jeg anvender grunnleggende og dialektisk kritisk realisme, og bruker dens ontologi og metodologi til å undersøke temaer som planleggingsideologi og bærekraftige boliger, og videreutvikle planleggingsteori. Jeg har bidratt til å videreutvikle kritisk realisme ved å integrere dens begreper i en sammenhengende meta-teoretisk ramme, spesielt for ideologikritikk.

Jeg har bred erfaring med undervisning og veiledning på alle universitetsnivåer, inkludert emneansvalig og studentveiledning. Min undervisningsportefølje dekker bærekraftig by- og regionplanlegging, vitenskapsfilosofi, vekstfri planlegging og utvikling og planlegging av fritidsboliger. Siden 2016 har jeg vært involvert i utdanningsledelse, først som medlem av programrådet for femårig masterprogram i by- og regionplanlegging, og jeg tiltrer som programleder fra 2025.

  • Fagfelt
    • Eco-modernist Urban and Housing Development
    • Post-growth Planning
    • Futures Studies, Scenario Planning, and Backcasting
    • Sustainable Land-Use and Second-Home Planning
    • Philosophy of Science: Critical Realism
  • Publikasjoner

    Forskerprofil med publikasjoner i vitenarkivet

    Book

    Xue, J. (2014). Economic growth and sustainable housing: an Uneasy relationship. London: Routledge.

    International peer-reviewed scientific journal papers

    Vik, M. L., Knappe, G. O., Nedergård Steffansen, R., Xue, J., & Lundberg, A. K. (2025). Educating planners for sustainable development: perspectives from Norway. Planning Practice & Research, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/02697459.2025.2563864

    Xue, J., & Eräranta, S. (2025). Sufficiency planning: A model of planning in an era of polycrisis. Planning Theory, 14730952251359070.

    Xue, J. (2025). Spatial scale matters for degrowth: An exploration informed by critical realism. Environmental Values, 09632719251348340.

    Overvåg, K., Xue, J., Steffansen, R. N., & Singsaas, M. (2024). Land use planning as an instrument for more environmentally sustainable second-home developments: Hindrances and potentials. Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift-Norwegian Journal of Geography, 1-12.

    Mapis, C., & Xue, J. (2024). Mountains of meaning: the empty signification of environmental sustainability in Norwegian second-home planning. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 1-23.

    Kronenberg, J., Andersson, E., Elmqvist, T., Łaszkiewicz, E., Xue, J., & Khmara, Y. (2024). Cities, planetary boundaries, and degrowth. The Lancet Planetary Health, 8(4), e234-e241.

    Steffansen, R. N., Xue, J., Stefansdottir, H., & Næss, P. (2022). Perceptions and Justifications of Environmental Impacts of Second Home Use: A Norwegian Study. Environment, Space, Place14(2), 104-131.

    Xue, J., & Kębłowski, W. (2022). Editorial: Spatialising degrowth, degrowing urban planning. Local Environment, 27(4), 397-403.

    Xue, J. (2022). A critical realist theory of ideology: Promoting planning as a vanguard of societal transformation. Planning Theory, 14730952211073330.

    Xue, J. (2021). Urban planning and degrowth: a missing dialogue. Local Environment. https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13549839.2020.1867840  

    Mete, S., & Xue, J. (2020). Integrating environmental sustainability and social justice in housing development: two contrasting scenarios. Progress in Planning. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.progress.2020.100504

    Xue, J., Næss, P., Stefansdottir, H., Steffansen, R. & Richardson, T. (2020). The hidden side of Norwegian cabin fairytale: climate implications of multi-dwelling lifestyle. Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism, 1-26.

    Næss, P., Xue, J., Stefansdottir, H., Steffansen, R. & Richardson, T. (2019). Second home mobility and climate impacts: travel modes, considerations and justifications. Journal of Transport Geography, 79(1-12).

    Nørgård, J. & Xue, J. (2017). From green growth towards a sustainable real economy. The myth of decoupling, rebound effects, and the I=P*A*T equation. Real-World Economics Review, 80.

    Xue, J. (2017). Eco-metropolis planning conditioned by the growth ideology: The case of Greater Copenhagen. Urban Design and Planning, 1-10.

    Xue, J., Walnum, H. J., Aall, C., Næss, P. (2016). Two contrasting scenarios for a zero-emission future in a high-consumption society. Sustainability, 9(20).

    Xue, J. (2014). Is eco-village / urban village the future of a degrowth society? An urban planner's perspective. Ecological Economics, 105: 130-138.

    Xue, J. (2014). Sustainable housing development: decoupling or degrowth? A comparative study of Copenhagen and Hangzhou.   Environment and Planning C, 33.

    Xue, J. (2012). A critical realist perspective on decoupling negative environmental impacts from housing sector growth and economic growth. Journal of Critical Realism, 11 (4): 438-461.

    Xue, J. (2012). Potentials for decoupling housing-related environmental impacts from economic growth. Environmental Development, 4: 18-35.

    Xue, J. (2012). Limits to decoupling strategies for sustainable housing development: The Hangzhou experience. Journal of Environmental Planning and Management, 55 (8): 1004-1021.

    Xue, J. (2012). Indicators of decoupling housing-related environmental impacts from economic growth. Journal of Housing and the Built Environment, 27 (4): 495-516.

    Xue, J., Arler, F. & Næss, P. (2012). Is the degrowth debate relevant to China? Environment, Development and Sustainability, 14 (1): 85-109.

    Xue, J., Næss, P., Yao, Y. & Li, F. (2011). The challenge of sustainable mobility in urban planning and development: A comparative study of the Copenhagen and Hangzhou metropolitan areas. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 3 (2): 185-206.

     

    Chapters of international scientific books

    Xue, J. (2022). Planning law and post-growth transformation. In: F. Savini, A. Ferreira & K. C. Schönfeld (eds.) Post-Growth Planning: Foundations for an Urbanization Beyond the Market Economy. New York: Routledge.

    Xue, J. (2018). Housing for degrowth: Space, planning and distribution. In: A. Nelson & F. Schneider (eds.) Housing for Degrowth: Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities. London: Routledge. In press.

    Stefansdottir, H. (2018). The quality of small dwellings in a neighborhood context. In: A. Nelson & F. Schneider (eds.) Housing for Degrowth: Principles, Models, Challenges and Opportunities. London: Routledge. In press.

    Xue, J. (2016). Arguments for and against economic growth. In: P. Næss & L. Price (eds.) Crisis System: A Critical realist and critical environmental critique of contemporary economics. London: Routledge.

    Xue, J. (2016). China at the crossroad: ecological modernization or ecosocialism? In: P. Næss & L. Price (eds.) Crisis System: A Critical realist and critical environmental critique of contemporary economics. London: Routledge.

    Næss, P. & Xue, J. (2016). Housing standards, environmental sustainability and social welfare. In: P. Næss & L. Price (eds.) Crisis System: A Critical realist and critical environmental critique of contemporary economics. London: Routledge.

    Nørgård, J. & Xue, J. (2016). Between Green Growth and Degrowth: Decoupling, Rebound Effects and the Politics for Long-Term Sustainability. In: Santorius, T., H. J. Walnum & C. Aall (eds.) Rethinking Climate and Energy Policies. Springer.

    Popular journal papers

    Xue, J. (2022). Bærekraftig bosetting – et sammensatt spørsmål av rom, livsstil og valgfrihet. Nyt Fokus, 20: 36-39. http://www.nytfokus.nu/nummer-20/

    Xue, J. (2021). Hva kan være en bærekraftig hytteutbygging i framtiden? Dekar, 5: 40-41. https://issuu.com/magasinetdekar/docs/eiendomsmagasinet_dekar_5_nett?fbclid=IwAR14PBECuZ-ea_1iaDwFL4CpFN0qeu6nEQfQoya6Rw0-yeUsp3iV4pp4xIk

    Næss, P. & Xue, J. (2016). Boligstandard, bærekraft og rettferdig fordeling. Rødt, 2: 34-45.

    Book reviews

    Xue, J. (2011). Book review: Explaining Society: Critical Realism in the Social Science. Journal of Architectural / Planning Research and Studies, 8 (2): 153-155.

    Xue, J. (2010). Book review: Towards a Sustainable Northern European Housing Stock. Journal of Architectural / Planning Research and Studies, 7 (1): 129-131.

    Opinion pieces

    Stefansdottir, H. & Xue, J. (2024). Skipulagning frístundahúsabyggða á tímum náttúru- og loftslagskreppu. https://www.bbl.is/skodun/a-faglegum-notum/skipulagning-fristundahusabyggda-a-timum-natturu--og-loftslagskreppu

    Xue, J., Singsass, M., Steffensen, R. N. (2022). Statens nye veileder for hytteutbygging svarer ikketil problemene. Morgenbladet. https://www.morgenbladet.no/ideer/kronikk/2022/12/08/statens-nye-veileder-for-hytteutbygging-svarer-ikke-til-problemene/

    Xue, J. (2020). Den norske hytta – fra nærhet til naturen til klimaversting. Aftenposten. https://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/i/86PRwE/den-norske-hytta-fra-naerhet-til-naturen-til-klimaversting

    Xue, J. (2016). Vi må tenke nytt om bærekraftig byutvikling. Aftenposten. http://www.aftenposten.no/meninger/debatt/Stopp-eneboligbyggingen_-begrens-reisingen-og-reguler-bilholdet--Jin-Xue-605231b.html

    Xue, J. (2013). Does city growth have to sacrifice the environment? Chinadialogue, https://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/6397-Does-city-growth-have-to-sacrifice-the-environment-

    Contributions to journalist articles/media

    2024 Podcast for Planning Theory. https://sagepolitical.libsyn.com/discussion-with-jin-xue

    2023 Cristiano, S. (2023). A scientific conversation with Jin Xue on socio-ecological sustainability and post-growth spatial design and planning. Tracce urbane. Rivista italiana transdisciplinare di studi urbani, 10(14), 28-39.

    2023 Fritidspendlerne. Weekendavisen. https://www.weekendavisen.dk/2023-27/ideer/fritidspendlerne

    2023 Podcast Degrowth and the Future of Sustainable Planning. https://anchor.fm/political-ecology-forum/episodes/Episode-5-Degrowth-and-the-Future-of-Sustainable-Planning-e1u1dke/a-a9831la

    2022 Podcast Becoming a Post-Growth planner (#14). https://www.postgrowthplanning.com/podcast/becoming-a-post-growth-planner-14-jin-xue/

    2021 Norsk natur har en halv million hytter. Er det nok nå? Forksning.no. https://forskning.no/klima-naturvern-skog/norsk-natur-har-en-halv-million-hytter-er-det-nok-na/1904131     

    2021 Etterlyser en nasjonal hyttepolitikk. Morgenbladet.  https://www.morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2021/08/13/den-moderne-norske-hytta-er-en-klimaversting/

    2018 Teknologien kan ikke redde oss fra klimakatastrofe. Forksning.no. https://forskning.no/klima-partner-nmbu-norges-miljo-og-biovitenskapelige-universitet/teknologien-kan-ikke-redde-oss-fra-klimakatastrofe/289589

    2014 Predictions for China’s environment in 2014. Chinadialogue. https://www.chinadialogue.net/blog/6609-Predictions-for-China-s-environment-in-2-14/en  

  • Undervisning

    Since 2009, I have taught a wide range of topics at both graduate and postgraduate levels. While my primary contributions have been to courses within the planning field, I have also delivered guest lectures for programs such as environmental and development studies, landscape architecture, and nature-based tourism. In addition, I have supervised students across all academic levels. Currently, I am leading the program committee for the five-year master study program Urban and Regional Planning.

    Formal pedagogic training

    • University Teacher Education (10 ECTs), Aalborg University, 2013-2014
    • Master and PhD supervision (5 ECTs), NMBU, 2021

     

    Applied pedagogies

    • Student-centred learning
    • Problem- and project-based learning
    • Combined formative and summative assessment
    • Research-based teaching

     

    Courses I am responsible for 

    • APL360 Planning for Sustainable Urban Regions (15 ECTs, master) (since 2015 ongoing)
    • SDP416 Critical realism in environment, development and planning studies (5 ECTs, PhD) (2023)
    • Urban development, causes and consequences (5 ECTs, master) (2012-2014)

     

    Courses I contribute regularly to

    • APL100 Introduction to the Profession of Urban and Regional Planning
    • EDS330 Political Ecology
    • EDS351 Ecological Economics and Degrowth
    • LAA200 Place Development and Spatial Analysis
    • LAA360 Regional Landscape Planning and Community Development
    • Online masters on Degrowth: Ecology, Economics and Policy

    Supervision of PhD students

    Carmen Beatriz Marta Mapis (ongoing): Municipal planning for sustainable second-home development

    Rebecca Cavicchia (completed in 2022): Questioning social sustainability in a densifying city: The case of Oslo

    Silvia Mete (completed in 2021): Future sustainability for housing development: An eco-modernist and a degrowth scenario

    Konstantinos Mouratidis (completed in 2018): Compact city or sprawl? The role of urban form in subjective well-being

    Rasmus Steffansen (completed in 2017): The Norwegian Second Home Phenomenon - A Critical Perspective

  • Forskning og prosjekter
  • Mer om meg og CV

    Network, Committees and Board

    • 2025-present Board member of ‘Forum for Utdanning i Samfunnsplanlegging’ (FUS)
    • 2025-present Council Member of International Association for Critical Realism
    • 2024-present Member of AESOP thematic group ‘Cities and Urbanism Beyond Growth’
    • 2023-present University staff representative in committee for equality and diversity, NMBU
    • 2022 Member of nomination committee for positions at Faculty of Landscape and Society, NMBU 
    • 2022 Reviewer panel for Swedish Research Council for Sustainable Development (Formas)
    • 2020 – present Editorial board of Nordic Journal of Urban Studies
    • 2018 Member of organizing committee of Tekna PLAN 2019 conference
    • 2016 Member of jury of Norwegian Housing and Planning Association Prize