Valeriya Klementyeva

PhD Candidate, Department of Social Anthropology , Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Biography

Valeriya Klementyeva is a PhD candidate at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Valeriya holds a BA in European Studies and an MSc in Globalisation and Sustainable Development as well as an MA in Linguistics and Translation.

Valeriya's research is about wind power, in particular, she is interested in people’s perception of, as well as their cultural and symbolic meaning of wind, nature, landscape and environment and to what extent these social constructions might influence people’s interpretations of and reactions to wind energy projects.