Arve Hansen
Research professor at the University of Oslo Centre for Global Sustainability and author focused on consumption and social transformations in Vietnam, including the books Consumption and Vietnam's New Middle Classes and Moped Dagberkene.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 50min
Vietnam’s remarkable development turnaround – Arve Hansen
Arve Hansen, research professor at the University of Oslo who studies consumption and social change in Vietnam, joins to unpack Vietnam’s rapid shift from low- to middle-income. He discusses the everyday paradoxes of market reforms under socialism. Topics include mobility and the motorbike culture, rising car ownership, pollution and electrification, land and energy conflicts, and changing diets and middle-class aspirations.
