Blar i Institutt for tverrfaglige kulturstudier på emneord "VDP::Humanities: 000::Cultural science: 060"
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Chinese Renewable Struggles: Innovation, the Arts of the State and Offshore Wind Technology
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:322, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Summary of the thesis: This dissertation studies innovation and technological learning in the making of China’s offshore wind industry, and is based on 55 semi-structured interviews and a two-month participant observation ... -
Concern, creativity and compliance - The phenomenon of digital game-based learning in Norwegian education
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:197, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Summary of the thesis: The thesis is an empirical study of the use of digital games in Norwegian schools, from a science and technology (STS) point of view. The topic is examined at three different arenas: news media, ... -
The contents and shaping of transition work: Lessons learned from Norwegian ports
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:330, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Sammendrag For å motvirke stadig mer synlige effekter av klimaendring tvinges vi til å revurdere måtene samfunnet er organisert på. Et fremtidig lavutslippssamfunn fordrer at beslutningstakere ikke bare fokuserer på ... -
Found in translation? How environmental organisations acquire environmental knowledge and communicate it to policymakers
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2019:294, Doctoral thesis, 2019)Sammendrag Denne avhandlingen omhandler rollen miljøorganisasjoner spiller i miljøpolitisk læring. Begrepet ‘politisk læring’ kan defineres som den kognitive og sosiale dynamikken som er involvert når politiske aktører, ... -
From Food Regulation to Environmental Challenge: The Construction, Practice and Consequences of Date Labelling in Norway
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:409, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Summary Whenever we do our shopping for groceries or when we go through our food storage, we are confronted with the expiration date. This date enables us to shop, and later eat, without making decisions within a wide ... -
From Law to Turnkey: Negotiating Sustainability in Buildings
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2014:370, Doctoral thesis, 2014)This PhD thesis provides an analysis of central processes related to the creation, negotiation and communication of the future sustainable building in Norway. Both researchers and practitioners have pointed at the ... -
Gender Inclusion and Leadership positions in Higher Learning Institutions in Tanzania
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:17, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Summary My study explores spaces of socio-cultural constructs and the gendered dynamics of power experienced through practices in higher learning institutions in Tanzania in order to assess how the practices could be ... -
In the Creative Space of Inclusion: Gender, Sexuality and Ethnicity in the Representations of Migrants in Norway
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:70, Doctoral thesis, 2015)This doctoral dissertation explores the way in which welfare state professionals and authorities, NGO employees and social work students in Norway represent migrants – Russian women and men from Africa and the Middle ... -
Interdisciplinarity & Transdisciplinarity in Practice: A Study of an Attempt of Transforming Biotechnology Research
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:175, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Sammendrag: Denne avhandlingen tar utgangspunkt i spørsmålet om hvordan tverrfaglighet i vitenskap oppnås i praksis. Jeg har studert dette i konteksten norsk bioteknologi, og har utført forskningsarbeidet i Senter for ... -
Joining in black study: Knowledge creation and black feminist critique alongside African Norwegian youth
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2023:319, Doctoral thesis, 2023)Summary This study is about blackness in Norway, and the implications of what I conceptualize as black study - a practice and analytical project that creates social change. The thesis includes four articles: two are ... -
Just Flexibility? The Envisioned Role of End Users in Future Electricity Systems
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2022:314, Doctoral thesis, 2022)Summary Energy demand and everyday energy use has gained increased attention as an element of reducing carbon emissions and combating climate change. This doctoral thesis explores domestic electricity consumption and ... -
"Kjærlighet og forviklinger" : snublesteiner for utviklingen av karbonfangst og -lagring (CCS) i Norge
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:36, Doctoral thesis, 2015)I denne avhandlingen tar jeg for meg den norske debatten rundt karbonfangst og -lagring (CCS). Avhandlingen består av fire fagfellevurderte artikler (hvorav tre er publisert), som tar for seg ulike aspekter ved denne ... -
KOMPLEKSITET VERSUS FORSKJELL: FARSKAP BLANT MINORITETSETNISKE FEDRE I DAGENS NORGE
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:239, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Avhandlingen er en empirisk studie av farskap blant minoritetsetniske menn i Norge, og bygger på kvalitative intervjuer med fedre med ulik landbakgrunn. Mer empirisk forskning om farskap blant minoritetsetniske menn ... -
LUDIC WORK: Assemblages, domestications and co-productions of play
(Doctoral theses at NTNU, 2016:291, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Summary of the thesis: Where work is often perceived as productive and boring, play is considered frivolous and fun. However, such a division omits how work can be playful, and more importantly to this dissertation; ... -
Makt og mening i hundeholdets konfliktsoner
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:135, Doctoral thesis, 2015)Hunder har alltid hørt til blant menneskene. Den norske hundepopulasjonen har imidlertid økt med 25 prosent i løpet av bare ti år og teller nå rundt 500.000 individer. Parallelt med økningen i antall har lover og reguleringer ... -
QUEER CHALLENGES TO THE NORWEGIAN POLICIES AND PRACTICES OF IMMIGRATION: ASYLUM SEEKING IN NORWAY ON THE GROUNDS OF SEXUAL ORIENTATION-BASED PERSECUTION
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2017:198, Doctoral thesis, 2017)Summary of the thesis Ensuring legal protection based on sexual orientation under refugee law has been an ongoing struggle for both legal advocates and non-governmental organizations working in the field. Despite the ... -
Renewable Energy as a Community Concern How Local Communities Face the Challenge of Increasing Use and Production of Renewable Energy
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:55, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The topic of the dissertation is local governments’ role in developing renewable energy and how this may be understood theoretically. We see an increasing focus on renewable energy both academically and politically due to ... -
Response and Responsibility Smart meters, end use, and the possibility of a green material public
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:17, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Summary of the thesis: This thesis is about smart grid development and the manifold expectations which are linked to it. The smart grid is a set of technological innovations intended to react to challenges related to ... -
The (trans)gender equality paradox: Challenging Norway’s 2016 law on gender recognition
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:44, Doctoral thesis, 2020)Summary For my doctoral project, I examined Norway’s 2016 law on gender recognition. This law overturned a half-century long requirement that one who wishes to change legal gender must first be irreversibly sterilised. ... -
Towards a New Approach for Studies of Endangered Species Management Technologies of government in Norwegian wolf management (1960s–2010s)
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2015:104, Doctoral thesis, 2015)The doctoral thesis develops a new approach for studies of endangered species management by drawing on recent developments in science and technology studies, governmentality studies and environmental history. By making ...