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    • Immersive Interface in Virtual Reality 

      Kvalnes, Håvard Hvoslef (Master thesis, 2021)
      I dette studiet undersøkte me i kva stor grad tradisjonelt brukargrensesnitt bør endrast for å skapa ein så innlevande oppleving som mogleg i virtuell røyndom (VR). Meir spesifikt såg studien på førsteperson skytespel ...
    • Immersive visual technologies and human health 

      Grassini, Simone; Laumann, Karin (Chapter, 2021)
      The fast-phased adoption of modern immersive visual technologies in many fields calls for an assessment of potential costs and benefits from the point of view of human health. Humans often reported feelings of discomfort ...
    • Immersjon i medieteknologi med Åpent Narrativ 

      Meinhard-Kjellstad, Lise (Bachelor thesis, 2023)
      Denne teksten har gjennom en casestudie av den interaktive medieteknologien Muntiskogen undersøkt hvordan immersjonsprosessen i et medium med åpent narrativ foregår. Ved å gjennomføre en skjult observasjon av Muntiskogen ...
    • Immersjon i opplevelsesteknologier 

      Aftret, Magnus (Bachelor thesis, 2020)
      Denne casestudien undersøker utviklerfirmaet Ablemagic sin installasjon Muntiskogen utviklet eksklusivt for filmfestivalen Kosmorama 2020. Prosjektorer i kombinasjon med infrarøde kamera muliggjør en animert skog med ...
    • Immigrant adolescents in out-of-home care in Norway 

      Demaerschalk, Evelien (Master thesis, 2013)
      In Norway, first generation immigrant adolescents are overrepresented in out-of-home care by Child Welfare Services (CWS). More than Norwegians, immigrant adolescents themselves take the initiative to contact CWS. In this, ...
    • Immigrant entrepreneurship : towards the realization of immigrants' entrepreneurial performance and success in Norway 

      Tella, Samson Afeverki (Master thesis, 2015)
      The area of immigrant entrepreneurship is emerging as significant research area in the field of entrepreneurship. This is especially pronounced in the countries where there has been a marked growth in the number immigrant ...
    • Immigrant Women’s Access to Family Planning in Toronto, Canada 

      Cardozo, Valentina (Master thesis, 2019)
      Background: Immigrant women in Canada and many other Western countries have been reported to experience disproportionately high rates of unintended pregnancy, abortion, and unmet need for family planning. This indicates ...
    • The Immigrant-Native Gap in Union Membership: A Question of Time, Sorting, or Culture? 

      Cools, Sara; Finseraas, Henning; Rasmussen, Magnus Bergli (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Trade union membership is an indicator of social integration. In this paper, we study the gap in unionization rates between immigrants and natives using high‐quality population‐wide administrative data from Norway. We ...
    • Immigrants’ Experiences of Volunteering; A Meta-Ethnography 

      Sveen, Silje; Anthun, Kirsti Sarheim; Batt-Rawden, Kari Bjerke; Tingvold, Laila (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Among policy makers and governments in the Global North, the voluntary sector is considered a central arena for immigrant integration. The aim of this interpretive synthesis was to systematically review research to understand ...
    • Immigrants’ experiences on integration while attempting to access the labour market: Implications for social work practice 

      Ims, Reidun; Lorås, Lennart; Ness, Ottar; Finlay, Linda (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Background: The challenge of immigrants and their integration into adopted countries is a key topic for the global field of social work. However, there is a paucity of research on immigrants’ lived experiences in gaining ...
    • Immigrasjonens rammer 

      Larsson, Erik (Master thesis, 2020)
      Målet for denne masteroppgaven var å studere hvordan mediene dekker flyktninger og innvandrere i henholdsvis Norge og Sverige for å danne et komparativt grunnlag, òg sette dette i sammenheng med tidligere funn og forsking. ...
    • Immigration and House Prices in Norway 

      Frostad, Astrid Øksendal (Master thesis, 2014)
      During the past decades, many developed countries including Norway have experienced a remarkable rise in both house prices and immigration inflows. Extant studies have aimed to shed light on how immigration inflows affect ...
    • Immigration and social assistance: Evidence from the Norwegian welfare state 

      Smedsvik, Bård; Iacono, Roberto; D'Agostino, Antonella (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      In Norway, immigrants receive higher levels of social assistance than natives. How can we explain this difference? After controlling for differences in take-up rates through a two-step Heckman procedure, we attempt to ...
    • Immigration and the Norwegian Labour Movement 

      Huseby, Johanne Stenseth (Master thesis, 2022)
      Gjennom en kvalitativ tilnærming undersøker avhandlingen sammenhengen mellom immigrasjon og organisasjonsgrad i norsk kontekst. Mer spesifikt analyseres oppfattede årsaker og effekter av en lavere organisasjonsgrad blant ...
    • Immigration and the “Welfare Magnet” hypothesis: An examination of municipality-level crime in Norway, 2007–2016 

      de Soysa, Indra; Kaasa, Jorunn; Rød, Jan Ketil (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Large segments of populations in the industrialized West believe that immigrants cause crime. Some scholars suggest that it is generous welfare that attracts so-called “welfare magnets,” increasing the possibility that the ...
    • Immigration and welfare state sustainability: whose perception is affected by fiscal cost cues? 

      Finseraas, Henning; Haugsgjerd, Atle Hennum; Kumlin, Staffan (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)
      Who reacts politically to fiscally costly immigration? A political economy tradition holds that reactions depend on economic self-interest, whereas a social psychology tradition emphasizes generalized political orientations ...
    • Immigration counter-acts local micro-evolution of a major fitness component: migration-selection balance in free-living song sparrows 

      Reid, Jane Margaret; Arcese, Peter; Nietlisbach, Pirmin; Wolak, Matthew; Muff, Stefanie; Dickel, Lisa; Keller, Lukas F. (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      Ongoing adaptive evolution, and resulting “evolutionary rescue” of declining populations, requires additive genetic variation in fitness. Such variation can be increased by gene flow resulting from immigration, potentially ...
    • Immigration framing by Norwegian political actors on Facebook 2015-2017 - An empirical case study 

      Thorbjørnsen, Runar Strand (Master thesis, 2018)
      Formålet med denne masteroppgaven har vært å avdekke hvordan norske politiske aktører kommuniserer om innvandring på Facebook. I forlengelsen av dette ønsker oppgaven å svare på hvilke kommunikasjonsrammer som fører til ...
    • Immigration through the lens of Newspapers 

      Neset, Nina Helene Aagård (Master thesis, 2022)
      Dette er en masteroppgave som tar for seg de Norsk-Amerikanske immigrant samfunnene gjennom linsen av norske aviser i Amerika. Oppgaven setter søkelys på årene mellom 1903 og 1907, og hvordan avisene Decorah-Posten og Ved ...
    • Immigration, Integration and Ethnic Attitudes: A Study of Ethnic Relations and Policy Responses 

      Isaksen, Joachim Vogt (Doctoral theses at NTNU;2020:72, Doctoral thesis, 2020)
      The overarching topic of this thesis is ethnic attitudes in view of social and economic changes, and how this is dealt with through policy measures. The reason for writing this thesis is twofold; 1) to study ethnic attitudes ...