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Framing the Au Pair: Problems of Sex, Work and Motherhood in Norwegian Au Pair Documentaries
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)The Norwegian au pair documentaries Mammaranet (“The Mummy Robbery”) (2006) and Herskap og tenarar (“Masters and Servants”) (2013) tell the stories of two Filipina women who have left behind their children to become au ... -
Framstillinger av kvinner kledd for makt
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Forfatterne undersøker og diskuterer klærnes evne til å fremme eller også hemme autoritet. Med fotografier av kvinnelige toppledere som eksempler, undersøkes kulturelle og symbolske betydningsstrukturer vedrørende klær, ... -
Frå forretningsidé til realisering for norske vindkraftprosjekt : er konsesjonsprosessen ei hindring for norsk vindkraftutbygging?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)Vindforholda i Noreg er ideelle for vindkraftproduksjon. Vi har teknologiske løysingar som tilfredsstiller krava til ei storstilt utbygging under norske klimatilhøve. Likevel er utbyggingstakten innan norsk vindkraft låg. ... -
Fremtiden flytter inn
(Master thesis, 2023)Norge står ovenfor en global klimakrise, og for å nå målsetningen om å bli et nullutslippssamfunn i 2050 er boligsektoren nødt til å kutte utslippene. Samtidig har lavinntektsgrupper som barnefamilier, studenter og ... -
Fri flyt av sykler i Beijing
(Master thesis, 2019)I 2016 så vi en enorm vekst av stasjonsløse delingssykler i Kina. I løpet av bare noen måneder ble flere store byer dekt av fargerike sykler. Veksten var enorm, noe som har ført til at stasjonsløse delingssykler preger ... -
Frictions in the bioeconomy? A case study of policy translations and innovation practices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Building on a case study of a strategic funding initiative for biotechnology research and innovation, the paper analyses how policy objectives concerning innovation and value creation are responded to within the practices ... -
From 'alternative' to 'advanced': Mainstreaming of sustainable technologies
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)This paper revisits some technologies that, in the 1970s, were considered as ‘low-tech’ alternatives to mainstream versions, but more recently have been developed using high-tech elements. This change from alternative to ... -
From consumer to prosumer. Enrolling users into a Norwegian PV pilot
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Recent years have brought a shift in the discourse on the role of end users in the energy systems throughout Europe. A central aspect of this is a focus on prosumers; customers not only buying electricity, but producing ... -
From Eureka to K-Pos: Dynamic Positioning as a Highly Successful and Important Marine Control Technology
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2015)Dynamic positioning (DP) started out as an exotic control technology for geological core sampling in deep waters in the early 1960s. The technology gradually became more advanced during the 1970s, especially after it was ... -
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 ... -
From practice to policy — exploring the travel and transformation of energy savings calculations and its implications for future energy transitions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Improving energy efficiency in industries is imperative for sustainable transitions. This article explores the logic behind calculating energy savings from energy efficiency improvements. Based on a qualitative study of ... -
From science to sales: changing representations of zero emission housing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Research projects on neighbourhoods with zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions often emphasise technological solutions. Does the representation of this technological emphasis appeal to potential homeowners and occupants? How ... -
From Social Barriers to Transformative Planning in Energy Transitions: Learning from Norwegian Planners' Perspectives
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This study investigates social barriers in Norwegian urban energy projects from the planner’s perspective, bridging institutional and reflexive approaches in the field of planning. Compared to technological barriers ... -
Frontline Innovation - How frontline care professionals innovate welfare technology and services
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The future is present: Prefiguration in policy and technology experimentation
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The article adds to the theorisation of temporality within sustainability transitions by introducing the concept of prefiguration. Through two transport-related case studies, one technology experiment and one policy ... -
Gaining socially sustainable cities through sharing indoor spaces for voluntary activities: The case of Trondheim, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The influence of indoor shared spaces in neighbourhoods on voluntary activities is barely investigated in literature. Conversely, the impact of space on social activities is widely recognized in literature and an impact ... -
Gender and Bioethics Intertwined. Egg Donation in the Context of Equal Opportunities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2007)The article analyses the debate on egg donation in Norway using source material from the parliamentary debate of amendments to the Biotechnology Law. In both policy documents on bioethics and the Biotechnology Law, gender ... -
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 ...