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Villere og våtere klima vil sette små kommuner på prøve: Håndtering av skredfare
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Virker de? Virkemidler for energieffektivisering med vekt på bygninger
(Research report, 2017)Rapporten består av fire hoveddeler. Kapittel 2 gir en kort oversikt over noen utviklingstrekk i norsk politikk for energieffektivisering og diskuterer aktuelle energipolitiske virkemidler. Kapittel 3 oppsummerer forskning ... -
Visions as trading zones: National and local approaches to improving urban sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Making cities more sustainable is high on the agenda in many countries, but a major challenge is the identification of which actors should contribute, and how. This paper departs from an assumption that visions may guide ... -
Visjon versus virkelighet? En kvalitativ studie om visjoner, planer og praksiser omkring eldres bosituasjon i aldersvennlige Oslo
(Master thesis, 2019)I nær fremtid vil en større andel av Norges befolkning bestå av flere eldre. Med den demografiske utvikling som utgangspunkt, arbeider Oslo kommune for å bli en aldersvennlig by. Dette åpner for nye idéer, løsninger og ... -
Være homo eller gjøre kjønn? Endringer i kjønnsforståelsene i den seksualpolitiske debatten 2003-2017
(Master thesis, 2019)Mitt formål med oppgaven er å komme med et bidrag til teoretiseringen rundt praksis av queer. Avslutningsvis antyder jeg hvilken retning jeg mener det kan være fruktbart å dreie tenkningen om queer aktivisme i. Fra ... -
Walking the line? The enactment of the social/technical binary in software engineering
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2009)This article shows how professional communication practices with customers are accounted for in software engineering. It looks at how communication and related activities are enacted and placed in relation to the so-called ... -
What Could Possibly Go Wrong? An innovation journey into the heart of a microchip, the nRF9160
(Master thesis, 2024)Mikrobrikker er små enheter laget av halvledermaterialer, som forbinder verden på viktige måter, og bidrar til å endre økonomien og teknologien vår. Deres innflytelse sprer seg over mange områder, og endrer måten vi snakker ... -
What do energy modellers know? An ethnography of epistemic values and knowledge models
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This article considers academic energy modelling as a scientific practice. While models and modelling have been of considerable interest in energy social science research, few studies have brought together approaches from ... -
What do experts talk about when they talk about users? Expectations and imagined users in the smart grid
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)This is a study of the visions and expectations which have been put forward by experts about smart grids. Within the sociology of expectation, such visions are given performative significance, and as such these expectations ... -
What do Older Adults Want from Social Robots? A Qualitative Research Approach to Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) Studies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)This study investigates what older adults want from social robots. Older adults are often presented with social robots designed based on developers’ assumptions that only vaguely address their actual needs. By lacking an ... -
What drives investment in wind energy? A comparative study of China and the European Union
(Journal article, 2016)Although the expansion of new renewable energy has been dependent on support in state policies, the research literature has scant focus on the political motivations for implementing policies to stimulate such development. ... -
What We Disagree about When We Disagree about Sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Criteria for sustainability are frequently contested and changed based on competing or new types of knowledge. This is a potential problem for policy and decision makers struggling to come up with policies regarding ... -
What's in a word? On the use of metaphors to describe the careers of women academics
(Journal article, 2018)Various metaphors are used in the literature and media to refer to the careers and experiences of women academics. In the wake of the fascinating debate in the literature surrounding the adequacy of these expressions, ... -
When energy justice is contested: A systematic review of a decade of research on Sweden's conflicted energy landscape
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)The way in which we produce and consume energy has profound implications for our societies. How we configure our energy systems determines not only our chances of successfully dealing with climate change but also, how ... -
When Saving Time Becomes Labor: Time, Work and Technology in Homecare
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The article shows how sociomaterial practices of ordering temporality can become part of labor and workers identities, when homecare workers who work with ‘time-saving’ technology experience a lack of sufficient time to ... -
Who holds the key to heaven's doors? An Analysis of Symbolism in Images of Norwegian Oil Top Managers
(Master thesis, 2017)This thesis investigates symbolic aspects of gendered power relations in images produced by the Norwegian petroleum giant Statoil ASA (henceforth “Statoil”). Large organizations such as Statoil are amongst the significant ... -
Who is telling whose story? The effectiveness of peer-to-peer approaches as inclusive participatory interventions towards sustainability
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Peer-to-peer approaches refer to a participatory style of teaching and learning, which increasingly gain popularity as inclusive and participatory interventions to encourage changes towards more sustainable energy practices. ... -
Who we are: konstruksjoner av feminisme, identitet og media på Muslimah Media Watch online forum - En kvalitativ analyse av muslimske kvinners forståelser av identitet i en moderne kontekst
(Master thesis, 2018)I masteroppgaven, Who We Are: konstruksjoner av feminisme, identitet og media på Muslimah Media Watch online forum, undersøker jeg den muslimfeministiske bloggen Muslimah Media Watch. En blogg som beskrives som en del av ... -
Why energy retrofitting in private dwellings is difficult in Norway: Coordinating the framing practices of government, craftspeople and homeowners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Retrofitting private homes to meet strict energy demands is a prioritised goal in climate mitigation policy. In this article we approach the challenge by analysing how retrofitting is framed differently by the government, ... -
Wilder and wetter climate will challenge small municipalities: Managing landslide risk
(Research report, 2024)