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Paradoxes of Design: Energy and Water Consumption and the Aestheticization of Norwegian Bathrooms 1990-2008
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2010)In this article we explore the widely held assumption that aestheticized consumption is bound to escalate. In our study of 20 years of representations of bathrooms in Norway’s most popular interior design magazine Bonytt, ... -
Paradoxes of Norway’s energy transition: controversies and justice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Norway exemplifies a number of paradoxes in relation to the just transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy provision. We investigate these paradoxes by focusing on key controversies from the oil and gas sector and ... -
Passiv versus aktiv - Samproduksjoner og innramminger av fremtidens bygg
(Master thesis, 2014)Mens det anslås at den norske byggsektoren står for omkring 40 % av landets energibruk (Meld St. 28. 2011-2012:10), regnes dette også som et felt hvor energibesparelser er relativt lettoppnåelige. Som et verktøy i dette ... -
Passive House at the Crossroads: The Past and the Present of a Voluntary Standard That Managed to Bridge the Energy Efficiency Gap
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2013)Improving energy efficiency in dwellings is generally seen as the low-hanging fruit of climate change mitigation. In particular decreased heat loss through better insulation is suggested as one of the most cost-effective ... -
Passivhus - hva med sluttbrukeren?
(Master thesis, 2017)Formålet med denne oppgaven var å se på domestisering av passivhus hvor sluttbrukeren spiller hovedrollen. For å se på hvordan sluttbrukeren opplever det å bo i et passivhus valgte jeg å intervjue beboere i Miljøbyen ... -
Path creation, global production networks and regional development: A comparative international analysis of the offshore wind sector
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)The question of how regions and nations develop new sources of industrial growth is of recurring interest in economic geography and planning studies. From an evolutionary economic geography (EEG) perspective, new growth ... -
Paving the way for a softer regulation of CRISPR in Norway: public engagement as window dressing
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)Gene editing technologies like CRISPR have raised questions about the need for new regulations throughout Europe. In Norway, the Norwegian Biotechnology Advisory Board initiated a comprehensive process to formulate a ... -
På lag med språket: Rolleforståelse og utfordringer i tolkens arbeid i den kommunale tolketjenesten
(Master thesis, 2013)Formålet med denne masteroppgaven er å belyse hva som ligger i tolkens rolleforståelse, og studere hvilke utfordringer man kan møte i arbeidet som tolk i den kommunale tolketjenesten. Med kvalitativ metode som utgangspunkt, ... -
Pedagogical Orientations and Evolving Responsibilities of Technological Universities: A Literature Review of the History of Engineering Education
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)Current societal changes and challenges demand a broader role of technological universities, thus opening the question of how their role evolved over time and how to frame their current responsibility. In response to urgent ... -
Performing excellence and gender balance in higher education
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Personal, peaceful, progressive: Integration workers’ narratives of refugee settlement and the rural
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The Physiology of Imagined Publics : From a Deficit to an Ambivalence Model
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)This paper draws on the concept of imagined lay persons (ILP) to investigate how scientists working in the fields of bio- and nanotechnology perceive the public and how these imaginaries facilitate or hinder engagement ... -
Planners as middle actors in facilitating for city cycling
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The paper explores the knowledge-making and efforts of planners in facilitating cycling in two Norwegian cities with high ambitions for developing more sustainable mobility modes through cycling. Building on empirical data ... -
Planning story lines in smart grid road maps (2010–2014): three types of maps for coordinated time travel
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)The roll-out of smart grids poses planning challenges that are typical for sustainable innovation in mature infrastructures. Most notably, planners encounter a high degree of complexity caused by multiple interacting scalar ... -
Policy and politics in energy transitions. A case study on shore power in Oslo
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Their position in transport systems allows ports to play a fundamental role in energy transitions. In increasingly ambitious quests to promote sustainability, ports often look to shore power to reduce emissions. To fill ... -
Post-Gendered Bodies and Relational Gender in Knights of Sidonia
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)Abstract: This paper analyses representations of non-binary bodies in the animated television series Knights of Sidonia. For some time, posthumanist and gender studies have used the gendered body of the future in television ... -
Powered By Nature - Monologer og dialoger på EXPO 2010:
(Master thesis, 2011)I denne oppgaven har jeg ønsket å se på hvordan den norske deltakelsen på verdensutstillingen i Shanghai 2010 ble brukt strategisk til å fremme norske interesser og utvikle bilaterale forhold mellom Norge og Kina. Den ... -
Powerhouse Kjørbo. Evaluation of construction process and early use phase
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Praksisordningen - Lønnsomt mangfoldsarbeid? En studie av hvordan mangfoldsarbeid forstås og praktiserers av norske ledere og ansatte på en norsk arbeidsplass
(Master thesis, 2018)Denne oppgaven handler om hvordan mangfoldsarbeid forstås av norske ledere og ansatte på en bestemt arbeidsplass, og hvilke strategier og tiltak som fremheves for å gjøre dette arbeidet. Arbeidsplassen som undersøkes er ... -
Preimplantasjonsdiagnostikk: Mellom fakta og verdier
(Master thesis, 2011)