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The Political Risk of Oil and Gas Mega Projects: A Descriptive Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2011)Two elements can be seen to evolve progressively with globalization: political risk and mega projects. Although a fair amount of research has been carried out in regards to political risk and mega projects as separate units ... -
The political robot – The structural consequences of automated milking systems (AMS) in Norway.
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)In this article, the aim is to explore how social aspects of the adoption and expansion of milking robots in Norwegian dairy farming are related to the political and structural changes in the sector. To explore the ... -
The Politics of Big Data - Principles, policies, practices
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The politics of user-platform relationships: Co-scripting live-streaming on Twitch.tv
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2019)What characterises the relationship between users and platforms? How are use and users configured by platform design, and in turn, how do users accept or reject such efforts? Using the live-streaming platform Twitch, this ... -
The post-carbon society: Rethinking the international governance of negative emissions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)This article makes an early attempt at connecting political science insights on the politics of carbon sequestration to a growing demand for knowledge about the potentials of negative emissions. Negative emissions from ... -
The posterior of today is tomorrow’s prior.
(Master thesis, 2023)Denne oppgaven utforsker konsteptet "priors" som de forekommer i individer som gjør Bayesianske avgjørelser. I denne oppgaven argumenterer vi for et flertall av mulige "priors" og legger vekt på sentraliteten av å velge ... -
The Potential Contributions of Local Culture and Traditional Institutions to Minimize Corruptiona on the Era of Globalization: The Case of ICBOs in Sothern Ethiopia
(Master thesis, 2010)This theoretical and empirical investigation has its own contributions to solve one of critical question of the time: Do local culture, knowledge and traditional institutions (ICBOs) matter to integrate global anticorruption ... -
The potential impacts of preschoolers’ use of touchscreen devices on learning and growth
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The potential of complex challenges in undergraduate research to stimulate transformative learning
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)In the present study, I describe and evaluate the transformative learning potential of authentic research projects that students engage in a course on tissue engineering at Chalmers University of Technology. Through the ... -
The Potential of Crossword Puzzles in Aiding English Language Learners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)In an academic environment, teachers utilize crossword puzzles to help students learn or remember terminology. Outside the classroom, typically in daily newspapers, crosswords aid in vocabulary development, used as a ... -
The Power of Power - A Qualitative Study of the Enablers and Inhibitors to Norwegian Hydrogen Diffusion
(Master thesis, 2020)Omstilling til et lavkarbonsamfunn er en prosess hvor politikkens rolle er særdeles viktig. Norge er i likhet med resten av verden er avhengige av å rekonfigurere praksiser knyttet til produksjon og konsumpsjon hvis vedtatte ... -
The power of social norms and psychological distance to flooding in shaping Norwegians´ risk perception of climate change
(Bachelor thesis, 2022)The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change emphasized that the world will face unavoidable climate change hazards if global warming exceeds 1.5 degrees (IPCC, 2022). Despite the warnings, researchers have documented a ... -
The Practice of Chhaupadi: The Link Between Local Cultural Understanding and Women’s Rights in Rural Nepal
(Master thesis, 2011)This thesis explores how women’s lived experiences are shaped by traditional cultureand power structures, through examining the case of chhaupadi and its implications on women’s lives. The practice of chhaupadi is widespread ... -
The practice of Early Childhood Education and Care in a selected preschool in Accra, Ghana: Perspectives of children, teachers and parents
(Master thesis, 2012)Over the past decades, early childhood education and care have been hidden from public awareness but has now become a current issue on the international agenda, in Africa, as well as in Ghana. However, knowledge about and ... -
The predictive capacity of patients' change- and counter-change talk: Results from a randomized controlled trial of cognitive behavioral therapy vs. metacognitive therapy for generalized anxiety disorder
(Master thesis, 2019)Patient motivation for change is thought to be an important factor for psychotherapy outcome. However, accurate measures of patient motivation have proven elusive, with self-report measures showing inconsistent results in ... -
The predictive power of personality traits on insomnia symptoms: a longitudinal study among shift workers
(Master thesis, 2015)Shift work can have adverse effects on employees' health, including symptoms of insomnia. This may cause severe problems both for employee and employer. The personality variables morningness, neuroticism and extraversion, ... -
The Predictive Value of Motivational Language in Relation to Psychotherapy Outcome
(Master thesis, 2020)Pasienters motivasjon for endring er en viktig faktor for å oppnå atferdsendring i terapi. Selvrapporteringsmål på motivasjon har imidlertid vist seg å være svakt relatert til terapiutfall, som kan indikere at dette ikke ... -
THE PREVALENCE 0F CHILD LABOUR IN GHANA. A CASE STUDY OF THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE LAWS AND POLICIES TO COMBAT CHILD LABOUR AND HOW THE SOCIETY UNDERSTAND CHILD LABOUR
(Master thesis, 2021)Den globale ideologien om en god barndom er at barn ikke skal engasjere seg i økonomiske aktiviteter som er utbredt i utviklingsland. Barnearbeid er et sosialt fenomen som er vanlig i Vest-Afrika hvor Ghana ikke er noe ... -
The price of local content : a case study of the impact oil-price fluctuations has on local content development in Angola's petroleum industry
(Master thesis, 2015)Norad’s Oil for Development (OfD) programme is set for renewal in 2015, a year where the petroleum industry is recovering from the largest sustained fall in oil-prices since 2008/2009. In light of these developments, this ... -
The problems in public bus transportation system : assessment by passengers and transport authority in Dhaka
(Master thesis, 2016)The study aimed to investigate existing problems in bus system in Dhaka City from passengers‘ perspective and also from transport authorities‘ point of view. The objectives were chosen because bus service is the principal ...