Institutt for sosiologi og statsvitenskap
Recent Submissions
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The impact of wolves on psychological distress among farmers in Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The reappearance of large carnivores in Europe can be viewed as a conservation success, however, the increase in carnivore numbers has also resulted in an increase in livestock predation. While multiple studies have been ... -
Periferiens politiske økonomi i sentrum - nokre refleksjonar
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States and their International Relations Since 1816: Introducing Version 2 of the International System(s) Dataset (ISD)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)We introduce version 2 of the International System(s) Dataset (ISD), a register of sovereign states across the 1816–2016 period that include numerous states that are missed in commonly used datasets like the Correlates of ... -
Skill acquisition in a professional and non-professional U16 football team: the use of playing form versus training form
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)‘Practice makes perfect’ is a traditional statement, and practice hours, including training background, are used as an explanatory factor for success. Studies however show that hours of practice alone, are a poor predictor ... -
In the Backrooms of Data Science
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Much Information Systems research on data science treats data as pre-existing objects and focuses on how these objects are analyzed. Such a view, however, overlooks the work involved in finding and preparing the data in ... -
Better air but not for all? Changes in second-hand smoke exposure at workplaces in 29 European countries over 10 years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Background As the largest study of its kind to date, this article aims to describe the scope, trends over time, socio-demographic risk groups and the association with different progressive regulations relating to workplace ... -
Har norsk jordbuk ein plass i eit klimanøytralt Noreg? - fokus på mjølk og raudt kjøt
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)I Noreg vart det i 2018 sloppe ut 52,9 millionar tonn CO2-ekvivalentar, og av dette var jordbrukets utslepp på 4,5 millionar tonn, eller 8,5 prosent av dei samla norske utsleppa. Jordbruksorganisasjonane vart i juni 2019 ... -
How tendering affects the resilience of critical societal functions: a literature review
(Chapter, 2020)Functions and services that are particularly important for societal safety, such as transport of critical ill or other lifesaving infrastructures, are critical societal functions. Although many of these services are ... -
Five Learning Design Principles to Create Active Learning for Engaging With Research in a MOOC
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Creating a Massive Online Open Course (MOOC) based on analysis from research requires the adaptation of MOOC pedagogies. For example, course designers need to follow certain design principles and adapt learning content to ... -
User Perspectives on the News Personalisation Process: Agency, Trust and Utility as Building Blocks
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)With the increasing use of algorithms in news distribution, commentators warn about its possible impacts on the changing relationship between the news media and news readers. To understand the meaning of news personalisation ... -
Transitions and projections in the bioeconomy: Lessons for and learning from reflexive governance
(Doctoral theses at NTNU;2021:50, Doctoral thesis, 2021)Summary: The bioeconomy ideally brings with it major change. It implies that substantial parts or even the entire economy rely on renewable biological resources to sustain society. Worldwide, the political bioeconomy ... -
Party affiliation and support for Muslim newcomers: masked opposition in the Norwegian context
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This work considers how anti-immigrant sentiment is selectively revealed, offering a new perspective on the role stigma plays in defining the political mainstream. By way of a survey experiment in Norway, we measure the ... -
The Impact of Internet and Social Media Use on Well-Being: A Longitudinal Analysis of Adolescents Across Nine Years
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The present research examines the longitudinal average impact of frequency of use of Internet and social networking sites (SNS) on subjective well-being of adolescents in Germany. Based on five-wave panel data that cover ... -
Oil price volatility and political unrest: Prudence and protest in producer and consumer societies, 1980–2013
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Revenue from oil makes countries susceptible to the “resource curse” since rulers have ready access to finance for buying off opposition rather than reform. We explore this issue by examining whether oil price volatility ... -
Stratified users and technologies of empowerment: theorising social inequalities in the use and perception of diabetes self‐management technologies
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Medical technologies of various kinds play an increasingly important role in medical treatment, but may also increase health inequalities if they are primarily used by high-status patients. While many have problematised ... -
Territorial fitting of small farms in Europe
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This paper proposes a novel concept of territorial fitting for the analysis of the functioning of small farms in broader food, environmental, and socio-economic systems. We elaborate on the framing and definition of ... -
The drivers of change for the contribution of small farms to regional food security in Europe.
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The capacity of the food system to respond to the economic, demographic and environmental challenges ahead has become a topic of increasing interest, with particular attention to the roles and responsibilities of the ... -
Farmland under urbanization pressure: conversion motivation among Norwegian landowners
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Irreversible conversion of farmland to built-up land occurs globally. Despite farmlands’ importance for food supply agricultural businesses, little research investigates what motivates landowners to convert their land. ... -
Women’s political empowerment and child health in the sustainable development era: A global empirical analysis (1990–2016)
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Empowering women is presented as a key strategy to achieve several goals of the sustainable development (SDG) agenda, including child health. However, the literature on the subject shows mixed results and is limited regarding ... -
A demographic analysis of UK adventure sports coaches
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)The role of the Adventure Sports Coach (ASC) has recently become the focus of academic interest. Although research emerging from the field is beginning to diversify, the majority is limited in terms of sampling and ...