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The New Practices and Infrastructures of Participation: How the popularity of Twitch.tv challenges old and new ideas about television viewing
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)A central theme in media research has been the transition from traditional broadcast media, like television and radio, to social media and streaming services. For both researchers and practitioners in the field, a crucial ... -
The Nordic Model in a Global Company Situated in Norway. Challenging Institutional Orders?
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2012)In this article, we explore the impact of internationalization as organizational processes where institutional actors meet in local contexts and negotiate the institutional order. The internationalization of working life ... -
The Nordic Model of Education and Public Opinion: Political Polarization, Attitude Distribution and the Opinion Climate in Norway, Sweden and Finland
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The Norwegian Energy Crisis of 2021-22 - A preliminary post-mortem
(Master thesis, 2023)Sammendrag Denne artikkelen undersøker hva som førte til og utløste den norske energikrisen 2021-22 og hvordan det nyliberale rammeverket for energisektoren forsterket problemet, samt den resulterende nedgangen i legitimitet ... -
The operationalisation of sustainability: Sustainable aquaculture production as defined by certification schemes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Sustainability certification has become an increasingly important feature in aquaculture production, leading to a multitude of schemes with various criteria. However, the large number of schemes and the complexity of the ... -
The Paradox of Self Organisation among Disadvantaged People: A study of marginal citizenship
(Doctoral thesis, 2002)This dissertation compares the emerging attempts at social mobilisation among Travellers and people out of work claiming social-security benefits in Norway. This analysis is carried out against the backdrop of a discussion ... -
The Policy Value of Quantitative Atrocity Forecasting Models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)It is time to integrate quantitative atrocity forecasting more directly and systematically into the foreign policy processes of middle and major powers interested in preventing these terrible but all too common events. ... -
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 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 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 Public Opinion of the Millennium Development Goals in Norway: What may affect it?
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The Public Sphere in the Nordic Model
(Chapter, 2017)Five institutional fields were pinpointed as the main components of a public sphere in the introductory chapter (Engelstad, Larsen, Rogstad & Steen-Johnsen, this volume). They vary significantly in their institutional ... -
The quandaries of department leaders : a qualitative study of the dilemmas department leaders face when working to ensure good quality care in nursing homes
(Master thesis, 2017)This Masters Thesis is concerned with developments in Norwegian society which affect the way its nursing homes are organised. These developments are ones that department leaders of nursing homes must deal with. The research ... -
The Relationship Between Social Context and Adolescent Psychological Distress: Evidence from the Young-HUNT studies
(Doctoral thesis at NTNU;2016:132, Doctoral thesis, 2016)Mental health problems and illnesses are highly prevalent and the consequences of having these problems can be severe, both for the one afflicted as well as significant others. The aim of the thesis was to examine how ... -
The relationship between wearable activity trackers, psychological needs, autonomous motivation and physical activity levels among the adult population
(Master thesis, 2023)Mangel på fysisk aktivitet er et stort problem verden over, noe som skaper store helseutfordringer. Fysisk aktivitet er en viktig bidragsyter til å redusere risikoen for fedme, diabetes og hjerte- og karsykdommer, og derfor ... -
The Relative Age Effect, Height and Weight Characteristics among Lower and Upper Secondary School Athletes in Norway and Sweden
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The relative age effect (RAE) has been found among youth elite athletes within a range of sports. However, the RAE has been studied to a lesser degree among youth non-elite athletes, and even less among school pupils ...