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Disaster resilience in conflict-affected areas: a review of how armed conflicts impact disaster resilience
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The geographic overlap between disasters and armed conflict is substantial, making disaster resilience intrinsically linked to conflict exposure. Despite this, there is only a very small literature investigating how armed ... -
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(Master thesis, 2023)Kvinner som spiller kan oppleve trakassering og dritslenging når de spiller dataspill sammen med andre. Denne studien har gjennomført kvalitative dybdeintervjuer av 14 informanter, hvor 8 var kvinner og 6 var menn. Alle ... -
Disease Burden Attributed to Drug use in the Nordic Countries: a Systematic Analysis for the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2019
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2023)The Nordic countries share similarities in many social and welfare domains, but drug policies have varied over time and between countries. We wanted to compare differences in mortality and disease burden attributed to drug ... -
Distriktsopprør i et gloablt og demokratisk samfunn: Komparativ case-studie av "De gule vestene" og det "nye" norske distriktsopprøret
(Master thesis, 2022)Denne oppgaven er en komparativ case-studie av «De gule vestene» i Frankrike sin bevegelse og det norske distriktsopprøret. Oppgaven tar utgangspunkt i Stein Rokkan sin sentrum-periferi teori, og bruker John Stuart Mill`s ... -
DNA - det sikreste av detsikre eller…?: En sosiologisk studie av usikkerheter knyttet til bruk av DNA i strafferettspleien
(Doktoravhandlinger ved NTNU, 1503-8181; 2009:11, Doctoral thesis, 2009)Today’s society is considered a security seeking one. Forensic DNA is often presented as a tool to increase security. However, insecurities also follow in its wake. This thesis discusses such insecurities from a sociological ... -
Do bigger health budgets cushion pandemics? An empirical test of COVID-19 deaths across the world
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Do Chinese Foreign Investors Prefer Corrupt Regimes? An Empirical Investigation of Corruption as a Determinant of Chinese FDI, 2005-2019.
(Master thesis, 2021)En rekke forskere, institusjoner og beslutningstakere er av den oppfatning at å redusere det nåværende inntektsskillet mellom rik og fattig er en av de største bekymringene det internasjonale samfunnet står overfor. Mens ... -
Do Citizens´ Preferences on Immigration Reflect Governments´ Preferences? A Test of the Theory of Liberal Intergovernmentalism
(Bachelor thesis, 2020)The theory liberal intergovernmentalism argues that domestic preferences shape governments policy preferences. Liberal Intergovernmentalism has become one of the main theories in European integration theory but has also ... -
Do development aid agencies practice what they preach?: Analysing the effects of official development aid on sustainable development, 1989 – 2018
(Master thesis, 2020)Siden Verdenskommisjonen for miljø og utviklings rapport Vår felles framtid ble publisert i oktober 1987 har bærekraftig utvikling gjennomsyret alle deler av samfunnet. Alt – fra den lokale butikken på hjørnet til ... -
“Do elite sport first, get your period back later.” Are barriers to communication hindering female athletes?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)Competitive female athletes perceive their hormonal cycles to affect their training, competition performance and overall well-being. Despite this, athletes rarely discuss hormonal-cyclerelated issues with others. The aim ... -
Do ethnic demographic changes trigger civil war? : an empirical analysis, 1960-2013
(Master thesis, 2016)Innen litteraturen som omfavner etnisitet og etnisk konflikt, har viktigheten av etnisk ulikhet og risikoen for konflikt blitt fremhevet. I kontrast til etnisk ulikhet, har den relative distribusjonen av hvordan en etnisk ... -
Do inequalities breed political terror? - An Instrumental time-series cross-section study on inequality and physical integrity rights violations
(Master thesis, 2019)Hvordan påvirker ulikhet statlig terror? Mye av litteraturen har fokusert på flere av de negati-ve konsekvensene ulikhet kan ha, gjerne i henhold til institusjoner, borgerkrig og demokrati, men få har adressert sammenhengen ... -
Do larger immigrant populations increase homicide rates? : a global study, 1995-2014
(Master thesis, 2017)Relating high immigration to violent crime has been a sensitive topic in the media for quite some time, often concerning highly populistic politics. Still substantial research that validates or disproves this assumed ... -
Do larger immigrant populations increase homicide rates? A global study, 1995-2014
(Master thesis, 2017)Å relatere immigrasjon til voldelig kriminalitet er et svært sensitivt og debattert tema både i massemedia og blant populistiske politikere. Slik har det også vært over lengre tid. Det mangler likevel data som bekrefter ... -
Do resource-wealthy rulers adopt transparency-promoting laws
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2016)Some argue that the right kinds of institutions mitigate, or even prevent, the development of “natural resource curses.” Rulers with access to resource wealth, however, are unlikely to adopt such institutions, because doing ... -
Do we know it when we see it? An intensive comparison of political populist discourse in the US
(Master thesis, 2019)Sammendrag: Mangelen på consensus og den pågående debatten I akademia på temaet populisme, viser behovet for videre studier. Denne masteroppgaven søker å bidra i denne debatten gjennom en intensiv sammenligning av det ... -
Do weather changes influence physical activity level among older adults? – The Generation 100 study
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)Introduction Understanding how individual and environmental factors impact physical activity (PA) level is important when building strategies to improve PA of older adults. No studies have examined how hour-to-hour weather ... -
Do you know your people?: Situated expertise and permeable expertise boundaries in complex project work
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)In the context of complex and digitalized engineering projects, effectively orchestrating meta-knowledge that encompasses awareness of diverse expertise presents a significant challenge, as it requires crossing various ...