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Transition Pathways for a Low-Carbon Norway: Bridging Socio-technical and Energy System Analyses
(Chapter, 2024)This study presents an interdisciplinary approach to analyze different transition pathways towards the sustainable development of a low-carbon society, focusing on Norway as a case. The study bridges a socio-technical ... -
A guide to becoming green: Insights from angel investors developing sustainability-specific knowledge
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This paper explores how business angels develop the knowledge necessary to offer sustainability-value-adding activities, thereby becoming green angels. A multiple case study was conducted based on five investors from Germany ... -
Do unions increase participation in further education?
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The race between education and technology is a key issue for trade unions. Unions often include skill upgrading and training in collective bargains, which might be an important tool to facilitate lifelong learning. In this ... -
Starting continuous improvement; creating a common understanding of stroke care delivery in a general hospital
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Background Continuous improvement is based on fostering practitioners’ suggestions to modify their own work processes This improvement strategy is widely applied in healthcare but difficult to maintain. The cross-disciplinary ... -
Smart coordination of buildings to incentivise grid flexibility provision: A virtual energy community perspective
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Energy communities (ECs) play a crucial role in promoting the adoption of renewable energy resources and establishing local energy markets for sharing and trading energy among end-users (e.g., residential buildings) and ... -
Local electricity market designs for interconnected nanogrids: Impact on rural electrification in Madagascar
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Sustainable, reliable, and affordable energy access is a major challenge in many parts of the world. The paper addresses this challenge by proposing a local electricity market (LEM) design for nanogrids deployed in Madagascar. ... -
The static ridesharing routing problem with flexible locations: A Norwegian case study
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The municipalities in the Bergen region in Norway have recently announced a pilot project for ridesharing in the region as a means to reduce traffic congestion. As part of this project, we study the Static Ridesharing ... -
Exploring the interdependence of climate, finance, energy, and geopolitics: A conceptual framework for systemic risks amidst multiple crises
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Navigating the transition toward a zero-emission and just future amidst multiple crises requires a nuanced understanding of potential hindrances to investments and energy transitions. As current approaches hardly consider ... -
Consequences of the missing risk market problem for power system emissions
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Liberalized power markets are characterized by a missing market problem: a limited availability of long-term contracts leaves risk-averse investors exposed to uninsured risk. We explore how this problem affects a power ... -
A stabilised Benders decomposition with adaptive oracles for large-scale stochastic programming with short-term and long-term uncertainty
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Benders decomposition with adaptive oracles was proposed to solve large-scale optimisation problems with a column-bounded block-diagonal structure, where subproblems differ only in the right-hand side and cost coefficients. ... -
Environmental and economic multi-objective real options analysis: Electrification choices for field development investment planning
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)Hydrocarbons combustion is one of the primary sources of greenhouse gas emissions, causing climate change. As large volumes of gas are burned to power the energy-consuming oil and gas production on offshore platforms, the ... -
Electricity demand forecasting with hybrid classical statistical and machine learning algorithms: Case study of Ukraine
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)This article presents a novel hybrid approach using classic statistics and machine learning to forecast the national demand of electricity. As investment and operation of future energy systems require long-term electricity ... -
Ownership of battery electric vehicles is uneven in Norwegian households
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2024)The transition to a zero-emission passenger vehicle fleet has become imperative because of the growing concerns about climate change. Here, we investigate the trends and socioeconomic determinants influencing emitting and ... -
Pride and mistrust? The association between maritime bridge crew officers’ professional commitment and trust in autonomy
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Increased automation and autonomy are anticipated in the maritime industry, and safe operation is contingent on operators’ appropriate trust in the technology. Seafarers have a strong professional commitment, valuing ... -
Creating communicative learning spaces in initial teacher education (ITE) with observation-grounded co-mentoring practices
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)ITE has been criticised for being disconnected, with different languages being spoken in the two learning arenas of campus and schools. Bringing people together, such as through formal university-school partnerships, is ... -
Unraveling opportunism in platform-mediated work within the Nordic working life model: An institutional complexity perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)The Nordic working life model (NWLM) promotes ‘good work’ on societal and workplace levels. However, this model is now challenged by emerging business models in the platform economy. This study investigates how digital ... -
Design principles for patient flow improvement in care pathways: a paradox theory perspective
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Purpose The patient flow performance achievable by care pathways is constrained by competing flow and resource efficiency, which can negatively impact improvements. This paper probes the divergence between resource and ... -
ESG controversies, corporate governance, and the market for corporate control
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)Capitalizing on a unique measure of takeover vulnerability, we examine how the takeover market, which is widely regarded as a crucial instrument of external governance, influences environmental, social, and governance (ESG) ... -
Residential demand response in the European power system: No significant impact on capacity expansion and cost savings
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Direct Load Control (DLC) is a demand response strategy in which customers receive compensation from utilities in return for permitting them to regulate the operation of specific equipment. This paper analyzes the impacts ... -
Europe's independence from Russian natural gas — Effects of import restrictions on energy system development
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2024)With the Russian invasion on Ukraine in 2022 and the following disruption of Russian natural gas imports, Europe’s energy reliance on Russia has become more apparent than ever. To tackle the resulting challenges of a limited ...