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Learning from the CO-CREATE project: A protocol for systems thinking across research (STAR)
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The CO-CREATE project aimed to work with young people to create, inform, and disseminate obesity-preventive evidence-based policies using a complex systems perspective. This paper draws lessons from this experience and ... -
Legal, political and social change - The case of sexual and gender minorities in Nepal
(Master thesis, 2011-05-16)This thesis examines the recent legal, political and social changes for sexual and gender minorities in Nepal. The empirical data were produced during field work in Nepal in 2010. In a short period of time the sexual and ... -
Legitimacy and accountability in the governance of sustainable energy transitions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)How can we enable equitable decarbonisation? There is a wide gap between power to make transformative decisions, on the one hand, and agency on the part of those affected by climate change, on the other. We converge scholarly ... -
Legitimating power: Solar energy rollout, sustainability metrics and transition politics
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Increasing recognition of the irrefutable urgency to address the global climate challenge is driving mitigation efforts to decarbonise. Countries are setting targets, technological innovation is making renewable energy ... -
Lifting the fog of oil? Exploring the framing of ambitious local climate politics in an oil city
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)How can an oil city pursue ambitious local climate politics and policies? Through a critical discussion of the process and debates over the making of an ambitious climate and energy action plan (CAP) in Norway’s oil capital, ... -
Limits to (de)growth: Theorizing ‘the dialectics of hatchet and seed’ in emergent socio-ecological transformations
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Linkages between Flood Events and Livelihoods of Riparian Communities in the Middle Belt of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2023-12-01)Flood events have increasingly become a globally challenge to sustainable livelihoods and development and more particularly so within the context of riparian communities in sub-Saharan African countries including Ghana. ... -
Linking the bottom-up and top-down evolution of regional innovation systems to policy: organizations, support structures and learning processes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The literature is ambiguous about whether regional innovation systems (RIS) evolve bottom-up or top-down. This is reflected in RIS policies, which tend to focus on either development of the actor level, i.e. organizations ... -
Liquefied natural gas expansion plans in Germany: The risk of gas lock-in under energy transitions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)The German energy transition has been hailed as a role model for climate action. However, plans for the construction of three large-scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) import terminals are receiving strong state support. ... -
Livelihood and Common-Pool Resources. A Study of Thini Village, Mustang, Trans-Himalayan Region of Nepal
(Master thesis, 2008-05-22)Agriculture and livestock rearing are the major livelihood earning activities of many people ofTrans-Himalayan villages of Nepal, which are not possible without relying on the availability ofand the accessibility to ... -
Livelihood Vulnerability and Coping Strategies to flood disaster. A case of Thapapur VDC, Kailali, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2016-05-19)Nepal has been facing different kind of hazards especially water induced disaster in summer season. Many people have been affecting from disaster every year. Flood is a frequent disaster in Tarai region because of intense ... -
Locally-Procured Fish Is Essential in School Feeding Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Fish make an important contribution to micronutrient intake, long-chained polyunsaturated omega-3 fatty acids (n-3 LC-PUFAS), and animal protein, as well as ensuring food and nutrition security and livelihoods for fishing ... -
The logistics of a city's human resources: A simulation model of Bergen's transportation system for strategic management of peak hour congestion
(Master thesis, 2013-05-30)Traffic congestion is a problem of increasing magnitude in Bergen that inflicts costs on the commuters and social costs on the whole city of Bergen. Estimations of the peak hour traffic indicates that traffic on many roads ... -
Long-Term Dynamics of Electricity Generation Expansion Optimal Investments for the Next 50 Years
(Master thesis, 2015-05-25)Sustainable development has become the foundation in planning for the future. Nowhere is it more evident than in the energy sector. Re-Conceptualization of the electricity market is currently underway. The latter being ... -
Longitudinal relationship between adolescents' mental health, energy balance-related behavior, and anthropometric changes
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Energy balance-related behaviors (EBRBs) are considered the immediate causes of adolescents' body weight increases, but adolescents have identified mental health as a contributor. Cross-sectional studies have reported ... -
Long‐term impact of the proglacial lake Jökulsárlón on the flow velocity and stability of Breiðamerkurjökull glacier, Iceland
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Proglacial lakes are becoming ubiquitous at the termini of many glaciers worldwide due to continued climate warming and glacier retreat, and such lakes have important consequences for the dynamics and future stability of ... -
Loops that Matter
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-06)Understanding the origins of behavior in time dependent, non-linear, dynamic mathematical systems with feedback is of critical importance for doing causally accurate science. The modern-day formal methods of loop dominance ... -
Low Probability of Initiating nirS Transcription Explains Observed Gas Kinetics and Growth of Bacteria Switching from Aerobic Respiration to Denitrification
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-11-06)In response to impending anoxic conditions, denitrifying bacteria sustain respiratory metabolism by producing enzymes for reducing nitrogen oxyanions/-oxides (NOx) to N2 (denitrification). Since denitrifying bacteria are ...