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From instrumentalization to commoning: A critical review of participation in urban nature-based solutions
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022-11-16)Nature-based solutions (NBS) are becoming a widely recognized approach to urban sustainability. Most of the literature and policy handbooks on the topic emphasize the importance of participation in some form but interpretations ... -
From jhum to broom: Agricultural land-use change and food security implications on the Meghalaya Plateau, India
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-02)Human population growth in the developing world drives land-use changes, impacting food security. In India, the dramatic change in demographic dynamics over the past century has reduced traditional agricultural land-use ... -
From local content to local participation? Exploring entrepreneurship in Ghana’s oil and gas industry
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-27)Ghana started commercial oil production in 2010 and as part of strategies to facilitate linkages between the oil and gas industry and the Ghanaian economy, a local content law was passed in 2013. This PhD thesis examines ... -
From Marikana to London. The Anti-Blackness of Mining Finance
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-06-14)On the 16th of August 2012, thirty-four striking mineworkers were shot dead by police forces in Marikana in South Africa during a strike against Lonmin, a British mining company. The massacre was reminiscent of the days ... -
From mice-eaten passports to fingerprint scanning: fluctuating state presence and 'entangled documents' along the Kyrgyz–Uzbek border
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)This article focuses on engagement with identity documents among the rural Uzbek population in the borderlands of Kyrgyzstan. By exploring the materiality of the documents and people’s concern with these material artefacts ... -
From musical expressivity to public political discourse proper: the case of Karpe Diem in the aftermath of the Utøya massacre
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)Musical communication is widely understood to be too elusive and abstract to have any discernible significance for political public discourse. However, in the aftermath of the Utøya-massacre there have been several instances ... -
From Policy to Practice. A Study of Street-level bureaucracy and young clients in two rural communities
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“From radical revolution to pragmatic moderation.” What drives anti-system moderation in former rebel parties?
(Master thesis, 2021-12-17)A growing literature researches how former rebel parties (FRPs), parties with a past as insurgency groups, adjust to being part of formal political systems. Yet, little has been written about FRPs as a cohesive category ... -
From Russia with Cleavages. A Study in Party System and Voting Behaviour in Post-Communist Russia
(Master thesis, 2005)Introduction: On December 12th 1993 the Russians were about to elect their new national assembly: TheState Duma. Nearly 106 million registered voters were allowed to participate in the election.This was the first election ... -
From secessionism to regionalism: Intra-organizational change and ideological moderation within armed secessionist movements
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018-05)Secessionist movements rarely succeed in their quests for separate statehood. Hence, conflict resolution efforts in secessionist wars tend to focus on making autonomy frameworks acceptable to both sides. This article posits ... -
From state capture to business capture: A qualitative analysis of institutional development in post-Soviet Russia
(Master thesis, 2014-05-29)This thesis investigates Russian institutional development since the breakdown of the Soviet Union. The aim of the study is to explore whether the role of formal institutions has increased at the expense of informal ... -
From The Club Stage to the National Scene: How Mass Media Interpreted Two Comedians as Important Immigrant Voices
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This article investigates how comedians with an immigrant background gain political relevance, taking two contemporary comedians from Norway and Sweden as cases. The study uses media's interpretive power as a way to explore ... -
From Victim to Survivor: Healing and Recovery in a Drug Addiction Treatment Program in San Francisco
(Master thesis, 2008)In this thesis I explore clients’ participation in therapy groups at a drug treatment program in San Francisco. Based on six months of ethnographic fieldwork, following women in their daily attempts at “working the program”, ... -
From Wanderers to Strangers. The shifting space of Scandinavian immigration debate 1970–2016
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)The media coverage of immigration serves as an important test for modern democracies’ ability to handle difficult public issues. Systematic and comparative studies over longer time periods are, however, still rare. This ... -
Frossenfisk på jordomseiling. En studie av import og eksportindustrien for sjømat i Qingdao
(Master thesis, 2007)Tema for denne masteroppgaven er foredlingsindustrien for importert frossen sjømat i byen Qingdao i Kina. Bakgrunnen for dette temavalget er at kinesisk foredlingsindustri konkurrerer på et globalt marked og gjennom ... -
Fuelling development? A critical look at government-centred jatropha cultivation for biodiesel as promoted by the biofuel policy in Rajasthan, India
(Master thesis, 2010-01-31)This study examines government-centred jatropha cultivation for biodiesel as promoted by the biofuel policy of the desert state of Rajasthan, India. The drive to find alternative domestic sources of energy is intense in a ... -
Fungerer resultatbasert bistand? En teoretisk analyse av vaksinealliansen Gavi sine resultatbaserte programmer
(Master thesis, 2021-06-15)Resultatbasert bistand er en nyere bistandsform som har fått mye oppmerksomhet. Forkjempere for bistandsformen argumenterer for at den vil øke effektiviteten til bistand. Formålet med denne oppgaven er å kaste lys over i ... -
Fuzzy Logic Decision Making in Supply Chain Systems; An Approach to Mitigate the Bullwhip Effect
(Master thesis, 2017-11-01)The bullwhip effect has been known and existed for many years as an undesirable characteristic in supply chain. This phenomenon negatively impacts the performance of supply chain particularly in keeping stable inventory ... -
Fylkesnemndas avgjørelser om institusjonsplasseringer av barn og unge – 2021 og 2018
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Føderalisme som et komponent i statsbygging: det belgiske tilfellet.
(Master thesis, 2013-06-02)Denne oppgaven studerer hvorvidt føderalisme kan sees som en komponent i statsbygging. Studien tar for seg Belgias overgang fra enhetsstat til føderalstat og spør om denne organisatoriske endringen har bidratt til å styrke ...