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Can framing change individual attitudes towards immigration?
(Master thesis, 2017-06-16)Does framing change individual attitudes towards immigration? This thesis analyzes the effect of providing information about the unemployment- and employment rate of immigrants in Norway, as well as information about the ... -
Can organic farming reduce vulnerabilities and enhance the resilience of the European food system? A critical assessment using system dynamics structural thinking tools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-09-24)In a world of growing complexity and uncertainty, food systems must be resilient, i.e., able to deliver sustainable and equitable food and nutrition security in the face of multiple shocks and stresses. The resilience of ... -
Can people learn behaviours of stock and flow using their ability to calculate running total? An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2010-06-01)Stock and flow is basis of dynamics. Understanding of stock and flow is crucial in comprehending and managing problems such as global warming and national debt. Yet previous experimental studies discovered that people ... -
Can reconstruction programmes improve political perceptions in conflict contexts? Evidence from eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Postconflict reconstruction programmes often aim to improve state–society relations but fail to spell out the underlying process. We specify a mechanism that links aid programmes through (1) short-term and (2) medium-term ... -
Can social norms lead people to choose less money over more?
(Master thesis, 2017-07-01)The point of departure for this paper is a surprising finding from an economic experiment. Tjøtta (2016) designs a more or less game, where participants are asked to choose between receiving 450 kroner or 250 kroner, ... -
Can sustainability certification enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers? The case of Ghanaian cocoa
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainability certification has been posited as a key governance mechanism to enhance the climate resilience of smallholder farmers. Whilst many certifications now include climate resilience in their standards, their ... -
Can System Dynamics Improve Project Management Teaching? An Experimental Study
(Master thesis, 2008-08-18)With the great economic development, more and more well trained projectmangers are demanded. Unfortunately, evidence show traditional project managementtraining fails to provide prospective project managers with the ... -
‘Can you really fail to support the one who feeds you?’ - An analysis of female representation in the Ugandan Parliament
(Master thesis, 2003)The Ugandan Parliament has seats reserved for women. According to the 1995 Constitutionone woman shall be elected from each district. Hence, the 56 District WomenRepresentatives are elected in addition to the 214 regular ... -
Canada - en innvandringspolitisk suksesshistorie?
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Candidate selection and informal soft quotas for women: gender imbalance in political recruitment in Zambia
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)What does it take for a female aspirant to win a party nomination in a candidate-centered electoral system in an emerging democracy? Three decades after the third wave of democratization hit Africa, we still know little ... -
Capital flows to developing countries: Essays on the behavior of aid donors and official creditors
(Doctoral thesis, 2014-06-02)The capital flows from bilateral and multilateral donors to developing countries have increased considerably since the start of foreign aid in the 1950s. During the same period, the policies of aid allocation have changed, ... -
Capturing agency in different educational settings: A comparative study on youth perceptions of mobility-framing structures
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)The geographical mobility of young Europeans takes place within institutional realms that frame young people´s educational and vocational situations. These institutional framings provide unequal preconditions for going ... -
Capturing the Dynamics of Panic Disorder. A System Dynamics Translation of the Contemporary Biological and Psychological Conceptualization of Panic Disorder
(Master thesis, 2008-11-23)The present study undertakes a full system dynamics (SD) translation of the contemporary biological and psychological conceptualizations of panic disorder (PD). It makes explicit the dynamic processes implicit in the ... -
Carbon capture utilization and storage market dynamics: Matching CO2 supply and demand for enhanced oil recovery
(Master thesis, 2014-08-15)This thesis describes the project, which is a part of a wider collaboration between the University of Bergen, Norway and the University of North Dakota (UND) and the Institute for Energy Studies (IES), US established in ... -
Carbon Leakage: The Case of Norway
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Carbon Pricing and Induced Small Business Innovation in California: How the Global Warming Solutions Act Impacted Entrepreneurial Opportunities in Green Energy
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This is a study of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) and the related laws passed to support it. The GWSA established a whole-economy cap on greenhouse gas emissions and established a series of emissions ... -
Carbonscapes and beyond - Conceptualizing the instability of oil landscapes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Geographers tend to see energy systems as intricately interwoven with society and relatively resistant to change. We argue that there is a danger of exaggerating the permanence and stability of the energy–society relationship. ... -
Care or Cash? The Effect of Child Care Subsidies on Student Performance
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-12)Given the wide use of child care subsidies across countries, it is surprising how little we know about the effect of these subsidies on children's longer-run outcomes. Using a sharp discontinuity in the price of child care ... -
Care order cases in the European Court of Human Rights - Parents' vs. children's rights
(Master thesis, 2019-06-20)At present date, 47 States have committed to the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). The Convention aims to give all humans some basic human rights. Children are however not explicitly mentioned. The European Court ...