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Child Labour in Petty Trading (Hawking Business) in Ghana: A Case Study of the Madina and Abokobi areas in the Ga East District.
(Master thesis, 2012-12-03)This thesis discusses the conditions of child hawkers involved in child labour in the areas of Abokobi and Madina in the Ga East District as well as measures taken to assist child hawkers and the challenges, in the Ga East ... -
Child welfare and future assessments – An analysis of discretionary decision-making in newborn removals in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-09)This study explores a particularly wide discretionary space set for decision-making within the Norwegian welfare bureaucracy; care order decisions concerning newborns directly removed from the hospital by the child protection ... -
Child welfare removal of infants: Exploring policies and principles for decision-making in Nordic countries
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)This descriptive policy analysis examines the position of infants’ rights in the family service orientated child welfare systems of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden when being placed in out-of-home care. Its focus is ... -
Child-Computer Interaction in Digital Literature Dissemination for the Pre-adolescent Public Library Users
(Master thesis, 2019-12-19)This master thesis presents the research on digital literature dissemination for library users of public library, specifically on pre-adolescent users of the library. Digital Literature Dissemination can be defined as the ... -
Childhood experiences of companion animal abuse and its co-occurrence with domestic abuse: Evidence from a national youth survey in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)It is increasingly acknowledged that companion animal abuse often occurs in the same contexts as other types of abuse, particularly domestic abuse. However, the co-occurrence and strengths of these associations in the ... -
The Children of Eve: change and socialization among sedentarized Turkana children and youth
(Master thesis, 2010-06-24)This thesis is a brief ethnographic account which investigates change among sedentarized Turkana people, drawing from ideas and observations of previous work. It focuses in particular on the socialization of the younger ... -
Children of the city. A study of street children in Kathmandu, their social practices and territoriality
(Master thesis, 2003)There are as many reasons for being on the street as there are street children. Mutual for allthe urchins on the streets of Kathmandu is the city’s significance in their lives. The childrenno longer depend on their family ... -
Children's Interaction with augmented reality storybooks
(Master thesis, 2012-01-31)Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that enhances user perception and experience, and allows users to see and experience the real world with virtual content embedded into it. The majority of research related to AR books ... -
Children’s and parents’ involvement in care order proceedings: a cross-national comparison of judicial decision-makers’ views and experiences
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-03-19)This paper presents the views of judicial decision-makers (n = 1794) in four child protection jurisdictions (England, Finland, Norway, and the USA (California)), about whether parents and children are provided with appropriate ... -
Children’s Capacities and Role in Matters of Great Significance for Them
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)How do decision-makers in the judiciary approach children’s capacities as set out in Article 5 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child? Children in public care who cannot be reunified with their birth parents may be ... -
Children’s Rights in Norway. An Implementation Paradox?
(Book; Peer reviewed, 2019)Norway tops international indexes on children’s rights but continues to attract criticism for its level of compliance with the Convention of the Rights of Child. This book is the first scholarly attempt to address this ... -
Child’s best interest in child protection legislation of 44 jurisdictions
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China in Africa: New colonialism or sustainable development?
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)This paper examines the criticisms China has received over its involvement in Africa over the past decade. By utilising case studies of two sub- Saharan African countries, empirical data, and economic development theory ... -
Chinese colonialism or south-south cooperation? The case of chinese resources for infrastructure contracts in Angola
(Master thesis, 2011-06-01)This thesis examines the use of Chinese resources for infrastructure contracts in Angola. China has engaged in this mechanism that trades African natural resources for Chinese infrastructure construction with several African ... -
The Cholesterol Factor: Balancing Accuracy and Health in Recipe Recommendation Through a Nutrient-Specific Metric
(Chapter, 2021)Whereas many food recommender systems optimize for users’ preferences, health is another but often overlooked objective. This paper aims to recommend relevant recipes that avoid nutrients that contribute to high levels of ... -
Choosing a cellmate in the prisoner's dilemma. An experimental study
(Master thesis, 2014-09-01)This thesis investigates cooperative behavior in a repeated Prisoner's Dilemma using experimental methods. In the experiment, we allow subjects to form voluntary partnerships by mutual choice, and to communicate through a ... -
Christian Charity Work in the Contemporary United States -Volunteering as a practice in Houston, Texas
(Master thesis, 2009-06-19)In my thesis I have looked at the challenges and dilemmas facing volunteers at a Christian charity organizations located in Houston, Texas. Philanthropy and volunteerism, or the non-profit sector, are often used as an ... -
Cinema in Ghana. History, Ideology and Popular Culture
(Doctoral thesis, 2012-11-09)In spite of many years of research, theorizing, debate and contestation, there is always freshness about discourses on national cinema because of its contextual transformations. More importantly, apart from several European ... -
CIRCULATION AT THE TOP: ELITES, SOCIAL MOBILITY AND INTERGENERATIONAL CAPITAL CONVERSION
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020)Despite calls for bridging the gap between the sociology of social class and the sociology of elites, there are few examples where this actually has been done. This article seeks to do so by applying approaches and ... -
ciTIzen-centric DatA pLatform (TIDAL): Sharing Distributed Personal Data in a Privacy-Preserving Manner for Health Research
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)Developing personal data sharing tools and standards in conformity with data protection regulations is essential to empower citizens to control and share their health data with authorized parties for any purpose they ...