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Dimensjonar ved ei elv: Bagmati River, Kathmandu, Nepal
(Master thesis, 2002)Objectives: Problemstillinga kjem til uttrykk gjennom tre spørsmål med underspørsmål: 1. Har elvas fysiske degradering ført til endringar i korleis folk oppfattar og konseptualiserer elva? - Kan det observerast endringar ... -
Dinosaurregimer fanget i tid: To kommunistregimers overlevelse etter Sovjetunionens oppløsning
(Master thesis, 2014-06-01)Store deler av det forrige århundret var preget av en periode som kalles den kalde krigen. Dette var en periode med ideologisk spenningstilstand mellom demokratiske vest og kommunistiske øst. Derfor var verden delt inn i ... -
Disability pension dynamics in early adulthood: A two-decade longitudinal study of educational, work and welfare-state trajectories in Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Background Since the 1990's, structural transformations in the Norwegian economy have decreased employment opportunities for low-skilled young people lacking formal education credentials. In parallel with these economic ... -
Disarmament Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) of ex-combatants in Angola. Why did DDR only succeed in the third and last of the three peace processes?
(Master thesis, 2011-11)This thesis is a qualitative case study comparing the three Angolan peace processes, the Bicesse Accords, the Lusaka Protocol and the Luena Memorandum of Understanding. The thesis seeks to explain why Disarmament, ... -
Disconnectivity synced with identity cultivation: adolescent narratives of digital disconnection
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This article elucidates adolescent digital disconnection through the lens of narrative identity development to answer the research question: “How do adolescent disconnection experiences play into ongoing identity development ... -
Discounting, climate and sustainability
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-05-03)Climate policy recommendations differ widely because of disagreements over what discount rates to use. Disagreement reduces the impact of economic models and signals a need for improved methodology. The problem is related ... -
Discourses in Residential Child Care and Possibilities for Evidence-Based Practice
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)This article explores professional discourses in the Norwegian residential child care system. It discusses how the discourses serve as constraints on and possibilities for evidence-based practice when different definitions ... -
Discrete events in a continuous System. How to model influence factors on capacity in a complex assembly line environment.
(Master thesis, 2011-06-10)This study examines the influences of lot prioritisation, scheduling and line balancing on the productivity of a laser assembly line using a System Dynamics model. The handling of single production lots was implemented ... -
Discretion and the Demand for Reasons : Justifications for the Child’s Best Interests in Decisions on Adoption from Care in England and Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2021-11-19)This thesis asks how decision-makers with extensive discretionary authority justify strong state interventions on behalf of children in the child protection system. The empirical case under study is adoption from care ... -
Discretionary Decision-Making in Child Protection Care Order Cases : Exploring the Tensions between Rule of Law and Discretion
(Doctoral thesis, 2024-04-16)Denne avhandlingen tar for seg beslutninger som har stor innvirkning på enkeltindivider og som er nødvendige for å oppfylle statens plikt til å beskytte barn: omsorgsovertakelser av nyfødte barn. Profesjonelle beslutningstakere ... -
Discrimination, Antiprejudice Norms, and Public Support for Multicultural Policies in Europe: The Case of Religious Schools
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)This study examines public support for a key contested multicultural policy in contemporary Europe: the provision of religious schools. It makes two main contributions, one substantive and one theoretical. Substantively, ... -
Discursive Expressions of Water Supply in the Kathmandu Valley. A Discourse Analysis of the Melamchi Water Supply Project.
(Master thesis, 2016-02-01)This thesis addresses the Melamchi Water Supply Project, which is the Nepalese Government's solution to the alleged water shortage in Kathmandu. The Government's intention is to construct a water diversion tunnel between ... -
Disease eradication and the challenges of global resource mobilization. An experimental approach to understand the perception of the benefits of polio eradication
(Master thesis, 2014-06-02)The global effort to eradicate polio began in 1988. The target of the effort was to eradicate the disease by the year 2000, a target which was not attained. The annual number of polio cases has been reduced from 350,000 ... -
Disentangling the Influence of Recommender Attributes and News-Story Attributes: A Conjoint Experiment on Exposure and Sharing Decisions on Social Networking Sites
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2020-08-17)While news outlets still play an important role as a source of news, people increasingly receive their political information and news from social networking sites (SNSs). This study extends the literature on exposure and ... -
Displacing Conflicting Goals in Planning for Sustainability? Insights from Three Norwegian Cities
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Sustainable transformation is hampered by conflicting goals. Here we examine how goal conflicts are handled in planning practice, focusing on processes around municipal climate and sustainability governance. We investigate ... -
Displaying rainy days in Bergen(s Tidende): Combining weather and news in a user-friendly way
(Master thesis, 2021-06-01)This thesis studies users', especially Bergenser's, relationship to weather with the aim to make a prototype of weather widgets for Bergens Tidende's digital platforms. By applying Design Science Research methodologies, a ... -
Dispossession and ethnic identity in expanding state space of Chittagong Hill Tracts, Bangladesh
(Master thesis, 2014-06-15)In the milieu of the global development and state' formation of Bangladesh, the Khyang people of the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) are in a situation of economic transition and marginalization. Bangladesh state's persistence ... -
Dissecting Public Opinion on Regional Authority: Four Types of Regionalists Based on Citizens’ Preferences for Self-Rule and Shared Rule
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Although regional governments play vital roles in most political systems, citizens’ perceptions regarding regional authority are only rarely studied. Relying on the International Constitutional Values Survey held among ... -
Dissent, Legitimacy, and Public Support for Court Decisions: Evidence from a Survey‐Based Experiment
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)Scholars often argue that whereas unanimous rulings should boost public support for court decisions, dissents should fuel public opposition. Previous studies on public responses to U.S. Supreme Court decisions suggest that ...