Blar i Faculty of Social Sciences på tittel
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Interaction with mobile augmented reality: An exploratory study using design research to investigate mobile and handheld augmented reality
(Doctoral thesis, 2015-06-02)Mobile augmented reality (MAR) has matured significantly over the last two decades, from the conceptual idea of an untethered handheld augmented reality experience in the mid-90s, to prototype technological demonstrations ... -
Interannual variability of monsoon onset and withdrawal in Bangladesh
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)This research investigates the interannual variability of monsoon onset and withdrawal in Bangladesh, both of which are major climate features shaping multiple societal activities. There is considerable research on the ... -
Interest group networks in the European Union
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Interest group networks are crucial for understanding European Union (EU) integration, policymaking and interest representation. Yet, comparative analysis of interest organisation networks across EU policy areas is limited. ... -
Interfuel substitution in OECD-European electricity production
(Journal article, 1990)Fuel substitution in OECD-European electricity production is described by a putty-clay formulation. At the time of investment, fuel shares are determined according to a logit model. These fuel shares are maintained throughout ... -
Intergenerasjonell inntektsmobilitet: En undersøkelse av persistens i inntektsulikhet mellom innvandrere og nordmenn i Norge
(Master thesis, 2019-06-26)Norge har i de siste årene hatt en økning i sosial ulikhet. En andel av denne økningen i sosial ulikhet skyldes innvandring fra lavinntektsland. Dette gjelder spesielt i Oslo. Ulike faktorer gjør at innvandrere fra ... -
Intergenerasjonell inntektsmobilitet: hvordan forklare den geografiske variasjonen?
(Master thesis, 2020-12-22)Jeg bruker administrative data til å dokumentere geografiske forskjeller i intergenerasjonell inntektsmobilitet mellom ulike steder i Norge. Deretter gjennomfører jeg et kvasieksperiment for å vurdere den relative betydningen ... -
Intergenerational Income Mobility and Family Dissolution
(Master thesis, 2008-06-02)This study examines the intergenerational income mobility between intact families and families disrupted due to divorce or parental death. The data samples consist of children born in 1960 and 1970 along with their biological ... -
Intergenerational Mobility in Norway: Transition Probabilities and Directional Rank Mobility
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)This thesis applies newly developed measurers of intergenerational income mobility on register data for Norwegian cohorts born 1950, 1955 and 1960. It looks at two groups: difference between genders and difference between ... -
Intergenerational PTSD transmission resulting from russian invasion of Ukraine
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)The merciless War against Ukraine, which started by a terrorist state – russia in 2014, has had a significant impact on the whole Ukrainian population. As a consequence of this invasion, not only hundreds, thousands, but ... -
Intermodal Logistics System Simulation Model and the Empty Container Flows
(Master thesis, 2008-09-04)"The average container is idle or undergoing empty repositioning for over 50 % of its life span..." (CRINKS Paul, 2000) High volume of empty container movements and low container productivity are the main problems of the ... -
Internal party democracy in former rebel parties
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016)Intraparty democracy is considered an important feature of former rebel movements’ adaptation to democracy more generally. What conditions intraparty democracy in former rebel parties? This article traces internal debates ... -
Internasjonaliseringsstrategier og praksis: En komparativ casestudie av Det juridiske fakultet på UiB og UiO
(Master thesis, 2018-03-07)Internasjonalisering et villet politisk middel for å heve kvaliteten på norsk høyere utdanning. Gjennom en rekke offentlige dokumenter har myndighetene satt seg mål å utvikle akademia og tilby utdanning med god kvalitet ... -
The international diffusion of expatriate dual citizenship
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019-05-13)While the global increase of expatriate dual citizenship acceptance over the past decades has been widely observed, the temporal and spatial contexts of this trend have remained understudied. Based on a novel data set of ... -
International Monetary Fund: An organization with global goals? A theoretical thesis analyzing the link between the USA and the IMF
(Master thesis, 2023-06-02)Global financial crises and recessions are raising persistent skepticism about the activities of international financial institutions such as the IMF. Protests erupt against the IMF policies attached to loans it grants to ... -
International outsourcing and trade union (de-)centralisation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)We study the effects of centralised versus decentralised wage setting in a unionsed duopoly where firms can outsource parts of input production to foreign subcontractors. We show that decentralised (as opposed to centralised) ... -
International Perspectives on Child-responsive Courts
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)Child friendly justice and access to justice for children are explicit concerns for the European Union, the Committee on the Rights of the Child, the Council of Europe and the Child Rights International Network. This study ... -
International Protection of Refugees and the UN Global Compacts A Case Study of Governance and Non-State Actors in Greece
(Master thesis, 2022-06-22)The research of this thesis is guided by a curiosity to understand the soft law non-binding framework of the 2018 UN Global Compacts on Refugees and for Migration, and its significance for the international protection of ... -
International public administration on the tip of the tongue: language as a feature of representative bureaucracy in the Economic Community of West African States
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)Recent scholarship shows increasing interest in gender, ethnic or national representation within regional and international organizations. In contrast, language as a criterion of representation has rarely been scrutinized. ... -
International Water Management in the Zambezi River Basin: A Historical-Geographical Analysis
(Doctoral thesis, 2016-06-10)This study reconstructs the evolution of international water management in the Zambezi River Basin in a long-term historical and geographical perspective. The study explores water management by locating it in both a specific ... -
Internationalisation and study success: Class attendance and the delicate balance between collaborative learning and being lost in translation
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The internationalisation of Higher Education is broadly seen as a positive development. It is a process that is said to contribute to intercultural skills acquisition, which is deemed crucial in today’s globalised society. ...