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Economic incentives, employment and health
(Doctoral thesis, 2019-05-24)The goal of this thesis is to shed new light on the mechanisms behind the high rates of disabilityrelated non-employment in Norway, and to find explanations for the apparent rise of labor market exclusion problems within ... -
Economic Inequality and Political Power in Norway
(Doctoral thesis, 2023-03-03)Så lenge demokratiske styreformer har eksistert har folk diskutert om økonomisk ulikhet undergraver det demokratiske idealet om politisk likhet. Har borgere med vidt forskjellige økonomiske ressurser i virkeligheten lik ... -
The economic sustainability of land-based aquaculture systems: An integrated analysis
(Master thesis, 2015-06-28)The global demand for fish is rising, caused by population growth and an increasing per capita consumption of fish. At the same time, production from capture fisheries has stagnated and there are growing concerns about the ... -
Economics, Politics and Young Males. Root Causes of Terrorism on the Aggregate Level in Europe
(Master thesis, 2015-06-01)The research question posed in this thesis is: what are the root causes of terrorism on the aggregate level in Europe. There is little convergence on the root causes of terrorism in the field of terrorism research, and ... -
Economy, territory, and identity: A Rokkanian analysis of Indigenous self-determination in Canada and Norway
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)Indigenous peoples throughout the circumpolar north have made significant progress in terms of securing self-determination through greater political autonomy. Although such change is important, it must be accompanied by ... -
EDI in Singapore: emerging issues with sexual and gender minorities and people living with HIV
(Chapter, 2022)Diversity management had always been at the forefront of Singapore's social and economic policies. Over the last half a century, a slew of legislation, social and economic policies aimed at maintaining harmony and ensuring ... -
Education as a welfare matter? : Implementing national dropout policies in local institutional contexts
(Doctoral thesis, 2020-11-13)The overall focus of this thesis is the implementation of national policies at the intersection between welfare and education. My aim has been to further the connection between the field of education and welfare. A political ... -
Education at a standstill: how the consociational school of thought has perpetuated ethnic conflict in post-war Bosnia
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)This study set out to explore why the consociational prescription to have cultural autonomy in education contributes to perpetuating ethnic conflict instead of conflict resolving, in post-war societies like Bosnia and ... -
Educational experiences and perceptions of occupational hierarchies: The case of the Norwegian working class
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)In this article we present the experiences of members of the Norwegian working class in the educational system and show that the findings contradict established theories in the sociology of education in a way that calls ... -
eduGraph: A Dashboard for Personalised Feedback in Massive Open Online Courses
(Master thesis, 2022-06-01)Learning Analytics is concerned with the design and implementation of tools and processes for collecting, analysing, and communicating information about teaching and learning. It is enabled by data, but not driven by it, ... -
The effect of audio on the experience in virtual reality: a scoping review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)The use of virtual reality (VR) has seen significant recent growth and presents opportunities for use in many domain areas. The use of head-mounted displays (HMDs) also presents unique opportunities for the implementation ... -
The effect of hospital mergers on long-term sickness absence among hospital employees: a fixed effects multivariate regression analysis using panel data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-03)Background: Hospitals are merging to become more cost-effective. Mergers are often complex and difficult processes with variable outcomes. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of mergers on long-term sickness ... -
The effect of hospital mergers on long-term sickness absence among hospital employees: a fixed effects multivariate regression analysis using panel data
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2014-02-03)Background: Hospitals are merging to become more cost-effective. Mergers are often complex and difficult processes with variable outcomes. The aim of this study was to analyze the effect of mergers on long-term sickness ... -
The Effect of Mutation on Explorative & Exploitative Behaviours with rt-NEAT
(Master thesis, 2017-07-08)This thesis aims to explore how different factors can affect the search performance of evolutionary algorithms. Additionally how applying different mutation techniques changes the overall search performance of rtNEAT. This ... -
The effect of negative income shocks on pensioners
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)This paper provides the first evidence on the labor supply response to negative income shocks among full-time retirees, exploiting an institutional feature that caused differential and unexpected income losses among otherwise ... -
The effect of prior exploration as an instructional strategy in system dynamics learning environments
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2015)In complex simulation-based learning environments, participants’ learning and performance may suffer due to demands on their cognitive processing, their struggle to develop adequate mental models, failure to transfer what ... -
The Effect of the Meat Factor in Animal-Source Foods on Micronutrient Absorption: A Scoping Review
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)The EAT-Lancet Commission's planetary health guidelines suggest a reduction in the consumption of animal-source foods (ASFs) for better health and more sustainable food systems. ASFs are highly nutrient dense, therefore ... -
The effectiveness of a new model structure behavior visualization technique: An experimental study of the Forio model explorer
(Master thesis, 2011-11-29)System dynamisists have a difficult time communicating the knowledge learned during the model building process to the general public and decision makers. (Warren and Langley 1999) In this study one of the most popular ... -
Effects of design characteristics of information presentation on perfomance and learning in a dynamic decision environment
(Master thesis, 2012-07-09)This paper examines the effects of using good information presentation design practices on the performance and learning of people interacting with a digital and dynamic decision environment. The research presented here has ...