Blar i Faculty of Social Sciences på emneord "policy"
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The Challenges of greening energy: Policy/industry dissonance at the Mongstad refinery, Norway
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2016-03)The interaction between policy making and industry is a key to understanding the conditions for ‘greening’ contemporary energy systems. This article uses efforts toward greening the Mongstad oil refinery in Norway as a ... -
Development of organic farming in Europe at the crossroads: Looking for the way forward through system archetype lenses
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2017-05-15)Over the last several decades, policymakers and stakeholders in the European Union (EU) have put considerable effort into increasing the adoption of organic farming, with the overall objective of its sustainable development. ... -
Evaluating the potential for natural capital investment to reverse soil degradation: a dynamic simulation approach exploring connections between soil health and money in England
(Master thesis, 2019-08-06)Soils are a form of natural capital that support economic activity and human well-being. However, in England, national soil resources have been degrading over the last two centuries. The total annual economic cost of soil ... -
How wearing a mask and practicing physical ( social ) distancing is changing the shape of Covid-19 pandemics spread curve in Serbia? System Dynamics analysis
(Master thesis, 2020-09-01)Abstract Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), a novel coronavirus, emerged in the city of Wuhan, Hubei, China, in early December 2019. During the time of writing these lines, numbers of infected ... -
Implementation of Public Policies at Local Level in Uganda. A Case Study of National Agrikultural Advisory Services (NAADS) in Mukono District Local Government
(Master thesis, 2016-06-01)The Government of Uganda's NAADS policy is the main overarching policy in the agricultural sector in the country. With implementation of NAADS in all 111 districts in the country, the government sought to increase accessibility ... -
Linking the bottom-up and top-down evolution of regional innovation systems to policy: organizations, support structures and learning processes
(Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2018)The literature is ambiguous about whether regional innovation systems (RIS) evolve bottom-up or top-down. This is reflected in RIS policies, which tend to focus on either development of the actor level, i.e. organizations ... -
The Role of Street - Level Bureaucrats in Access to Education. A Case of The Implementation of The Persons With Disability Act of Ghana
(Master thesis, 2016-05-31)The Persons with Disability Act (PWDA) was passed in 2006, to address the needs of persons with disability in Ghana. The act's eight main provisions outline the respective areas in the lives of the persons with disability ... -
The impact of exchange rate policy on the level of trade competitiveness in Ukraine
(Master thesis, 2023-06-10)The impact of the exchange rate on the trade positions of national producers and on the development of domestic production is one of the critical issues for developing countries. Before the start of the full-scale invasion ...